Investigation into former U.S. president Donald Trump
January 6 United States Capitol attack
Timeline • Planning
Background
2020 presidential election and other causes
2020–21 presidential election protests
2021 Electoral College vote count (alternate electors)
Attempts to overturn the election
Democratic backsliding in the US
QAnon
Republican reactions to Donald Trump's claims of election fraud
Social media use by Donald Trump
Trumpism
Related groups and persons
Ali Alexander
Ray Epps
Nick Fuentes
Rudy Giuliani
Jericho March
Alex Jones
Sedition Caucus
Donald Trump
Donald Trump Jr.
Participants
Notable people
Ashli Babbitt
Joe Biggs
Jacob Chansley
Derrick Evans
Tim "Baked Alaska" Gionet
Simone Gold
Klete Keller
Ethan Nordean
Rick Saccone
Jon Schaffer
John Earle Sullivan
Organizations
Boogaloo movement
Groypers
Oath Keepers
Proud Boys
Three Percenters
Law enforcement response
Capitol Police
Harry Dunn
Eugene Goodman
Brian Sicknick
Howard Liebengood
Steven Sund
Department of Defense
Michael C. Stenger
Paul D. Irving
Christopher C. Miller
Ryan D. McCarthy
Walter E. Piatt
Charles A. Flynn
Daniel Hokanson
William J. Walker
D.C. National Guard
DC
Muriel Bowser
Robert Contee
Michael Fanone
Jeffrey L. Smith
Virginia
Ralph Northam
Aftermath
Biden inauguration
2021 inauguration week protests
Security preparations
Investigations and charges
Justice Department investigation
Criminal proceedings
list
Fischer v. United States
January 6 commission
House Select Committee
public hearings
Smith special counsel investigation
federal prosecution of Donald Trump
Corporate actions
List of companies that halted political contributions
Social media suspensions of Donald Trump
permanent suspension
Suspensions of other social media accounts
shutdown of Parler
Facebook
Reactions
Domestic
Antifa culpability conspiracy theory
International
Impeachment and 2024 presidential election
Second impeachment of Donald Trump
trial
2024 presidential eligibility of Donald Trump
Trump v. Anderson
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An ongoing special counsel investigation was opened by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on November 18, 2022, to continue two investigations initiated by the Justice Department (DOJ) regarding former U.S. President Donald Trump. Garland appointed Jack Smith, a longtime federal prosecutor, to lead the independent investigations. Smith was tasked with investigating Trump's role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack and Trump's mishandling of government records, including classified documents.
Smith moved quickly to advance his investigations, assembling a team of at least twenty DOJ prosecutors, and called witnesses for grand jury testimony, issued subpoenas to election officials in multiple states and asked a federal judge to hold Trump in contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena.
On June 8, 2023, a grand jury in the Southern Florida U.S. District Court indicted Trump on 37 felony counts,[1] including charges of willful retention of national security material, obstruction of justice and conspiracy, relating to his removal and retention of presidential materials from the White House after his presidency ended.[2] Thirty-one of the counts fell under the Espionage Act.[3] Trump pleaded not guilty.[4][5][6] The judge set trial for May 20, 2024.[7]
On August 1, 2023, a grand jury for the District of Columbia U.S. District Court issued a four-count indictment of Trump for conspiracy to defraud the United States under Title 18 of the United States Code, obstructing an official proceeding and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding under the Sarbanes–Oxley Act, and conspiracy against rights under the Enforcement Act of 1870 for his conduct following the 2020 presidential election through the January 6 Capitol attack.[8][9][10] Trump pleaded not guilty.[11] The judge set trial for March 4, 2024.[12]
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^Alan Feuer; Maggie Haberman; William K. Rashbaum; Benjamin Protess (June 8, 2023). "Trump Is Charged in Classified Documents Inquiry". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
^Kyle Cheney; Josh Gerstein (June 9, 2023). "Trump indictment unsealed". Politico. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
^"Trump booked and processed at Miami federal court". NBC News. June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^Allen, Jonathan; Gregorian, Darah; Seitz, Alex (June 13, 2023). "Trump surrenders to federal custody; is booked ahead of arraignment". NBC News. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^Herb, Jeremy; Lybrand, Holmes (June 13, 2023). "Donald Trump pleads not guilty to classified documents charges". CNN. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^Polantz, Katelyn; Sneed, Tierney; Scannell, Kara (July 21, 2023). "Judge sets May 2024 trial date for Donald Trump in documents case". CNN Politics. Archived from the original on July 22, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
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^Berris, Peter G. (August 3, 2023). Overview of the Indictment of Former President Trump Related to the 2020 Election (Report). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
^Kunzelman, Michael; Tucker, Eric; Merchant, Nomaan (August 3, 2023). "Trump pleads not guilty to federal felonies related to the 2020 election". PBS NewsHour. WETA. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
^Rabinowitz, Hannah; Lybrand, Holmes (August 28, 2023). "Judge sets Trump DC federal election subversion trial for March 4, 2024 — one day before Super Tuesday". CNN. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
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