In a stunning announcement, the Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Joe Biden revealed plans to pursue charges against an additional 200 individuals connected to the January 6, 2021, Capitol protest. This comes as former President Donald Trump inches closer to a possible return to the White House, where he has pledged to issue blanket pardons for many involved in the Capitol riot.
Since the protest, which disrupted the certification of the 2020 presidential election, over 1,500 people have faced federal charges, including many first-time offenders accused of nonviolent crimes. Attorney General Merrick Garland has made the prosecution of January 6 participants a cornerstone of the DOJ’s agenda, prompting accusations from Trump supporters that the government is unfairly targeting political dissidents.
The revelation that 200 additional cases are under consideration raises significant questions about timing and intent. According to Politico, federal prosecutors are focusing on individuals suspected of assaulting or impeding police officers during the riot. Of the 1,583 people already charged, more than 600 face felony charges for assaulting law enforcement or resisting arrest.
Critics argue the DOJ’s announcement is a calculated political move to complicate Trump’s plans to pardon January 6 defendants should he return to office. Legal experts speculate that unsealing indictments at the eleventh hour could prevent blanket pardons, as cases still under investigation may fall outside the scope of immediate presidential action.
NEW: The Justice Department revealed it is considering charges in about 200 more cases stemming from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including 60 felony cases.
That’s in addition to the 1,583 already charged, per brand new DOJ stats.https://t.co/NjXadxBgdp pic.twitter.com/7OC38fow65
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 6, 2025
Adding to the intrigue, the FBI recently released new footage of the individual responsible for planting pipe bombs near the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters on January 5, 2021. The timing of the release has raised eyebrows, particularly after Representative Barry Loudermilk’s report accused the FBI of covering up details related to the case.
The resurfacing of the pipe bomber investigation has led to speculation that the DOJ could unseal an indictment against the suspect just before Trump’s inauguration if he wins the presidency. Some believe this would be a deliberate attempt to complicate any effort to pardon all January 6 participants, as the pipe bomber’s charges would carry significant weight.
Revolver News recently floated a scenario in which the Biden administration could use such high-profile indictments to shift public opinion and impede Trump’s ability to grant clemency.
The DOJ’s investigation into January 6 has become the largest federal prosecution in U.S. history. Monthly updates from the department have provided insight into the scale of the probe, but Monday’s figures mark the first time prosecutors have disclosed the number of potential uncharged cases.
According to the DOJ, more than 60 of the 200 pending cases involve allegations of assaulting or obstructing law enforcement officers. These cases are among the most severe in the investigation, often carrying substantial prison sentences.
While supporters of the investigation argue it is necessary to uphold the rule of law, detractors view it as a politically motivated effort to suppress dissent and tarnish Trump’s legacy.
Trump has repeatedly criticized the treatment of January 6 defendants, labeling them “political prisoners” and vowing to secure their release. During his campaign, Trump emphasized his intent to pardon those charged in connection with the Capitol riot, framing it as an act of justice for individuals he believes have been unfairly targeted.
The Biden DOJ’s pursuit of additional cases could present significant obstacles to Trump’s plans. Legal analysts note that ongoing investigations and unsealed indictments could prevent certain defendants from receiving pardons, as the president’s clemency powers are limited to finalized charges or convictions.
Critics of the DOJ’s actions argue that the timing of these developments is no coincidence. “This is not about justice; this is about politics,” one Trump ally said. “The Biden administration is weaponizing the DOJ to sabotage Trump’s agenda before he even takes office.”
The fallout from January 6 continues to shape the political landscape. For Democrats, the DOJ’s aggressive prosecution is seen as a necessary response to an attack on democracy. For many Republicans, however, it represents a chilling overreach that unfairly targets political opponents.
The potential addition of 200 new cases adds fuel to an already fiery debate. As Trump prepares for a possible second term, the DOJ’s actions are likely to become a central issue in the 2024 presidential race.
This country is so far down the shithole I don’t believe there is any saving it. Democrats have used the DOJ for nothing more than political persecution. They should face a firing squad!
DEFUND the GESTAPO and Merlin Garlic, Wray
Biden Harris and democrats are the biggest scumbags ever to destroy America. Biden thinks he’s screwing Trump up so he can’t make America better. But Biden is F-CKING EVERY AMERICAN. Biden is going down in history as the most corrupt asshole president in America’s history. Democrats are going down as the most corruption ever coverings up Biden’s brain dead health from day one. Americans finally know what democrats did to our country. Harris went down in flames because she’s a f-ckin lying asshole covering for Biden’s dead brain and lying every day about the border being secure. Her career is over Americans know she’s a dumbass disgrace and corrupt as every other democrat. Democrats are finished time for a complete new party to start. Biden hope you sit in a rocking chair not knowing what’s going on and a diaper full of your brains and no one around for hours to change you. Hope you live to a 100 that way sitting in your own sh-t for brains corruption. You destroyed this country. Your a disgrace to America and the American people and world. FJB
Ty, you implemented it very well.,now President-elect Trump has to arrest Mayorkas, Wrey, Every Communist Democrat and Rino that voted for open borders, and the bullshit J6 treating American prisoners as foreign terrorist but treat the real terrorist prisoners as good people giving them steaks, potatoes, recreational facilities and ice cream.
Now the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is rushing the border armed ,putting National Guard soldiers in deadly harms way.
Read my post on this on the 11 Muslim prisoners Communist Anti-American, pedophile shit for brains in Chief Joe Biden did.
Biden and Garland are burning in hell already, they just don’t believe it will happen; but oh how they have a shock coming to them by God!
The comments below are ‘spot on.’ Today the Democratic Party is NOT the Party I grew up with in the late 1940’s until Slick Willy Clinton came along and popularized immoral conduct. Their abandonment of the principles of the USA’s founding is causing the population to splinter and fight each other. Those principles were carved out of the Judaic Christian faith’s establishment of reasonable ideas, to allow different people to live together in peace. Even if it is only the 10 Commandments, they were far reaching and revolutionary for people living 3000 years ago. There is no reason to change them. They can even be taught to our children in grade school as principles of secular humanism, without engaging any religious overtones. We can leave the idea of G-d out of the syllabus. We don’t need a G-d to tell us how we should engage and treat one another.
Martin Shapiro; so very true and this is the root cause of America coming apart at the seams, society has surely become dog eat dog and immorality running rampant! One only need look at the Middle East to see what this kind of mindset has done to the peoples there for many centuries with no end to the hostilities in sight!
whoever wrote this article needs to get out more trump is the next president as of monday what idiots write this bullcrap
whoever wrote this article needs to get out more trump is the next president as of monday what idiots write this bullcrap is stupid
To all commenting here; you’ve all been spot-on and so I add this pointing out just how bad things have gotten in America!
Quite true and reminiscent of dictatorships over the last 100 years along with communist regimes and even WWII Nazi Germany’s “Gestapo Rule Book SS Cabal” and we know how that went, but, here we all these years later “in the one nation on earth” that was “based on actual foundational tenets derived from the Holy Scriptures” by men who really were “valiant, moral, God-fearing human beings with integrity;” a nation now so “disjointed and divided in a world gone insane” where “little children are brainwashed to think they can and should change their gender,” so even “with or without parental consent their bodies are mutilated and that along with drugs used to retard their actual full gender development,” this is and has been an OK thing among millions of Americas in this “warped and wicked culture” that doesn’t resemble those Founders by even a fingernail!
You’re all familiar with the following expression even though my using it here is literally a euphemism, it truly strikes enough to the heart of the matter at hand; “heading to hell in a hand-basket;” so right now might be the time to consider how to prepare your own immortal souls for what is coming to this very demented, twisted and evil world! If you wait until Judgment arrives to react it will as it very well could be for so many already, be too late!
Biden is a schmuck he pardoned Hunter who committed
TREASON and he wants to screw up Trump pardoning
J-6 prisoners. You know you F-ckin cheated the election and
The American people and the world knows you did. Scumbag Biden is try to save face be going after these prisoners. He released Terrorists but he’s screwing Americans if he can prevent Trump from pardoning J-6 people then theirs a way of
Reversing Hunters pardon if anyone deserves prison for life it’s
Hunter Biden and Joe and Family. Biden is China and Ukraine’s
Lap dog spy he gave Ukraine billions and billions of dollars
Because they can hang him if they release the true information on the deals Hunter And Joe committed. Biden’s should of been changed with TREASON.
Sue, all true! He needed his Comeuppance many years ago! Never too late for swift justice to prevail; so this I pray that he gets what is coming to him ASAP!
Biden is a Asshole he’s not screwing Trump he’s F-CKIN every American with his stupid child behavior on all these executive orders. This is why he will be labeled the worlds worst president ever in history. Live and die with that reputation. Die is preferable
He will; and absolutely will suffer eternity in hell for it all!
Trump said the release would be based on a case by case! He never said it would be a “blanket release”. Plus, DOJ knew who that pipe bomber was for over 4yrs why release it now? DOJ mighest well release who brought in the cocaine bag too.
What a bunch of dirt bags in the DOJ.
Democrats have used the DOJ to go after people they dislike! Anything under the Binden’s control is TROUBLE!
This weaponized DOJ, and its BOSS, have no credibility, honor, or believability! They, in fact, are the TRUE sedition minded Criminals. Instead of those misnamed “Insurrectionists” being prosecuted, bring back the guillotine to eliminate these anti-Americans.
That would solve this problem of Communist/Globalist Traitor infestation!
Well maybe they should bring up the fact that alot of the protesters are still being held without a trial or a trial date or even attorneys. Talk about grossly violating their constitutional AND civil rights
keep playing “patty cake” with these evil scumbags. YOU will lose every time, IF they are still alive. when We the People, can’t go to the “people’s house”. That is a dictatorship. nutty Nancy is to blame for the lack of security. DEFUND the GESTAPO !