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NPR compiled an expansive, meticulously maintained visual record that reconstructs the January 6 attack and its aftermath:
In the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, American political leaders almost universally condemned the riot as an act of domestic terrorism that threatened democracy. Now, President Trump calls Jan. 6 a “day of love” and the rioters “great patriots.” And since he issued mass pardons to the rioters, his administration has been trying to rewrite history.
NPR has tracked every Jan. 6 prosecution in a public database, and, drawing on thousands of hours of footage and years of reporting, created a front-line account of the riot. The evidence vividly shows the planning for “revolution” and the brutality of violence on a day that continues to shape American politics.
Seeing all of the threads chronicled in an interconnected timeline underscores the level of coordination across disparate groups, even if it wasn’t collectively “planned.” Utterly damning. A historic act of journalism.