This page is part of a resource collection on far right extremism.

Books

Jim Downs (editor): January 6 and the Politics of History.

Resources

For historians contextualizing the Capitol insurrection, see Megan Kate Nelson’s collection of articles.

See the Capitol Siege Tracker for prosecutions. 

January 6 Select Committee Hearings, 2022

Select January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection.

See this summary from the LA Times for each of the hearings.

Part 1: June 9

Part 2: June 13

Part 3: June 16

Part 4: June 21

Part 5: June 23

Part 6: June 28

Part 7: July 12

Part 8: July 21

2024 Updates

January 4.   The Washington Post: A quarter of Americans believe FBI instigated Jan. 6, Post-UMD poll finds: More than 3 in 10 Republicans have adopted the falsehood that the FBI conspired to cause the Capitol riot.

January 5.    AP News: Hundreds of convictions, but a major mystery is still unsolved 3 years after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

January 6.   Ford Fischer (Twitter thread): In what appears to be their biggest showing of force in three years, Proud Boys gathered today outside the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus for a rally commemorating Ashli Babbitt and January 6 prisoners on the anniversary of the riot at the US Capitol.

January 11.   Josh Kurtz: A Republican member of the Maryland State Board of Elections was arrested by federal authorities this week and charged for his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

January 11.   Jordan Fischer: Maryland elections board member resigns after being charged in Capitol riot.

January 12.   Jordan Fischer: Ax-handle wielding Proud Boy sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for Capitol riot: William “Billy” Chrestman pleaded guilty to obstructing the joint session of Congress and threatening a federal officer.

January 22.   Ryan J. Reilly: Ex-soldier convicted of manslaughter for killing Iraqi civilian is arrested on Jan. 6 charges: Edward Richmond Jr. of Louisiana is accused of assaulting law enforcement officers with a baton during the Capitol attack.

January 25.   Spencer S. Hsu: Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months for contempt of Congress in Jan. 6 probe: Navarro, 74, became the second senior former Trump adviser to face time behind bars for stonewalling Congress, joining Stephen K. Bannon.

February 7.   Andrew Dyer: Leaked audio reveals Navy SEAL accused of extremism using Proud Boys slogan.

February 26.   Jerod MacDonald-Evoy: Mr. QAnon Shaman goes to the Arizona Capitol.

March 6.   Salvador Hernandez: ‘We f— them up … Lmao’: Northridge woman arrested in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol.

March 22.   Mark Alesia: Convicted January 6 felon wants to storm the Capitol again — as an elected congressman.

March 22.   Will Carless: This social media network set the stage for Jan. 6, then was taken offline. Now it’s back.

March 23.   The Washington Post: Trump escalates solidarity with Jan. 6 rioters as his own trials close in: The presumptive Republican nominee is aligning himself with the rioters and intensifying his use of dark, graphic and at times violent language.

March 26.   Debbie Elliott & Odette Yousef: As he campaigns, Trump has been leaning into his narrative of Jan. 6.

March 29.   The Washington Post: Many GOP billionaires balked at Jan. 6. They’re coming back to Trump.

April 2.   Diana Paulsen: Several Trump supporters involved in Jan. 6 are running for office this year: Candidates involved in the events of Jan. 6, 2021, will be on ballots across the country this year.

April 5.   David Corn & Dan Friedman: RFK Jr. Fundraisers Tied to J6ers, QAnoners, Christian Nationalists, and Far-Right Extremists.

April 10.   Jordan Green: FBI still hasn’t arrested hundreds of violent J6ers. Time is running out.

April 19.   Jordan Green. Accused Jan. 6 rioter nicknamed ‘lead pipe guy’ arrested months after he was ID-ed to FBI.

May 1.   Hannah Gais: On campus protests, “unite the right,” and jan. 6.

May 2.   Tess Owen: Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups:After lying low for years in the aftermath of January 6, exclusive reporting shows, militia extremist groups and profiles have been quietly reorganizing and ramping up recruitment and rhetoric on Facebook.

May 7.   Frank Figliuzzi: Far right militias are returning to Facebook — and it’s looking the other way: Inattention from the platform’s parent company Meta risks abetting another event like Jan. 6.

May 21.   Scott MacFarlane: During arraignment, Capitol riot defendant defiantly predicts Trump will win election and shutter Jan. 6 criminal cases.

May 22.   The New York Times: Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home: The justice’s beach house displayed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a symbol carried on Jan. 6 and associated with a push for a more Christian-minded government.

June 7.   Jordan Fischer: Father & son who fled dictatorship in Iran sentenced to prison for assaulting police on Jan. 6.

June 12.   David Gilbert: A January 6 Rioter Is Leading an Armed National Militia From Prison: As the US election approaches, Edward “Jake” Lang says that the militia will focus on potential “civil unrest” around the vote and will be ready to activate at a moment’s notice.

June 15.   Jordan Green: House Republicans subpoena ex-Capitol Police intel head for Jan. 6 inquiry.

July 17.   The Washington Post: In Vance, Trump finds a kindred spirit on election denial and Jan. 6.

August 4.   Brett Wagner: Project 2025 put a key Jan. 6 figure in charge of military strategy. His plan is as dangerous as you’d imagine.

August 7.   Jordan Fischer: California woman carried ‘short sword’, tactical whip, other weapons into Capitol, DOJ says.

August 8.   Philip Bump: Trump compares his Jan. 6 crowd to the March on Washington.

August 9.   Michael Kunzelman: Man who attacked police at the US Capitol with poles gets 20 years, one of longest Jan. 6 sentences.

August 22.   JD Wolf: Trump Will Host January 6th “Awards Gala” in September:Event description: “We gather to pay tribute…to all J6 defendants who have shown incredible courage and sacrifice.”

September 11.   Peter Hermann & Jacqueline Alemany: Feds increase security for Jan. 6 in effort to prevent Capitol attack repeat.

September 16.   Jordan Fischer: ‘I’m so ready to kick the lungs loose’: Self-proclaimed Proud Boy, friend charged with conspiracy against Congress on Jan. 6.

September 26.   Spencer S. Hsu: Jack Smith lays out Jan. 6 case against Trump. Will filing be public?

September 26.   Jordan Green: Mother of South Carolina neo-Nazi leader arrested on Jan. 6 charges.

October 1.   Stephanie McCrummen: The Christian Radicals Are Coming:The movement that fueled January 6 is revving up again.

October 4.   Jordan Fischer: Idaho man bragged about joining Jan. 6 mob — then claimed to be ‘amateur reporter’ when feds showed up, FBI says.

October 4.   Jordan Green: ‘Scares the hell out of me’: J6 expert warns of disinformation ramp-up in mid-October.

October 8.   Tess Owen: Inside the Patriot Wing: January 6 rioters are running their jail block like a gang. They’re leaving more radicalized than ever.

October 18.   Sarah K. Burris: New Jack Smith documents reveal millions spent on Jan. 6 rally.

October 18.   The New York Times: Trump Tries to Rewrite History of Jan. 6 in Campaign’s Final Stretch:Donald J. Trump amplified a conspiracy theory that the federal government had staged the Capitol attack and compared jailed rioters to people of Japanese descent in internment camps.

October 19.   Will Carless: Calif. statehouse candidate who was at Jan. 6 spread antisemitic conspiracy theory.

2023 Updates

June 30.   Ryan J. Reilly & Fiona Glisson: Jan. 6 defendant arrested near Obama’s home had guns and 400 rounds of ammunition in his van.

July 12.   Spencer S. Hsu: Proud Boys member who led Jan. 6 charge at Capitol sentenced to 5 years: Daniel ‘Milkshake’ Scott shouted about taking the Capitol hours before breach, led assault that broke a key police line.

July 18.   Ryan J. Reilly: Charlottesville tiki torch carrier arrested, accused of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6.

July 24.   Alan Feuer: Jan. 6 Rioter Who Beat Officer With Flagpole Gets Four-Year Sentence.

July 28.   Rachel Weiner: Man who stole badge, radio from D.C. officer Fanone on Jan. 6 sentenced.

August 17.   CBS: DOJ seeks 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case.

August 18.   Jordan Green: Why Trump indictments haven’t triggered another Jan. 6 — and why the worst may be yet to come.

August 23.   Isaac Arnsdorf: Trump suggests in Carlson interview that U.S. could see more political violence: The former president also again defended the mob of his supporters that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

August 25.   Rachel Weiner: Ex-Virginia school board candidate accused of attacking police on Jan. 6.

August 31.   Jordan Fischer: Proud Boys leaders get terrorism enhancement, more than a decade in prison.

September 5.   Tom Jackman & Rachel Weiner: Ex-Proud Boys leader Tarrio sentenced to 22 years for Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

September 5.   Alan Feuer: Ex-Leader of Proud Boys Sentenced to 22 Years in Jan. 6 Sedition Case.

September 6.   Tess Owen: A Trump Judge Sentenced Proud Boy Leader to 22 Years. Jan. 6 Apology Crew Blames ‘Biden Regime’.

September 6.   Andy Campbell: Proud Boys Didn’t Just Crash An Election. They Upended The Next One Too. Five Proud Boys leaders are going to prison over Jan. 6. But we haven’t seen the end of the gang, or the damage it inflicted on the American political landscape.

September 11.   Hannah Gais: Jan. 6 Participant Who ‘Fled to Russia’ Hasn’t Come Home.

October 18.   Jahd Khalil & Ben Paviour: Youngkin event planner helped organize Jan. 6 rally at US Capitol.

October 19.   Rachel Weiner & Dan Morse: Md. police officer, hired a year after Jan. 6, now accused of taking part in it: A Montgomery County officer was arrested Thursday and charged with assaulting police during the 2021 raid on the Capitol.

September 22:   Michael Kunzelman: Capitol rioter who attacked AP photographer and police officers is sentenced to 5 years in prison.

Three Year “Anniversary” of the Insurrection: Selected Articles

Isaac Arnsdorf & Josh Dawsey: How the GOP’s rewriting of Jan. 6 paved the way for Trump’s comeback:Pressure from family members and advocates for accused rioters was amplified by online influencers and right-wing media figures, leading lawmakers to minimize, excuse and deny the violence and rehabilitate Trump.

Isaac Arnsdorf & Marianne LeVine: Trump tries reappropriating ‘insurrection’ on Jan. 6 anniversary: In campaign speeches surrounding the third anniversary of the attack, the former president defended people charged in the riot and repeated baseless claims that left-wing or government interlopers caused the breach.

Dan Balz: Three years after Jan. 6 attack, the political divide is even wider:Few issues will define the 2024 presidential election more than Jan. 6. Republicans and Democrats are more split than ever on the Capitol attack and the state of democracy.

Steve Brodner: These politicians denied democracy on Jan. 6. Now, they want your vote.

NPR:

• A timeline of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack — including when and how Trump responded.
• The Trump campaign embraces Jan. 6 rioters with money and pardon promises.
• The Jan. 6 attack: The cases behind the biggest criminal investigation in U.S. history.

Alanna Durkin Richer & Michael Kunzelman: Hundreds of convictions, but a major mystery is still unsolved 3 years after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

The Washington Post Editorial Board: Three years later, beware dangerous revisionism of Jan. 6.

Two Year “Anniversary” of the Insurrection: Selected Articles

Hannah Allam: Jan. 6 papers detail infighting, ‘chaos’ among extremist organizers: Newly released documents zoom in on the role of far-right militants and conspiracy theorists.

BJC: Report on Christian nationalism and the January 6 insurrection.

Will Bunch: On 2nd anniversary of Jan. 6, Trump’s disciples succeed in shutting down the Capitol.

Kyle Cheney and Nicholas Wu: Enablers, line-straddlers and quiet resisters: How GOP lawmakers contributed to Jan. 6.

Robert Downen: How Texans helped plot, foment and carry out the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Alan Feuer: Two Years Later, Prosecutions of Jan. 6 Rioters Continue to Grow: The Justice Department’s investigation of the Capitol attack, already the largest it has ever conducted, has resulted in 900 arrests, with the potential for scores or hundreds more to come.

Nicole Hemmer: The January 6 report is a ‘mirror test’ for the American people.

Spencer S. Hsu & Tom Jackman: Review of Jan. 6 cases finds judges give harsh lectures, lighter sentences: Judges have gone below prosecutors’ recommendations three-quarters of time, and below federal sentencing guidelines a little less than 40 percent.

Mack Lamoureux: Capitol Rioters Were Armed to the Teeth and Ready for War: “I don’t [fucking] care that they have weapons,” Trump said. “They’re not here to hurt me.”

Tess Owen:

• Five Proud Boys are facing up to 20 years in prison on seditious conspiracy charges for their roles in planning the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
• Recently revealed testimony from the January 6 riot investigation showed leadership from the two extremist groups attempting to downplay their connections.

Ryan J. Reilly: The feds say they’re in for the long haul in the Jan. 6 investigation. There is a time limit. The Justice Department’s probe into the Capitol attack is entering its third year, with hundreds more arrests in the pipeline.

SPLC: Jan. 6 Anniversary: Two years later, we must hold Capitol insurrectionists accountable.

The Washington Post:

• The Attack: The Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol was neither a spontaneous act nor an isolated event.
• The most intriguing revelations, new evidence from Jan. 6 transcripts: The committee that investigated the Capitol riot spent the past two weeks publishing thousands of transcripts, emails, text exchanges, videos and other documents.
• The Roger Stone Tapes.

One Year “Anniversary” of the Insurrection: Selected Articles

ABC News: Beyond the riot, Jan. 6 was a dangerously close call. How Trump’s plot nearly succeeded.

Michael Biesecker: Ashli Babbitt a martyr? Her past tells a more complex story.

Luke Broadwater & Susan Dominus: The Capitol Police and the Scars of Jan. 6: For many officers, their bodies, minds and lives will never be the same after the attack.

Ryan Goodman & Justin Hendrix: The Oath Keeper Podcast Interviews – New Insights Into Jan. 6 and Continued Threats.

Jack Jenkins: How the Capitol attacks helped spread Christian nationalism in the extreme right: Extremism experts say, post-insurrection, they have tracked the emergence of a ‘revolutionary Christian framework’ among ‘communities that have lost faith in the government’.

Ben Kellerman: The photo that helped define the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol: A visual backstory.

Fortesa Latifi: January 6 Insurrection: One Year Later, Families Are Still Divided. This is what it’s like to be the child of a January 6 insurrectionist.

Cynthia Miller-Idriss:

• America’s Most Urgent Threat Now Comes From Within.
• Women among the Jan. 6 attackers are the new normal of right-wing extremism: Women are increasingly ditching their backstage role in right-wing extremist movements.

Cas Mudde: A year after the Capitol attack, what has the US actually learned? The government is finally taking the threat of far-right militia groups seriously. But the larger threat are the Republican legislators who continue to recklessly undermine democracy.

The New York Times: Trump’s Missing Call Logs Present a Challenge for Jan. 6 Investigators. Sparse call records and missing documents hinder the House panel as it tries to piece together what President Trump was doing during the attack on Congress.

Osita Nwanevu: Trump Isn’t the Only One to Blame for the Capitol Riot.

Tess Owen: White Nationalists Who Marched in Charlottesville Hit With Jan. 6 Subpoenas.

PBS: Oath Keepers leader, 10 others charged with seditious conspiracy for Capitol insurrection.

Ryan J. Reilly: Proud Boy’s Modeling Photos Help Sleuths Bust Him For Assaulting Cops On Jan. 6: The man, dubbed “RayBanTerrorist” by online sleuths, was no. 222 on the FBI’s list of Capitol attack suspects.

Greg Sargent: How the new focus on Ivanka Trump and Jan. 6 will expose dark MAGA truths.

Odette Yousef:

• One year after the Jan. 6 insurrection, signs of a nation deeper in peril.
• Millions sympathize with the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, survey finds.

Articles Published in the Immediate Aftermath of the Insurrection

Lolita C. Baldor: FBI vetting Guard troops in DC amid fears of insider attack.

Devlin Barrett & Spencer S. Hsu: FBI probes possible connections between extremist groups at heart of Capitol violence.

Devlin Barrett, Spencer S. Hsu, & Marissa J. Lang: Dozens of people on FBI terrorist watch list came to D.C. the day of Capitol riot.

Kathleen Belew: Leaving Trump in office now will just encourage white nationalists: Hardcore right-wing extremists were among the mob. Congress has to impeach Trump to rebuke them.

Sam Biddle & Ryan Devereaux: On Telegram, the Paramilitary Far Right Looks to Radicalize New Recruits Ahead of Inauguration Day.

Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, & Jennifer Steinhauer: Pentagon Accelerates Efforts to Root Out Far-Right Extremism in the Ranks: The nation’s military has a history of downplaying white nationalism and right-wing activism, but the siege of the Capitol has created a new urgency for dealing with them.

Seth Cotlar: Twitter thread on the importance of accountability, through a historical lens.

Joseph Cox: Parler GPS Data Shows Users Posting from Military Bases. The analysis comes as Congress wants to know how much white supremacy has penetrated the military.

Seyward Darby: The Far Right Told Us What It Had Planned. We Didn’t Listen.

John Ganz: Costumes at the Capitol can’t disguise the ugly truth of far-right violence.

Bernard E. Harcourt: The Fight Ahead: The Republican Party has become a white nationalist party. If old fashioned politics can’t change that, we must consider alternatives.

Michael Edison Hayden: Angry Far-Right Extremists Seek to Overshadow Biden Inauguration, Amid Growing Scrutiny.

Emmanuel Felton: Black Police Officers Describe The Racist Attacks They Faced As They Protected The Capitol: Two Black officers told BuzzFeed News that their chief and other upper management left them totally unprepared and were nowhere to be found on the day.

Hilary George-Parkin: Insurrection merch shows just how mainstream extremism has become: As rioters stormed the Capitol, their shirts spoke loud and clear.

Rosalind S. Helderman, Beth Reinhard, & Neena Satija: With big budget but little accountability, long-troubled Capitol Police face questions after siege.

Nicole Hemmer: The final mess: The election didn’t repudiate Trump. After it was over, he brought that on himself.

Molly Hensley-Clancy & Jane Lytvynenko: The Rioters Who Took Over The Capitol Have Been Planning Online In The Open For Weeks.

Dustin Jones: Joint Chiefs Remind U.S. Forces That They Defend The Constitution.

Sarah Jones: A Domestic Terrorism Law Can’t Solve Right-Wing Violence.

David D. Kirkpatrick, Mike McIntire and Christiaan Triebert: Before the Capitol Riot, Calls for Cash and Talk of Revolution: A network of far-right agitators across the country spent weeks organizing and raising money for a mass action to overturn President Trump’s election loss.

Michael Kunzelman & Amanda Seitz: Experts: Capitol riot product of years of hateful rhetoric.

Mack Lamoureux & Ben Makuch: Neo-Nazi Accelerationists Celebrating Attack on Congress As Start of Civil War.

Cynthia Miller-Idriss: Capitol attack was an epiphany for the far right. It better be one for the rest of us, too. Jan. 6 is being used to recruit, radicalize, and mobilize extremists to further action.

Luke Mogelson: Among the Insurrectionists.

David Neiwert (interview): Where Does The American Far Right Go From Here?

New York Times Visual Investigations: Tracking the Oath Keepers Who Attacked the Capitol.

Anna North: White women’s role in white supremacy, explained: Women at the Capitol riot are just the latest reminder of a long history.

Tess Owen:

• A Proud Boy in Disguise Helped Lead the Insurrection at the Capitol.
• The Proud Boy Who Smashed a US Capitol Window Is a Former Marine.
• The Far-Right-GOP ‘Feedback Loop’ Is Exactly What Experts Warned Us About: GOP elected officials are giving an air of legitimacy to a conspiracy movement that started on the fringes—and it’s leading to real-world violence.

Lauren Pearlman: The historical roots of the security failure at the Capitol: Law enforcement has a blind spot when it comes to right wing and White threats.

Jessica Pishko: Sheriffs Helped Lead This Insurrection: Sheriffs play a key role in right-wing white supremacist movements.

ProPublica: What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol.

Melissa Ryan: They Attempted a Coup. We Must Hold Them Accountable.

Greg Sargent: The far-right Trump insurgency just scored a huge propaganda coup.

Carter Sherman: This Convicted Planned Parenthood Bomber Was at the Capitol ‘Fighting’ for Trump.

Jason Stanley: Trump’s Neo-Fascism Takes America’s Racism to the Next Level.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: The Bitter Fruits of Trump’s White-Power Presidency.

Mark Townsend: How Trump supporters are radicalised by the far right: A move by extremists to the encrypted Telegram app from Parler makes it harder to track where the next attack could come from.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells: The Long Prologue to the Capitol Hill Riot.

Washington Post: 41 minutes of fear: A video timeline from inside the Capitol siege.