There are no broadcast television cameras inside the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse on Constitution Avenue. But the real story of Jan. 6 is found in the mounds of evidence and testimony judges and juries have seen and heard behind the doors of the courthouse where hundreds of Trump’s supporters have been convicted in the attack.
Rioters clashed with police officers on the Capitol’s West Plaza as their perimeter collapsed.
Rioters scale a wall outside the Capitol as the mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the building.
It’s unclear whether Trump will ever stand trial at the same courthouse in the federal case alleging he illegally schemed to overturn his 2020 election loss in the run-up to the violence. The Supreme Court’s ruling that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution means a trial won’t happen before the election.
If he wins, he could appoint an attorney…
