>> Two years on from the deadly
January 6 attack on the U.S.
Capitol, justice department
officials continued to work to
hold those responsible to
account.
Our congressional correspondent
is back with a report on where
those prosecutions stand.
>> An attack on the U.S.
Capitol.
Now simply known by the date it
happen.
Exactly two years ago today,
thousands of supporters of
president trump encouraged by
his words violently disrupted
the counting of electoral votes
for the first time in our
nations history.
>> Protesters have now broken
into the building.
>> It would take six hours for
law enforcement to secure the
building and grounds and another
nine hours for congress to stop
-- finish certifying the
election results.
A senate report found that at
least seven people, including
three police, lost their lives
in connection with the attack.
Since that report, two more
officers have died by suicide.
At least 15 people were arrested
in the capital.
Most writers someday return home
-- rioters simply return home.
>> It was really an enormous
undertaking.
>> She heads the institute for
constitutional efficacy and
protection at Georgetown
university.
More than 950 people have been
charged with crimes related to
January 6.
>> The scope of the charges
coming out of the attack is very
broad.
We have everything from
misdemeanors such as trespassing
on federal property all the way
up to federal offenses that have
a maximum penalty of 20 years in
prison.
>> I don't really know how I
feel about everything right now.
>> This was him that day.
Livestreaming on the capitol
steps.
He entered the capitol capital
with the crowd.
He has stated guilty to felony
civil disorder.
He sees that charge as grossly
harsh because he committed no
violence.
Some tensions remain.
He still defends the people who
were there.
>> I think it was a group of
patriotic Americans who were
frustrated with what has been
happening in this country.
>> Do you understand that being
part of that mob, that was a
threat to democracy.
>> I was not part of a mob.
I was part of a group of
patriotic Americans.
>> Some might say you sound on
repentance.
Is that right?
>> That would not be accurate.
I'm not going to regret my
actions on that day.
I do regret that I was part of a
crowd that has now been labeled
as people who were violent.
Even though I did not do those
things.
>> Not everyone was violent, but
the crowd overall was very
violent.
Nearly 200 people have been
arrested for assaulting police
officers.
Riders -- rioters have been
arrested in 48 states.
About a third of them have
connections to extremists
groups.
They were found guilty of
seditious conspiracy in
November.
It was the first condition on
that charge in nearly three
decades.
>> It is nearly never brought in
the U.S..
It is a conspiracy to violently
hinder or delay the execution of
U.S. Law.
>> More than 500 people have
been convicted of various
crimes.
The vast majority of them
pleaded guilty.
The FBI is still seeking tips
from the public about hundreds
of other people involved.
Coding the person who planted a
couple of pipe bombs the night
before.
Hovering over it often questions
and charges related to former
president trump.
A week after, the house of
representatives voted to impeach
the president.
>> The senate will come to
order.
>>'S team defended him.
>> President trump did not
inside the terrible riots.
>> A majority found him guilty.
>> He summoned the mob,
assembled the mob, and lit the
flame of this attack.
>> They group launched what
would be an 18 month
investigation into January 6.
Focused on former president
trump.
After interviewing more than a
thousand witnesses, the
committee aired testimony in 10
public hearings.
>> He said something to the
effect of I am the president.
Take me out to the building now.
>> And those who bore the brunt
of the violence.
>> Never in my wildest dreams
did I think that as a police
officer I would find myself in
the middle of the battle.
>> The committee referred Mr.
Trump on criminal charges.
, Including aiding or comforting
those involved in insurrection.
Trump and his allies have
defended themselves.
He has decried accusations
against him.
He says he is a political
victim.
He continues to lie about the
election.
>> What they have done to
torment people and go after
people like never before.
I don't think anything like this
has ever happens.
>> Despite the mayhem and
bloodshed, the danger of January
6 lingers.
It is a powerful political
device.
He is now running for congress.
He says the actions that got him
prison time help with many
voters.
>> The biggest response I get is
thank you.
Thank you for having enough
courage to do what so many
people wanted to do.
>> Trump kicked off another
presidential campaign.
Days later, the attorney general
appointed a special counsel.
>> I have concluded that it is
in the public interest to
appoint a special counsel.
>> Earlier this week as trials
and investigations continued,
the people's house once again
opened its doors to visitors.
>> On this anniversary, our
correspondence took a look at
the domestic and international
consequences of that day.
>> Has a change the way the U.S.
Is perceived around the world?
>> It is no question that it was
a shock to the system.
>> We can look at the fact that
our system worked.
>> It was for sure a propaganda
gift to authoritarian
adversaries.
They want to weaken us
internally.
And calls us to further divide
ourselves.
>> Are you concerned about voter
suppression or gerrymandering
when it comes to where U.S.
Democracy stands?
>> I worry about the state of
our politics.
But I am more optimistic about
the ability of Americans to
sustain this complicated
democracy.
>> You can find those interviews
at our website.