One officer who battled rioters died the day after the attack and four later died by suicide. Four rioters also died, including one who was shot by police as she tried to climb inside the building through a shattered window.
The estate of one of the U.S. Capitol Police officers, Brian Sicknick, sued former President Donald Trump for wrongful death on Thursday (January 5), claiming that Trump incited his supporters to commit violence that day.
A Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives panel probing the events of January 6 asked federal prosecutors in December to charge Trump with obstruction and insurrection. The committee's request to the U.S. Department of Justice marked the first time that Congress referred a former president for criminal prosecution.
