The January 6th Insurrection: Investigation, Answers, and Accountability
Following the insurrection and attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, the American public was left with countless questions about how such a violent assault on our democracy could have happened. Since then, CREW has taken legal, investigative and policy action to get answers and accountability.
The ongoing work includes:
- Criminal complaints against President Trump and senior Trump administration officials
- A Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Department of the Army and Department of the Interior
- Analysis and publication of documents obtained through records requests and lawsuits
- Live tracking of corporate donations to members of the Sedition Caucus—the 147 members of Congress who voted to reject one or more states’ election results
- Advocacy for a strong and thorough investigation in the House of Representatives
The January 6 insurrection was not happenstance—it was the product of a months-long campaign to undermine the results of the 2020 election led by former-President Trump, and enabled by more than 100 members of Congress. In the months after the attack, some lawmakers, former government officials and public figures have continued their attacks on democracy and attempted to cover up or distort the day’s events. We refuse to let that happen.
To protect our democracy and seriously address threats of white nationalism, we need to know exactly who was responsible, how they enabled the insurrection and who continues to support attacks on democracy. Here are the actions CREW has taken so far:
Nov 03, 2022
Nov 02, 2022
Sep 22, 2022
Jul 25, 2022
On July 25, 2022, CREW received documents from the Secret Service. Click here to read.
Mar 21, 2022
Mar 11, 2022
On March 11, 2022, CREW received documents from the Secret Service. Click here to read.
Mar 11, 2022
On March 11, 2022 CREW received documents from the Department of Defense. Click here to read.
Feb 25, 2022
On February 25, 2022, CREW received documents from the Department of Defense. Click here to read.
Jan 31, 2022
On January 31, 2022, CREW received documents from the FBI. Click here to read.
Jan 14, 2022
On January 14, 2022, CREW received documents from the Army. Click here to read.
Jan 12, 2022
On January 12, 2022, CREW received documents from the Secret Service. Click here to read.
Dec 20, 2021
On December 20, 2021, CREW received heavily redacted documents from the National Guard. Click here to read.
Dec 20, 2021
On December 20, 2021, CREW received records from the US Park Police. Most were previously received documents with fewer redactions. Click here to read.
Dec 08, 2021
Oct 12, 2021
On October 12, CREW received records back from the Secret Service, which included warnings from local police that attendees were being told to “come armed,” but also said that there was no credible threat. Click to read.
Sep 20, 2021
On September 20, CREW received records back from the Army, which included a January 6 email from DHS to the Pentagon, sent more than 30 minutes after the first attackers breached the Capitol, indicating “there are no major incidents of illegal activity at this time.” Click to read.
Sep 17, 2021
On September 17, CREW received documents back from the National Guard. Click to read.
Aug 31, 2021
On August 31, CREW received documents back from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, which includes a memo that restricted the use of open-source intelligence about “election-related threats”, written by Joseph Maher, who is now on the staff of the January 6 House Select Committee. Click to read.
Aug 20, 2021
Aug 12, 2021
On August 12, CREW received documents back from the Secret Service. Click to read.
Jul 30, 2021
On July 30, CREW received documents back from the Park Police. See August 10 post for a full writeup. Click to read.
Jul 30, 2021
On July 30, CREW received documents back from the Army. Click to read.
Jul 30, 2021
On July 30, CREW received documents back from the Secret Service. The documents include a specific threat of violence on January 6th, and includes screengrabs of relevant Facebook posts, as well as threatening Parler posts. Click to read.
Jul 29, 2021
On July 29, CREW and a coalition of watchdog groups sent a letter to Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chair of the Select Committee, outlining questions the committee should seek to answer in the course of the investigation, including what type of coordination there was between the White House and groups planning “stop the steal” rallies, who funded and coordinated the “stop the steal” rallies leading up to and on January 6th, and whether any foreign actors played a role in the events leading up to the insurrection. Click to read the letter.
Jun 30, 2021
On June 30, CREW received documents back from the Secret Service. See July 15 post for full writeup. Click to read.
Mar 03, 2021
On March 3, CREW received documents back from DHS’s Federal Protective Services. See March 3 post for full writeup. Click to read.
Jan 11, 2021
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