First, the fact that so many of these are felony charges is great. Second, the vast majority of these folks live close to the DC area. So it is not like tens of thousands were willing to get on a plane and go support Donnie. I do realize nationally too many may have been there still in spirit but this was just the local Trump rabble by and large. And yes, many like in my state of WA went to their local state capital to make trouble but not in huge numbers. I think if future demonstrations that want to turn violent are met by adequate police counterforce AND ARRESTS where appropriate, this will be the swan song for Trumps chumps. This needs to be especially true around the Inauguration.

with something like 50+ people per page (although I think some of the lines are multiple charges per certain people).

So there were apparently hundreds arrested that are obviously not being reported by the MSM. That seems more typical of what happens at events like that (here in Philly they had arrested several hundred a day during the more "intense" protests over the summer).

And I am fine if they spend more time making arrests than worrying about keeping the media up to date on numbers. Lock them up!

The first entry on the pdf is May 30th. What am I missing?

This particular file is from the D.C. Metro police. There were apparently other arrests made by other LEO (federal - e.g., Capitol Police, and possibly others like the Secret Service, NPS, ATF, etc) in the area.

Almost every article I stumble upon now have started listing assorted names of people who have been charged with federal crimes vs local D.C. statue crimes. Have been trying to find the last article I saw but it indicated that some decisions were being made about who would charge for what and how due to there apparently being more serious consequences for federal vs municipal. One of the articles I saw was this -

after what they did, as it appeared when they were almost politely invited to leave the Capitol building they'd invaded. It's almost better if they, too, thought they were just going to have bragging rights and face not a consequence, only to find they were wrong.

As for the fed charges, though, won't iDJT just blanket pardon them? I mean, I'm sure he normally demands big bucks for those pardons, but he might just do a freebie for these, his most devoted worshippers.

as much as I know people are assuming that something like that might be done, there is actually a process and paperwork that is filed for legal purposes, which obviously would include the individual's name/address/criminal situation and other info in order to carry out the power. I.e., there are options for legal adjudication of crimes that include a "commutation" (which keeps the charges in place but commutes any prison sentence) or the "full pardon", that would expunge the record and throw out any prison sentences.

He could cherry-pick people out of those masses who were arrested/charged and consider them for either option (and those interested usually have some advocate who will submit a formal request), but administratively, a hand-waved "mass pardon" wouldn't work.

If I recall correctly President Obama,, just before he left office, had pardoned something like 300 people who had been charged and imprisoned for certain offenses related to drug use/possession that were a result of the disparate application/impact of the law on minority communities (e.g., related to drugs like crack cocaine that resulted in longer sentences than powder cocaine, etc).

to all those who evaded the Vietnam draft. It could be possible. The optics would be bad in most folks minds. Charges on the state and local level would have to be pursued in event the orange stain went that route.

Personally, I would think the current occupant of the White House wouldn't do that. But I also didn't think he'd really try and do what he did on Wednesday either.

A lot of them are Curfew violations, but several are more serious, such as Riot act-felony, Theft, Carrying a concealed weapon, etc. I don't know anyone who was in Washington on Wednesday, so I don't have any specific names to look for on here.

You can download the entire list as a PDF document from the link in the OP.

They are not reporting this in the MSM. That is more like what you see happen at large protests that get unruly, where in this case, they did their stuff on federal property and THAT is a whole other level of bad.

When they kettled the crowds still out there away from the Capitol building, the "media" (at least the national media) stopped showing them as if they left and went home... and they instead focused on what was still going on in the Capitol. But meanwhile, the police apparently started arresting people about 2 hours after the curfew went into effect (according to one blip I saw about arrests) .

The most telling thing about this list are the charges. Anti Trump/BLM protests - throwing rocks. MAGA Fucks- unregistered firearms and ammo with illegal large capacity magazines and multiple assaults on officers. It's really easy to see who is "violent".

As with everything, the RWers get their way with force and intimidation. Dems have got to organize not just for elections, but to get the truth out there all the time. I don't know how we do it, but we have to counter RW propaganda in all its forms. People's opinions are formed by seemingly innocent input like tv shows (where the belligerently ignorant racist Archie Bunker is still lovable), and "trustworthy" local new (tainted by Sinclair), etc.

This coup attempt is going to be normalized right soon if things go on as they had before, and as much as I'd like to think something has changed in response, I'm not at all sure it has.