Jan. 6, 2021, was not a day of peaceful protest at the Capitol. It was a riot, in which mobs of hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the seat of our government, smashed windows, and assaulted police with the intention of overturning Trump’s loss in the 2020 elections.

Many rioters came armed, some with guns, others with zip-tie handcuffs, with the intention of harming lawmakers and the vice president of the United States.