70% of People Charged in the Capitol Riot Were Given Pretrial Release.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images Since the riots, local and federal authorities have arrested and charged at least 495 people. The Guardian found that at least 70% of Capitol defendants were granted pretrial release. Despite charges ranging from violent entry on Capitol grounds to assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, approximately 70% of the charged Capitol rioters from January 6 have been released on pretrial bond, The Guardian reported Friday. Supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying...