Okay, so it is March 2021. What are we talking about this time?

The violent attack on the Capitol happened more than two months ago.

And if you remember, Trump's followers took their stop the steel advice literally.

And hundreds of people violently breached the barricades of the Capitol.

They fought with the police.

And the mob stopped the counting of the Electoral College ballots for several hours

because members of the House and Senate had to evacuate their chambers.

Five people died and more than a hundred people were injured.

And that includes an officer who lost an eye, concussions and cracked ribs.

And so it's really hard to understand how incredibly violent things became.

Now, we know something like 800 people were part of that January 6 attack on the United States Capitol.

But fewer than 40 people were arrested on that day, though.

So in other words, nearly everyone who stormed the Capitol was allowed to leave.

And we know that dozens of people tried to hide their participation in the riot later,

either by deleting their social media accounts or trying to smash or, in one case, even microwave their cell phones.

And so far, more than 300 people have been charged in federal court for crimes related to the Capitol riot.

Now, there are some people who have been charged with some very, very serious acts, like assaulting police officers.

But if you look through the dozens of criminal complaints that have been made public,

many of those who have participated in the Capitol riot had lesser rules.

Don't get me wrong. Everyone there wanted to stop a constitutionally mandated process.

What I mean is that many, many of these defendants have been charged with less serious offenses,

like entering a restricted building or disorderly conduct in a restricted building.

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