January 6th Report Exposes Ongoing, Converging Threat of Anti-Democracy Schemes and Paramilitary Violence

And Lessons on Where to Go Next

January 6, 2023 | Mary B. McCord and Jacob Glick | Just Security

Two years ago, when rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol and ruptured our country’s tradition of the peaceful transfer of power, images of the mob’s extremism burst into national public consciousness. Americans watched insurrectionists bludgeoning law enforcement officers with Trump banners and Confederate flags, some wearing tokens of the QAnon conspiracy, anti-Semitism, and violent paramilitary groups. …

Going forward, we must work aggressively to counter the growing confidence of armed groups to menace democratic self-government and marginalized populations. …