500 arrested so far in Capitol riot case, including 100 charged with assaulting federal officers

America watched as hordes of rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol on January 6 — crushing through windows, pressing up stairways, and sending lawmakers and law enforcement running for their lives. The flood of protesters who streamed into the Capitol that day left federal authorities with an equally immense task: finding and charging those responsible.

Last week, Attorney General Merrick Garland said that 500 defendants had been arrested so far in connection with the attack, and FBI Director Christopher Wray said the federal law enforcement agency has "hundreds more investigations still ongoing," including more serious charges still in store. "This is far from over," Wray said. Prosecutors have called the case "unprecedented" in scale, and the government said in a March court filing that the Capitol attack "is likely the most complex investigation ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice."