Outside during the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021 attack on the building (Tyler Merbler, bit.ly/3s5yBmQ; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en)
Welcome to the homepage of Lawfare’s January 6 Project: our coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and the government's response. Here you will be able to find Lawfare articles and podcasts exploring the many legal and policy issues arising out of the attack, as well as a repository of significant documents, congressional hearings, case information and other related materials.
Use the buttons to navigate Lawfare’s collection of primary source documents relating to the congressional response, criminal prosecutions, and civil litigation. And find Lawfare’s analysis and commentary at the links below. This information will be updated continually.Primary Source Documents
The Aftermath
Lawfare's latest podcast series explores the government's response to the events of January 6. Launched on the one-year anniversary, this podcast is ongoing. Find all episodes of the Aftermath here.
The Search for Accountability:
A Guide to Lawfare's Jan. 6 Project
Click here to read the story of Jan. 6’s aftermath—and all of Lawfare’s coverage of it—in one place.
-
The Trump Defense: An Initial Evaluation
Don’t look now, but Donald Trump’s lawyer laid out his defense on the Sunday talk shows last weekend. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Explaining the Michigan Fake Electors Prosecution
Why did Michigan become a center of conspiracy theories during the 2020 election? -
The Fulton County Indictment: An Initial Examination
The document is unlike anything else pending against Trump in the scope of its allegations of criminality. -
The Lawfare Podcast, Emergency Edition: Trump Indicted in Fulton County, Georgia
What is in the fourth Trump indictment? -
What the Heck Happened in Coffee County, Georgia?
A detailed look back at the computer intrusion that features prominently in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s election interference indictment -
More on How to Think About the Costs of the Trump Election Fraud Prosecution
In assessing the upsides and downsides of prosecuting Trump, one must think in terms of all plausible futures and counterfactuals.