A rally scheduled for Saturday in Washington is intended to continue a Republican effort to rewrite the narrative of the assault on the Capitol.The facts undercut their assertions.
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The rally is the latest effort in the right's continuing attempt to rewrite the history of the mob attack on Congress, which prosecutors say led to as many as 1,000 assaults against the police and sought to disrupt certification of President Biden's victory in the 2020 election.
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But, in fact, nearly half of the more than 600 people charged have been accused only of misdemeanors like trespassing and disorderly conduct, rather than more serious felonies.
At this point, more than 50 of these low-level defendants have pleaded guilty.All of them will serve prison terms of six months or less, or no time at all - fairly modest sentences for the federal penal system.
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