Those responsible for the "attack on our democracy" will continue to be held accountable, the justice minister added.

The US federal police, the FBI, are continuing to try to find out who planted two pipe bombs in party offices near Congress on the eve of January 6, 2021. Authorities increased the reward for information about those responsible from $100,000 to $500,000 because the pipe bombs worked and could have killed someone.

Hundreds of radical Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021 to prevent confirmation of Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the November 2020 presidential election. For weeks after the presidential election, then-President Trump had repeatedly raised allegations of voter fraud.

At noon on January 6, 2021, the Republican called on his supporters to march to the Capitol and fight "whatever the hell." The ensuing attack on the Capitol, which left five dead, caused horror around the world and is considered a black day in the history of US democracy.

Numerous attackers attacked police officers, others caused damage to the building or stole items such as the laptop of then Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.

Since then, hundreds of attackers have been prosecuted in one of the largest and most comprehensive investigations by the US federal police. According to the Justice Department, 484 of the 950 defendants pleaded guilty to crimes such as obstructing Congress, assaulting police, and entering the building illegally. 351 of them were convicted, of whom almost 200 received prison sentences of up to ten years.

Two members of the far-right US militia Oath Keepers were found guilty of "seditious conspiracy" in November and face up to 20 years in prison.