Justice for J6 Rally today

DC Guard activates 100 troops to aid Capitol Hill police in advance of Today's rally

Justice for J6 is taking place from 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Eastern at Union Square, between 1st and 3rd Streets NW/SW.

The D.C. National Guard activated 100 troops to support U.S. Capitol Police on Saturday as the nation’s capital prepares for a large rally in support of rioters arrested for their involvement in the deadly Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol building, Pentagon officials said.

The rally organizer Matt Braynard was a strategist for former President Donald Trump’s campaign and has described those arrested for storming into the Capitol on Jan. 6 as “prisoners” being unfairly prosecuted, the AP reported. More than 600 people face federal charges stemming from the January riot that resulted in five deaths.

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