It has been more than three and a half years since the Jan. 6 Capitol riot of 2021, but the Biden-Harris Department of Justice is still tracking down and arresting individuals for alleged crimes related to that incident.

Incredibly, the rate of Jan. 6-related arrests over the first half of 2024 is even higher than the first halves of both 2022 and 2023, according to TheBlaze.

Indeed, based on a comparison of the overall arrest numbers previously announced by the DOJ, Jan. 6-related arrests in the first seven months of 2024 are 43% higher than the same period in 2023 and 65% higher than in those same months in 2022.

Nearly 1,500 arrested overall so far

According to the DOJ's 43-month update on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot incident, "the investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the attack continues to move forward at an unprecedented speed and scale. The Department of Justice’s resolve to hold accountable those who committed crimes on January 6, 2021, has not, and will not, wane."

As of August 5, at least 1,488 individuals overall representing nearly every state had been criminally charged for their participation in the Capitol riot, including around 547 who were charged with "assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers or employees," and of those, including at least 163 who were accused of "using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer."

The vast majority of the Jan. 6 defendants, around 1,417, were essentially charged with trespassing, or "entering or remaining in a restricted federal building or grounds," and that includes at least 171 individuals who were charged with doing so while possessing "a dangerous or deadly weapon."

It was also revealed that around 87 defendants were charged with the destruction of government property while approximately 66 were charged with the theft of government property, with the DOJ estimating that the combined damages, thefts, and other costs borne by law enforcement totaled more than $2.8 million.

Breakdown of guilty pleas, verdicts, and sentencing

The DOJ's update further noted that of the nearly 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants who've been criminally charged, nearly 900 of them have accepted guilty pleas, with roughly one-third being for felony crimes and the remaining two-thirds for various misdemeanors.

Of the approximately 288 felony pleas thus far, 146 involved assaulting law enforcement officers, while another 76 involved "feloniously obstructing, impeding, or interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder."

At least 186 defendants have faced trial and been found guilty by a jury or a judge, and at least 944 defendants have already been sentenced, with around 562 being incarcerated in prison, 172 being given home detention, and 31 who received a mix of both sentences.

What about the Supreme Court's Fischer ruling in favor of Jan. 6 defendants?

The DOJ's update also mentioned the Fischer v. United States case that it lost earlier this year at the Supreme Court when a majority of justices substantially narrowed the government's unprecedented interpretation and use of a white-collar evidence tampering and obstruction statute against hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants.

The DOJ revealed that of the 259 defendants charged under the contested statute, 133 had already received sentences. Of those, 76 were convicted of other felonies, 40 were convicted of other misdemeanors but received probation or have already been released, and 17 are currently serving time for other misdemeanors while another 126 are still awaiting trial or sentencing.

"There are zero cases where a defendant was charged only with corruptly obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding, or attempting to do so," the DOJ insisted. "Every defendant also faces other criminal charges -- felonies, misdemeanors, or both -- for illegal conduct related to the Capitol Breach."

The DOJ ended the update with a reiteration of its plea for public assistance in identifying and tracking down individuals who may have committed crimes during the 2021 incident at the Capitol