The Guardian found that 70% of people charged in the Capitol riot were granted pretrial release

• Trump supporters breached the Capitol January 6 to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 election.
• Since the riots, local and federal authorities have arrested and charged at least 495 people.
• The Guardian found that at least 70% of Capitol defendants were granted pretrial release.

Despite charges ranging from violent entry on Capitol grounds to assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, approximately 70% of the charged Capitol rioters from January 6 have been released on pretrial bond, The Guardian reported Friday.

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying the presidential election that Joe Biden won. The rioters were briefly successful in delaying the ceremonial vote, but legislators ultimately certified the election in the dead of night.

The Guardian analyzed 398 Capitol defendants through May 10 and found that just 56 were still being held in custody, including the "zip tie guy," Eric Munchel, and the "Q Shaman," Jacob Angeli.

The Capitol rioters currently have much greater rates of release than the average defendant who is allowed pretrial release just 25% of the time.

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Two Capitol rioters, including one who was photographed carrying a Confederate flag through the halls of Congress, were even allowed to go on a family vacation this month.

Despite the high rates of pretrial release, some judges are continuing to push for rioters to stay in jail. In one recent proceeding in the US District Court in Washington DC, Judge Amy Berman Jackson argued in an opinion that lies about the election are still being promulgated by the same people from January.

"The steady drumbeat that inspired defendant to take up arms has not faded away; six months later, the canard that the election was stolen is being repeated daily on major news outlets and from the corridors of power in state and federal government, not to mention in the near-daily fulminations of the former President," she wrote.

While ruling that rioter Shane Jenkins of Ohio could not be released, a judge echoed Jackson's opinion and said the constant lies about the validity of the elections "could give rise to another protest."

Insider has also been tracking arrests and charges stemming from the attempted insurrection, finding at least 495 cases as of the end of May. Insider's tracker also includes local curfew violations and unlawful entry arrests from the night of January 6, but each of the locally-charged individuals were ultimately released without any federal charges.