There's six other accounts in the indictment here,
which includes civil disorder.
Physical contact with the the victim assault.
Entering and remaining in a restricted building,
Disorderly and disruptive conduct, Disorderly conduct in the Capitol building?
And why aren't those six counts good enough just from
the Justice Department's perspective,
given that they don't have any of the hurdles?
Because those counts don't fully reflect the culpability of petitioners
conduct on January 6th,
those counts do not require that petitioner have acted corruptly
to obstruct an official proceeding.
And obviously petitioner committed other crimes that we've charged and
that we're seeking to hold him accountable for.
But one of the distinct strands of harm,
one of the the the root problems with petitioners conduct
is that he knew about that proceeding.
He had said in advance of January 6th that he
was prepared to storm the capital prepared to use violence.
He wanted to intimidate Congress.
He said they can't vote if they can't breathe.
And then he went to the Capitol on January 6
with that intent in mind and took action,
including assaulting a law enforcement officer.
That did impede the ability of the officers to regain
control of the capital and let Congress finish its work
in that session.
And I think it is entirely appropriate for the government
to seek to hold petitioner accountable for that conduct with
that intent.