evidence: Jan. 6 timeline: Key moments from the attack on the Capitol It's been two years since the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol, and over time, Americans have learned more about the scope of the violence and destruction that day and about those who were responsible from the Justice Department, which has prosecuted 950 individuals so far, and from the House select committee investigation that wrapped up in December. [...] Pipe bombs at DNC and RNC 7:39 p.m., January 5, 2021: The night before crowds gathered at the Capitol, a dog walker unknowingly passes a suspected pipe bomber in a Capitol Hill neighborhood. Minutes later the bombs are placed outside Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters. They won't be discovered until the following day.