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This article was nominated for deletion on 19 June 2021. The result of the discussion was keep.

H.R. 3325 (117th Congress) was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 3 September 2021 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Text and/or other creative content from this version of 2021 storming of the United States Capitol was copied or moved into Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Text and/or other creative content from this version of Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol was copied or moved into Justice for J6 rally with this edit. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

On 28 July 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from Aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack to Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack. The result of the discussion was moved.

level of detail here versus a related page

Right now, under Lawsuits, the section says "Main article: Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election". The Lawsuits section here has no information about the bulk of the civil suits on the Main page, yet it also has more information than the Main article on several of the DC suits. It's also missing other suits, including the GA and DC criminal suits filed against Trump. I'm wondering if the Lawsuits section here should be cut to a few lines noting the civil suits in multiple states + DC, and noting the criminal suits, with the detail that's currently here on the DC suits mostly moved to the Main article. That article is also out of date, and it would be easier to update it than have to update both it and this page. Another problem is that that page refers people to a DC page for yet more detail, but that DC page has no information about the post-election lawsuits in DC. A lawsuits section needs to be added there, presumably with even more details (and perhaps that's ultimately the right place for some of the details that are currently here). What do others think about shortening this section, improving the Summary of post-election lawsuits section on the Main page referred to here, and creating a Post-election lawsuits section on the DC page? FWIW, I left a related question on another talk page. FactOrOpinion (talk) 18:49, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@FactOrOpinion I believe Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election was originally intended to be only about civil lawsuits related to disputes over voting (e.g. methods, eligibility) and election results. Originally on the other hand, I thought that the "Lawsuits" section (in this Talk Page's article) was for lawsuits related directly to the January 6 United States Capitol attack.

My impression is that 2020 United States presidential election#Lawsuits should be the top-level summary (WP:SUMMARYSTYLE) for all related lawsuits. Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 U.S. presidential election should have "see also" tags to the "Lawsuits" section (in this Talk Page's article) and to other criminal prosecutions that are related to the election. rootsmusic (talk) 18:37, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ashli Babbitt armed?

This article seems to imply Babbitt was unarmed. However the article on Jan 6 and the article on her death both say that she was found to have a knife on her body. Which is true and why are these pages inconsistent? It seems to me that she was armed but not wielding the weapon at her time of death. KahlilB (talk) 15:55, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Valid point, we seem to be using older sources here. Slatersteven (talk) 16:01, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Slatersteven I'm not an experienced editor but I think this needs an update, if only for the sake of truth and consistency. Maybe "initial reports said Babbitt was unarmed, but later reports from police said a knife was found in her pocket." Sources could be used from other articles. KahlilB (talk) 13:11, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]