More than 1,000 US public figures aided Trump’s effort to overturn election

Insurrection Index identifies those who acted as accomplices by participating in 6 January attack or spreading Trump's big lie'

More than 1,000 Americans in positions of public trust acted as accomplices in Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election result, participating in the violent insurrection at the US Capitol on 6 January or spreading the big lie" that the vote count had been rigged.

The startling figure underlines the extent to which Trump's attempt to undermine the foundations of presidential legitimacy has metastasized across the US. Individuals who engaged in arguably the most serious attempt to subvert democracy since the civil war are now inveigling themselves into all levels of government, from Congress and state legislatures down to school boards and other local public bodies.