5 years since the January 6 insurrection
Melissa Nann-Burke was the Washington Bureau Chief for the Detroit News at that time of the insurrection. She shared her perspective of the infamous day on an episode of MichMash.
Tuesday marks the fifth anniversary of the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A large group protesting the results of the 2020 election— claiming Joe Biden’s win was fraudulent—broke into the capitol building, destroying property, assaulting officers, and threatening elected officials.
The events of January 6 resulted in several deaths and over a thousand arrests.
President Donald Trump pardoned most insurrectionists when reentering office in the past year, saying that the Biden administration over-prosecuted the group.
Melissa Nann-Burke was the Washington Bureau Chief for the Detroit News at that time of the insurrection. She was working in the House chamber on January 6 and witnessed events from the inside.
She spoke with WDET’s Jake Neher about it later that week on MichMash.
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