They stormed the U.S. Capitol in 2021 — now they want to serve there

WASHINGTON — Three years ago, Derrick Evans was taking part in the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, joining hundreds of other Donald Trump supporters who refused to accept his defeat in the presidential election.

Now he is campaigning to serve in the very legislative body he targeted that day.

And he's not alone: across the United States, around a dozen people involved in the siege of the Capitol — an attack that shook confidence in the stability of American democracy — have sought or are seeking to hold local or national office this year.