China News Agency, Washington, January 7 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) "On January 6, two years ago, our national system was attacked. There is no other way to say it." When US President Biden talked about the riots on Capitol Hill on the 6th Say so.

　　Biden commemorated the second anniversary of the riots on Capitol Hill by awarding the "Presidential Citizen Medal" for the first time during his tenure that day.

The medal is the second highest honor awarded to ordinary people in the United States, second only to the "Presidential Medal of Freedom".

At a ceremony held at the White House, Biden awarded medals to police officers who died in the riots on Capitol Hill, police representatives who were injured, local officials who defended the results of the 2020 election, and election workers.

　　On January 6, 2021, a large number of supporters of former President Trump violently broke into the Capitol, a symbol of American political power, interrupting the process of verifying the results of the 2020 US presidential election.

The riot directly caused five deaths and injured about 140 police officers.

　　Regarding the actions of the mob, Biden said, "The purpose of all this is to attempt to overturn the will of the people and usurp the peaceful transfer of power. All this is driven by lies about the 2020 election."

　　Biden emphasized that the United States is a country of law and order rather than chaos, a country of peace rather than violence.

"As we have seen with today's laureates, they have strengthened America's fabric, renewed America's faith, and strengthened America's cause."

　　According to data from the U.S. Department of Justice, as of January 3, 2023, more than 950 people across the United States have been arrested or prosecuted for allegedly participating in riots on Capitol Hill.

More than 284 of them face criminal charges for assaulting, resisting or obstructing a law enforcement officer.

192 people have been sentenced to prison terms, with a maximum sentence of 90 months.

　　Earlier in the day, Jeffries, the Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Pelosi, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, led members of the party to hold a memorial ceremony outside the Capitol.

　　On June 30, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives established a committee to investigate riots on Capitol Hill led by the Democratic Party.

After 18 months of evidence gathering, witness interviews and 10 public hearings, the commission released a final 845-page report on December 22 last year.

It concluded that Trump was the core cause of the riots on Capitol Hill.

However, regarding the causes and characterization of the riots on Capitol Hill, American society is still divided.

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