Under a plea agreement the prosecution filed at the hearing, the prosecution and the defense agreed to recommend a prison sentence of 8-14 months and a fine between $4,000 and $40,000.
The Justice Department released new footage of the events, which showed rioters shouting at police and members of Congress through broken glass at the entrance to the House chamber.
The decision came after a group of former Maine lawmakers said that Trump should be disqualified based on a provision of the US Constitution.
Chutkan's ruling brings Trump a step closer to facing a jury on charges that he plotted to interfere in the counting of electoral votes and obstruct congressional certification of Biden's victory.
The ruling is the latest and most significant in a string of recent legal challenges to Trump's eligibility in light of his role in the events of January 6.
In storming the Capitol, their democratic temple, hundreds of Americans crossed once inconceivable lines. On Yom Kippur, secular zealots stormed Israelis’ holiest “sanctuary of time.”
Trump, the first former U.S. president ever to face charges, is the front-runner in the race for the Republican nomination to face President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in the 2024 U.S. election.
Ramaswamy called the prosecution of non-violent insurrectionists "political prosecution" during a Republican primary debate last month.
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