Tape closes off broken windows at businesses in Northwest Washington, Jan. 20, 2017, after a protestor of Donald Trump's inauguration (Credit: AP/Michael Biesecker) While most of America has been preoccupied with year-end holiday festivities and the Alabama U.S. Senate race, federal prosecutors in Washington have been hard at work trying to convict six people who were present during a demonstration against the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The trial, which is taking place in the District of Columbia’s Superior Court, has received comparatively little attention from the national press.