Serious charges, in general, take longer to investigate and charge.

Only, the "riot" coincided with the counting of electoral votes, they erected gallows and chanted "Hang Mike Pence" because he wasn't playing along with Trump's fraudulent attempt to replace electors, as the crowd attempted to force their way into the legislative session. The crowd may have failed, but the attempt was made. After they bloodied dozens of cops, what do you suppose would have happened if they made it into the chamber full of senators?

That's dishonest. Anyone looking even only perfunctory at the lead up to and events of the day knows that this was provoked by Trump and the sycophants around him. They falsely claim the election was stolen from them, and January 6th was their last chance at a coup. Riled up protesters stormed government buildings and tried to kill multiple government officials who were in the process of ratifying a valid election.

Rightfully, there's a much higher threshold of evidence in court, and this of course takes time to gather. Rats like Trump and the people around them also have plenty of experience skirting the line of illegality, and them being often high-ranking government officials gives them a certain degree of immunity.

"Insurrection" is harder to prove than "riot" or "breaking and entering". They don't want to charge a bunch of people and lose in court; they want the charges to stick. That takes time to get right.

> To be more clear, no charges of sedition were filed until nearly a year after the "riot" had been branded an "insurrection". The branding of the riot to insurrection occured about 45 minutes after someone sat in Pelosi's chair.

Investigations are a thing that take place, and exceptional charges tend to be distant followers of actual events, especially when cases need to be airtight.

There's no conspiracy with the way the charges were handled; there's simply evidence-gathering.