The FBI's Capitol riot investigation is a mass mobilization of federal law enforcement like none other, with hundreds of agents who normally handle drugs, gangs, fraud and other crimes. by @rebeccadobrien @ailworth
Feds allege cover-up by Capitol rioter -- who was released to commit more crimes
Feds allege cover-up by Capitol rioter -- who was released to commit more crimes
Capitol rioters’ indiscretion on social media and their friends' willingness to turn them in has helped authorities charge about 150 people as of Monday with federal crimes.
For two Virginia police officers who posed for a photo during the deadly U.S. Capitol insurrection, the reckoning has been swift and public: They were identified, charged with crimes and arrested. But for five Seattle officers the outcome is less clear.
The US House will formally deliver the article of impeachment charging Donald Trump with "high crimes and misdemeanours" for inciting the storming of the Capitol earlier this month, as @siobhankennedy4 explains
@soledadobrien I DISAGREE with you. It’s my story and I’ll stand by it. Thanks for the critique but if you believe in social justice she is CHARGED w conspiracy not convicted. We show her in the Capitol. We delve into her life just like I’ve done for countless others accused of crimes.
A Metro Detroit man arrested by the FBI was charged with several crimes connecting him to the riot at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6. Footage shows him hitting a police officer with a hockey stick.
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One can only imagine what it would be like if FBI had investigated other alleged crimes, including those within its own ranks, with the quickness and enthusiasm they're applying to the Capitol riots. We might not have even had the riots.
PELOSI, speaking with @JoyAnnReid , says it "remains to be seen" if any GOP members of Congress abetted insurrectionists. But if they did, they're "accessories" to the crimes committeed at the Capitol, incuding to murder, she says.
New: Congrats to everyone who photographed themselves doing crimes in the Capitol. It's loaded with phone location trackers, and those (unmasked) pics could work great in a facial-recognition scan. Hundreds of FBI agents are working the case as we speak
UPDATE: The U.S. has charged 55 people with crimes stemming from the siege of the U.S. Capitol, including a man who was arrested nearby with a semi-automatic rifle and 11 Molotov cocktails, the Justice Department says
The acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia says "hundreds" of people may face charges for storming the Capitol. And, he says, if evidence points to crimes by elected officials — such as incitement of violence — he's prepared to bring charges.
Reporting: In *one* day in June, D.C. police arrested BLM protesters at over *seven* times the rate of Trump rioters at the Capitol on Wednesday. There was far more evidence of trespassing and other serious crimes at the Capitol, much of it on tape.
How Donald Trump’s term ends: Guns drawn to literally defend the U.S. government from his supporters as they commit crimes storming the Capitol:
Many people at the Capitol right now have legal exposure for committing federal crimes. Here is some of the relevant law...
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