Since the US Capitol was violently assaulted by pro-Trump protesters last Wednesday, the Justice Department has opened 170 cases against individuals who potentially committed crimes, Acting US Attorney Michael Sherwin in Washington, DC, said Tuesday.
The number of individuals charged with charges ranging from misdemeanors to felonies with possible jail time "will soar into the hundreds in the coming weeks," Sherwin said at a press conference to update the country on the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigations ( FBI, for its acronym in English) on the breakthrough in Congress, which left
significant material damage to federal property and five deaths.
"We are looking at everything from simple break-ins to mail theft, theft of digital devices inside the Capitol, attacks on local officials, federal officials both inside and outside the Capitol, to the theft of potential national security information," he said Sherwin.
Aaron Mostofsky (right) was among the robbers on the Capitol. AP /
Those who participated in crimes on Capitol Hill, but left the capital to return to their homes in other states, can expect that "our officers will knock on their doors," said Steven D'Antuono, the deputy director in charge of the FBI office in DC
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