FBI Capitol Riot Investigation Shifts Gears Federal law enforcement’s next challenge is building broader conspiracy cases after making arrests on lower-level offenses https://archive.vn/WS5L2#selection-2127.5-2192.1 Updated Jan. 26, 2021 5:56 pm ET
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has marshaled hundreds of agents from specialized squads and field offices across the country as its probe of the Capitol riot moves to a new phase attempting to build cases alleging that some of the rioters carefully planned the attack.
Authorities are sifting through reams of evidence—including more than 200,000 digital tips gathered from social media, members of the public, confidential informants, local news and surveillance footage, according to court filings and people involved in the cases. In recent days, investigators also have started receiving nonpublic evidence gathered from more than 500 grand jury subpoenas and search warrants, officials said, bolstering efforts to gain a clearer picture of what happened on Jan. 6.
Prosecutors already have charged more than 150 people with federal crimes related to participating in the riot, and officials said Tuesday they expected the flood of cases to slow as authorities turn to what was happening behind the scenes.
“We are going to reach a plateau in the very near future,” the acting U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., Michael Sherwin, said, adding that investigators are increasingly focusing on “possible coordination among militia groups” and people from different states who “had a plan to travel here before the sixth and engage in criminal conduct.” The sprawling investigation includes FBI agents who normally handle -- excerpt, rest at link above --
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
Hundred of FBI agents here where no one was killed except by a cop, but none on the multiple attacks on federal property and injuries and fatalities elsewhere??
My own answer is no. Guidance is fine. Voluntary self-isolation is fine, and strongly advisable for the more vulnerable. Most of them will do it by choice. But coercion is not fine. There is no moral or principled justification for it. Lord Sumpton
Quote: Isailedaway wrote in post #2Hundred of FBI agents here where no one was killed except by a cop, but none on the multiple attacks on federal property and injuries and fatalities elsewhere??
Yep. The rules have changed.
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
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