I wrote about the charges filed so far in connection to the assault on the Capitol, how they compare to those filed against J20 and BLM protesters, and the problem with things like over-broad conspiracy charges and felony murder.
A few thoughts.
Officials said that they are going to leave “no stone unturned” in the investigation, which they said is likely to last years. DC's acting US Attorney Michael Sherwin called this probe “unprecedented, not only in FBI history, but probably DOJ history.”
The @FBI said it’s investigating 170 people so far, and that number will likely “grow to the hundreds in the next coming weeks.”
And prosecutors say they’re considering a broad set of charges: from trespassing, to theft of mail, digital devices, and possibly national security information from the Capitol, and up to assault of a law enforcement officer, seditious conspiracy, and felony murder.
According to The Prosecution Project (@ProsecutionThe), 111 people were arrested or charged for actions connected to the Capitol siege as of Thursday — most with relatively minor misdemeanors like unlawful entry and curfew violations. 30 people were facing federal charges.