FBI official Steven D'Antuono says the bureau has opened 160 case files relatd to U.S. Capitol insurrection.

"That's just the tip of the iceberg."

Acting U.S. attorney Michael Sherwin on U.S. Capitol investigation.

"I think the scope and scale of this investigation in these cases are really unprecedented not only in FBI history but really in DOJ history."

He says the Capitol Grounds are, essentially, a crime scene.

SHERWIN describes "mind-blowing" range of criminality. Range of charges include:

-Simple trespassing
-Theft of mail
-Theft of digital devices
-Assault on local/fed officers
-Theft of potential national security info
-Felony murder

SHERWIN adds this is just the beginning.

He says they're charging some of these suspects quickly on the first possible charge, which buys law enforcement time to develop far more significant investigations leading to bigger charges.

🚨SHERWIN: "We're looking at significant felony cases tied to sedition and conspiracy."

HAPPENING NOW: I have dialed in to Judge Dearie's courtroom, and apparently the system has left every single caller unmuted -- so it sounds roughly like midtown at rush hour, but with the added benefit of dozens of people screaming at each other to shut up.

This is truly the soundtrack of my nightmares, people who sound demonically possessed yelling "MUUUUTE" at inhuman decibel levels and getting increasingly furious that no one is listening.

Moral: Never dial in 20 minutes early.

Someone is now piping elevator music into the call after another caller sang America the Beautiful. Another man hypnotically reciting "Trump is a criminal." Since I dialed in, a woman has been shrieking "Mute your phones!" consistently every 10-15 seconds.

UPDATE: The situation has improved from Satanic screaming orgy to earsplitting metallic scraping. Looks like we're almost ready to begin the hearing.

.@joshgerstein, who is in the courtroom, says there is a concerted effort by the technologists in EDNY to mute the rabble.

JUST IN: DOJ recommends a six month jail sentence and $200,000 fine for Steve BANNON for defying a Jan. 6 select committee subpoena

Prosecutors say that Bannon, from the moment he was subpoenaed by the select committee “has pursued a bad-faith strategy of defiance and contempt.”

NEW: Special Master Raymond Dearie began his review with sharp skepticism for Donald Trump's team, particularly on thir refusal to provide proof Trump declassified anything.

"You can't have your cake and eat it too," he says.

w/ @joshgerstein (from