WATCH LIVE: Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin and FBI provide update on Capital attack charges

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1. On NOW n/t

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2. ...

Link to tweet

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3. Watching

Sherwin is very up front that this is a long, complicated nationwide process that will not be concluded in hours, days, weeks, or even months. They have a lot of information to sift through, witnesses and perpetrators to locate, and criminal prosecutions to coordinate.

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4. Sedition and conspiracy....

Oh yeah.

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5. so the first

perpetrator will go free?

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6. I hope rioters are watching and shaking in their shoes.

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7. DOJ official says he expects they will charge "hundreds" of rioters in the coming weeks

DOJ official says he expects they will charge "hundreds" of rioters in the coming weeks
The Department of Justice has opened 170 subject files — meaning individuals identified as persons who potentially committed crimes — on rioters from the Capitol, Acting DC US Attorney Michael Sherwin said at a news conference today.

He said they have already opened "over 70 cases" and expect the number of individuals charged "will grow to the hundreds in the next coming weeks."

On the types of cases that DOJ is charging, Sherwin said, the "gamut of cases" and misconduct that they're looking at "is really mind-blowing."

"We're looking at everything from simple trespass to theft of mail, to theft of digital devices while inside the Capitol, to assault on local officers, federal officers both outside and inside the Capitol, to the theft of potential national security information or national defense information to felony murder and even civil rights excessive force investigations," he said.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-impeachment-news-01-12-21/index.html

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8. DC US attorney says prosecutors have "marching orders" to pursue sedition and conspiracy cases

From CNN's Katelyn Polantz

DC US Attorney Michael Sherwin and Steven D'Antuono, an FBI assistant director out of Washington, vowed on Tuesday to leave no stone unturned as they treat the investigation of Capitol rioters similar to terrorism.

Sherwin said he gave his prosecutors "marching orders" to pursue significant sedition and conspiracy cases as well related to the insurrection.

The Justice Department has already charged 70 cases, and Sherwin said he believes that number will grow into the 100s, and already arrested individuals may face more serious crimes.

The FBI is tracking money, travel records, movements of people and communications in addition to following tips from the public and footage and photos from the scene on Jan. 6.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-impeachment-news-01-12-21/index.html