The FBI's Domestic Terrorism Caseload Has 'Exploded,' Director Chris Wray Tells Congress

[AZProgressive]

The FBI has more than doubled its domestic terrorism caseload in little more than a year and a half and doubled the amount of bureau personnel working on domestic terrorism investigations, FBI Director Chris Wray testified Tuesday.

“The domestic terrorism caseload has exploded,” Wray said during an appearance before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

“Since the spring of 2020 ... we’ve more than doubled our domestic terrorism caseload, from about 1,000 to around 2,700 investigations,” Wray said. “We’ve surged personnel to match, more than doubling the amount of people working that threat from the year before.”

The stark jump is in part due to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which has resulted in more than 600 arrests (with hundreds more arrests in the works).

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1. Now what has happened in the last year that might have led to this?

Maybe it's not having a president tell domestic terrorists that he loves them and that they're very special, fine people?

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2. The stark jump is in part due to four years of tffg