DOJ Warns Court To Expect Hundreds More Indictments Over January 6
The Department of Justice could indict over 1,000 more people for charges related to January 6, 2021’s riot at U.S. Capitol.
The DOJ sent a letter to Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the District Court for the District of Columbia on October 28 warning that the court should prepare for another 700 to 1,200 defendants, according to Bloomberg, which reviewed the letter and first reported it Wednesday. The DOJ had previously filed charges against around 900 people.
Since then, the number of DOJ arrests have risen to around 1,000. According to the department, the remaining cases are roughly equal to the estimated number of people who entered the Capitol during the riot. This ranges from 2,000 to 2,500.
The current high number of prosecutions and arrests has caused a shortage in resources at DOJ, the federal public defense’s office and the court system. Officials from the DOJ have stated in public that they are determined to see every case through.
“In the months and years to come, the FBI Washington Field Office will continue to partner with U.S. attorney’s offices across the country to bring to justice those who attempted to use violence to substitute their will over the will of the people,” In a January statement, David Sundberg, the assistant director in charge at the FBI Washington Field Office, stated these words.
The statute of limitations for most federal crimes is five years.
Tucker Carlson, Fox News host, received 41,000 hours footage from the Capitol on January 6th. Carlson broadcast some video earlier in the month that showed the crowd inside the U.S. Capitol. Fox News’ host, Carlson, challenged the media and House January 6 Committee’s portrayal of that day.
“A small percentage of them were hooligans. But the overwhelming majority weren’t. They were peaceful. They were orderly and meek. These were not insurrectionists – they were sightseers,” Carlson said.
The majority of Carlson’s footage has been made available to defense lawyers representing clients who were charged in connection with the January 6 events. However, defense teams may find it difficult to see the entire volume of video.
“Gov. gives me 14,000 hours of video and says ‘Your client is captured on that video.’ Are you suggesting I need to watch video 24 hours a day for 583 days in order to do my job?” William Shipley, who represents the “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley during his January 6 trial, according to a tweet.
In January, FBI claimed that it had reviewed and compiled more than 30,000 files of video footage sourced from law enforcement, cell phone records, and other sources. Nine terabytes worth of information are contained in the files. It would take 361 days to see all of them if they were viewed 24 hours a week.
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