Federal prosecutors are mulling bringing fees in opposition to as many as 200 extra individuals for his or her roles within the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol assault, together with some 60 people suspected of assaulting or impeding regulation enforcement.
The brand new figures, introduced on Monday, mark the primary time the Justice Division has revealed what number of instances it believes are nonetheless pending in a probe U.S. Lawyer Normal Merrick Garland has hailed as one of many “largest, most complex, and most resource-intensive investigations” within the Division of Justice’s historical past.
The company introduced the brand new figures on the four-year anniversary of the riot, the place a mob of Trump’s supporters descended on the constructing as Congress licensed the election win of his Democratic opponent, President Biden. Trump has vowed to situation pardons to some rioters, whom he has described as “political prisoners,” inside hours of his return to the White Home later this month.
Some 1,583 individuals accused of collaborating within the riot have confronted fees, with greater than half of them pleading responsible earlier than trial and tons of extra being convicted by a jury or decide.
Greater than 600 individuals had been accused of assaulting, resisting or impeding regulation enforcement officers, together with 180 rioters who had been charged with utilizing a lethal or harmful weapon and 153 who had been charged with destruction of federal property or theft of federal property.
Moreover, 18 individuals had been charged with seditious conspiracy — plotting to oppose the authority of the federal government. Ten individuals, all leaders of the right-wing extremist Proud Boys and Oath Keepers teams, had been convicted of the Civil Conflict-era cost.
Although Jan. 6 instances proceed chugging alongside in federal courtroom, Trump’s guarantees to grant sweeping clemency threaten to upend the prosecutions.
The president-elect has not made clear what number of defendants he plans to pardon, however he has not but publicly dominated any out, together with for extra critical offenders.
On Monday, ex-Proud Boys nationwide chairman Enrique Tarrio requested Trump to contemplate issuing him a “full and complete” pardon for his position within the Capitol assault. Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy and is serving a 22-year jail time period. One other Proud Boy convicted of sedition, Joe Biggs, additionally beforehand requested clemency.
Attorneys for Oath Keepers chief Stewart Rhodes, who was sentenced to 17 years in jail after being convicted of sedition, beforehand informed The Hill that the unique trial workforce began discussions about aid after it grew to become clear Trump could be president once more.
