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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsD.C.'s Acting U.S. Attorney Calls Scope Of Capitol Investigation 'Unprecedented'
(NPR) The acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Michael Sherwin, says "hundreds" of people may ultimately face charges related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, which interrupted a session of Congress and left five people dead.
Sherwin spoke with NPR's Martin Kaste in an exclusive interview Saturday evening about the multiagency investigation, the challenges officials face and what they'll be looking for.
Sherwin says he doesn't want to "Monday morning quarterback" the U.S. Capitol Police, but the fact that they allowed hundreds of potential suspects to leave the scene has made his job more difficult. Now he says staffers are putting in "24-hour shifts" to identify suspects, searching for evidence online and saving it before it can be deleted. ...........(more)
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/10/955314373/d-c-s-acting-u-s-attorney-calls-scope-of-capitol-investigation-unprecedented
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)elleng
(135,442 posts)'staffers are putting in "24-hour shifts" to identify suspects, searching for evidence online and saving it before it can be deleted.'
BigmanPigman
(52,144 posts)Isn't that nice.
Quixote1818
(30,093 posts)then arrested everyone in the building.
BigmanPigman
(52,144 posts)so maybe the same cops allowed them to leave with their support. Lots of investigations need to be held on the police who were insurrectionists. There is a lot of videos of them.
BComplex
(8,978 posts)This is the federal government. They need to figure out a way to find the evidence before it's deleted.
Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)Phoenix61
(17,477 posts)leaving? They were thrown to the wolves and now it seems they are being thrown under the bus. The breakdown that allowed this to happen needs to be rooted out and dealt with.
GigiLeigh
(121 posts)And it disgusts me that people were allowed to just stroll on out. But I suspect some were allowed to leave because the Capitol Police had just been assaulted for hours and were exhausted and confused. No back up came to help them for hours. I would love to hear police scanners for that day. How many of them begged for back up to come and none did.
Phoenix61
(17,477 posts)wouldnt authorize it. Pence finally got through to the Secretary of the Army who authorized the National Guard to respond but that was hours after the fact.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,352 posts)zip tie their hands behind their back, and throw them into buses, and jail cells.
Then it was perfectly fine to detain everyone they could grab, sort out the instigators later.
MagickMuffin
(16,999 posts)Which ones were calling or texting family members where to find their wills and which ones were offering inside information to the insurrection taking place during the siege.