Acting U.S. Attorney in D.C. says this is enormous investigation. "The capital grounds outside and inside are, essentially, a crime scene and scale in which we have literally 1000s of potential witnesses, and a scenario in which we're going to have hundreds of criminal cases."
More Sherwin: "The gamut of cases and criminal conduct we're looking at is really mind blowing." Simple trespass, theft of mail or digital devices, assault on officers, national security information, felony murder, civil rights excessive force, and more.
More Sherwin: The initial charges are only the beginning. "This is not the end.... We're looking at significant felony cases tied to sedition and conspiracy."
Has a strike force to build conspiracy charges related to "the most heinous acts that occurred in the Capitol."
Has a strike force to build conspiracy charges related to "the most heinous acts that occurred in the Capitol."
More Sherwin: "I think there's a lot of misconceptions about what happened within the Capitol, and it's going to come into laser focus I think over the next weeks and days ... people are going to be shocked with some of the egregious conduct that happened within the Capitol."
More Sherwin: Two pipe bombs that were found outside the RNC and the DNC offices, near the Capitol grounds, "were real devices." "They had explosive igniters. They had timers." Stops short of calling it domestic terrorism.
More Sherwin: "We don't know, obviously exactly why they did not go off." Still investigating those pipe bombs, and whether it was a diversionary tactic or for another purpose.
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