NEW: "We have already opened more than 170 subject files" per Acting US Atty Michael Sherwin on siege of #USCapitol
"We've already charged over 70 cases" he adds, saying number will like exceed 100 on charges - trespass to theft of nat'l security/defense info to assault, etc
"We've already charged over 70 cases" he adds, saying number will like exceed 100 on charges - trespass to theft of nat'l security/defense info to assault, etc
"This is only the beginning" per Sherwin
"We're looking at significant felony cases tied to sedition and conspiracy" per acting US Atty Sherwin
Priority is cases involving weapons, pipe bombs
Priority is cases involving weapons, pipe bombs
Some of the rioters engaged in "open-handed combat" vs police officers, per acting US Atty Michael Sherwin
"People are going to be shocked"
"People are going to be shocked"
"We received a lot of intelligence...through all different means" per @FBIWFO's Steven D'Antuono about #USCapitol riot
"We shared intelligence" w/all FBI partners, he adds
"We shared intelligence" w/all FBI partners, he adds
.@FBI scrubbing intel to get full picture of what happened w/riot at the #USCapitol, per @FBIWFO's Steven D'Antuono
#PipeBombs placed during the #USCaptiol riot by #RNC #DNC "were real devices. They had explosive igniters. They had timers... we don't know why they did not go off" per acting US Atty Sherwin
Says hunt is on for those who planted them, and for what precise purpose
Says hunt is on for those who planted them, and for what precise purpose
Investigators still working to "ascertain the true purpose of individual in the Capitol that day" per @FBIWFO's D'Antuono
Warning about "war" at #USCapitol from @FBINorfolk "was a thread on a message board" per @FBIWFO's D'Antuono "We briefed that within 40 minutes....shared w/all our law enforcement partners"
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