Selfie-Incrimination: FBI Sifts Through 140,000 Images

Bloomberg News reports:

More than 140,000 pieces of digital media have been obtained by the FBI. “And we are scouring every one for investigative and intelligence leads,” Steven D’Antuono, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, told reporters. “We continue to ask for more.”

The FBI has opened a portal to accept tips and digital media depicting rioting and violence in and around the Capitol on Jan. 6, when a mob supporting President Donald Trump swarmed the building, scaling walls, breaking windows and beating police officers.

Selfie-snapping rioters have left the FBI a trail of more than 140,000 images to help identify suspects in the U.S. Capitolhttps://t.co/poITdzwFNw

— Emma Kinery (@EmmaKinery) January 16, 2021