DOJ Now Expects To Charge Over 500 For Capitol Riot

NBC News reports:

The Justice Department has notified federal judges in Washington that it expects to charge more than 500 people with taking part in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

“Over 400 individuals have been charged in connection with the Capitol attack,” federal prosecutors said in court documents filed late Thursday. “The investigation continues and the government expects that at least one hundred additional individuals will charged.”

Court documents show that those charged come from nearly every state, with Florida, Pennsylvania, and Texas topping the list in number of residents arrested. Roughly 90 percent of the total charged were men, and their average age was 40.

Read the full article. According to the DOJ, the investigation into the rioters is the most sprawling in the agency’s history.