DOJ To Court: Expect Another 1000 Arrests In Riot

Bloomberg News reports:

More than 1,000 additional people could still face charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, according to a letter to the DC federal court from the US attorney in Washington.

The letter from US Attorney Matthew Graves to Chief Judge Beryl Howell, which came as the department neared its 900th arrest, estimated an additional 700 to 1,200 defendants.

That could roughly double the number of cases filed so far – with this month marking the 1,000th arrest, according to statistics from the US attorney’s office.

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The US attorney in DC sent a letter late last year to the chief judge of the federal court saying they estimated 700 to 1,200 add’l Jan. 6 defendants – roughly doubling # of cases brought to date – and expected a higher percentage of felony cases to comehttps://t.co/Kj4FOcxV9K

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