Members of the insurrectionist mob that attacked the Capitol last week face what the federal prosecutor in charge calls a “mind-blowing” range of potential charges from destruction of federal property, trespass, and mail theft to possession of destructive devices and felony murder.
For some of the most serious charges, acting U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., Michael Sherwin, says his office has set up a “strike force” to press federal charges that come with fines and up to 20 years in prison.
“We’re looking at significant felony cases tied to sedition and conspiracy,” says Sherwin, who’s overseeing the sprawling investigation that he predicts will grow intro “hundreds” of cases in coming weeks. “Their only marching orders from me are to build seditious and conspiracy charges related to the most heinous acts that occurred in the Capitol.”
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