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UPSHOT OF PRESSER:
Says *what’s not on social media*
“just yesterday our office organized a strike force of very senior NatSec & public corruption prosecutors [whose] only marching orders... are TO BUILD SEDITIOUS & CONSPIRACY CHARGES” —felony charges w/ sentences up to 20 yrs
Says *what’s not on social media*
“just yesterday our office organized a strike force of very senior NatSec & public corruption prosecutors [whose] only marching orders... are TO BUILD SEDITIOUS & CONSPIRACY CHARGES” —felony charges w/ sentences up to 20 yrs
Steven D'Antuono/FBI opens:
-The brutality the American ppl watched w/ shock & disbelief on 1/6 is not lost on us
-We will leave no stone unturned
-Significance of this investigation not lost on us
-This is a 24/7, full bore, extensive operation into what happened that day
-The brutality the American ppl watched w/ shock & disbelief on 1/6 is not lost on us
-We will leave no stone unturned
-Significance of this investigation not lost on us
-This is a 24/7, full bore, extensive operation into what happened that day
D'Antuono:
[Says lots of tips but they want MORE - via phone/tip page]
-“I want to stress that the FBI has a long memory & a broad reach” ...says agents throughout country rn
-Don’t think bc you left that you’re safe. “DC agents will be knocking on your door”
-Turn yourself in
[Says lots of tips but they want MORE - via phone/tip page]
-“I want to stress that the FBI has a long memory & a broad reach” ...says agents throughout country rn
-Don’t think bc you left that you’re safe. “DC agents will be knocking on your door”
-Turn yourself in
D'Antuono:
-continue to gather intel to disrupt future attacks
-leveraging state & local law enforcement partners & using the tools at our disposal to find & bring everyone involved in last wks criminal activity to justice
/fin
<Introduces Acting US Atty Michael Sherwin>...
-continue to gather intel to disrupt future attacks
-leveraging state & local law enforcement partners & using the tools at our disposal to find & bring everyone involved in last wks criminal activity to justice
/fin
<Introduces Acting US Atty Michael Sherwin>...
Acting USAtty Michael Sherwin:
-Scope & scale of investigation is unprecedented, not just in FBI history, but DOJ history
-the Capitol — both inside & grounds — “is literally a crime scene”
-1,000’s of witnesses “& I believe hundreds of criminal cases” in *local* courts & fed ct
-Scope & scale of investigation is unprecedented, not just in FBI history, but DOJ history
-the Capitol — both inside & grounds — “is literally a crime scene”
-1,000’s of witnesses “& I believe hundreds of criminal cases” in *local* courts & fed ct
AUSA Sherwin:
-Enormity of this investigation: going to take a lot of work, a lot of effort, a lot of time
-won’t be solved overnight or coming weeks... probably even months
-Everyone at DOJ++ is in it for the long haul
-numbers of cases are going to geometrically increase...
-Enormity of this investigation: going to take a lot of work, a lot of effort, a lot of time
-won’t be solved overnight or coming weeks... probably even months
-Everyone at DOJ++ is in it for the long haul
-numbers of cases are going to geometrically increase...
1st talks about *initial* charges:
->70 cases charged, growing
-gamut of crim conduct unmatched: ranges from trespass, mail theft, NatSec theft, felony assault on__vic (wide range), felony murder, even possibly excessive force
-calls “enormity” of criminal conduct “mind blowing”
->70 cases charged, growing
-gamut of crim conduct unmatched: ranges from trespass, mail theft, NatSec theft, felony assault on__vic (wide range), felony murder, even possibly excessive force
-calls “enormity” of criminal conduct “mind blowing”
Look at *INITIAL* CASES
-clarify misconception: when crim conduct occurs we want to charge ASAP via criminal complaint
-marching orders: FIND, FIX & CHARGE ~arrest~ usually misdm
-Initial charge “only the begging”
-After that we have ability to indict “and that’s what’s happened”
-clarify misconception: when crim conduct occurs we want to charge ASAP via criminal complaint
-marching orders: FIND, FIX & CHARGE ~arrest~ usually misdm
-Initial charge “only the begging”
-After that we have ability to indict “and that’s what’s happened”
-after initial charge we’re indicting
-Yesterday DC grand jury booked “hr upon hr,” all day for sig felony charges
-“only the beginning, not the end”
-“Everyone’s familiar” w/ initial charges: zip tie guys, Pelosi’s office, etc
-Sedition/conspiracy/task force (1)
-also weapons/
-Yesterday DC grand jury booked “hr upon hr,” all day for sig felony charges
-“only the beginning, not the end”
-“Everyone’s familiar” w/ initial charges: zip tie guys, Pelosi’s office, etc
-Sedition/conspiracy/task force (1)
-also weapons/
*Going after the most SIGNIFICANT CHARGES poss as a DETERRENT*
-whether just trespassing or planting bombs “you will be charged & you will be found”
-focusing on assaults of ofc/local & fed
-“people will be shocked at the egregious conduct in the Capitol”
-hand-to-hand combat++
-whether just trespassing or planting bombs “you will be charged & you will be found”
-focusing on assaults of ofc/local & fed
-“people will be shocked at the egregious conduct in the Capitol”
-hand-to-hand combat++
ASSAULTS ON MEDIA:
-3rd Strike Force
-“some people aren’t familiar that some of those rioters specifically targeted members of the media & assaulted them”
-Assigned specific strike force to focus just on media assaults
-Naming strike forces to show all vics treated equally
/Fin
-3rd Strike Force
-“some people aren’t familiar that some of those rioters specifically targeted members of the media & assaulted them”
-Assigned specific strike force to focus just on media assaults
-Naming strike forces to show all vics treated equally
/Fin
