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BumRushDaShow

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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 01:39 PM Nov 9

Justice Dept. to focus on 'most egregious' Jan. 6 cases until Trump is inaugurated

Source: NBC News

Nov. 9, 2024, 6:00 AM EST


WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to focus on arresting the “most egregious” Jan. 6 rioters — particularly those who committed felony assaults on law enforcement officers but have not yet been arrested — in the remaining 72 days before President-elect Donald Trump is back in the White House, a law enforcement official told NBC News this week.

Trump is expected to shut down the yearslong investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and has said he would “absolutely” pardon some, if not all, of his supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol that day, labeling them “warriors,” “unbelievable patriots,” political prisoners and “hostages.” A Trump campaign spokesman did not respond to a request for comment on which rioters Trump would consider pardoning, though the campaign previously said that he would pardon Jan. 6 defendants on a “case-by-case basis when he is back in the White House.”

Given Trump’s stunning election victory, federal prosecutors in the Justice Department’s Capitol Siege Section received guidance this week about how to proceed in pending Jan. 6 cases, NBC News has learned, including a directive to oppose any Jan. 6 defendant’s requests for delays. Prosecutors are instructed to argue that there is a societal interest in the quick administration of justice and these cases should be handled in the normal order.

As for new arrests, the law enforcement official said, prosecutors will “focus on the most egregious conduct and cases until the end of the administration.” There are unlikely to be any further arrests of misdemeanor Jan. 6 defendants — such as those who entered the Capitol but did not assault law enforcement — unless a judge already signed off on those cases, but felony assault cases will proceed, the official said.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/jan-6-cases-what-happens-focus-felony-rioters-trump-election-rcna175386

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Justice Dept. to focus on 'most egregious' Jan. 6 cases until Trump is inaugurated (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 9 OP
Thankless task. Trump will pardon them in January. Lonestarblue Nov 9 #1
it begs the question, wasn't that done three years ago? JohnSJ Nov 9 #2
FUCK The Injustice Department SoCalDavidS Nov 9 #3
That's Garland's Just Us department. Putting on a show knowing it will Autumn Nov 9 #4
Dump's is the most egregious of all Ponietz Nov 9 #5
Well I would thing the Cf would be defendant number one... Hope22 Nov 9 #6

Autumn

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4. That's Garland's Just Us department. Putting on a show knowing it will
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 01:50 PM
Nov 9

be moot on Jan 21. What a fucking disgrace.

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