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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

FBI has hundreds of names of Capitol riot suspects but DOJ needs more lawyers to prosecute them, report says

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The US Justice Department has been busy for more than a year tracking down and prosecuting participants in the Capitol riot, but is now facing an unprecedented problem; it doesn't have enough lawyers to carry out the prosecutions.

NBC News reports that more than 775 supporters of Donald Trump who stormed the Capitol on 6 January have been arrested. More than 225 people have pleaded guilty thus far, and two have been convicted during a trial. More than 50 have been sentenced to prison.

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