Two years after the attack on the Capitol, US police are still looking for 350 participants, as well as a person suspected of planting homemade bombs near the headquarters of Congress the day before the attack.
More than 950 people have been arrested in the past 24 months, Justice Minister Merrick Garland said in a statement issued Wednesday, two days before the second anniversary of the coup.
“Our work is not done”
More than a third have already been tried on charges ranging from simple “trespassing” to “sedition,” and 192 have received prison sentences, according to a separate statement from the Washington federal prosecutor overseeing this extensive investigation.
However, “our work is not done” and “we remain determined to prosecute all those responsible for the assault on our democracy,” added Merrick Garland.
Federal police are particularly seeking to identify 350 people suspected of committing violent acts on Capitol Hill, including 250 against police officers, and on Wednesday again appealed for the public’s help.
$500,000 reward
In addition, the FBI has quintupled the reward, increased from $100,000 to half a million dollars, for any information leading to the arrest of the person who planted a pipe bomb on the night of January 5, 2021, near Republican headquarters. and republicans. democrat. These never exploded and may only have been intended to keep police away from the Capitol just before the assault.
“We hope that (this new reward) will encourage the public to take another look at the suspect’s photos and videos,” the federal police wrote in a statement.
For now, the prosecution has focused on those who directly participated in this attack, which shocked the entire world, but the Department of Justice is also investigating the responsibility of Donald Trump and his relatives.
Since his declaration of presidential candidacy in 2024, a special prosecutor has been appointed to independently oversee investigations concerning him.
Source: BFM TV
