Law enforcement officials have launched at least 25 domestic terrorism investigations in response to the Jan. 6 violent storming of the U.S. Capitol.
According to a transcript of a conversation given by House Armed Services Committee member Jason Crow, a Democrat, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told him in a phone call that “at least 25 domestic terrorism investigations have been launched as a result of the attack on the Capitol.”
The military confirmed to the Epoch Times that the statement was true.
Crowe said McCarthy told him the Pentagon was aware that “potential terrorists may pose a further threat” on the day of President-elect Joe Biden’s 20th inauguration and in the days leading up to it.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser called on the Department of Homeland Security to step up security measures ahead of Biden’s inauguration.
Crowe’s transcript of the conversation said police “seized long guns, Molotov cocktails, explosive devices, and wire ties during the incident at the Capitol, indicating that a larger disaster was on the horizon.
Last Wednesday (6), as a joint session of Congress convened, a number of rioters and protesters illegally broke into the Capitol, while most Trump supporters remained peacefully gathered outside.
The violence interrupted congressional debate on the certification of electoral votes for the presidential election for a time. Lawmakers scrambled to avoid the commotion.
President Trump tweeted the same day, calling on “everyone in the Capitol to remain peaceful and not use violence.
Four people were confirmed dead in the violence, including a 35-year-old woman. Her name was Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran who was shot and killed by plainclothes officers inside the Capitol.
The D.C. Police Department said the remaining three people died in separate medical emergencies.
A Capitol police officer, Brian Sicknick, also died of his injuries. The D.C. Police Department’s Homicide Division, the Capitol Police (USCP) and its federal partners, will investigate his death.
Two others have been charged in connection with the Capitol incident, the Justice Department said.
Larry Rendell Brock, of Texas, and Eric Gavelek Munchel, of Tennessee, are both charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority, and violently entering the Capitol and disrupting the peace. Both were charged in a federal court.
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