DOJ predicts surge of January 6th prosecutions in coming months.
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The Justice Department has warned Washington, D.C. courts to expect up to 1,200 more prosecutions relating to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots. This comes in addition to the nearly 1,000 people already arrested for Jan. 6 offenses. Some Republicans, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and James Comer, are becoming increasingly vocal in their opposition to prosecutions of Jan. 6 participants and plan to visit Jan. 6 defendants being held in the Washington, D.C., jail in the near future. The DOJ has already prosecuted over 1,000 Jan. 6 participants.
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