Key takeaways from the stunning Justice Department news conference on the US Capitol breach
The acting US attorney in Washington, DC, Michael Sherwin, told reporters that the agency is at the onset of "a long term investigation" that "is not going to be solved overnight."
"This is only the beginning."
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More than 170 subject files have been opened.
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DOJ has charged 'over 70 cases.'
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The agency is looking at 'sedition and conspiracy charges.'
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There was 'open-handed combat' with police officers.
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Pipe bombs left outside parties' headquarters were real.
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The FBI is considering putting some rioters on the 'no-fly list.'
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Looking at attacks against the press.
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It appears that the pipe bombs were intended as a distraction to pull the security officers away from the congress members.
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