Among the evidence the FBI is examining are indications that some participants at the Trump rally at Ellipse, outside the White House, left the event earlier, perhaps to retrieve items to be used in the attack on the Capitol.
A team of investigators and prosecutors is also focused on the command and control aspect of the attack, examining travel and communications records to determine whether they can build a case similar to a counterterrorism investigation, the official said.
The belief, at the beginning of the investigation, will require significant investigation.
The presence of prosecutors and agents of corruption is partly due to their experience in financial investigations. “We are following the money,” said the official.
On Wednesday morning, the FBI reported receiving more than 126,000 digital tips from the public about the attack on the Capitol – more than three times the number of tips received on Monday.
Counterterrorism strategy for prisons
At least some of the arrests already made are part of a strategy used in counterterrorism investigations, to find even a minimum charge and try to get a concerned person off the streets. This helps to lessen the potential threat amid concerns about possible attacks on possession, officials believe.
On January 4, for example, local police arrested Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio in Washington, DC.
Tarrio was taken into custody for allegedly burning a Black Lives Matter strip taken from a black church last month during protests in the city after an earlier “Stop the Steal” rally. The Miami resident was charged with destruction of property related to the banner, however, federal officials say they found Tarrio in possession of two high-capacity firearm carriers, which led them to add a Possession of Possession Device Device charge. High Capacity Feed.
On Tuesday, federal authorities in New York City arrested Eduard Florea, 40, for at least one gun charge after police, including the FBI and New York police, responded to a Queens home in In response to online postings about an armed caravan headed for the US Capitol, two policemen with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.
Police sources told CNN that the man claims to be a proud boy and was arrested with live ammunition at home.
Public efforts by prosecutors and the FBI to encourage people who participated in the riot to surrender are paying off. Some lawyers have sought to arrange for the safe delivery of their clients in order to obtain an indulgence measure and lessen the chance of a police raid on their homes, two officials said.
For example, a counterterrorism prosecutor even appeared in court for an early hearing for one of the defendants on Tuesday, signaling how the Department of Justice’s effort is already integrated into typical criminal prosecutors dealing with initial criminal hearings and with units focused on more complex crimes.
“With this attack force that was set up to focus strictly on the charges of sedition, we are trying to treat this only as a significant international counterterrorism or counterintelligence operation,” US Attorney Michael Sherwin said on Tuesday.
“We are analyzing everything: money, travel records. Analyzing disposition, movement, communication records. Therefore, no resources related to the FBI or the United States Public Prosecutor’s Office will be cleared to try to determine exactly if there was a command and to control how it worked and how they performed these, these activities. “