MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – The US attorney for South Carolina said that anyone who traveled to participate in the attack on the US Capitol on Wednesday will be prosecuted on federal charges.
“Federal crimes were violated today in our nation’s Capitol building,” tweeted lawyer Peter McCoy on Wednesday night. “Anyone who traveled from the District of South Carolina with the intention of helping with this scam or committing acts of destruction will be prosecuted” by his department.
In a previous post, McCoy said that “those who come together for the purposes of violence and destruction must be prosecuted to the fullest extent” and referred to defending the Constitution against “all foreign and domestic enemies”.
The House and Senate later met on Wednesday night, when the Capitol was cleared after a six-hour standoff with supporters of President Donald Trump.
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