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President Donald Trump’s role in inciting the rioters on Capitol Hill, Washington DC, is under investigation by US federal prosecutors. The people involved in the riots were also investigated.
As reported CNN, Friday (8/1/2020), law enforcement officials in Washington DC acted swiftly to bring criminal charges against the rioters who broke into the United States Capitol building on Wednesday (1/6) local time . Inside the Capitol, rioters wreak havoc and carry out acts of destruction.
The rioters are known to rally outside the United States Capitol building with thousands of Trump supporters protesting the election results. The attack occurred when the United States Congress was conducting a trial to validate the victory of the president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, in the same building.
When asked directly if investigators were also examining Trump’s role in the protests that led to the raids and riots, Acting US Attorney (Plt) in Washington DC, Michael Sherwin, responded diplomatically. They will check all the riot actors.
“We screen every actor here and anyone who has a role, and if the evidence matches the elements of a crime, they will be charged,” Sherwin said.
It is known that before the riots occurred, as Reuters reported, Trump repeatedly encouraged his supporters to go to Washington DC and protest when the trial was held to support Biden’s victory on the US Capitol.
“Big protest in DC on January 6. Come over there, we’re freaking out!” Trump wrote in a tweet via Twitter on December 20, 2020.
In a speech on Wednesday (June 1) morning local time, Trump even encouraged thousands of supporters to march on Capitol Hill to express their anger at the presidential election process and to pressure US lawmakers to reject the results. of the elections.
“We will walk to the Capitol and support the senators and members of Congress who are brave,” he said at the time.
Sherwin claimed that United States federal prosecutors have so far filed 15 criminal charges related to the disturbances at the United States Capitol building. One of them was a man who was arrested for carrying a semi-automatic military rifle and 11 “ready-to-use” Molotov cocktails.
“Do not make the mistake of this matter. It is a very dangerous situation. We are aggressively trying to handle these cases as quickly as possible,” he said.
