Assault on US Congress … Charges more than 300 people

Deputy U.S. Attorney General John Carlin told reporters Friday that the Justice Department has charged more than 300 supporters of former President Donald Trump with participating in the assault on the Capitol, noting that at least 280 people have been arrested.

“The investigation with officials is proceeding at an unprecedented speed and scope. Those responsible must and must be held accountable,” Carlin said, according to Reuters.

And it resulted in the assault on the Congress building on January 6, killing five people and wounding others.

And the police in charge of protecting the United States Congress building announced Thursday that its personnel would remain on alert as part of high-security reinforcements linked to threats of an attack on the building during the “State of the Union” speech, similar to stocks. Witnessed in Washington on January 6, but this time the threats reached the point of bombing The building is in it.

According to the US newspaper “Politico”, the acting chief of the Capitol Police, Yogananda Bateman, confirmed the existence of intelligence indicating that some of the extremists who participated in the violence on January 6 discussed plans to attack the building again.

Bateman confirmed that the discussions among the extremists touched on options that included the bombing of the Capitol building during US President Joe Biden’s “State of the Union” speech, the date of which has not yet been set this year.

A senior FBI official said, in response to questions about the threat, that the bureau was “closely monitoring the situation.”

The FBI is investigating whether far-right groups like Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys have conspired in advance to block ratification of the presidential election.

The senior FBI official told reporters that extremist actions against the US government pose the biggest threat in 2020 and remain a major concern.