Like stink on shit, the FBI is ALL OVER the invasion. Grand juries. More charges to come.

[Stinky The Clown]

This is just the beginning

Sedition and conspiracy charges

Calling in specialized prosecutors.

Underscore that this is only the beginning.

Strike force for attacks on the media

The guys doing the briefing are amped up! Sounding like they really want to get everyone involved.



edit to add: This is from the FBI Press Conference at 3.15 EST

[leftieNanner]

1. And Barr's not there to shut it down

Glad to hear that the FBI is on this.

As soon as we have a new AG, let's get these white supremacist groups on the Terrorist Watch List.

[Raster]

2. And there's the key words right there....

...Barr's not there to shut it down.

[grumpyduck]

3. Hmmm... wonder if that's why he left.

He saw it coming?

[CatWoman]

8. no doubt

[sfdennis1]

12. You Got It

Abso-phukking-lutely that RAT saw the sedition and insurrection on the horizon and 'noped' out of there while the getting was good. Trying to save his own hide. But all the "prior atrocities" were AOK in his book....What an endless tar pit of human garbage Dump's supporters prove themselves to be, time and time again.....

[StarfishSaver]

32. Yup

You know it's gone to far when even Barr can't cross that line.

[MyOwnPeace]

62. THAT.....

is a classic and TRUE statement for sure!
And who ever would have predicted that "the line" would be SO FAR down that F-ing road?
Seriously, think about it - we're "thinking" that even BarrBarrHut has some line that has been crossed?

[Lonestarblue]

58. He was probably in some meetings where the coup was brought up,

and decided that was a step too far for him. Barr was smart enough to avoid being part of the insurrection.

[wnylib]

25. I believe that Barr knew what was

planned and resigned in order to avoid criminal charges for the attempted coup.

[disndat]

28. Merrrick Garland,

if confirmed . Sweet justice.

[malaise]

4. They are

FUCKED!

[Miigwech]

33. So well put! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Nassy be dem!

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Saying they will be using investigative tools they use with international terrorists

[Raster]

10. GOOD!!! They ARE terrorists!

[Stinky The Clown]

11. Saying they are doing lower charges to just to get these people on the hook. Bigger charges to come.

[njhoneybadger]

6. Talk is cheap

[StarfishSaver]

34. And yet, here you are, talking ...

[njhoneybadger]

37. You got me

[KS Toronado]

54. This made me chuckle, and you did a nice job of responding with humor instead of anger

[njhoneybadger]

57. We're all on the same side

[CatWoman]

7. lol

they're not fucking around

[pfitz59]

9. With Trump's political goons out of the way

The Professionals have a lot of scores to settle. Trump and his allies made a big mistake belittling and undermining career investigators.

[Stinky The Clown]

14. They have hundreds of thousands pieces on information.

Clint Watts says that's massive

[russiamommy]

47. Lots of career civil servants smiling today

They have been used and abused for four years. Time to let them do their jobs. They’ll finally be able to. Hallelujah.

[Auggie]

13. I feel good about this. And I bet the FBI is just itching to prove itself after Trump.

[StarfishSaver]

35. That's how I feel, too.

[Gore1FL]

67. Ditto

I felt confidence after the briefing.

[fierywoman]

15. And they'll start bringing charges AFTER Jan 20 to avoid the last remaining

tRump sycophants?

[helpisontheway]

16. I'm surprised Trump did not fire Wray. Nt

[Stinky The Clown]

17. Agreed. I am too.

[niyad]

19. He still has a week.

[paleotn]

39. Won't matter....

They're all Spartacus now. Then again, he may just ignore him. Practically speaking, there's not a damn thing Donnie can do about that.

[2naSalit]

60. He'll be right back in a week.

Not that it would matter as I feel confident Wray isn't going anywhere.

[mobeau69]

18. McCabe said that it sounded like they were

“selling” their work more than just providing facts. I had the same feeling. Reminded me of trump bragging about “accomplishments”.

[maxsolomon]

24. No explanation of why the Cap Po got caught with their pants down.

FBI saying "well, we told the JTTF"... Yippee skippee; why wasn't the US Government ready to protect the Capitol?

[mobeau69]

31. The short guy was a nervous freaking wreck.

[wnylib]

50. Because Trump intervened to make

sure that the Capitol police and the Guard stood down.

Mayor Bowser did not want the Guard actively involved in the beginning out of concern for two things: 1) the way the Guard acted in the BLM protests, and 2) the possibility that Trump would declare an emergency and use the Guard to "establish order" his way.

Bad as it was, think what could have happened if Trump had used the Guard from the start, to aid the coup. Several legislators could have been killed.

Bowser's understanding was that the Capitol police would provide sufficient protection and call on the DC police for cooperative help if overwhelmed. She offered their help but Sund turned it down, said he had it under control.

Bowser's agreement was that the Guard would be called in as backup if, and as soon as, it appeared to be necessary. That's when the Pentagon refused all requests for Guard help, on Trump's orders.

So, the Capitol police did not have enough officers to handle the situation, intentionally it seems, since Sund lied that they had it covered. He refused help from the DC police in the beginning and did not call for them when it was obvious that they were needed. Then Trump refused to allow the Pentagon to use the Guard.

In other words, the whole thing was planned from the top on down. I heard a former Capitol cop saying that, in those words during an interview this morning on NPR's A1 program, based on his experience of who makes decisions, when, and how.

[maxsolomon]

52. This is where my mind is at, too.

But I want to hear it from AHJ.

[StarfishSaver]

36. An important part of their job is to "sell their work"

The public needs to have a sense that they're doing their jobs and are protecting us. I don't blame them for doing a little cheerleading.

[mobeau69]

40. The public needs to know they're doing their job.

[Hotler]

55. I think they were try to reassure the public that they weren't fucking around.

And help the public understand the process. That way when the press write it doesn't sound like they are slow walking justice.

[CanonRay]

20. Nobody can shut this down

The FBIs smell blood in the water. Crap your pants MAGATS

[liberalmuse]

21. These guys don't play.

The MAGA insurrectionists are in for an unpleasant surprise.

[spike jones]

22. All over it like grease on opossum gravy. n/t

[maxsolomon]

23. Hindsight is 20/20!

Thanks, JTTF. Bang up job!

[paleotn]

26. They're all about to feel

the full power of federal law enforcement and Judiciary. Acting DC AG stated today we will be shocked by who's involved in this.

[Roc2020]

27. All he had to was concede

swallow his pride and all this would have been avoided. Now the full weight of the U.S investigative institutions will crash down on Trump his enablers and the traitors who stormed the capital. wowee

[Traildogbob]

29. Let's not forget

DOD refused to allow new admin to have access to meetings or intel for weeks before the attack. A DOD Under the guidance of a 30 year idiot just appointed by trump the head the department. Ya think there was some things that needed to be secret. Firing squad!!!!! Enough of this treasonous GOP attack on the country. Unit, come together, let by Gones be. Fuck that, treat this just like 9-11. Hunt them alldobe, find them in their hide outs, congress people like included. If they resist arrest, we give an O Bin Ladin hello. And burial at sea so trumpets can not have a martyr site to worship.
We were attacked, more coming, just like the Japanese did on our soil. No uniting. Justice needs to happen first.

[SunSeeker]

44. Good point!!

We knew something was up when all that went down!

[dutch777]

30. Can Trump just issue a blanket pardon and undermine all the arrests?

I wonder if it wouldn't be prudent to juts investigate, locate and surveil the miscreants but not actually arrest and charge until after Trump is gone.

[StarfishSaver]

38. I don't think he can

Who would he pardon and for what crimes - and how would he even describe it in a pardon?

I think it would be too vague and nebulous for a court to rule it valid.

[dutch777]

42. I hope you are right...of course, he would have to care about these people

That's a long shot but I could see him try just to thumb his nose at Nancy and Co.

[StarfishSaver]

45. Exactly - another reason I don't think he will

It doesn't help him.

The only reason to do it would be as a poke in the eye to law enforcement and Congress. But, by all accounts, he's also disgusted with the rioters because they didn't achieve his goal of stopping the count and they looked "low-class." So he's probably lost interest in them and doesn't care what happens to them now.

[DanieRains]

53. He Said He Loved Them Remember?

During the attack.

[dutch777]

56. Yeah, but there was a footnote to that in fine print..."As long as you keep sending me money".

[yaesu]

48. His lawyers already told him he can't pardon himself do to making it easier to prove liability

if sued in the future so tRump is pissed & refuses to pardon anymore if he can't get one.

[dutch777]

51. His best play is to resign now and let Pence pardon him...but he can't see past his anger

Of course, if I were Pence and got s**t on increasingly over the last four years, I'd nod about giving a pardon but then after he resigns and I am sworn in I wouldn't do it. Let Trump swing in the wind for a change.

[Denzil_DC]

61. Even if he could pardon for current charges,

they've indicated these are just relatively minor ones pro tem, with the possiblity of heavier ones to follow. I don't think even Trump can pardon random assholes for crimes not yet charged.

[SunSeeker]

41. You should add a link to the video from the presser in your OP. It's only 22 minutes long.

[Initech]

43. I want to see Nuremberg style trials.

We need to who was involved, why they were involved, why it got so bad, and the people who were involved need to be punished to the maximum extent of the law. This should not be allowed to stand, and no one involved should get to walk away without consequences.

[BobTheSubgenius]

46. OH, how I hope these lofty ideals translate into equivalent action.

Prison, prison, prison! Then more prison.

[bucolic_frolic]

49. Twittersphere was critical of the low-level briefing, but I'm thinking there were good reasons 4 it

Such as it takes time, perhaps half a day to prepare and be sure of not giving out too much, and there are high level things to do, and the press wants to know so much more, everything, when the top brass is there.

[SpankMe]

59. If this is true...

...then it sounds like the career FBI investigators and staff are finally able to properly investigate crimes like this since there's no Barr at the top. They're behaving like they're already working for Merrick Garland. With so few days left of a Trump administration, it sounds like there's no oppressive leadership at the top of DoJ to temper a full attack on these seditionists.

[rdking647]

63. i wonder how many open cells there are at the supermax or gitmo....

[AllaN01Bear]

64. hope these go all the way to the top, trump.

[LibfromtheNorth]

65. Sorry but I'm somewhat new to DU

I'm just curious, will DU be providing bingo cards with all the usual suspects or do I have to get them myself?

Thanks,

[byronius]

69. What an awesome idea.

Gosh, I'd chip in.

Maybe a self-printable photo with sentence and prison at the bottom --

Really, well done.

[Vinca]

66. The $50,000 reward for the pipe bomb planter was a surprise.

A Trumphumper could build their own meth lab for that kind of money so the name will be forthcoming.

[dchill]

68. I bet they're saving the best for last.

[Hekate]

70. My gods I hope so