Biden nominates top prosecutors, including one to oversee Jan. 6 riot cases
Source: Reuters
July 26, 2021
11:57 AM EDT
Last Updated 11 minutes ago
Biden nominates top prosecutors, including one to oversee Jan. 6 riot cases
Sarah N. Lynch, Nate Raymond
WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday nominated a slate of eight people to serve as U.S. attorneys, including the top federal prosecutor who will oversee the Jan. 6 Capitol riots cases if he is confirmed, and a progressive prosecutor in Massachusetts.
Matthew Graves, a former federal prosecutor now with the corporate law firm DLA Piper, is Biden's choice to run the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, which has been overwhelmed with a flood of cases stemming from the riots.
Federal prosecutors have arrested more than 535 people on charges of taking part in the violence, in which followers of then-President Donald Trump fought police, smashed windows and sent members of Congress and then-Vice President Mike Pence running for safety.
Graves earlier in his career served as a prosecutor in the same U.S. Attorney's Office he would lead, securing a guilty plea from former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr for misusing campaign funds and investigating banks for sanctions violations.
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Didn't realize the D.C. one hadn't been filled yet but I'm sure that given the types of cases that flow through there (obviously including what transpired 1/6), quite a bit of vetting needed to be done. 
