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DeeNice

(579 posts)
Wed Dec 8, 2021, 12:13 PM Dec 2021

A Taxonomy of the [Visible] January 6 "Crime Scene" Investigation

From empty wheel - a great analysis of what is happening.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/12/08/a-taxonomy-of-the-visible-january-6-crime-scene-investigation/

"DOJ has arrested close to 700 people (probably more than that once you consider cases that haven’t been unsealed). Those defendants generally fit into the following categories, all of which are non-exclusive, meaning lots of people fall into more than one category:

Militia conspirators and militia associates
Assault defendants
Mobilized local networks
Other felony defendants
Misdemeanants
Organizer inciters
...

The investigation at the crime scene is not the only investigation into January 6 going on. Merrick Garland made it clear DOJ was following the money. The FBI conducted investigative steps targeting QAnon just days after the riot. Daily Beast broke the news of a grand jury investigation into Sidney Powell’s grifting, an investigation that may be assisted by recriminations between her, Mike Flynn, and Patrick Byrne.

But the investigation building off of the crime scene will proceed, or not, based on DOJ’s ability to build cases against the organizer inciters."

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