Reports have trickled out, and the major media haven't made much of it, which obscures the fact that it's a very large number of arrests in the coup attemtpt.[A letter to the DC federal court from the US attorney in Washington] , which was reviewed by Bloomberg News, was sent late last year to the chief judge [of the DC federal court hearing January 6 cases.]
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The Oct. 28 letter from US Attorney Matthew Graves to Chief Judge Beryl Howell, which came as the department neared its 900th arrest, estimated an additional 700 to 1,200 defendants. That could roughly double the number of cases filed so far – with this month marking the 1,000th arrest.
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I wonder if that's the most tourists on one day the capitol has ever had.The more than 1,000 people already charged have clogged the court’s docket over the past two years. And prosecutors continue to bring new cases as Special Counsel Jack Smith pursues a separate probe into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to undermine the 2020 election results.
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[Graves] wrote that he didn’t know how many of the new cases would involve misdemeanor versus felony charges, but he expected a higher percentage of felonies.
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Howell’s term as chief judge ends this week, when Judge James Boasberg will step into the role.
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More than 500 people have pleaded guilty and more than 50 have been convicted at trial, according to the US attorney’s office. High-profile wins for the government include convictions in the seditious conspiracy case against members of the Oath Keepers extremist group.
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Graves’s estimate squares with previous comments by government lawyers in court that between 2,000 to 2,500 people went into the Capitol. NBC News recently reported that online sleuths have put the number of potential defendants – people accused of going inside, assaulting police or destroying property – closer to 3,000.
UPDATE 05:40 pm: This guts me.
Against stiff odds, they didn't.
UPDATE 06:10 pm:
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