Stunning revelations from first FBI briefing after US Capitol attack

By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Jan 13 : Less than a week after a deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol by a pro Trump mob, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is already poring over 100,000 pieces of digital media to piece together the blow by blow of the mayhem which killed 5 people, including a police officer.
The US Justice Department has created a strike force to examine the possibility of sedition charges, which could carry up to 20 years in prison. Officials are examining money flow and movement leading up to the attack.
As stunning new evidence continues to trickle in, the FBI has already opened 170 cases and is following thousands of witnesses in what it calls a probe of “unprecedented” scope and scale.
The acting US Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael Sherwin briefed the nation for the first time since the January 6 attack.
His remarks offer the most substantial details yet on what exactly happened at around noon on the day that Congress had gathered to certify the election of Joe Biden as US president-elect.
Excerpts from the briefing tell us exactly where things stand, barely a week from Inauguration Day which now has the most heightened security cover in the history of political transitions in America.