US: Police still looking for 350 suspects two years after Capitol storming

Two years after the attack on the Capitol in Washington, US police are still looking for 350 participants, as well as a man suspected of planting roadside bombs near Congressional headquarters the day before the attack. More than 950 people have been arrested in the past 24 months, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement released two days before the second anniversary of the coup.

According to a separate statement by Merrick Garland, the Washington federal prosecutor overseeing the protracted investigation, more than a third have already been tried on charges ranging from simple “unlawful entry” to “sedition,” and 192 people have been sentenced to prison terms.

However, “our work is not over yet” and “we remain determined to hold accountable all those responsible for the attack on our democracy,” the judge added.

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The federal police, in particular, are seeking to identify 350 people suspected of perpetrating the Capitol violence, including 250 against police officers, and again turned to the public for help on Wednesday.

Bonus to those who expose the artisanal bomber

In addition, the FBI has quintupled the reward, increased from $100,000 to half a million dollars, for any information that leads to the arrest of a homemade bomber on the evening of January 5, 2021, near Republican party locations. , and Democrat. They never exploded and may have been intended only to keep the police out of the Capitol immediately before the assault.

“We hope that (this new award) will encourage the public to re-view photos and videos of the suspect,” the federal police said in a statement. They depict a man who is difficult to identify because he wears a hood, mask, goggles and gloves.

On January 6, 2021, several hundred supporters of Republican President Donald Trump sowed chaos and violence in the Capitol as elected officials confirmed the victory of his Democratic rival Joe Biden in the presidential election.

While the prosecution has focused on those directly involved in this world-shaking attack, the Justice Department is also investigating the responsibility of Donald Trump and his relatives. Since his nomination as a presidential candidate in 2024, a special prosecutor has been appointed to independently oversee investigations against him.