The U.S. Justice Department has opened criminal investigations of more than 170 individuals for their involvement in the riot at the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters, and investigators are working toward charging people with assault and seditious conspiracy, acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin said in a press briefing on Tuesday.
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