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US Identifies Over 170 Capitol Rioters for Possible Criminal Charges

Masood Farivar

   WASHINGTON - U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday that they have identified
   more than 170 people for potential criminal charges in connection with
   the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol last week and expect the number
   to run into the hundreds in the coming weeks as a massive nationwide
   manhunt for the pro-Trump rioters continues.

   Michael Sherwin, acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia,
   told reporters more than 70 people have been charged so far in the
   District of Columbia, with prosecutors pursuing charges against at
   least 100 others.

   "That number, I suspect, is going to grow into the hundreds," Sherwin
   said during a briefing on the sprawling federal investigation into the
   riots that left five dead, including a U.S. Capitol Police officer.

   Meanwhile, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said that supporters
   of President Donald Trump who attacked the U.S. Capitol should be
   banned from flying. He called those in the mob insurrectionists who
   pose a threat to national security and should be added to a no-fly
   list.

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