{"id":18053,"date":"2021-01-09T08:30:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T13:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18053"},"modified":"2021-01-09T08:30:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T13:30:24","slug":"capitol-riots-the-hunt-to-identify-and-arrest-capitol-rioters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/01\/09\/capitol-riots-the-hunt-to-identify-and-arrest-capitol-rioters\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitol riots: The hunt to identify and arrest Capitol rioters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After the siege on the US Capitol building, the FBI is appealing to the public for help in bringing the assailants to justice. Will this approach work?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Trump supporters converged on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to express their rage over Joe Biden’s victory in the election, wreaking havoc in Congress. Rioters were pictured vandalising congressional offices, and an aide to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Washington’s top Democrat, reported a laptop was stolen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Richard Barnett, a 60-year-old from Gravette, Arkansas, one of the individuals who entered the Capitol building, has been arrested, according to Justice Department officials. He was not hard to find.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He appeared in a now-iconic image of the siege: in the photo, he is sitting in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, with his feet on a desk. He has been charged with theft of public property, among other offences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A West Virginia lawmaker, Derrick Evans, has also been charged. He posted a video of himself online, standing outside the building with Trump supporters, and then going inside the place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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More than a dozen people have now been charged in offences related to the assault on the Capitol building, said federal law enforcement officials. More arrests are expected in the coming hours and days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The investigation is sweeping and ambitious, and it has enlisted the help of the public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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These intruders could be charged with an array of crimes, ranging from trespassing and other relatively minor ones to serious offences involving firearms and explosive devises. They could be sentenced to many years in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Which is why the FBI is now asking: do you recognise anyone in this picture?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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If so, agents want to hear from you. They are conducting a massive effort to track down and arrest the people who broke into the Capitol building on Wednesday. They want everyone in the city, and across the US, to join their crime-solving team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What’s the situation so far?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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