FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that his agency 350 suspects wanted The attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 More than 850 people were arrested.
“There were people managed to hide better than the other and part of the challenge is identifying it,” he said before the US Senate Judiciary Committee.
Wray stressed that most of those detained at the beginning of the investigation could be found quickly. because their actions became widely visible on social mediafacilitated its identification.
On January 6, 2021, Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the November 2020 presidential election was confirmed in the Capitol, while nearly 10,000 people, majority supporters of then-president Donald Trump, marched towards the Convention center and nearly 800 raided. building. There were 5 dead and about 140 injured agents.
The FBI director said on Thursday that his agency’s there was no specific information He stated that thousands of people stated that they will raid the Capitol and that they are working on how to develop better resources so that such situations do not happen again.
Wray assumed leadership of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in August 2017, and this is the third time he has been questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee on matters related to his work.
January 6 attack 2 subject of investigation: By a judiciary and a legislative committee that blamed Trump for initiating this attack and not wanting to stop it immediately, in its last session to date on July 21.