They prosecuted the Capitol rioters. Now the rioters and the DOJ are after them

DEC 21, 20257 MIN
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They prosecuted the Capitol rioters. Now the rioters and the DOJ are after them

DEC 21, 20257 MIN

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.The Capitol riot in January 2021 set off the largest criminal investigation in the Justice Department’s history. On his first day back in office, US President Donald Trump granted clemency to every criminally charged January 6 rioter. Now, prosecutors who handled Capitol riot cases face a new threat: Justice Department officials advising how to pursue — and perhaps prosecute — the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars.