Livestream: FBI Director Wray Testifies On Riot, Extremism : NPR

The January assault left at least five people dead, caused millions of dollars in damage to the historic building and led to then-President Donald Trump’s second impeachment. Federal prosecutors have opened a massive nationwide investigation to find those who took part in the violence and hold them responsible.

So far, authorities have arrested some 280 people and charged more than 300 in connection with the attack.

In their opening remarks, the Democratic chairman and top Republican on the panel painted different pictures of the threat posed by domestic extremism, with Democrats focusing on the Jan. 6 attack, while Republicans preferring to look at last summer’s unrest protesting police violence following the death of George Floyd.

Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., while he unequivocally condemns left-wing violence, said, “let’s stop pretending that the threat of Antifa is equivalent to the white supremacist threat. Vandalizing a federal court house in Portland is a crime. It should be prosecuted to the full extend of the law.”

But it is not equivalent to a violent attempt to overthrow the results of elections, nor is it equivalent to mass shootings targeting minority communities,” he said.

Source: Livestream: FBI Director Wray Testifies On Riot, Extremism : NPR

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