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On the recordJanuary 12, 2022
So far, it has been a very large array of trespassing and glorified trespassing prosecutions of people who actually broke into the building. But it has not gone into the various rings that might have supported it or into the key fund raisers and ring leaders behind the whole thing.
Said by
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Senator Whitehouse criticizes the DOJ's focus on lower-level trespassing charges rather than addressing the key figures behind the January 6 insurrection.

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