(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)OKLAHOMA CITY โ The U.S. Justice Departmentโs to-do list was already daunting, especially with this year's flood of pandemic-delayed federal cases.
Now, more than 300 people have been charged so far in the Capitol riot that resulted in the deaths of five people, and at least 100 more are expected to be charged.
The Capitol riot cases will likely be lined up behind older ones waiting months to go to trial, Hernandez said, noting that she had one originally scheduled for last April that's now booked for September.
A prosecutor in one Capitol riot case suggested last week that plea offers will start coming soon, which would allow the Justice Department to begin getting some cases off its plate.
โRight now, because of our resources, weโre triaging and taking the most serious of cases, the violent crime cases, the cases that have acts against children and things of that nature."