FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday that more than 100 arrests had been made in connection to the Jan. 6 takeover of the U.S. Capitol by a Trump-supporting mob.
Wray also said that law enforcement was aware of and monitoring “an extensive amount of concerning online chatter” ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week, but added that authorities were having to sift through “what’s aspirational versus what’s intentional.”
“We’re looking at individuals who may have an eye toward repeating that kind of violence we saw last week,” he said,
The Justice Department also announced on Thursday evening that the FBI had received more than 140,000 tips identifying rioters and had opened about 200 subject case files. The department has also launched an online portal for the public to track people charged with criminal offenses related to the Capitol attack.
Wray’s comments came at a pre-inauguration security briefing with Vice President Mike Pence and other top officials tasked with securing the high-profile event, and they mark the FBI director’s first public appearance since rioters stormed the Capitol. He did not take any questions from reporters at the briefing.
Wray’s low profile has come in for a considerable amount of criticism from lawmakers and former FBI officials, who have said he should be more forthcoming about the bureau’s response to the assault.
“I suspect that almost everybody at the FBI is working to try and track down the facts and lock people up,” former FBI Director James Comey told MSNBC on Thursday evening. “I can’t fully explain why you’re not hearing from the director or the leader of the Department of Justice.”
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