FBI Director Chris Wray on Thursday suggested 'serious charges' are still coming in the criminal investigation of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
FBI Director Christopher Wray listens to a question as he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing on "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn HocksteinFBI Director Chris Wray on Thursday suggested "serious charges" are still coming in the criminal investigation of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
"In my role as FBI director, because that's a term that has legal meaning, I really have to be careful about using words like that," Wray said. Wray responded that on Jan. 5 an FBI field office in Virginia issued an explicit warning, sent to U.S. Capitol Police, that extremists were preparing to travel to Washington to commit violence.
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