CNN — The Justice Department has referred former acting Washington US Attorney Michael Sherwin’s unapproved interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday about the Capitol riot cases to its Office of Professional Responsibility, a department lawyer said in court on Tuesday. It also sets an early tone in the Capitol riot cases and future media coverage, as a federal judge …
Evidence the government obtained in the investigation into the 6 January attack on the Capitol most likely meets the bar necessary to charge some of the suspects with sedition, Michael Sherwin, the federal prosecutor who had been leading the Justice Department’s inquiry, said in an interview that aired Sunday. But in an interview with “60 Minutes,” Sherwin said prosecutors had …
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