How Could Law Enforcement Have Investigated Before the Capitol Riot?
U.S. Capitol Police Headquarters draped in mourning after the death of Officer Brian Sicknick in the Capitol riot. (Flickr/Victoria Pickering, https://flic.kr/p/2kr3uV6; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)
The day after what he called “the siege at the Capitol,” FBI Director Christopher Wray vowed that the bureau “will hold accountable those who participated in” the attack. Arrests have already been made, but it is equally clear that the FBI itself, as well as the Capitol Police and other agencies, will face aggressive questions from officials, the press and the public about what transpired.