With hundreds of trials still yet to begin, defense lawyers believe some of the January 6 criminal prosecutions will be underway in 2024.
, and still none of the defendants charged in the attack have gone on trial. Although a few are expected to start in the coming months, a Justice Department official told CBS News, defense lawyers believe that some of the hundreds of trials will extend into the 2024 presidential election.
They aren't alone. None of the January 6 defendants have gone on trial yet, more than a year after the attack. Only five are expected to do so before April, a Justice Department official told CBS News. The agency is also trying to corral an unprecedented avalanche of evidence. The U.S. Capitol riot prosecution, which the agency has characterized as one of the largest criminal cases in U.S. history, is saturated with tips and possible evidence.
"This investigation has generated an enormous amount of evidence," the Justice Department said in a court filing Thursday, as part of its request for a time extension in the case of a defendant from New Jersey.OathKeepers conspirators Katie Cusick said her family agrees her father and brother's case and trial date should wait until the higher-level jailed defendants have an opportunity to face a jury."They have it much worse than we do," she said.
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