The US justice department’s criminal investigation into the January 6 Capitol attack collided with the parallel congressional investigation, causing federal prosecutors to seek a delay in proceedings in the seditious conspiracy case against the far-right Proud Boys group. The two January 6 inquiries had largely managed to steer clear of each other even as both the justice department and a House select committee pursued the same ground. The select committee relented and suggested it would not even wait until September but start making transcripts public as early as July. But lawyers for the Proud Boys took issue with both dates, saying the contents of the transcripts could bias a jury ahead of trial. Ethan Nordean, another prominent Proud Boys figure, opposed the request unless he was freed from pre-trial detention.

Source: The Guardian June 23, 2022 09:49 UTC