But six months after the insurrection, the Justice Department is still hunting for scores of rioters, even as the first of more than 500 people already arrested have pleaded guilty. And authorities have no record of many of the attackers because this was their first run-in with the law. In one case, a woman carrying a unique iPhone case on Jan. 6 had been photographed with the same case at an earlier protest, Rogers said. In one case, the FBI used facial comparison software to find a suspect on his girlfriend’s Instagram account. Most of the other plea deals reached so far are in cases where defendants were charged only with misdemeanors for illegally entering the Capitol.

Source: ABC News July 06, 2021 05:36 UTC