DoJ seeks delay in Proud Boys case as it collides with parallel January 6 inquiry

Two cases had managed to steer clear of each other as the justice department and House panel pursued the same ground

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. But it all came to head on Wednesday.