DoJ seeks delay in Proud Boys case as it collides with parallel January 6 inquiry
by Hugo Lowell from US news | The Guardian on (#60NQ8)
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.
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