Although the FBI identified the potential for violence that day and took "appropriate" action, it missed a "fundamental step" by failing to probe its field agents for potential intelligence.
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This step, in turn, "could have assisted the FBI and its law enforcement partners in their preparations" in anticipation of the unrest.
About 1,572 people have been charged criminally in federal court for their participation in the riots.
That figure includes about 600 people charged with assault, resisting or obstructing law enforcement officers and 171 charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon.
Trump — who has called the rioters "patriots" and "political prisoners" — said in a recent interview that he was "moving very quickly" to pardon the "vast majority" of those involved in the riots. Despite the president-elect's promise, the Justice Department has continued to arrest and charge suspected participants in the riots in recent weeks.
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