Domestic Terrorism Law Being Weighed by Justice Department
- Other laws relied on in prosecutions after attack on Capitol
- Civil liberties groups and conservatives oppose a new law
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The Justice Department is “actively considering” whether to seek a new law that would let prosecutors bring specific charges for plotting and carrying out acts of domestic terrorism, a senior department official said.
“One of the things we’re looking at is would we need new authorities,” Brad Wiegmann, deputy assistant attorney general for the department’s national security division, said during a House hearing Thursday.