Justice Department Warns ‘National Security Equities’ Allegedly Stolen From Capitol

Workers begin to clean up the debris and damage caused by protestors at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Jan. 7, 2021. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

A U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) official said that “national security equities” allegedly may have been among records stolen from the Capitol on Wednesday when demonstrators stormed inside, with looters entering several congressional offices.

Michael Sherwin, the acting U.S. attorney for Washington D.C., said that it will likely take “several days to flesh out exactly what happened, what was stolen, what wasn’t,” according to Politico. He noted that “items, electronic items were stolen from senators’ offices, documents and materials were stolen, and we have to identify what was done to mitigate that [damage].”