Inside the DOJ's Jan. 6 investigation (On Point)

It's almost exactly one year since the January 6th, 2021 attack on the United States Congress.

The Department of Justice is well underway with what's now the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history. Each week, new evidence and new insights.

"What was really stunning and surprising was not that there were Proud Boys involved in this kind of violence," Heidi Beirich says.

"But there were so many ... what you would normally think of as regular conservatives that made up the bulk of the people who were involved in what happened at the Capitol," she adds.

Today, On Point: What can the DOJ’s investigation tell us about what happened on January 6th?
Interview: 

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/01/03/inside-the-dojs-january-6th-investigation