Judge asks why DOJ isn't seeking more money from US Capitol rioters
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During a plea hearing on Monday, the chief judge in DC's federal court questioned the Justice Department's approach to have US Capitol rioters pay the government small portions of the $1.5 million in damage done to the Capitol building by the mob, while the total cost of the riot to American taxpayers amounts to 300 times more.
"Where we have Congress appropriating all this money due directly to the events on January 6, I have found the damage amount of less than $1.5 million, when all of us American taxpayers are about to foot the bill for close to half a billion dollars, a little bit surprising," said Chief Judge Beryl Howell. "I'm accustomed to the government being fairly aggressive" in seeking restitution, Howell added.
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