Plea negotiations underway in some Capitol riot cases, but the magnitude of evidence has complicated efforts to secure guilty pleas

Plea discussions have begun for some of the more than 400 defendants facing charges in connection with the January 6 Capitol attack, but in some cases, the sheer magnitude of the investigation is complicating efforts to move forward with cases and secure plea deals.

In a Wednesday hearing for Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, an Army Reservist and alleged Nazi sympathizer accused of obstructing law enforcement, his attorney argued that as they awaited a tentative plea offer from the government, they had yet to receive access to enough evidence from the case in order to make a decision about whether to plead guilty. "We're really operating in the blind here," Hale-Cusanelli's attorney said. "I don't want to seem like I'm complaining, but I'm complaining."