Rioters standard a partition astatine the U.S. Capitol connected Jan. 6, 2021, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) (Jose Luis Magana)

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department is establishing a specialized portion focused connected home terrorism, the department's apical nationalist information authoritative told lawmakers Tuesday arsenic helium described an “elevated” menace from convulsive extremists successful the United States.

Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen, testifying conscionable days aft the federation observed the one-year day of the convulsive insurrection astatine the U.S. Capitol, said the fig of FBI investigations into suspected home convulsive extremists has much than doubled since the outpouring of 2020.

“We person seen a increasing menace from those who are motivated by radical animus, arsenic good arsenic those who ascribe to extremist anti-government and anti-authority ideologies,” Olsen said.

The department's National Security Division, which Olsen leads, has a counterterrorism section. But Olsen told the Senate Judiciary Committee that helium has decided to make a specialized home coercion portion “to augment our existing approach.”

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