At least 25 domestic terrorism cases have been opened after the U.S. Capitol raid, the congressman said the army secretary told him

At least 25 domestic terrorism cases have been opened after the U.S. Capitol raid, the congressman said the army secretary told him

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Crow, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said McCarthy conveyed the figure in a call Sunday, telling him that long guns, Molotov cocktails, explosives and zippers were all recovered by authorities while an extensive investigation unfold.

CNN reached out to McCarthy regarding the call summary and did not receive an immediate response.

The list of domestic terrorism cases opened contributes to an increasing understanding of the extremist elements of the crowd who pushed through obstacles erected along the perimeter of the Capitol before finally entering the building.

Only after pleading for assistants and congressmen in the beleagured Capitol did President Donald Trump release a video urging the rioters to “go home” while still stirring up their unfounded grievances over a stolen election.

And now, as the dust settles and the country struggles to make sense of the violence that left five dead – including an officer at the U.S. Capitol Police – experts warn that calls for violence only increased before inauguration day, when President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in as commander.

“We see … chatter from these white supremacists, from these extremist right-wing extremists – they feel encouraged at the moment,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, the executive director of the Anti-Defamation League, who detects and opposes hatred. “We fully expect this violence to actually get worse before it gets better.”

Crow said Sunday that McCarthy “indicated that DOD is aware of further potential threats by prospective terrorists in the days leading up to Inauguration Day and is working with local and federal law enforcement to coordinate security preparations.”

The Colorado Democrat also said he had expressed concern to McCarthy about “reports that active service and military members of the reserve were involved in the uprising” and that he called for a “quick investigation and military action against those involved.”

Crow also called for “review of the troops deployed for the inauguration to ensure deployed members are not sympathetic to domestic terrorists,” to which McCarthy agreed, the congressman said.

In all, there are now 20 federal criminal charges related to the riots in Capitol.

CNN’s Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine, Scott Bronstein and Bob Ortega contributed to this report.

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