The Department of Justice wants to hire 131 additional lawyers to assist with the prosecution of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The $34.1 million request appears in the agency’s fiscal 2023 budget proposal released Monday, according to Insider. In total, the DOJ is asking Congress to approve a $37.7 billion budget, a $2.6 billion increase over the current fiscal year.
“The January 6 investigation is among the most wide-ranging and most complex that this department has ever undertaken,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in a statement. “It reaches nearly every US attorney’s office, nearly every FBI field office.”
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