McBride, who told The Epoch Times he has “five, going on six” criminal defendants related to Jan. 6, said complaint affidavits are generally written as hastily as possible because the only purpose of a complaint affidavit is to initiate the legal process by establishing probable cause. Complaint affidavits are normally followed quickly by the return of an indictment by a grand jury.
But, McBride added, the Jan. 6 complaint affidavits can run in excess of 20, 30, 40, and even 50 pages long.
Because DOJ policy only allows the government to make public comments about matters that are already a matter of public record, McBride said making sure all of that detail is part of the public record enables the government to release the information to the public in order to destroy the reputations of the accused ahead of a trial.