4/ **The Justice Department is forming a new domestic terrorism unit**. Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen said the number FBI investigations into domestic terrorism has more than doubled since March 2020. “We have seen a growing threat from those who are motivated by racial animus, as well as those who ascribe to extremist anti-government and anti-authority ideologies,” Olsen added. Republican senators, meanwhile, accused the FBI and the Justice Department of giving more attention to the Jan. 6 insurrection than to the 2020 racial justice protests. ([Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/united-states-national-security-terrorism-899caf47624dd8741d04f73e65659e68) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/domestic-terrorism-justice-threat/2022/01/11/dfd8d82c-72eb-11ec-8b0a-bcfab800c430_story.html) / [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/11/politics/justice-department-forms-new-domestic-terrorism-unit/index.html))
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