As Justice Department leaders review the FBI’s role in the yearslong investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a previously unknown fact has captured attention: Thousands at the bureau worked on it. Estimates have reached 6,

The FBI has provided the Justice Department with names of employees who worked on January 6-related cases after a new demand from the acting deputy attorney general, capping a weeklong back-and-forth between bureau leadership – who had sought to protect agent and staff identities – and the department.