From the March 21, 2021, edition of CBS’ 60 Minutes

SCOTT PELLEY (CBS NEWS): 49-year-old Michael Sherwin is a federal prosecutor from Miami. After successful terrorism and espionage cases, the Trump administration asked him to fill a temporary vacancy leading the Washington U.S. Attorney's Office. That's how, on January 6, Sherwin found himself launching a 50-state manhunt — made urgent by what was coming in just two weeks.

MICHAEL SHERWIN: After the 6th, we had an inauguration on the 20th. So I wanted to ensure, and our office wanted to ensure that there was shock and awe, that we could charge as many people as possible before the 20th. And it worked, because we saw through media posts that people were afraid to come back to D.C. because they're like, “If we go there, we're gonna get charged." 

PELLEY: More than 100 arrests were made before the inauguration.

SHERWIN: So the first people we went after, I'm going to call the internet stars, right? The low-hanging fruit. The zip-tie guy, the rebel-flag guy, the “Camp Auschwitz” guy. We wanted to take out those individuals that essentially were thumbing their noses at the public for what they did.