'Be ready to fight': FBI probe of U.S. Capitol riot finds evidence detailing coordination ...
Source: Washington Post
National Security
‘Be ready to fight’: FBI probe of U.S. Capitol riot finds evidence detailing coordination of an assault
By Devlin Barrett, Spencer S. Hsu and Aaron C. Davis
Jan. 30, 2021 at 11:20 a.m. EST
When die-hard supporters of President Donald Trump showed up at rally point “Cowboy” in Louisville on the morning of Jan. 5, they found the shopping mall’s parking lot was closed to cars, so they assembled their 50 or so vehicles outside a nearby Kohl’s department store. Hundreds of miles away in Columbia, S.C., at a mall designated rally point “Rebel,” other Trump supporters gathered to form another caravan to Washington. A similar meetup — dubbed “Minuteman” — was planned for Springfield, Mass.
That same day, FBI personnel in Norfolk were increasingly alarmed by the online conversations they were seeing, including warlike talk around the convoys headed to the nation’s capital. One map posted online described the rally points, declaring them a “MAGA Cavalry To Connect Patriot Caravans to StopTheSteal in D.C.” Another map showed the U.S. Congress, indicating tunnels connecting different parts of the complex. The map was headlined, “CREATE PERIMETER,” according to the FBI report, which was reviewed by The Washington Post. ... “Be ready to fight. Congress needs to hear glass breaking, doors being kicked in,” read one posting, according to the report.
FBI agents around the country are working to unravel the various motives, relationships, goals and actions of the hundreds of Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Some inside the bureau have described the Capitol riot investigation as their biggest case since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and a top priority of the agents’ work is to determine the extent to which that violence and chaos was preplanned and coordinated.
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Investigators caution there is an important legal distinction between gathering like-minded people for a political rally — which is protected by the First Amendment — and organizing an armed assault on the seat of American government. The task now is to distinguish which people belong in each category, and who played key roles in committing or coordinating the violence.
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Devlin Barrett
Devlin Barrett writes about the FBI and the Justice Department, and is the author of "October Surprise: How the FBI Tried to Save Itself and Crashed an Election." He was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for National Reporting, for coverage of Russian interference in the U.S. election. Follow https://twitter.com/DevlinBarrett
Spencer Hsu
Spencer S. Hsu is an investigative reporter, two-time Pulitzer finalist and national Emmy Award nominee. Hsu has covered homeland security, immigration, Virginia politics and Congress. Follow https://twitter.com/hsu_spencer
Aaron Davis
Aaron Davis is an investigative reporter who has covered local, state and federal government, as well as the aviation industry and law enforcement. Davis shared in winning the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2018. Follow https://twitter.com/byaaroncdavis
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and all of those upper echelon instigators turned tail and bailed on all the sorry asses whole joined the "storm". The folks who assaulted the Capital are now on their own. Most are going to suffer serious consequences and a lot of them can't even afford a lawyer to defend themselves. The only thing they got was a 1-2 minute message from their false messiah about how he "loved" them. Probably the same crap he says to all his one-night flings after he was done with them.
YOU WERE HAD YOU DUMB ASSES!
He is disgusting.
Appears to be where they are so far (as of yesterday).
"wasting time" on this impeachment. I mean, it's just bickering between politicianss, some of whom nearly got others murdered in an attempted coup d'etat. Petty stuff. Anyway, it's unconstitutional.
