Jan. 6 panel effort to blame Trump for violence ignores pointed warnings Congress got much earlier

Long before the Capitol riot, the Capitol Police repeatedly received intelligence warnings about possible violence by far-right extremists.

• In fact, the department had repeated warnings dating back to Dec. 21, 2020 that guns, violence, storming the Capitol and targeting lawmakers were being discussed by the very extremists who would later show up on the day of the riot.

The decision to reject the National Guard troops was a clear failure of leadership

• Other Capitol Police officials said they believed the department briefed some of the intelligence it was receiving to the political leadership of Congress through the House and Senate sergeant at arms offices, making the decision not to accept the troops all the more puzzling

The night before the Capitol riot, Deputy Police Chief Sean Gallagher sent an email to an aide close to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warning that expected demonstrators had maps of the Capitol complex tunnel systems and were talking of targeting lawmakers.

• Numerous detailed and stark warnings were included in intelligence reports leading up to the Jan. 6 riot including a warning of gun violence.

She also that four days prior to the rally, on January 2, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told her that "things might get real, real bad."

• The danger of Democrats relying on a junior aide whose knowledge mostly came from hearsay became apparent hours after the hearing ended.

Claim: Trump tried to take the wheel of his presidential limousine and force the Secret Service to take him to the Capitol

• Secret Service sources confirm that the two agents with Trump that day were prepared to testify the incident never happened
• There is overwhelming evidence that long before Hutchison heard about concerns of potential violence inside the Trump White House the Capitol Police was already fully alerted via multiple intelligence sources inside the FBI, Marshal's Service, Homeland Security Department and the Metropolitan Police Department

 

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