milimessenger.blogg.se - Fbi findings on capitol riot

Pentagon leaders had acute fears about widespread violence, and some feared Trump could misuse the National Guard to remain in power

The FBI limited its own understanding of how extremists were mobilizing when it switched over its social media monitoring service on the last weekend of 2020.6 warnings, but federal agencies did not show much interest in its information.

11, 2001 - a national network of multi-agency intelligence centers - spotted a flood of Jan.

One of the biggest efforts to come out of Sept.

The agency concluded the information did not merit further investigation and closed the case within 48 hours. 20, a caller told the bureau that Trump supporters were making plans online for violence against lawmakers in Washington, including a threat against Sen. 6 but felt many of the threatening statements were “aspirational” and could not be pursued.

The FBI received numerous warnings about Jan.

Alerts were raised by local officials, FBI informants, social media companies, former national security officials, researchers, lawmakers and tipsters.

6 investigation Before the attack Law enforcement officials did not respond with urgency to a cascade of warnings about violence on Jan. A deep distrust in the voting process has spread across the country, shaking the foundation on which the American experiment was built - the shared belief that the nation’s leaders are freely and fairly elected. Trump emerged emboldened, fortifying his hold on the Republican Party, sustaining his election-fraud lie and driving demands for more restrictive voting laws and investigations of the 2020 results, even though they have been repeatedly affirmed by ballot reviews and the courts. Since then, the forces behind the attack remain potent and growing.

It was a battle in a broader war over the truth and over the future of American democracy. The consequences of that day are still coming into focus, but what is already clear is that the insurrection was not a spontaneous act nor an isolated event. 6 attack or in the immediate aftermath, and 140 police officers were assaulted. 6, when a pro-Trump mob came within seconds of encountering Vice President Mike Pence, trapped lawmakers and vandalized the home of Congress in the worst desecration of the complex since British forces burned it in 1814. The doubts he cultivated ultimately led to a rampage inside the U.S. President Donald Trump’s assault on American democracy began in the spring of 2020, when he issued a flurry of preemptive attacks on the integrity of the country’s voting systems.