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There are now stories emerging that suggest this was perhaps designed to be even more violent than first thought:
CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/09/medi...ry-8/index.html
Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/magaz...-failure-456237
Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/...side-job-456725
I'll also share a forum post from an individual who knows a person who is an expert the political turmoil we're experiencing in the US. Below were their talking points regarding why Trump was perma banned after his Tweet about not attending the innaguration.
1) The threat now is greater than it was before 1/6. Despite not arresting people on site, the FBI is now desperate to arrest them ASAP. He's describing this as similar to the frantic scramble after 9/11 to shut down terrorist groups, identify potential terrorists inside the US, except it's being done without leadership. There's been no national address, no briefings from the FBI or DHS, etc. No call on the public for assistance at a high level. As if Trump and Trump appointees do not want this to succeed. After 9/11, you had federal officials on TV nonstop. So far there's been none of that.
2) This was not an organic act. This was done with some active or passive assistance from government officials. Part of what he teaches is how to use a popular uprising as cover for a more organized event and he says this looks like that. The many denials for additional security on that day. The delay for national guard once the assault started - the delays seem to align with when it was reported that Pence and Pelosi were safe and that the EC ballots were safe - as if it was recognized that whatever objective there might have been had failed. This isn't to say that specific people/agencies were aware of this and wanted it to happen, but he expects to discover that to be the case, even if the rationale was that they didn't want to deploy additional police out of fear of angering Trump.
3) He believes that Dan Scavino has been coordinating between Trump and the white supremacy and other trumpist groups that showed up, and that there was an explicit call for violence from the WH to the groups through Scavino. He bases this on the behavior of the group.
4) He believes members or staffers of members of Congress also coordinated with the insurrectionists. Many had maps of the Capitol, which aren't necessarily hard to find, but they aren't labeled with some of the more obscure locations that the crowd targeted. Someone familiar with the current assignment of space in the capitol had to add those details. Also, at least one door that is always locked due to a lack of available security was opened for insurrectionists to enter. That could have been capitol police or a staffer (not unlike the Oregon legislator who let in insurrectionists at the OR capitol) but someone let them in because it's clear from video they didn't break in.
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