As we worked on PERIL, it became evident that Jan. 6 was not a sporadic moment, as some have tried to cast it. Our reporting shows it was the culmination of a coordinated pressure campaign. Giuliani & Bannon at the Willard. Eastman & Trump in Oval, etc. nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
While the riot, understandably, was at first the central focus, our book shows that the riot isn’t the whole story of Jan 6. The story is also what Trump and those around him were doing to use power to keep power in days prior, with Bannon & Trump seeing Jan. 6 as the reckoning.
The Eastman memo:
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Winter 2020: “kill the Biden presidency in the crib”
Fall 2021: “shock troops”
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“ProPublica contacted GOP leaders in 65 key counties, and 41 reported an unusual increase in signups since Bannon’s campaign began.”
“I’ve never seen anything like this, people are coming out of the woodwork.”
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