New @washingtonpost investigation:
"Trump was the driving force at every turn as he orchestrated what would become an attempted political coup in the months leading up to Jan. 6, calling his supporters to Washington, encouraging the mob ..."
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"At the Pentagon, leaders had acute fears about widespread violence, and some feared Trump could misuse the National Guard to remain in power, new accounts reveal."
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Reading this new reporting, and it's a miracle there wasn't a mass casualty event.
Planning for this eventually must now become routine. Sadly.
16 days before Jan. 6, "The chatter about bringing guns to D.C., in particular, was off the charts."
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Acting Defense Secretary: "I thought the demonstrators were going to try to bait us into a Boston Massacre-type situation."
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I think the FBI needs a refresher course on the First Amendment.
Come the fuck on
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