“[Capitol] police did not appear to try to detain the rioters, allowing them to leave unhindered. … Very few people were arrested for the breach, one person said, because officers didn’t have enough backup to take the time to arrest and detain them.” washingtonpost.com/politics/capit…
"At one point in the afternoon, Capitol Police also requested that Defense Department officials send an additional 200 National Guard members to assist them … Pentagon officials did not immediately respond to that request.” washingtonpost.com/politics/capit… 
"Defense Dept officials previously said they anticipated around 350 members of the DC national guard would be enough…mainly to assist with traffic control. They wanted to avoid the optics of having any US military personnel on the steps of the US Capitol” wsj.com/articles/capit…
“3 days before the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the building…DOJ leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents. The police turned them down both times” apnews.com/article/donald…
WaPo report yesterday:
"Police [allowed rioters] to leave unhindered. One even held a woman’s hand to steady her on the Capitol steps"
washingtonpost.com/politics/capit…
DC US attorney today:
Failure to arrest rioters on the spot is making it harder to prosecute
apnews.com/article/donald…
"Police [allowed rioters] to leave unhindered. One even held a woman’s hand to steady her on the Capitol steps"
washingtonpost.com/politics/capit…
DC US attorney today:
Failure to arrest rioters on the spot is making it harder to prosecute
apnews.com/article/donald…
"Defense and administration officials said it was Vice President Mike Pence, not President Trump, who approved the order to deploy the D.C. National Guard. … President Trump initially rebuffed and resisted requests to mobilize the National Guard” nytimes.com/live/2021/01/0…
Several sites analysts say host far-right and racist ideology posted numerous chat threads urging Trump supporters to “storm the Capitol” on Jan 6.
DHS intel did not issue a threat assessment beforehand because it did not view the supporters as a threat.
wsj.com/livecoverage/b…
DHS intel did not issue a threat assessment beforehand because it did not view the supporters as a threat.
wsj.com/livecoverage/b…
“[Ralph Northam’s] chief of staff got a call [from] the office of D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, saying the Defense Department was refusing to activate the District’s National Guard. The mayor wanted Northam to send in Virginia’s, as well as state police” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/…
Maj. Gen. Timothy Gowen, the adjutant general of the Maryland National Guard, was repeatedly rebuffed by the Pentagon on Wednesday, which originally told Maryland it did not have the authority to send in its national guard, per Gov. Larry Hogan (R). washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/…
Pentagon placed limits on D.C. Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests due to narrow mission washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
One of the rioters who breached the Capitol told the New York Times that a Capitol Police officer tried to direct them for how to find Chuck Schumer’s office, the Senate Democratic leader. nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/…
"Asked why police were not forcing the mob out, the officer said, 'We just got to let them do their thing for now.’ Another officer stood by a stairway, watching everything unfold and answering a few questions, including directing a woman to the bathroom.” nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/…
"For a time, the head of the Capitol Police union said Thursday, they had to choose between protecting their building and getting members of Congress, staff and reporters out.” washingtonpost.com/politics/capit…
NBC News - "The FBI and NYPD passed information to the Capitol Police about the possibility of violence during the Jan. 6 protests … [undercutting] the assertion by a top FBI official this week that officials had no indication violence was a possibility” nbcnews.com/news/crime-cou…
"Before Congress met on Jan. 6 to formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund had assured House and Senate members that his force of 2,000 officers could handle the large expected crowds” washingtonpost.com/politics/insid…
As the pro-Trump mob walked up the steps of the Capitol, House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving reassured lawmakers that they were safe.
“Nobody can get in.”
washingtonpost.com/politics/insid…
“Nobody can get in.”
washingtonpost.com/politics/insid…
NEW
Outgoing Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund tells WaPo that he asked House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving and Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger to allow for the DC National Guard to be placed on standby on Monday but was turned down by both men.
washingtonpost.com/politics/sund-…
Outgoing Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund tells WaPo that he asked House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving and Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger to allow for the DC National Guard to be placed on standby on Monday but was turned down by both men.
washingtonpost.com/politics/sund-…
Sund again made a request for the D.C. National Guard to be deployed at 1:09 pm, roughly 30 minutes after the first wave of the pro-Trump mob arrived at the Capitol.
The first National Guard personnel didn’t arrive at the Capitol until 5:40 pm.
washingtonpost.com/politics/sund-…
The first National Guard personnel didn’t arrive at the Capitol until 5:40 pm.
washingtonpost.com/politics/sund-…
NEW
One day before rioters stormed the Capitol, an internal FBI report warned of ‘war’ at the Capitol, contradicting a senior official’s declaration the bureau had no intelligence indicating anyone at last week’s pro-Trump protest planned to do harm.
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
One day before rioters stormed the Capitol, an internal FBI report warned of ‘war’ at the Capitol, contradicting a senior official’s declaration the bureau had no intelligence indicating anyone at last week’s pro-Trump protest planned to do harm.
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
New WSJ footage shows the pro-Trump mob pushing one police officer off a ledge and another rioter hitting a police officer in the head with a fire extinguisher.
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI says it briefed law enforcement within an hour after discovering online warning about ‘war’ and storming US Capitol. apnews.com/article/law-en…
“As Trump watched the media coverage of his video [saying a new admin. would be inaugurated], he grew angry. The president said he wished he hadn’t done it, a senior White House official said, because he feared that the calming words made him look weak.” washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
The Department of Homeland security and the FBI did not produce formal threat assessments about the possibility of violence on Jan. 6, NPR reports.
npr.org/2021/01/13/956…
npr.org/2021/01/13/956…
https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1347379321590185984
New footage from @kwoodsome and @joysharonyi shows one leader of the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol calling for rioters to make lawmakers “afraid.”
"The presence of so many watch-listed individuals in one place — without more robust security measures to protect the public — is another example of the intelligence failures preceding last week’s assault”
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1349802846464651267
(Reuters): Federal prosecutors offered an ominous new assessment of last week’s siege of the Capitol by Trump’s supporters on Thursday, saying in a court filing that rioters intended “to capture and assassinate elected officials.”
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1350137717762519040
"Internal investigators for the departments of Justice, Defense, Interior, and Homeland Security will investigate how security officials prepared for and responded to the pro-Trump rally on Jan. 6” washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Two rioters tell the FBI that a Capitol Police officer shook their hands, gave one a partial hug, and told them both that “it’s your house now.”
washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
"The three top federal agencies responsible for protecting the nation — the Departments of Justice, Defense and Homeland Security — are all being run by acting officials, as the United States endures one of its most sensitive national security crises.” washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
BREAKING
"Three days before thousands of rioters converged on the U.S. Capitol, an internal Capitol Police intelligence report warned of a violent scenario in which 'Congress itself' could be the target of angry supporters of President Trump on Jan. 6”
washingtonpost.com/politics/capit…
"Three days before thousands of rioters converged on the U.S. Capitol, an internal Capitol Police intelligence report warned of a violent scenario in which 'Congress itself' could be the target of angry supporters of President Trump on Jan. 6”
washingtonpost.com/politics/capit…
Timeline: How law enforcement and government officials failed to head off the U.S. Capitol attack washingtonpost.com/graphics/2021/…
A WSJ review of thousands of posts across Parler, Telegram and Gab show the Proud Boys and their members repeatedly invoking President Trump’s rhetoric and suggests they viewed it as a call to action in the weeks leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. wsj.com/articles/proud…
The FBI is investigating whether extremist groups including the Oath Keepers organized or directed the Capitol riot.
FBI affidavits allege 10 Oath Keepers “move[d] in an organized and practiced fashion and force[d] their way to the front of the crowd.”
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
FBI affidavits allege 10 Oath Keepers “move[d] in an organized and practiced fashion and force[d] their way to the front of the crowd.”
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Feds back away from claim that Capitol rioters were looking to capture and assassinate officials
politico.com/news/2021/01/1…
politico.com/news/2021/01/1…
https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1350139216638967808
NYT - "In the days leading up to the mob attack on the Capitol, congressional security officials never let House and Senate leaders know that the Capitol Police had warned they might need National Guard backup” nytimes.com/2021/01/15/us/…
House security chief said lawmaker wariness of military at Capitol drove his resistance to early request for National Guard washingtonpost.com/politics/paul-…
The FBI is investigating videos from individuals with alleged ties to extremist groups who discussed storming the Capitol one hour before the riot.
One individual runs a private paramilitary training group and is affiliated with the Three Percenters.
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
One individual runs a private paramilitary training group and is affiliated with the Three Percenters.
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Five Capitol Police officers tell CNN that they feel “betrayed” by leadership for failing to prepare ahead of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. cnn.com/2021/01/19/pol…
U.S. files conspiracy charge against Oath Keeper leader in alleged plot against the Capitol
washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1351194385984102400
"Self-styled militia members from VA, OH and other states made plans to storm the Capitol days in advance…and then communicated in real time as they breached the building on opposite sides and talked about hunting for lawmakers, [per] court documents” washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
BREAKING
House Oversight Committee chair requests FBI probe of Parler, including its role in Capitol siege
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
House Oversight Committee chair requests FBI probe of Parler, including its role in Capitol siege
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1350946545114505219
"Proud Boys organizer Joseph Randall Biggs was arrested in Florida on Wednesday after the FBI alleged that members of the far-right nationalist group appeared equipped with … 'real-time communication [devices]' during the breach of the U.S. Capitol” washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
Trump’s acting defense secretary Christopher Miller on criticism the Pentagon was too slow to act on Jan 6:
“Oh that is complete horseshit. I gotta tell you, I cannot wait to go to the Hill and have those conversations with senators and representatives.”
vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/e…
“Oh that is complete horseshit. I gotta tell you, I cannot wait to go to the Hill and have those conversations with senators and representatives.”
vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/e…
NEW
The DOJ and the FBI are privately debating whether they should decline to charge some of the individuals who stormed the Capitol, fearing that bringing cases against all of the roughly 800 people who entered the Capitol could swamp the courts.
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
The DOJ and the FBI are privately debating whether they should decline to charge some of the individuals who stormed the Capitol, fearing that bringing cases against all of the roughly 800 people who entered the Capitol could swamp the courts.
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
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