Thread by @digiphile

Black @CapitolPolice officers told @BuzzFeedNews of military-trained militia & police officers among the partisans engaging in sedition & insurrection buzzfeednews.com/article/emmanu…
Governors need to audit 19,000+ police departments for white nationalists. Time for a national reckoning

Ken Rapuano, the assistant secretary of defense for homeland security, falsely claimed that @TheJusticeDept & other law enforcement told @DeptofDefense repeatedly that they had no indications that there would be ‘significant violent protests.’”
nbcnews.com/news/crime-cou… @FBI knew.

The @CapitolPolice were caught unprepared for a violent insurrection; many heroes saved @VP @SpeakerPelosi & Congress from being taken hostage or worse.
Far-right militias have made their intent to return clear:
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
The @FBI & @DHSgov should not wait for them

The threat of armed far-right militias engaging in seditious violence before or on Inauguration Day is as serious as international terrorism, & may include insider threats.
Wake up, @HomelandKen:
nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/…
Call @DHS_Wolf to testify on this: abcnews.go.com/US/months-ahea…

https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1348315751241961473

The @DeptofDefense corrected a statement to @USATODAY, confirming 25 people are under investigation for terrorism, some of whom may be troops: usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Members of US military storming @uscapitol in an insurrection would be guilty of treason: law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18…

34 Members of Congress asked the Senate & House sergeants-at-arms & the @CapitolPolice detailed questions about the “extremely high number of outside groups” at the @uscapitol on January 5, when tours of the building were suspended:
forbes.com/sites/alisondu…

The @washingtonpost reports 12+ off-duty law enforcement officers were part of the #January6th insurrection in DC, & are under investigation; 12+ @CapitolPolice officers are as well: washingtonpost.com/politics/polic…
19,000+ police departments & @DeptofDefense waking up to internal threat

"2 members of the Proud Boys, a nationalist organization, were indicted"
"3 individuals associated with… a paramilitary organization focused on recruitment of current & former military &…law enforcement, were indicted for conspiring to obstruct Congress"
fbi.gov/wanted/capitol…

“It is not clear whether any elected officials played a role in directly facilitating the attack on the @uscapitol, other than helping to incite [seditious mob] violence through [lying] about the election being stolen from [@POTUS45 in speeches & tweets].”
nytimes.com/2021/01/29/us/…

There are still @FBI posters seeking information about the suspect for poor bombs set on January 6th in Capitol Hill parks.

Our neighborhood — my neighborhood — is not the same.
We have been terrorized.

And the @uscapitol remains militarized, as the impeachment trials began.

Asked about white supremacy, @POTUS said he got into politics because of civil rights & the Ku Klux Klan, & a crucial truth: these groups are the greatest domestic terror threat in America in 2021.

His administration faces a long, challenging road ahead: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

CNN: “6 US Capitol Police officers have been suspended with pay, and 29 others have been placed under investigation, for their actions in the January 6 riot.” cnn.com/2021/02/18/pol…
No statement on website or tweet by @CapitolPolice yet.

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) & Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing on the January 6th insurrection that breached the @uscapitol has begun. Livestream here:
rules.senate.gov/hearings/exami…

In written testimony, Paul D. Irving, former Sergeant at Arms for the U.S. House, told Congress neither the @FBI nor @DHSgov "assessed a coordinated assault on the @uscapitol like the one that took place" & all agencies on 1//5 believed plan met the threat
rules.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

In his written testimony, former @CapitolPolice Chief Sund told Congress the failure to prevent @uscapitol against an armed insurrection were not the result of poor planning but intelligence failures rules.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

In his written testimony, Michael C. Stenger, former Senate Sergeant at Arms, said "the events of January 6th certainly reveal that a review of Intelligence Led Policing should be done," but had (notably) less to say about its failures rules.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

In his written testimony, @DCPoliceDept Chief Contee told Congress that DC "did not have intelligence pointing to a coordinated assault on the @uscapitol"
rules.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

Common thread through all of these sworn statements is that the US government IC did not provide accurate intel on the threat to @CapitolPolice, Sergeants-at-Arms, or @DCPoliceDept.

But researchers & journalists were all able to see what was being organized online, in the open.

There was plenty reporting on what was happening -- again, open source intel.

USCP, DCPD, & Sergeants just weren't reading it? Or took seriously?

They're pointing fingers are pointing at @FBI & @DHSgov.

Remember, DHS told analysts to downplay threats:

https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1314369204934635521

Consensus of the witnesses:
-planned, coordinated attack on the @uscapitol
-Pentagon took hours to deploy the National Guard.

What Americans need to know:
What DHS & FBI knew, & when they knew it. Was intel withheld?
Why was DoD was so slow? Were any Trump appointees involved?

Today is the first time we've heard much from these former officials.

Have there really been no press conferences by @FBI Director Wray, @TheJusticeDept, & @AliMayorkas at @DHSgov this February? fbi.gov/wanted/capitol…

Standard of transparency here is stunning, & worrisome.

Sund testified to Congress the @CapitolPolice’s intel unit received a report from the @FBI on January 5 that warned extremists were preparing for ‘war' on January 6, but claimed te report never made to him; Irving & Stenger also told Congress they also never saw the @FBI warning

@CapitolPolice @FBI Summary by @amyklobuchar:
1) this was a planned insurrection, & involved white supremacists & extremists. It could have been so much worse w/o bravery of USCP.
2) There was an intel breakdown.
3) Delay in requesting assistance from Guard & DoD sending it
4) DoD hearing next week

And there's @SenGaryPeters noting that a report from DHS on the threat of domestic extremism – and let's be clear it's far-right nationalist & White supremacists – is 8 months late.

Occam's Razor says that's directly related to far-right politicians who were in the White House

For the 1st time, Americans are hearing testimony from @FBI Director Wray about the January 6 insurrection & domestic terrorism threats. Watch online: judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/overs… & on @cspan 3.
Reminder: FBI told us far-right nationalism was a threat in 2020

https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1268185406635417604?s=20

Senators need to push Wray hard about whether @POTUS45 & @DHSgov downplayed threat of far-right extremism & censored threat assessments.
What did it know about a seditious conspiracy involving far-right militias, & when?
Wray just testified no evidence of “fake Trump supporters.”

https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1314369204934635521