UPDATE: Hearing that intelligence experts and investigators are "walking the cat back" to "determine if and/or when" the planning for the deadly #CapitolRiot began. Based on details from sources, a Dec. 19th tweet from President Trump may have played a role.
https://twitter.com/NATSEC09/status/1348640210561728513
He said, "Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild." Those words, according to posts on social media sites frequented by some of his supporters, were interpreted to be, according to an intel source, "a hidden message" designed to take action.
Intel sources say the plotting and strategizing began almost immediately. Here's where it gets interesting. There are multiple reports that some of the rioters, had maps of the Capitol. Why would protesters outside need maps? Another thing a L/E source has brought up is that
they may have had people or resources inside the Capitol intended to guide the rioters towards their "targets". These are just some of the conversations going on in L/E and investigative circles and among staffers and members of Congress. More to come...
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