Thread by @RiegerReport

More than 70 officers have left force since January 6, Capitol Police union says cnn.com/2021/05/21/pol…

NEW

“The U.S. Capitol Police had specific intelligence that supporters of President Donald Trump planned to mount an armed invasion of the Capitol at least two weeks before the Jan. 6 riot, according to new findings in a bipartisan Senate investigation”

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

“The report faults slow mobilization and poor interdepartmental communication — not any sort of stand-down order from the White House, as some Trump critics had speculated — for the fact that it took the National Guard more than three hours to respond” washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

"U.S. prosecutors have obtained a conspiracy indictment against six California men associated with the Three Percenters right-wing militia, the latest in a series of such charges arising from the Jan. 6 riot by former President Donald Trump's supporters.” reuters.com/world/us/three…

(Reuters) - The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials. reuters.com/world/us/exclu…

The day before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, the Secret Service warned the U.S. Capitol Police that their officers could face violence at the hands of supporters of former President Donald Trump, Politico reports. politico.com/news/2021/08/2…

"Capitol Police didn’t adequately respond to frantic calls for help from officers when they pressed panic buttons on their radios seeking immediate backup as scores of pro-Trump rioters beat officers with bats, poles and other weapons, an IG report found.” apnews.com/article/politi…

“[Capitol Police] approved permits for 6 demonstrations to be held on Jan. 6, despite signs that one of the applications was filed for an org. that didn't exist and that 5 of them were a proxy for a group staging large, violent protests across the country” buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonl…

“Cap Police investigators recommended disciplinary action against 6 officers for their [Jan 6] actions…3 for unbecoming conduct, 1 for failure to comply w/ directives, 1 for improper remarks & 1 for improper [info] dissemination”

nytimes.com/2021/09/11/us/…

https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1362561623827873797

"A few months before rioters stormed the US Capitol, DHS restricted the flow of open-source intel reports about 'election-related threats' to law enforcement, citing 1st Amendment concerns, according to documents reviewed by CNN.”

cnn.com/2021/09/14/pol…

https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1367118138903519233

"On Jan. 6, more than 30 minutes after the first attackers breached barricades erected to protect the Capitol, the Department of Homeland Security sent an incongruous update to the Pentagon.” politico.com/news/2021/09/2…

"A former senior official in the U.S. Capitol Police accused two of the department’s top officials of failing to properly share vital intelligence in the days ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection, crippling the response to the attack." washingtonpost.com/politics/jan-6…

WaPo Jan. 6 investigation findings:

-FBI did not respond urgently to warnings of violence
-Pentagon leaders feared Trump could misuse National Guard to stay in power
-Capitol Police were disorganized
-Trump’s lies radicalized his supporters in real time

washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…

A new report from the Pentagon’s inspector general has found Army Sec. Ryan McCarthy first notified Maj. Gen. William Walker by phone at 4:35 p.m. on Jan. 6 that Walker was authorized to send the DC National Guard to Capitol Hill.

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1367161954595389443

U.S. Capitol Police Inspector General Michael A. Bolton testified on Tuesday that only 30 of the 104 recommendations that he and his team have made in the 11 months after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack have been implemented. washingtonpost.com/politics/jan-6…

Fmr. DC Nat. Guard ofcls Maj. Gen. William Walker & Col. Earl Matthews say an Army report on Jan. 6 contains falsehoods.

The report cites 3 exchanges between Walker & then-Army Sec. Ryan McCarthy that Walker says never happened.

politico.com/news/2021/12/0…

https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1461331356374355973

"Multiple people who worked in the Capitol Police intelligence division on Jan. 6 raised concerns about the department before and after the insurrection and have since faced retaliation, according to an employment lawyer representing the whistleblowers.” politico.com/news/2021/12/0…

"A similar legal tactic led to a $26m verdict last month against more than a dozen of the nation’s most influential white supremacists and hate groups for their role in the deadly 2017 United the Right rally in Charlottesville."

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1470800551893999617

Three days before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, a top Capitol Police intel official gave a report to Cap. Police leadership that warned Jan. 6 protestors “plan to be armed” and that permits had been given to “militia members … who actively promote violence.” cbsnews.com/news/capitol-p…

"Senior Biden administration officials have concluded that the government’s Jan. 6 preparations were hampered by a lack of high-level information-sharing and a failure to anticipate how bad the day could be” washingtonpost.com/national-secur…