This is how far behind most of the country is: the picture below has gone viral today as Americans "discover" that all of Trumpworld knew violence was coming January 6. The investigation of January 6 by independent journalists has moved so far beyond "What did Steve Bannon know?" 
Prior to January 6, Trump was provided with a security assessment for the Capitol by the Secret Service, per Reuters. Bannon was Trump's top political advisor post-election according to numerous media outlets. His minions Stockton and Lawrence were working with the Oath Keepers.
Every attendee at a Trump "war room" event on January 5 either fled the city or fled the Capitol area either before Trump's speech or just after it. None went to the Capitol. The reason is that all of Trump's inner circle knew violence was coming. And that includes Trump himself.
We have video of Proud Boys and even regular Trump voters speaking—on January 5—of storming the Capitol the next day. It was well known amongst those Trump radicals who traveled to DC that the point of the trip was to overrun the Capitol. The idea Bannon alone knew is laughable.
I'm not even getting into the chatter the FBI had picked up—all the FBI informants who were actually at the center of the planning of the attack, like Enrique Tarrio and Joe Biggs—I'm just talking about what rank-and-file Trumpists knew, and what was *widely known* in Trumpworld.
Obviously I'm glad people are talking about who knew what prior to January 6. I just hope major media understands that—more than 6 months after a domestic terror attack on our Capitol—the fact that *so many* Americans know virtually nothing about it is an indictment of our media.
Last night Chris Cuomo of CNN brought on a GOP Tennessee congressman—who spent his time on air arguing in favor of the Big Lie. This is so far removed from major media investigating the meetings of powerful Republicans that preceded January 6 that it's apocalyptically hilarious.
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