SCOOP: @BuzzFeedNews & I obtained the six closely guarded protest permits Capitol Police approved for Jan 6, including one that was a proxy for Stop the Steal and linked to its organizer Ali Alexander.
Rare insight into the secretive police force's ops
buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonl…
Rare insight into the secretive police force's ops
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On Dec 21, a group called One Nation Under God filed an application with the Capitol Police’s special events section to stage a protest over “election fraud in swing states” at the Senate East Front grassy area on Jan. 6 between 9:00 am & 6 pm
One problem: the group didn't exist
One problem: the group didn't exist
But on Jan 4, the Capitol Police chief & and its top intel officer personally approved that permit & six others for demonstrations to be held on Jan. 6, 2021, despite signs that five of them were a proxy for a group staging large, violent protests across the country. 
Despite those concerns, and COVID-19 policies that capped demonstrations at 50 people each, one of Capitol Police force’s intelligence assessments said there were “no plans for participants to enter the buildings” and noted “no adverse intelligence related to the upcoming event.”
Capitol Police documented concerns that organizers had attempted to conceal their affiliation with Ali Alexander, the right-wing activist behind the group Stop the Steal, in a secret effort to coordinate their protests against the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The officer who reviewed the application noticed some irregularities. For one thing, the officer wrote in an intelligence assessment, “One Nation Under God is not an organization and does not maintain social media accounts or webpages.”
For another, one of the people listed as a confirmed speaker was Alexander, a leader of Stop the Steal, which was planning a major rally at Freedom Plaza that same day.
“I explained,” the officer wrote, “that it appears that the Stop the Steal and the One Nation Under God is one in the same due to the similarities and the affiliation with Ali Alexander.”
Still, One Nation Under God got the green light.
Still, One Nation Under God got the green light.
These documents we obtained shed new light on what Capitol Police knew about threats to the Capitol leading up to the Jan 6 insurrection and provide rare insight into the operations of the Capitol Police, which, as an arm of Congress, is not subject to Freedom of Information laws
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