I will put this in the "big if true" category but reserve judgment
https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1458139441151705091
(PS) This report from January 7 certainly underscores that this is something the White House *might* indeed have done as part of its coup plot (and note that it likely would've taken an order from Trump or someone *very* close to him to make this happen): foxnews.com/politics/pence…
(PS2) Per a January 6, 2021 CNN report—click image below—Trump bragged that he *personally* ordered Pence's CoS—critical to Pence's safety and ops—barred from the White House. So if it turns out Pence's people *were* locked out of certain Capitol spaces, Trump becomes Suspect #1. 
(UPDATE) I think there's significant reason to doubt this source. The initial tweet says the badges were deactivated the morning of 1/6—which would be a scandal—then the thread contradicts that and says they were only deactivated after the attack began.
That's a bait-and-switch.
That's a bait-and-switch.
(UPDATE2) Deactivating badges in the Capitol mid-attack could make sense from a security standpoint, though it could also endanger staffers who hadn't yet gotten to their offices. It's a far cry from saying badges were deactivated *pre-attack*, and I think this source knows that.
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