EXCLUSIVE: On Dec. 20, 2020, a 21-year-old intelligence analyst stumbled upon the blueprint of a plot to storm the Capitol, execute members of Congress and cops to prevent the certification of electoral votes to make Joe Biden the next U.S. president. yhoo.it/3j3eWzt Over the next 16 days, the Department of Homeland Security, the office created in the wake of 9/11 to prevent another catastrophic attack, failed to share its intelligence ahead of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack. yhoo.it/3uO4SNK

The House select committee says Monday's hearing will focus on former President Donald Trump's effort to spread lies about the 2020 presidential election. yhoo.it/3MMkVBZ Trump’s former campaign manager Bill Stepien abruptly pulled out of Monday’s appearance before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, citing a family emergency, the panel said. yhoo.it/3tuMER6

THREAD: A former senior Pentagon official said Shay Assad, the Pentagon’s pricing director, had over the span of his career “saved the Department of Defense many billions of dollars.” yhoo.it/2o9z2Mh Trump’s interest in negotiating better prices for the government made it seem like Assad’s work would get White House attention... yhoo.it/2o9z2Mh

EXCLUSIVE: Document reveals the FBI is tracking border protest groups as extremist organizations yhoo.it/2ZNKVUY via @janawinter, @hunterw @janawinter @hunterw The FBI has gathered intelligence from people with “direct access” to the organizations and is monitoring their social media, according to the document, called an “external intelligence note,” that was obtained by Yahoo News yhoo.it/2ZNKVUY

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For the first time, the FBI has identified fringe conspiracy theories as a domestic terrorist threat, according to a previously unpublicized document obtained by Yahoo News yhoo.it/2Zo7uAh via @janawinter (1/15) The FBI intelligence bulletin from the bureau’s Phoenix field office, dated May 30, 2019, describes “conspiracy theory-driven domestic extremists,” as a growing threat, and notes that it is the first such report to do so yhoo.it/2Zo7uAh (2/15)

THREAD: In the summer of 2016, Russian intelligence agents secretly planted a fake report claiming that DNC staffer Seth Rich was gunned down by a squad of assassins working for Hillary Clinton yhoo.it/32iCMdG via @Isikoff This gave rise to a notorious conspiracy theory that captivated conservative activists and was later promoted from inside President Trump’s White House yhoo.it/32iCMdG