Law enforcement agencies have said they had “no intelligence” indicating that a group of Trump supporters would overpower police and break into the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021. But journalists and researchers who study the online far right say that’s not true. In fact, the groups at the heart of the riot had been planning it for days, in plain sight, on social media.
The warning signs before the Capitol riot
No one should have been surprised.
Liz Scheltens was a senior editorial producer for the Vox video team.
In this video, Logan Jaffe of ProPublica and Robert Evans of Bellingcat describe the warning signs they observed weeks, months, and even years before a mob of Trump supporters broke into the Capitol.
Sources
Bellingcat: How the Insurgent and MAGA Right are Being Welded Together on the Streets of Washington D.C.
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