Senate report reveals new details about security failures ahead of January 6 attack but omits Trump'

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(CNN)A new Senate report reveals previously unknown details about the stunning security breakdowns ahead of the January 6 US Capitol attack, adding an authoritative emphasis to previous evidence that there were massive intelligence failures, critical miscommunications, and unheeded warnings that ultimately led to the chaotic response that day.

Among the failures was an inability by intelligence officials to tie together a swirl of troubling internet chatter leading up to the riot and a reliance on using past, non-violent Trump rallies in security planning. The report also found that while the Capitol Police's main intelligence unit "was aware of the potential for violence," some officials were left in the dark in the run up to January 6.

There are also several glaring omissions in the report including any examination of Donald Trump's role in the riots, raising questions about whether lawmakers, in their quest for bipartisanship, exposed the limits of a Congress divided and unable to agree on certain truths, particularly those related to the former President's actions.

Sources tell CNN that in order for this report, which was compiled by the Senate Homeland Security and Rules committees, to have support from both parties, the language had to be carefully crafted, and that included excluding the word "insurrection," which notably does not appear outside of witness quotes and footnotes.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/08/politics/us-capitol-riot-senate-report/index.html

[tanyev]

1. Like a 9/11 report that omits Saudi Arabia.

[spanone]

2. Senate Democrats signed on to this?

[Autumn]

3. A mountain of dirt swept under that rug.

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Democratic Senate investigators took careful steps not to alienate their Republican counterparts in the process of the probe, which meant not taking a closer look at Trump's role in promoting the Jan. 6 rally and months-long attempt to pressure local officials, lawmakers in Congress and then-Vice President Mike Pence to subvert the will of the electorate.

Aides also steered clear of language that could turn off some Republicans, including not referring to the attack as an "insurrection."
"The language that was chosen was purposeful -- and represents the consensus of the four members and their respective staffs," a Senate committee aide said. "We did our very best to stick of the facts as we understood them and leave characterizations in quotes where there were characterizations."

Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican from Ohio and the ranking member on the Homeland Security Committee who authored the congressional report Tuesday, voted to advance legislation that would have established the commission. But, Sen. Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri who served as the top GOP member on Rules, did not.

"I think a commission would slow down the things we need to do," Blunt said last month. "Frankly, I don't think there are that many gaps to be filled in what happened on January 6th as it pertains to building security."div]