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The House select committee investigating January 6 appears to believe the Capitol attack included a coordinated assault perpetrated by the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys militia groups that sought to physically stop the certification of Joe Bidens election victory.
The panels working theory which has not been previously reported though the justice department has indicted some militia group leaders crystallized this week after obtaining evidence of the coordination in testimony and non-public video, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Counsel on the select committees gold team examining Donald Trump, the red team examining January 6 rally organizers, and the purple team examining the militia groups, are now expected to use the findings to inform the direction for the remainder of the investigation, the sources said.
The panel has amassed deep evidence about the connections between the connections between the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys in recent weeks after it obtained hours of non-public footage of the leaders of the militia groups in Washington ahead of the Capitol attack, the sources said.
[link:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/08/capitol-attack-january-6-proud-boys-oath-keepers|]
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)But will DOJ care about anything that is uncovered?