Jason Leopold: Secret Service Minimized Threats Before Jan. 6, Documents Show

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NEW: I obtained 900 pages of docs via #FOIA from USSS about the lead up to Jan 6

One USSS intel advisory says Proud Boys "has not been known to engage in civil disobedience and their demonstrations have ended without incidents or arrests”
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10:16 AM · Oct 15, 2022

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-15/secret-service-minimized-threats-before-jan-6-documents-show

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A Secret Service unit responsible for identifying threats repeatedly downplayed advance warnings of potential violence on Jan. 6, 2021, newly released documents show, a lapse that is now part of the House investigation into the attack on the US Capitol.

The Secret Service Protective Intelligence & Assessment Division’s preparation and response to Jan. 6 is laid bare in nearly 900 pages of emails, internal reports and threat assessments obtained by Bloomberg News in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.

The reports tell of extremist groups heading for Washington, including some that openly discussed employing violence to overturn the 2020 election results. But a series of internal memos circulated among agents repeatedly say “there is no indication of civil disobedience” associated with any of the planned protests.

The performance of the Secret Service and other law enforcement has become a flashpoint in a House committee’s investigation of the Jan. 6 assault since it was revealed that the agency had deleted text messages sent among agents that were sought by the committee.

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[onecaliberal]

1. Fire them all. Start over.

[msfiddlestix]

2. omg. PB had an established history of violent attacks,

This seems extremely huge.

[brush]

5. Yes, they were known for street brawls.

Secret Service is looking dangerously complicit if you ask me.

[msfiddlestix]

8. I agree, and felt they were since slobfather took office.

I no longer recall the specific event which occurred back in 2017.. something happened which raised questions and suspicions with the Secret Service for me, and then yeah the street brawls and suspicious shootings, fires and vandalism in Portland or Seattle.

Can't remember now.

[tblue37]

3. K&R for visibility. nt

[alwaysinasnit]

4. k&r for visibility

[Kid Berwyn]

6. "Proud Boys members wear a black 'Fred Perry' polo shirt with gold piping."

Wouldn’t want to arrest, let alone shoot, the wrong people.

[nini]

7. I can't imagine trumps SS detail wasn't in on all this crap

He never would have allowed anyone to remain with him if they didn’t fall in line.