Lawmakers warned police of possible attack ahead of siege

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill


BY SCOTT WONG AND MIKE LILLIS - 01/14/21 03:17 PM EST

Democratic lawmakers warned U.S. Capitol Police one week before the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol that thousands of fervent Trump supporters could storm the complex and try to “kill half of Congress” to stop them from certifying Joe Biden’s election victory.

One of them also warned that Vice President Pence’s life was in danger.

On Dec. 30, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) spoke with a police captain, informing the officer that — based on past death threats made against her by Trump supporters and the violent language she saw used in online forums — people might attack the Capitol and physically harm lawmakers counting the Electoral College votes.

Wilson spoke to The Hill about the warning and provided notes of the hourlong phone call with the Capitol Police captain.

She warned police that those web-connected Trump devotees are influenced by the “underground chatter that the election was rigged and Mr. Trump should be the president,” and that Democrats are “stealing the election and the only way they can stop us from stealing the election is to kill off half of Congress.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/534295-lawmakers-warned-police-of-possible-attack-ahead-of-siege

[Ford_Prefect]

1. It seems a number of her colleagues did as well, but they were not taken seriously.

[llashram]

2. 9/11...this insurrectionist attack

same, same in my book. And both allegedly gave authorities ample time to become vigilant.

"All enemies, foreign and domestic". Says it all for me about what the Trump Insurrection attack and ongoing threat(s) was/is all about.

[Tommymac]

3. Police Leadership was complicit IMO

The more I read the more I believe this to be true.

If so they need to be locked up for the rest of their natural lives.