House manager claims Trump knew rioters were planning the Capitol attack online months in advance

[groundloop]

Source: CNN

House impeachment manager Stacey Plaskett claimed former President Trump and his social media team were aware of people planning the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol on social media sites and online forums, adding that the administration ignored warnings from the FBI that the violent threats were credible.

"They posted exact blueprints of the attack openly, loudly, proudly – and they did this all over public forums," Plaskett said during her remarks. "These were not just hidden posts and dark websites that Trump would not have seen. Quite the opposite. We know President Trump monitored these websites. We know this because his advisers confirm it," she said.

Plaskett claimed that Trump's team "actively monitored" these sites and that they "would have seen a clear road map of exactly what happened."

She showed several posts on these sites, including one that said, "the Capitol is our goal. Everything else is a distraction. Every corrupt member of Congress locked in one room and surrounded by real Americans is an opportunity that will never present itself again."

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AND there still hasn't been a credible explanation on why the National Guard was essentially told to not intervene, and that the Capitol Police were understaffed.

[Irish_Dem]

1. I hope we get to hear that piece, why the capitol was left defenseless, and no one was able

to assist.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

9. Agreed and if we don't,

it should be laid bare EXACTLY WHO is obstructing and covering this information up.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Reading on Twitter Trump had the protest permit extended to include Capitol?

damning if true

[keithbvadu2]

3. Building a gallows took planning and coordination.

Building a gallows took planning and coordination.

[Turbineguy]

4. Trump certainly worked at

getting this outcome.

He finally found something he was fairly competent at.

[BigmanPigman]

5. Don't forget he funded the whole thing!

"Trump's political operation paid more than $3.5 million to Jan. 6 organizers"

"Newly identified payments in recent Federal Election Commission filings show people involved in organizing the protests on Jan. 6 received even larger sums from Trump’s 2020 campaign than previously known.

OpenSecrets unearthed more than $3.5 million in direct payments from Trump’s 2020 campaign, along with its joint fundraising committees, to people and firms involved in the Washington, D.C. demonstration before a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Recent FEC filings show at least three individuals listed on permit records for the Washington, D.C. demonstration were on the Trump campaign’s payroll through Nov. 30, 2020.:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142692371

[TomSlick]

6. Claims? No, that's not right.

I suggest: "House manager proves Trump knew rioters were planning the Capitol attack online months in advance."

[Lock him up.]

7. Trump used the same incitement methods bin Laden used to attack the US.

Osama bin Laden didn't fly the planes.

He told (incited) his terrorists to fly them to the Capitol, the WTC and the Pentagon.

[Nitram]

8. Guilty!