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Related: About this forumJan. 6 committee offers new details of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers involvement in Capitol attack - PBS
The June 9 hearing from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection put the involvement of the far-right extremist groups Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers into sharper focus.
Marcus Childress, an attorney for the Jan. 6 committee, said members of extremist groups were energized to arrive to the Capitol by a Dec. 19 tweet from former President Donald Trump.
The committee also shared details about a meeting among Proud Boys members in a parking structure the night before the attack, on Jan. 5. According to the committee's investigation, the extremist groups taking part in the insurrection had made references to a civil war. Some members of the Oath Keepers had set up "quick reaction forces," in Virginia "in case President Trump invoked the insurrection act," Childress said.
The June 9 primetime hearing was the first of several planned this month. The committee has conducted more than 1,000 interviews and has gathered seeking critical information and documents from people witness to, or involved in, the violence that day. - PBS NewsHour 06/09/2022.
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Jan. 6 committee offers new details of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers involvement in Capitol attack - PBS (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2022
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The thing was that the Capitol was closed to citizen tours at that point because of Covid
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2022
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Deuxcents
(15,776 posts)1. I understood from the hearings that they worked together..
One came in from one side and the other on another side n they were synced to arrive at specific times. I wonder where they practiced this routine? Do tourist usually visit the Capital like this?
Rhiannon12866
(202,964 posts)2. The thing was that the Capitol was closed to citizen tours at that point because of Covid
That's why any Republicans in Congress giving tours at that time is viewed as suspicious...
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