Crime and Punishment: Insurrection Day's Most Wanted, Pt. 34

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32. NYT: Trump supporters organized and attended the January 6 US Capitol insurrection

Trump supporters organized and attended the January 6 US Capitol insurrection, according to The New York Times, Recode and NBC

Many of the hundreds of people who have been arrested for participating in the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol building were long-time supporters of former president Donald Trump, according to fact-checkers and reporters. Some of the people who participated in the attacks were named as “unindicted co-conspirators” in Capitol riot indictments and according to legal experts, undercover agents cannot be named as unindicted co-conspirators.

“Our president wants us here.” QAnon, Proud Boys, elected officials, regular Americans: The Capitol rioters had different origins, but one allegiance. Jan 11

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Records Show Fervent Trump Fans Fueled US Capitol Takeover
“Big protest in D.C. on January 6th,” Jan 10

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They came from across America, summoned by President Donald Trump to march on Washington in support of his false claim that the November election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor.

“Big protest in D.C. on January 6th,” Trump tweeted a week before Christmas. “Be there, will be wild!”

The insurrectionist mob that showed up at the president’s behest and stormed the U.S. Capitol was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters, including Republican Party officials, GOP political donors, far-right militants, white supremacists, members of the military and adherents of the QAnon myth that the government is secretly controlled by a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophile cannibals. Records show that some were heavily armed and included convicted criminals, such as a Florida man recently released from prison for attempted murder.

The Associated Press reviewed social media posts, voter registrations, court files and other public records for more than 120 people either facing criminal charges related to the Jan. 6 unrest or who, going maskless amid the pandemic, were later identified through photographs and videos taken during the melee.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/records-show-fervent-trump-fans-fueled-us-capitol-takeover/2503330/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_LABrand

Analysis: Tucker Carlson’s tinfoil-hat theory blaming the FBI for Jan. 6

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215536003
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