{"id":4286,"date":"2021-01-22T22:49:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T22:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4286"},"modified":"2021-01-22T22:49:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T22:49:07","slug":"report-capitol-police-knew-congress-might-be-targeted-days-before-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4286","title":{"rendered":"Report: Capitol Police knew Congress might be targeted days before attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“US Capitol Police were aware of the potential for violence specifically targeting Congress on January 6, at least three days before pro-Trump insurgents overwhelmed USCP officers and stormed the US Capitol<\/a>, according to a Friday scoop by the Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A January 3 memo from the Capitol Police intelligence division, parts of which were obtained by the Post, highlights the threat of violence by supporters of President Donald Trump in striking detail \u2014 and only adds to confusion about how the attack occurred anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the memo, \u201csupporters of the current president see January 6, 2021\u201d \u2014 the day Congress convened to certify President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s Electoral College victory<\/a> \u2014 \u201cas the last opportunity to overturn the results of the presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis sense of desperation and disappointment may lead to more of an incentive to become violent,\u201d the portion of the memo obtained by the Post continues. \u201cUnlike previous post-election protests, the targets of the pro-Trump supporters are not necessarily the counter-protesters as they were previously, but rather Congress itself is the target on the 6th.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The USCP memo also warned that the presence of \u201cwhite supremacists, militia members, and others who actively promote violence, may lead to a significantly dangerous situation for law enforcement and the general public alike.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it turns out, that\u2019s exactly what happened.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The memo from the Capitol Police\u2019s intelligence division isn\u2019t the only warning law enforcement agencies gave leading up to the violent events of January 6. On January 5 \u2014 just one day before the attack \u2014 an internal report<\/a> produced by the FBI\u2019s field office in Norfolk, Virginia, warned of online calls for \u201cwar.\u201d” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Sund was privy to the Capitol Police intelligence assessment ahead of January 6, and he reportedly asked the sergeants at arms for both chambers of Congress to put National Guard forces on emergency standby<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sund\u2019s request was ultimately denied, and National Guard troops were slow to respond<\/a> as the attack unfolded, due at least in part to restrictions imposed by the Pentagon, which were first reported by the Washington Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Sund, both sergeants at arms<\/a> have resigned their positions over the attack.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/1\/16\/22234574\/washington-post-capitol-police-report-congress-targeted-riot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“US Capitol Police were aware of the potential for violence specifically targeting Congress on January 6, at least three days before pro-Trump insurgents overwhelmed USCP officers and stormed the US Capitol, according to a Friday scoop by the Washington Post.<\/p>\n

A January 3 memo from the Capitol Police intelligence division, parts of which were obtained by the Post, highlights the threat of violence by supporters of President Donald Trump in striking detail \u2014 and only adds to confusion about how the attack occurred anyway.<\/p>\n

According to the memo, \u201csupporters of the current president see January 6, 2021\u201d \u2014 the day Congress convened to certify President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s Electoral College victory \u2014 \u201cas the last opportunity to overturn the results of the presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis sense of desperation and disappointment may lead to more of an incentive to become violent,\u201d the portion of the memo obtained by the Post continues. \u201cUnlike previous post-election protests, the targets of the pro-Trump supporters are not necessarily the counter-protesters as they were previously, but rather Congress itself is the target on the 6th.\u201d<\/p>\n

The USCP memo also warned that the presence of \u201cwhite supremacists, militia members, and others who actively promote violence, may lead to a significantly dangerous situation for law enforcement and the general public alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

As it turns out, that\u2019s exactly what happened.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“The memo from the Capitol Police\u2019s intelligence division isn\u2019t the only warning law enforcement agencies gave leading up to the violent events of January 6. On January 5 \u2014 just one day before the attack \u2014 an internal report produced by the FBI\u2019s field office in Norfolk, Virginia, warned of online calls for \u201cwar.\u201d” <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Sund was privy to the Capitol Police intelligence assessment ahead of January 6, and he reportedly asked the sergeants at arms for both chambers of Congress to put National Guard forces on emergency standby.<\/p>\n

Sund\u2019s request was ultimately denied, and National Guard troops were slow to respond as the attack unfolded, due at least in part to restrictions imposed by the Pentagon, which were first reported by the Washington Post.<\/p>\n

In addition to Sund, both sergeants at arms have resigned their positions over the attack.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[336,1138,1145,1135,460,1134],"class_list":["post-4286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-attack","tag-capitol-building","tag-capitol-police","tag-insurrection","tag-intelligence","tag-riot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4287,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286\/revisions\/4287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}