Cataloguing evidence that warnings about the January 6 2021 Capitol riot were intentionally ignored.
Internal Emails: Capitol Security Officials Dismissed Pre-Attack Warnings. “Newly revealed internal emails show an outside group warned Capitol security officials one day before the January 6 insurrection about a series of troubling social media posts calling for people to storm the US Capitol and kill federal employees, evidence that concerns about this kind of online chatter were raised in yet another way ahead of the attack but ultimately still dismissed at the time. Even after reviewing the posts in question, security officials across Capitol Hill were adamant on January 5 that they did not see any indication of a credible threat, according to the emails, which have not been previously reported.” [CNN]
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