Two days before the siege, Bennett posted a statement favoring conspiracy theorist and attorney
Lin Wood on Facebook. The following verbiage, the FBI says, was included “along with a photograph of a caravan of vehicles on a road carrying American flags” (emojis omitted):
You better be ready chaos is coming and I will be in DC on 1/6/2021 fighting for my freedom! #FIGHTBACK for Lin Wood and his family! PS. #BidensLaptopMatters #FUCKCANCELCULTURE #FUCKANTIFA #FUCKCOMMIESCUM #FUCKCHINA #STOPTHESTEAL
This is my _line___ ether you with me or against me FAFO! Keep thinking I’m crazy!
Remember these dates 1/6, 1/11, 1/12
Attached to the post was a link to a report by Washington, D.C. Fox affiliate WTTG-TV. The report contained a headline which read: “DC says no guns allowed during MAGA election protest.”