do something violent himself. he told the fbi his father was planning to, quote, do some serious damage. that was christmas eve 2020 when that young man submitted that tip to the fbi. he didn t hear back initially. it took a couple of weeks. it took until after the january 6th, 2021, attack on the u.s. capitol building. then the fbi decided maybe that tip deserved some follow-up. by the time the fbi got in touch with the son,th the son s fathe had not only traveled from texas to washington, d.c., to take part in the january 6th attack on the capitol, he had come back home to texas afterwards and showed his staged kids c stad kids video of the attack. he told his kids in texas, that, yes, he participated in the attack, and yes, he definitely hadat a loaded gun with him durg the entire thing. he also threatened to kill his kids if they told anyone. he told his 18-year-old son and his 16-year-old daughter, quote, if you turn me in, you re a traitor and traitors get shot. it wa
his 16-year-old daughter, quote, if you turn me in, you re a traitor and traitors get shot. it was that staple day same day, ifto they told anyone, tha same day the son said yes when an fbi agent called and asked if he would meet with him to tell him what caused him to send in that tip about his dad to the fbi. the son that same day, the day that hisso dad threatened to ki him metad with an fbi agent, to him what he knew about his father s activities on january 6th and gave him something. when the dad told them about having his loaded gun with him, turns out the had been recording that conversation. and that dayha when he met with the fbi agent, he gave the recording to the fbi. and so that kid s dad, that was the first man who was put on trial for his role in the