Jan 12, 2021 5:18 PM EDT
Supporters of President Donald Trump planned for weeks to cause chaos in the nation’s capital on Jan. 6, yet when a Pro-Trump mob broke into the U.S. Capitol some wielding lead pipes, zip ties, explosives and chemical irritants law enforcement said they were caught off guard.
“Capitol Police deal with big contentious votes all the time. They deal with crowds and protesters all the time,” said John Sandweg, a former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and former general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security. “This was just a stunning failure.”
Before Congress convened to count and debate Electoral College votes that confirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November election, Trump supporters flooded social media sites known for far-right conspiracies to make plans to converge on the city.
Details emerge of high-level state involvement in Wednesday’s coup attempt
In the aftermath of the January 6 fascist coup attempt in Washington DC, new revelations show that the plot was prepared with the involvement of sections of the military, police and Republican Party. The danger has not passed. Trump remains president for 11 days and is using the White House as the nerve center for his efforts to remain in office. There is every indication that plans for a second putsch attempt on Inauguration Day January 20 are now underway.
The minimal police presence at the Capitol building on Wednesday was not a mistake or oversight, as the corporate media has claimed, but part of a high-level conspiracy.