The record shows at least eight months of incendiary statements from then-President Trump and others close to him leading up to the insurrection at the Capitol.
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AOC tears up as she details hiding from Capitol rioters, looking to kill her A University of Chicago analysis of 193 alleged Capitol rioters has found the large majority had no connection to far-right militias or white-nationalist gangs. In stark contrast to right-wing political violence of previous years, researchers found that only 20 people arrested in connection to the Capitol were affiliated with groups like the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and.
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President Biden is reviewing the U.S. government s response to domestic extremism, including threats that gained traction under President Donald Trump.
The assessment begins as the Department of Homeland Security issued a public warning of possible attacks on government facilities or officials. The advisory referenced the Jan. 6 attack on democracy at the U.S. Capitol and other incidents going back years, such as the 2019 mass murder in El Paso, Texas, blamed on a man who had written an anti-immigrant screed. The advisory says extremists are motivated by election conspiracy theories as well as pandemic conspiracy theories.
The Trump administration was often accused of downplaying the danger of white supremacists and other extremists but the DHS bulletin shows that security officials within the government now feel free to express their concerns.