“Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said that from the evidence coming out about the Capitol riot, it appears that congressional leadership had been aware of the planned attack ahead of time, but ‘did nothing’ about it.”
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Evidence Mounts that Capitol Breach Was Pre-Planned, Eroding Incitement Allegation in Trump Impeachment Trial
As former President Donald Trump’s Tuesday impeachment trial approaches, there is a growing body of evidence in criminal complaints and affidavits that the Jan. 6 Capitol breach had been pre-planned, undercutting the allegation leveled against Trump that he is guilty of “incitement to insurrection.”
A number of FBI affidavits filed in support of various charges—including conspiracy—against accused participants in the Capitol breach show evidence of pre-planning, reinforcing an argument made by critics of the impeachment trial against Trump, namely that participants couldn’t have been incited by the president to break into the building if they had earlier planned to do so.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said recently that parts of the Capitol incident had been coordinated well before Trump’s Jan. 6 speech. Trump’s accusers have described the speech as a call to storm the building.
While Trump said in his speech that “we fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore,” the former president appeared to be making a general reference to political activism, as he called on supporters to “peacefully and patriotically” make their voices heard during the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress.
Graham, in a Feb. 1 interview on Fox News, said, “There’s mounting evidence that the people who came to Washington preplanned the attack before the president ever spoke.”
“If you open up that can of worms, we’ll want the FBI to come in and tell us about how people preplanned this attack and what happened with the security footprint of the Capitol. You open up Pandora’s box if you call one witness,” Graham added, in reference to calls for witnesses to testify at Trump’s impeachment trial.
The former president’s son Donald Trump Jr. argued in a tweet last month, “If these federal law enforcement agencies had prior knowledge that this was a planned attack then POTUS didn’t incite anything.”
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A review of some of the affidavits in Capitol incursion cases shows evidence of pre-planning.
An affidavit (pdf) filed in the case against Thomas Caldwell, who is believed to have a leadership in the Oath Keepers group and who faces charges of conspiracy and conspiracy to impede or injure an officer, alleges that Caldwell and others planned parts of the incursion in advance.
“As described more fully herein, CALDWELL planned with DONOVAN CROWL, JESSICA WATKINS, and others known and unknown, to forcibly storm the U.S. Capitol,” the affidavit states.
“Evidence uncovered in the course of the investigation demonstrates that not only did CALDWELL, CROWL, WATKINS, and others conspire to forcibly storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021—they communicated with one another in advance of the incursion and planned their attack.”
The document cites communication between Watkins and other suspected Oath Keepers during the Capitol incursion, noting that an individual whom the FBI believes to be Watkins said: “We have a good group. We have about 30-40 of us. We are sticking together and sticking to the plan.”
Charging documents (pdf) against Eric Munchel and his mother, Lisa Eisenhart, both of whom face conspiracy charges, cite a Jan. 10 article in The Times of London, in which Eisenhart expressed that the two had gone into the Capitol as “observers” but quotes Munchel’s characterization of the incursion as a “flexing of muscles.”
“We wanted to show that we’re willing to rise up, band together and fight if necessary. Same as our forefathers, who established this country in 1776,” Munchel told the outlet. “It was a kind of flexing of muscles.
“The intentions of going in were not to fight the police. The point of getting inside the building is to show them that we can, and we will.”
Alex Harkrider, who faces charges of conspiracy and unlawful entry with a dangerous weapon, was alleged in an affidavit (pdf) to have made statements about planning a “civil war.”
The affidavit indicates that a witness contacted the FBI alleging they had photos from Harkrider’s social media pages showing that he stated that he and others were “planning a civil war.”
An affidavit (pdf) in the case against Andrew Bennett, who faces charges of disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, indicates that “on January 4, 2021 at approximately 5:02 a.m. EST, Bennett posted the following, along with a photograph of a caravan of vehicles on a road carrying American flags: ‘You better be ready chaos is coming and I will be in DC on 1/6/2021 fighting for my freedom!’”
Meanwhile, the FBI has said it notified other law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Capitol Police, the day before the Capitol incursion about an online message about a “war” and storming the building. The FBI stated on Jan. 12 that the warning was issued through the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. Capitol Police have members on the task force, The Associated Press reported.
The Washington Post reported that an FBI bulletin described that people had been sharing maps of the Capitol’s tunnels and discussed rallying points to meet up to travel to Washington. The newspaper also reported that the document detailed posts calling for violence, including that “Congress needs to hear glass breaking, doors being kicked in, and blood from their BLM and Pantifa slave soldiers being spilled.”
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Tasmanian Devil
3 years ago
The crooked corrupt FBI is too busy rounding up “dangerous” Trump supporters to pay attention to this.
Aaaah..well’lll…WE don’t wanna be but its clear the Far-Left seriously are insurrectioning domestic enemy’s…!
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
3 years ago
Leftist Pre-Planned riots for 4 YEARS!!
Piles of bricks conveniently placed in rioting areas!!
U-Haul trucks rented for dispersing shields, bats, helmet rioting gear!!
Rioters bussed into towns across the country to riot and loot!!
Yeah at the delivered price of up to $1,000 per palate of bricks.
What kind of persons throws bricks thru plateglass windows people may be behind let alone at real people that brick will maim or kill…?
NOTHING peaceful in any of this…!
I also thought the FBI had a hand in this.In any case, this provocation was too visible. Also, it was similar to what the Chinese commies did before hosting the Tiananmen Massacre
Yeeup = “The DeepState” esp CIA are core Globalist shills as unelected merely “appointed” agency’s proclaimed into existence “out of thin air” (((like OUR fiat money))) by some prior potus = all alphabet agency’s are such created creatures…!
[ ie = they’re totally unConstitutional ]
They’ve now usurped control by their own fiat “regulations” not legitimately legislated law by elected accountable lawmakers.
WORSE is Congress allowed and sanctioned this all so to keep their hands clean “with no blame” by constituents for the actions of the rogue tyrannical unelected agency’s acting as overlord oppressors as if –
“WE the People” are mere peasants and serfs in “their” vast kingdom…!
MEANWHILE they along with Globalist minded appointed Fed Judges conjoin as a unified front to attack an threat tto their illicit power by any illegal unConstitutionally means = like OUR President Trump…!
IT MUST BE DEALT WITH + ENDED
Andre Lewis
3 years ago
If the FBI thought handling the single Branch Davidian cult holdout was difficult they should wait a while to see how hard reining in a lot more people mad at them can be.
It is in the works with –
1) illicit health agency lockdowns
2) needless job loss+folks going broke
3) 1/2 of business going under
4) poison vax for 98+% survivable C-19
5) financial collapse and planned “reset”
6) ALL savings to be confinscated
7) intentional food + energy shortages
8) continuing Marxist escalated rioting
9) HUGE false-flags events against us
10) creating Martial Law w/Fed troops
11) travel restricted only w/paperwork
12) more required poison vax that’ll kill
13) special population “camps”
14) food distr. by social compliance
15) night arrests for restricted speech
16) electric for social compliance only
17) perks and benefits for snitching
18) all communication fully restricted
19) gulage work camps for offences
20) health services fully conrolled
21) turn in all stored food stuffs to “be redistriuted” or face arrest.
AND of course if you want food, power, gas, travel Rights, communication, entertainment, healthcare, monetary “credits” you MUST COMPLY TOTALLY or face “demerits”…!
~ ie = give up all firearms, turn in all know or suspected “dissodents”, walk the social credit mandates to the letter, take re-education courses, turn children over to the State, only talk in newspeak terms, turn in all pets as only elites are so allowed, turn all garden crops in to community food banks for distribution.
I could go on tho just lookup what these Marxist’s did = Stalin, Mao, Castro, NVA, PolPot etc..
Oh yeah they starved to death 10’s + 10’s of millions per yr and just murdered over 100million more in labor death camps or merely shoot millions more….into total submition.
ALL IN JUST THE LAST 100 YRS and it still goes on daily in various Commie fifedoms and esp Red China + North Korea…!
My father shot a few of’em in firefights to flee to America when he could…!
felix1999
3 years ago
I haven’t been watching any of it. There are videos of ANTIFA being bussed in and changing into pro Trump paraphernalia on video. It was a set up blessed by Mitch and Pelosi. They knew and made sure the capital police were under staffed. There is also video of the police there moving the barriers and waving them in.
The DEMS carefully edited tape leaving out “peaceful protests” was also devious. Trump wasn’t inciting anything but to show patriotic NON VIOLENT support.
The woman is likely part of the same Coven that Bill Clinton “stated” Hillary would fly to Calipornia several times a month to “participate” with –
“Cause she’s into that stuff”
Lois
3 years ago
What is really a question? There has been no mention of two officers committing
suicide. The one officer who died, the findings of how he died has still not been
released. Apparently no fire extinguisher beating as was first reported.
This was no insurrection! and there has been no investigation – just another
impeachment!!
Ektor
3 years ago
We cannot trust anything from the DC Swamp and especially the Marxist Dems, socialists, progressives and Commies…all the same breed of slime.
They’re ANTI – God + America to the core of their beings clearly seen in their viperous words and actions – almost like vampires that fear the Light.
Nothing but total unabashed control over everyone will due for them.
As long as WE are autonomously free to remind them of their slimeyness WE are a needle in their @$$ez just like Jesus and His name was from 33AD onward.
And all He stood for was to free us from the chains and bondage of sin which is what the Far-Left loves while chaining up any they resent or even find “offensive”…!
Sheribeth39
3 years ago
I do not believe for a minute that OathKeepers “stormed” the Capitol. I attend their bi-monthly meetings and their sole goal is to follow the oath they took to serve and protect their families, communities and country. They do NOT incite or start anything! They will respond if attacked, as every person has the right to do. This is a complete SET – UP, as evidenced by the video showing the police moving the barricades aside to allow ANTIFA and BLM to easily enter the Capitol!
this country has been undermined by the communists and the dimokkkrats with their “media” have rammed it down our throats.
CreoleGumbo
3 years ago
Well there is a lot of evidence for a lot of things but as long as the courts refuse to hear it and as long as GOP legislators (who are supposed to the the opposition party) do not make an issue over this indifference what difference does it make?
Truly the oare the two sides of the same coin flipped by the Globalist’s then put back in their pocket…!
Silver Bullet Gun Oil
3 years ago
Leftist Bolsheviks have taken over the Gateway Pundits comments section masquerading [as usual] as other than WHAT they are and BANNING [somehow] everyone NOT supporting their racism and insanity.
I suspect they will be turning up HERE shortly.If regulars here are no longer present it would be their getting BANNED by Disqis under some made up pretense.
chaim silver.
3 years ago
i never heard about the pre planning of the incursion. but by reading about it from many places on fb. i read between the lines, i texted some long time ago, that this was 4 months in the making go figure..
It was the parasitic slimes last chance to “throw bricks, burn homes and businesses” ONLY directly at “WE the People” OURselves using massive staged lies and false allegations just like they have and still are at Trump for 5yrs now.
It’s really WE they bitterly hate esp if you speak of or wish to honor God in your life = ???
R.G.
3 years ago
Congressman Biggs is wrong.
The leftist democrats in congress were not aware of the attack ahead of time and ‘did nothing’ about it…they did a lot about it…they planned and funded it and made sure security escorted the antifa anarchist stormtroopers into the building.
It was all over the internet that antifa anarchist stormtroopers were going to be there and infiltrate the Conservative crowd. Everybody knew this would probably happen. Still, Conservatives were brave enough to attend in great numbers to exercise their right to free speech.
But, the plan is to silence Conservatives by any means necessary… intimidation, violence, threats of violence, removal from social media, false flag violence. The left is extremely afraid of Conservatives.
How much was the FBI in on it? They’ve done False Flag attacks before; remember CoIntelPro.
–Leslie <;)))><
Michael Jacobs
3 years ago
OF COURSE it was pre-planned! The MAGA crowd had months to pre-plan it. Trump began stirring them up months BEFORE the election even happened, by claiming the “only way” he could lose is if the election were “stolen.” That was not a prediction; it was a strategic setup to justify his own, post-election actions in the event he did lose. And he did. Then he spent two more months fanning the flames with false claims of massive election fraud that were rejected by court after court, including Trump-appointed judges. Then he sent a “save the date” notice to his mob and said “it will be wild.” Yeah, that’s a lot of pre-planning involved. It didn’t all happen on one morning.
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