.thereidout Blog: The FBI shrugged off Capitol rioters' threats on social media ahead of the Jan. 6 attack, according to a new Washington Post report.
consisting of white men — attacked the Capitol because they are aggrieved. The way they’ve been handled with kid gloves proves their claims are nonsense.on Monday is chock-full of details about the planning of, response to and fallout from the Jan. 6 attack. Yet again, I’m most fascinated by the ways law enforcement — namely, the FBI — ignored the serious threat posed by the pro-Donald Trump extremists.
The FBI, the nation’s primary domestic intelligence agency, received numerous alerts of people vowing to violently confront Congress, but largely regarded social media posts about planning for Jan. 6 — even those discussing bringing firearms, arresting lawmakers and shooting police — as protected First Amendment speech.
The report does a great job of inserting direct quotes from social media users stoking violence throughout the piece. The effect for readers is that we see some of the death and destruction threats sent before Jan. 6 right as we read the FBI’s excuse for not following them. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, there are FBI officials who still defend the agency’s judgment, even with the benefit of hindsight.
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