From 9/11 to January 6th
20 years after 9/11, the greatest threat to our national security is domestic terrorist emboldened by January 6.
The FBI and DOJ are warning that our greatest domestic threat is “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.” GOP whitewashing of the January 6 Insurrection has emboldened Trump supporters planning a second rally on September 18 that Capitol Police warn could turn violent.
Proud Boys organizer recites the Pledge of Allegiance during a Proud Boys rally at Delta Park in Portland, Oregon on 26 September 2020. Photograph: Maranie R Staab/AFP/Getty Images
By Joanna Walters and Alvin Chang
The FBI director, Christopher Wray, told Congress that the 6 January insurrection wasn’t an isolated event and “the problem of domestic terrorism has been metastasizing across the country for a number of years”.
Wray added that white supremacists comprise “the biggest chunk of our domestic terrorism portfolio overall” and “have been responsible for the most lethal attacks over the last decade”.
Video: Washington D.C. On Alert Again Following Threat By Trump Supporters, MSNBC | 9/9/2021
Politico White House reporter Eugene Daniels and former FBI special agent Clint Watts on the Capitol Police actively bracing for the danger posed by Trump supporters planning to descend on the Capitol on September 18th.