The Elephant in the Room

The Senate Capitol Attack report details security failings but fails to address Trump’s role and GOP complicity in inciting the January 6 Insurrection.

The Report includes 20 recommendations but fails to address Trump’s role in inciting an attack on the Capitol. The report does include a transcript of Trump’s “Save America Rally” speech noting that Trump “continued his claims of election fraud and encouraged his supporters to go to the Capitol.”

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‘Does Anybody Have a Plan?’ Senate Report Details Jan. 6 Security Failures., The New York Times | 6/8/2021

By Luke Broadwater and Nicholas Fandos

WASHINGTON — Top federal intelligence agencies failed to adequately warn law enforcement officials before the Jan. 6 riot that pro-Trump extremists were threatening violence, including plans to “storm the Capitol,” infiltrate its tunnel system and “bring guns,” according to a new report by two Senate committees that outlines large-scale failures that contributed to the deadly assault.

National Guard troops faced off with supporters of President Donald J. Trump outside the Capitol on Jan. 6.Credit...Kenny Holston for The New York Times

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