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Exclusive-FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated-sources
Reuters via MSN ^ | 08 20 2021 | Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch

Posted on 08/20/2021 2:49:36 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials.

Though federal officials have arrested more than 570 alleged participants, the FBI at this point believes the violence was not centrally coordinated by far-right groups or prominent supporters of then-President Donald Trump, according to the sources, who have been either directly involved in or briefed regularly on the wide-ranging investigations.

"Ninety to ninety-five percent of these are one-off cases," said a former senior law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation. "Then you have five percent, maybe, of these militia groups that were more closely organized. But there was no grand scheme with Roger Stone and Alex Jones and all of these people to storm the Capitol and take hostages."

Stone, a veteran Republican operative and self-described "dirty trickster", and Jones, founder of a conspiracy-driven radio show and webcast, are both allies of Trump and had been involved in pro-Trump events in Washington on Jan. 5, the day before the riot.

FBI investigators did find that cells of protesters, including followers of the far-right Oath Keepers and Proud Boys groups, had aimed to break into the Capitol. But they found no evidence that the groups had serious plans about what to do if they made it inside, the sources said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: didyousearch; fbi; insurrection; jan6; postedseveraltimes; trump
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1 posted on 08/20/2021 2:49:36 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

In other words, the FBI investigated themselves and found themselves innocent.


2 posted on 08/20/2021 2:52:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?”)
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To: yesthatjallen

No ship. Release all the political prisoners. Tell us who killed Ashley.


3 posted on 08/20/2021 2:52:29 PM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: yesthatjallen

Did they have to hire inspector Clouseau to figure this out?


4 posted on 08/20/2021 2:53:03 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say )
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To: yesthatjallen

Another 8 months and they may discover it wasn’t an attack at all 🤪


5 posted on 08/20/2021 2:53:56 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say )
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To: yesthatjallen

What a sad horrible day jan 6 was I still have nightmares/s


6 posted on 08/20/2021 2:54:28 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: NWFree

And it is announced on a slow news day so that it is THE BIG STORY!


7 posted on 08/20/2021 2:55:33 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: yesthatjallen

Don’t fret. The FBI will make some up. Heck, they even mark the shotgun where they want you to cut the barrel off. Then they shoot your pregnant wife and baby, shoot your dogs, and jail you for ten years. Then they pay you six figures to settle your legal action. Cheap price for thousands of hours of propaganda on live network news coverage to scare Susie citizens into conformity. Heck, they even go to the zoo and steal hair from endangered animals and then go spread it around in the wilderness to close off millions of acres, get caught, and they get promoted.


8 posted on 08/20/2021 2:55:55 PM PDT by blackdog (Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
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To: yesthatjallen

As soon as the focus turned on the FBI as the instigators of January 6th, they quickly discover there was no coordinated effort. How convenient.


9 posted on 08/20/2021 3:10:04 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: yesthatjallen

To the extent there was coordination, it was coordination by the SeeAyeA and FIB and the Pelosi Police to punk Trump supporters and assassinate Ashli.


10 posted on 08/20/2021 3:23:23 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Exactly. They staged it all. The “window “ they “broke through “ wasn’t a normal one. They didn’t break through more! It was safety, breakaway glass.


11 posted on 08/20/2021 3:28:12 PM PDT by Fledermaus (I'll wear a mask when Dr. Fraudchi shuts the hell up.)
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To: NWFree

Sherlock Hemlock and Inspector Gadget too.


12 posted on 08/20/2021 3:39:54 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: yesthatjallen

Does this mean all those jailed will have their charges dropped and be released?


13 posted on 08/20/2021 3:43:28 PM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do)
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To: yesthatjallen

Well, duh!

When you consider that it takes 17 FBI agents to make a positive ID on a garage door pull I’m surprised they ever managed to figure this one out.


14 posted on 08/20/2021 4:09:00 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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To: yesthatjallen

That must be some new definition of the word scant’ meaning ‘none’


15 posted on 08/20/2021 4:15:18 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Mr. K

How long will they continue to unjustly hold and torture their own citizens half who were waved into the peoples house and half who were just looking for the restrooms.


16 posted on 08/20/2021 5:43:11 PM PDT by Boardwalk
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