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FBI Director Wray confirms coordinated planning by pro-Trump far-right terrorists in January 6 attack On Tuesday, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the FBI’s role in the January 6 siege of the US Capitol. The hearing followed congressional hearings held last week in which Washington D.C. police chiefs defended their failure to secure the Capitol in the lead-up and on the day of the attempted coup orchestrated by Donald...

“We already had Guardsmen on buses ready to move to the Capitol,” Walker wrote in his prepared remarks.

DC National Guard Chief: Pentagon Delayed Deployment on Jan. 6 The D.C. National Guard’s top official on Wednesday said deployment of guardsmen was delayed after the U.S. Capitol was breached on Jan. 6 because of an “unusual” memorandum that was issued a day prior. William Walker, commanding general of the D.C. Guard, told lawmakers during a Capitol Hill hearing that then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy on Jan. 5 issued a memo barring the use of the Guard’s “Quick Reaction Force” witho...

Maj. Gen. William Walker said the Department of Defense took three hours to approve deploying the National Guard to the Capitol on Jan. 6 after a "frantic" request from Capitol Police.

An adviser and spokesman for former President Donald Trump shot down a report citing anonymous sources claiming he ...

Statement for the Record Good afternoon, Chairman Peters, Chairwoman Klobuchar, Ranking Member Portman, Ranking Member Blunt, and members of the committees. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the FBI’s role and efforts leading up to and in response to the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol building. I am pleased to be here representing the dedicated men and women of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. The violence and destruction of property at the ...

“We already had Guardsmen on buses ready to move to the Capitol,” Walker wrote in his prepared remarks.

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Members are alleged to have dressed “incognito” on Jan. 6, then fanned out to prevent law enforcement from identifying them en masse.

A federal court filing details how Ethan Nordean allegedly recruited members and raised money ahead of the Jan. 6 attack, which prosecutors say he helped coordinate and lead.