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NationofChange Insurrectionists made no effort to hide their intentions, but law enforcement protecting Congress was caught flat-footed. This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between ProPublica and FRONTLINE that includes an upcoming documentary. The invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was stoked in plain sight. For weeks, the far-right supporters of President Donald Trump railed on social media that the election had been stolen. They openly discussed the idea of viol...

REVEALED: Capitol Police REJECTED offers of National Guard help days before MAGA riot because they didnt want images of military troops on the Hill U.S Capitol Police rejected National Guard and FBI assistance in the days and hours leading up the attack Officials feared the bad optics of uniformed troops facing off with Americans on Capitol Hill They also ignored warnings of an insurrection and prepared only for a free speech event  Disaster led to resignations of Capitol Police Chief Steven S...

“This Political Climate Got My Brother Killed”: Officer Brian Sicknick Died Defending the Capitol. His Family Waits for Answers. ProPublica 1/8/2021 ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The grieving family of a slain Capitol Police officer says he was a private man whose death shouldn’t be politicized. But now, it is forced to make sense of the reality that he is a victim of political...

to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was stoked in plain sight. For weeks, the far-right supporters of President Donald Trump railed on social media that the election had been stolen. They openly discussed the idea of violent protest on the day Congress met to certify the result. “We came up with the idea to occupy just outside the CAPITOL on Jan 6th,” leaders of the Stop the Steal movement wrote on Dec. 23. They called their Wednesd...

Insurrectionists made no effort to hide their intentions, but law enforcement protecting Congress was caught flat-footed.

Trump supporters rioting at the U.S. Capitol building. (Photo credit: Sebastian Portillo/Shutterstock.com This story was originally published by ProPublica. By Logan Jaffe, Lydia DePillis, Isaac Arnsdorf and J. David McSwane. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was stoked in plain sight. For weeks, the far-right supporters of President Do...

Despite advance warning, law enforcement did not contain Capitol rioters on Wednesday, in stark contrast to police response to Black Lives Matter protests.

January 7, 2021 WASHINGTON, DC - NOV. 14, 2020: "Voter Fraud" rally marches to Supreme Court in support of Donald Trump, who refused to concede election ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was stoked in plain sight. For weeks, the far-right supporters of President Donald Trump railed on social media that the election had been stolen. They ...

President Donald Trump on Aug. 15, 2020. By Logan Jaffe, Lydia DePillis, Isaac Arnsdorf and J. David McSwane, ProPublica The invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was stoked in plain sight. For weeks, the far-right supporters of President Donald Trump railed on social media that the election had been stolen. They openly discussed the idea of violent protest on the day Congress met to certify the result. “We came up w...

Pro-Trump protesters entered the US Capitol and ransacked congressional offices with apparent ease on Wednesday. Capitol Police officers, whose jobs are to protect the building, were outnumbered and ill equipped, former law-enforcement officials told news outlets.  Videos posted to social media showed officers removing a fence that was preventing rioters from advancing to the Capitol, and taking selfies with a protester. Members of Congress have called for an inquiry into how the heart of the ...