Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) grilled FBI Director Christopher Wray about the methods federal law enforcement officials have been using to track people who participated in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday resisted pinning the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol on a single extremist ideology while lawmakers aired their frustrations with the bureau’s work leading up to the riot.
QAnon, CultTok, and Leaving It All Behind
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“I was impressed that it only took four years,” Danielle, self-identified ex-cult member, 34, said on a phone call. This was a few days after Joe Biden’s inauguration, and we were talking about the previous week of SOS social media posts from wide-eyed QAnon followers, like a TikToker propped up on a pillow, pleading, like a disoriented hostage: “If nothing happens on the 20th, how many of you are going to feel stupid as hell?”
With Danielle’s long catalogue of TikTok videos poking fun at Trump worship and conspiracy theories, I waited for her to chuckle, but she was serious. “Just realizing that it’s a lie is only the first step in the process right there,” Danielle reflected. “They’re going to go through some stages until they come out on the other side.”
Former President Trump in an interview late Sunday defended his response to the deadly rioting by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and called the rally where he spoke beforehand a "lovefest."
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