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Exclusive: How Officials Fear of Donald Trump Paralyzed Intelligence Agencies, Led to Capitol Riot
By William M. Arkin
From Left: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty; Olivier DOULIERY/AFP/Getty
The Department of Homeland Security looked the other way. So did the Pentagon. The FBI collected reports of violence and criminal activity but took no action. The U.S. Capitol Police wrote a threat assessment that President Trump s supporters were disappointed and desperate, that they might become violent. They were all monitoring social media. But only the District of Columbia government and police went on alert; no one else otherwise prepared. That s because government and military officials were afraid.
Democrats moved forward on an impeachment vote after Vice President Mike Pence rejected an effort to persuade him to invoke the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to remove Trump