On Jan. 6, while a joint session of Congress gathered to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump breached the Capitol in a failed insurrection that claimed five lives and disrupted a necessary element of the democratic process. Like many observers, Georgetown administrators underestimated the threat level in the days leading up to the riot. On Jan. 5, an email from Vice Presidents Rosemary Kilkenny and Todd Olson warned students of “first amendment activities” expected in D.C., but failed to acknowledge the threat of white supremacists flooding the city despite ample forewarning by journalists and government agencies.