it took a couple of weeks. it took until after the january 6th 2021 attack on the u.s. capitol building, then the fbi decided.s that maybe that tip deserved some follow-up. by the time the fbi got in touch with the son, the son s father had not only traveled from texas to washington, d.c., to take part in the january 6th attack on the capitol, he had come back home to texas afterwards, and showed his teenaged kids video that he had taken of his part in the attack. he told his kids back home in texas that, yes, he had participated in the attack, and yes, he definitely had had a loaded gun with himye during th entire thing. he also then t threatened to ki his kids if they told anyone. he told his 18-year-old son and his 16-year-old daughter, quote, if you turn me in, you re a traitor, and traitors get shot. it was that same day, the day the father threatened to kill the son and his sister, if they
0 , so his son was 18, his daughter is 16. and on christmas eve, 2020, so that s like a month and a half after the like a month and a haf after th christmas eve 2020, his 18-year-old son went online to the fbi website to tips.fbi.gov and he submitted a tip to the fbi about his dad. he told them that his dad was planning to do some things violent, that his dad was not only calling for there to be violence against government officials, the son told the fbi when he submitted that online tip that he believed his plan, his dad was actually planning to do something violent himself he told the fbi his father was planning to quot that was christmas eve 2020. when that young man submitted that tip to0. the fbi. i didn t hear back initially. it took a couple of weeks. it took until after the january 6th 2021 attack on the u.s. capitol building, then the fbi decided.s that maybe that tip deserved some follow-up. by the time the fbi got in touch with the son, the son s father had not only trav