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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 Donald Trump railed on social media that the election had been stolen. They openly discussed the idea ...

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 openly discussed the idea of violent protest on the day Congress met to certify the result. “We ca...

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 with the idea to occupy just outside the CAPITOL on Jan 6th,” leaders of the Stop the Steal movemen...

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 US government was compromised with such ease.  On Wednesday, thousands of President Donald Trump's ...