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@Vic_Rollison https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-protests?campaign_id=181&emc=edit_usta_20210106&instance_id=0&nl=u.s.-presidential-transition-alerts®i_id=78216033&segment_id=48550&user_id=5ecf0bb82c9f6623038e8a4742a5732f#fbi-and-homeland-security-make-a-show-of-force-in-washington 1. In what could be interpreted as an attempt to stoke the flames of a Capitol mob which has begun to disperse, President Trump sent a tweet at around 6 p.m. in which he reiterated his false claim that the election was stolen
2. and encouraged his supporters to “remember this day” going forward.
“These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long,”
“These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long,”
3. he tweeted. “Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!” Twitter later took down the tweet, saying that it violated the company’s rules. Pres. Trump also posted a video in which he repeated his baseless claims of widespread election fraud on Twitter, Facebook &
4. YouTube. All three social media sites later removed the video after the damage had been done. Pres. Trump initially rebuffed & resisted requests to mobilize the National Guard to quell violent protests at the Capitol, according to a person with knowledge of the events.
5. In the end, it was VP Mike Pence, defense & administration officials said, who approved the order to deploy. It was unclear why Mr. Trump, who is still technically the commander in chief, did not give the order. The order was initiated with the help
6.of Pat A. Cipollone, the White House counsel, among other officials, according to the person with knowledge of the events. The Army activated 1,100 troops of the D.C. National Guard, an Army official said Wednesday, and Virginia’s governor dispatched members of the
7. Virginia Guard along with 200 Virginia State Troopers to quell the violence in the nation’s capital. The troops were sent to the D.C. Armory to be deployed to the Capitol and to other points around Washington. A column of F.B.I. & Department of Homeland Security agents
8. in riot gear entered the Dirksen Senate Office Building around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, & officers from Washington DC police headed to the Capitol in a show of force to end violent protests, looting & vandalism. A Metropolitan Police commander instructed his officers
9. to stay calm because “it could get crazy in there.” The F.B.I. had previously considered sending officers to patrol Washington streets in the wake of protests last June, but ultimately decided not to deploy the agents for the planned rally. The F.B.I. would not say how many
10. of its agents were deployed to the Capitol. Earlier on Wednesday all F.B.I. agents in the Washington region were alerted that they could be called to downtown Washington. Chris Miller, acting Sec. Defense, also pledged support, saying he had spoken to VP Mike Pence & to
11. congressional leaders& has "fully activated the D.C. National Guard to assist Federal and local law enforcement as they work to address the situation. Our people are sworn to defend the Constitution & our democratic form of government and they will act accordingly.”
