Major unanswered questions remain concerning the January 6, 2021 D.C. event
The D.C. event falls short of the Reichstag Fire, but it carries the same patina
The interstate federal investigation to round up all the ‘insurgents’ stands in stark contrast to the efforts to identify the Antifa/BLM rioters who spent months breaking windows, accosting civilians, looting merchandise, and destroying small and mid-sized businesses in towns across America. They were called “peaceful protestors” by many in the media. The investigation to track down the D.C. insurgents was, it seems, led by FBI Agents. Here are two examples, as told to the writer, of how that worked:
(1) An active-duty, field-grade military officer led a group of people on a religious mission to D.C. on 6 January. A couple of weeks later, two FBI agents visited the leader and asked for the names of the other members of the group. The leader politely declined to do so.
(2) In a far distant state a small group of men drove to D.C. in early January, not to participate in an insurgency, and ended up witnessing the event. None entered the Capitol Building. Two FBI agents visited one of the group members and asked for a list of the others. The man politely declined to comply.
The D.C. event falls short of the Reichstag Fire, but it carries the same patina. The Nazi regime used the fire to round up communists and Jews and send many to concentration camps.
Wonder how the out-of-town visitors to D.C. during the “insurrection” were identified? Well, it’s easy to follow a credit card trail. One or more banks shared their customers’ credit-card use in D.C. that occurred in and around January 6. Hotel rooms. Restaurants. Car rentals. Easy-peasy. Regarding behavior suggesting conspiratorial acts, does this map of BLM/Antifa protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death suggest any coordinated effort that could represent a conspiracy? The headline of an August 24, 2020, New York Post article read “BLM protesters set Portland police station on fire as riot intensifies.” So, was that an insurrection?
Major unanswered questions remain concerning the January 6, 2021 D.C. event. How many of the insurgents were not Trump supporters but agent provocateurs? Are they, too, being sought by Federal Agents? The D.C. event falls short of the Reichstag Fire, but it wears the same patina.