An informant warned the FBI weeks before Jan. 6 that the far-right saw then-President Trump’s tweet summoning his supporters to a “wild” protest in the nation’s capital as “a call to arms,” according to an email reviewed by NBCNews.
NBC’s Ryan Reilly reports today:
“On Dec. 19, 2020, the day that then-President Donald Trump sent a tweet summoning his supporters to a ‘wild’ protest in the nation’s capital on Jan. 6, one of the FBI’s own confidential sources warned the bureau that the far-right considered Trump’s message ‘a call to arms,’ according to an email reviewed by NBC News.
“That tip to the FBI, from a source who is still used by the bureau and spoke on the condition of anonymity, warned there was a ‘big’ threat of violence on Jan. 6. It was among hundreds of pages of reports viewed by NBC News that this source sent to the FBI in the weeks before the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. The email, which has not been previously reported, warned that the Trump tweet was ‘gaining hold’ on social media.
This new reporting adds to the questions surrounding law enforcement’s response and, in turn, the committee’s delicate treatment of that response. According to NBC News, when the source learned the committee had avoided criticizing law enforcement in itsHopefully, the committee’s full report will help to answer that question.
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