The images had traveled the world. Elected officials of Congress, symbol of American democracy, sealed in offices. Outside, an unleashed crowd, the most vindictive of which have decided to enter the building, leaving fear of the worst. It is January 6, 2021 and outgoing President Donald Trump refuses to acknowledge his defeat. He calls on his supporters to demonstrate in front of Congress to challenge elected officials who were preparing to ratify the victory of Democrat Joe Biden. The movement is carried away and the assault is launched.
The toll, four dead on the side of the rioters, is heavy and the time for the investigation has begun. With this question, which has tormented the minds for months. Was the attack on the Capitol coordinated? Was it prepared, thought by pro-Trump activists? What is the responsibility of a president who, during his speech at the time, asked his supporters to “fight with all their might”, adding: “You will never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong ”.
“90 to 95% of these cases are punctual”
The work carried out by the FBI, resulting in particular from some 570 arrests of suspected demonstrators, does not really outline the scenario of a vast coordinated plan. On the contrary, if we are to believe the revelations of the Reuters agency, published this Friday evening.
“90 to 95% of these cases are occasional,” assures a former senior law enforcement official who learned of the investigation. “Then you have five percent, maybe, of those militias that were more tightly organized. But there was no big plan with Roger Stone and Alex Jones (two prominent allies of Donald Trump present at rallies the day before the assault) and all these people to invade the Capitol. “
According to our colleagues at Reuters, FBI investigators are convinced that some members of extreme right-wing groups have tried to get inside the Capitol. Without having the slightest element which would tend to prove that their acts were thought out in advance, calculated, and that they knew what they would undertake if by chance they managed to get inside the Congress.
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