The FBI Warned Congress of Right-Wing Violence Before Jan. 6. Capitol Police Leaders Never Saw the Report.
Posted on AllSides February 25th, 2021
From The Left
ANALYSIS
During a Senate hearing on Tuesday examining the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, former security and law enforcement officials largely blamed a lack of proper intelligence for being unprepared. But, according to one former security official who testified, the FBI had sent out an intelligence report days before the 6th that detailed the high probability of right-wing violence that could take place on the Capitol. But that report somehow never reached the top officials who had the authority to properly act on it.
During the joint hearing...
