The FBI says there was “no grand scheme” and that “90-95%” of people involved in January 6 assault on the US capitol “are one-off cases.” The agency found little evidence of a coordinated effort “to storm the capitol and take hostages.”
FBI finds mostly no coordinated effort in January 6 assault on Capitol
In an exclusive report from Reuters, quoting insider sources, US News & World Report wrote: “The FBI has found scant evidence that the January 6 attack on the US capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to for current and former law enforcement officials.”
According to the Reuters report, which quoted sources familiar with the investigations who are directly involved in or briefed regularly, the FBI has concluded that the violence that occurred at Capitol on January 6 was not centrally coordinated by either prominent supporters of then-President Donald Trump or by far-right groups.
Mostly, prosecutors have steered clear of serious charges, especially those initially discussed which considered a violation such as sedition, conspiracy or racketeering. In light of the latest findings, the FBI has briefed senior lawmakers on its investigation so far, which a democratic congressional source told Reuters that they found credible.
“No grand scheme” by Trump supporters or far right
“Ninety to ninety-five percent of these are one-off cases,” according to a former senior law enforcement official who has knowledge of the investigation. “Then you have five percent, maybe, of these militia groups that were more closely organized.”
“But there was no grand scheme with Roger Stone and Alex Jones and all of these people to storm the Capitol and take hostages,” the law enforcement official added.
No serious plans by far right groups
According to the sources, although there groups of protesters, including those who followed either the far-right Proud Boys or Oath Keepers groups, whose aim it was to break into the Capitol – and their plans ended there. The FBI found no evidence that these groups had any real serious plans about what they intended to once they got inside the Capitol. Nonetheless, prosecutors have filed conspiracy charges against 40 individuals, alleging that some did engage in some degree of planning before the attack. However, 40 out of over 570 alleged participants who were arrested only represents a scant 8.7% or less.
One proud boy leader is alleged to have recruited members whom he urged to stockpile bulletproof vests and other military-style equipment in the weeks before the January 6 assault. This individual is also alleged to have sent members forward with a plan to split into groups in order to make multiple entries to the Capitol.
