Top Lawmakers Not Told of Police Request for Backup Before Riot, Aide and Others Say
The rejected request was another key breakdown in the security failure ahead of the violence at the Capitol.
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The rejected request was another key breakdown in the security failure ahead of the violence at the Capitol.
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An ideological jumble of far-right extremists and hate groups flourished under President Trump and claimed new energy after the attack on the Capitol. Now they are debating their next moves.
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Jack Dorsey, the chief executive, had reservations about locking the president’s account. But the calls for violence that his tweets provoked were too overwhelming.
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A network of far-right agitators across the country spent weeks organizing and raising money for a mass action to overturn President Trump’s election loss.
In an effort to mark a clean break from the Trump era, the president-elect plans to roll out dozens of executive orders in his first 10 days on top of a big stimulus plan and an expansive immigration bill.
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