FBI memo flagged SC caravan site ahead of US Capitol riot

[struggle4progress]

By Thad Moore and Stephen Hobbs
16 hrs ago

Before rioters ransacked the U.S. Capitol, FBI agents flagged an online discussion board filled with plans for Southern supporters to meet in South Carolina and convoy to Washington, D.C., and warned that the conversations could lead to violence.

The FBI report warned that supporters of President Donald Trump were sharing maps of the Capitol building complex and that some were urging the others to be ready for war, according to The Washington Post, which first reported on the document. Some reportedly made plans to drive to Washington in groups from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and South Carolina.

The full FBI document has not been made public, but the caravans reported in the Post’s account of the Jan. 5 memo appear to match flyers posted to the pro-Trump website TheDonald.win, according to a review of the site by The Post and Courier. The caravans were dubbed the “MAGA_CAVALRY,” a reference to the president’s “Make America Great Again” slogan ...

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/fbi-memo-flagged-sc-caravan-site-ahead-of-us-capitol-riot/article_008150b2-56b5-11eb-9d65-bfa3ac2a467f.html

[Ninga]

1. Yep. Evidence for the up coming trial. Every bit found, must be used. I heard that Richard Haas

said on MSNBC this morning that the trial was a bad idea because trumple could not be convicted.

I say. Let time be our ally and for him, the enemy. Why? Because more and more evidence will be revealed.

[lark]

2. I so agree.

Maybe the legislator co-conspirators can be removed first because it's 2/3 of those present and it's easier if the traitors are gone first.

[Frerotte]

3. Never Trust the Opinion of a Republican?

Should we trust the opinion of a Republican?

Ever?

Just asking.