Opinion by Jennifer Rubin | The Jan. 6 report’s most important finding: Trump enabled extremist groups
But from a historical, legal and national security perspective, the most alarming information comes in Chapters 6 and 8 and Appendix 1. Those sections cover the right-wing extremists who jointly planned and executed the violent uprising — and the degree to which Trump enabled their attack.
In other words, law enforcement officials were likely unprepared for the assault because they never imagined the president of the United States would inflame so many people as a few hundred extremists barreled toward the Capitol. The police might have been able to hold off those few hundred deranged election deniers, but the size of the larger crowd made that impossible.
The crowd was emboldened by his presence, and he was energized by their reaction. He saw himself as leader of the ragtag band and wanted desperately to repeat this experience on Jan. 6. Pierson tried to trim the speaker lineup — which still included the “Stop the Steal” trio of Stone, [conspiracy theorist Alex Jones], and [Stop the Steal group organizer Ali Alexander]. ... During their January 4th meeting, Pierson tried to convince President Trump to minimize the role of these potentially explosive figures at the Ellipse. She offered to place them at a planned event the night before in Freedom Plaza or on other stages in DC on January 6th. ...
These facts are particularly troubling given the revelation from testimony before the committee that Trump demanded that armed people be able to pass through the magnetometers at his rally. He also failed to send forces to put down the insurrection once rioters reached the Capitol.
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