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US Capitol officials give conflicting accounts about FBI warning of violent protest from Trump supporters
An FBI warning that a protest by Donald Trump’s supporters could turn violent reached US Capitol Police the day before the deadly assault, but top officials in charge of securing Congress say they did not see it.
Key points:
- The former Capitol Police chief says there were concerns about how deploying troops would look
- Senators have heard conflicting accounts about who was told what, and have sought further phone records
- Three of the four senior security officials who have testified resigned following the violent riots
The officials told two Senate panels looking into failures ahead of the January 6 attack that the intelligence they received did not prepare them for hundreds of Mr Trump’s backers, many working in teams and wearing tactical…
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