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Published 1 year ago

Informant warned FBI weeks before Jan. 6 that the far-right saw Trump tweet as 'a call to arms'

Summary by Political Wire
On Dec. 19, 2020, the day that then-President Donald Trump sent a tweet summoning his supporters to a “wild” protest in the nation’s capital on Jan. 6, one of the FBI’s own confidential sources warned the bureau that the far-right considered Trump’s message “a call to arms,” according to an email reviewed by NBC News.

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Informant warned FBI weeks before Jan. 6 that the far right saw Trump tweet as 'a call to arms'

The FBI received early warnings from one of its confidential informants that Jan. 6 was a major threat and Donald Trump's supporters were calling for violence.

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On Dec. 19, 2020, the day that then-President Donald Trump sent a tweet summoning his supporters to a “wild” protest in the nation’s capital on Jan. 6, one of the FBI’s own confidential sources warned the bureau that the far-right considered Trump’s message “a call to arms,” according

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Informant warned FBI before Jan. 6 that far-right saw Trump tweet as 'call to arms'

An FBI informant warned the bureau that a tweet sent by former President Trump before January 6 about a protest at the Capitol was considered by the far-right as a "call to arms." NBC's Ryan Reilly has details.

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Before the release of the Jan. 6 committee’s final report on Wednesday, NBC News reported that it obtained an email showing an FBI informant warned the agency that former President Donald Trump’s “Be there, will be wild!” tweet urging supporters to...

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