“After FBI director Christopher Wray during a March congressional hearing officially designated January 6th as an act of domestic terrorism, the Justice Department now had permission to refer to U.S. citizens accused of committing no violent crime on January 6th as terrorists.” – January 6
On March 6, 2023, Tucker Carlson Tonight led its cable broadcast with the never-before-seen video of the infamous Shaman of the “dangerous” QAnon group, clad in full face paint and headdress, calmly escorted by capitol police officers into the senate chambers, where he would lead a prayer for his fellow protestors. It was initially claimed that the Shaman was in a fierce battle with police, which led to his sentencing of a 41-month prison term for felony obstruction of an official proceeding. This new video, a small clip of a 44,000-hour dump of January 6 (J6) to the Fox News network, was provided by the Speaker of the House to fulfill his promise to persistent holdouts refusing to back his candidacy. But this newfound evidence, which promised to shatter the prevailing media narrative about that day, would last for just one night.
After complaints by several politicians from both the left and right, condemning the minimizing of the violence from the capitol “insurrection”, the assurance of more bombshells was over, making January 6 less of a right/left partisan witch hunt and more of an insider/outsider persecution. Yet, not only has the CCTV video from inside and around the Capitol been withheld from the public, but also from attorneys representing J6 defendants, many of them innocent of the charges against them. But the continued reluctance to release this footage may finally have reached an end, as Rasmussen polling from March, now shows that an overwhelming majority of citizens from both parties believe these secret surveillance videos should be aired.
On the day of the January 6 gathering, the capitol saw two different protests. One was violent, the other peaceful. A single noose hung from the gallows, raised at some earlier unknown time within the famous Washington Mall, providing a collective backdrop for news reports the following day. Agent provocateurs, including suspected informant Ray Epps along with a plethora of federal agents, were spread across the crowd, some openly inciting entry into the federal building. The initial claim that the capital received 30 million in damages was later revised to just 1.5 million, long after the carefully crafted narrative was set in stone. In fact, many still refer to the protest as an armed insurrection, even after the FBI confirmed that no guns were used.
In Julie Kelly’s 2022 book, January 6, Kelly, an independent journalist, takes a deep dive into the events and people surrounding the J6 protest. In one infuriating account after another, Kelly details the misdemeanors, and oftentimes, crimeless excursions of Trump enthusiasts in and outside of the Capitol that fateful day. From the militia groups, the supporters, and Republican representatives, Kelly provides previously unknown facts, deliberately withheld from the public regarding the unfolding actions behind the scenes.
Two previous plots in Michigan are central to understanding the events surrounding J6. The first occurred in April 2020, when demonstrators arrived at the Lansing Michigan capitol to protest Governor Whitmer’s draconian COVID restrictions. Police were ordered to stand down while militia groups with guns were allowed to enter, and then subsequently photographed for posterity. Then in October 2020, Governor Whitmer was the apparent target of a kidnapping hoax, a supposed plot to abduct her just weeks before the 2020 presidential election. But a closer look at the case shows that 14 men involved in the scheme were either paid FBI informants or agents, who planned the event and then recruited men to act out the conspiracy. In addition to interfering with the upcoming election, the botched event would see some of the same players and tactics used, following the J6 rebellion.
The aftermath of the J6 events began with the Department of Justice’s intimidation of J6 protesters and prisoners. A broad brush was applied to all, despite very different situations occurring in the capital. There were embarrassing home invasions taking place in the early hours of the morning, where capitol attendees were ripped from their homes, and then handcuffed on their front lawns, for maximum exposure. S.W.A.T. officials refused to provide necessary warrants to families, as they were seemingly working outside the law. Following arrests, hundreds of J6 protesters were illegally detained, as prosecutors began to collect evidence against them, and many were held for months without charges. Now more than a year later, dozens of FBI whistleblowers have come forward to report the misuse of S.W.A.T. teams and other government resources. American skepticism over the event was captured in a 2023 Rasmussen survey that found that 61 percent of likely voters believe that federal involvement in the J6 debacle is somewhat likely. This includes 70 percent of Republicans and 57 percent of both Democrats and Unaffiliated. To date, there have been more than 1000 arrests, with no end in sight.
Next, the highly hyped January 6 Committee was formed on the heels of Trump’s second impeachment, which resulted, in part, from misinformation surrounding the death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. Speaker Pelosi initiated the committee by refusing to seat the five Republican nominees and instead, handpicked Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, both anti-Trumpers, two of just ten Republican representatives who voted to impeach Trump. Initial claims had Sicknick beaten with a fire extinguisher at the hands of Trump supporters. A lie that Attorney General Merrick Garland, Pelosi, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, and several media outlets repeated for months. Instead, Sicknick’s brother had already confirmed that Brian texted the family when he returned to the precinct that evening, indicating that he was fine. Sicknick would suffer a stroke the following day. The medical examiner reported no bruises or respiratory difficulties. In fact, despite claims that five officers died on J6, no officers were killed by Trump supporters. Instead, after Sicknick’s death, four other officers were reported to have “committed suicide” between January 2021 and July 2021.
The impetus of the January 6 protest, of course, was questions surrounding the 2020 election. While dozens of lawsuits were filed in several states, and even to the Supreme Court, almost all were dismissed without hearings, before media propagandists twisted the lack of standing into a tale of lawsuits lost.
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable,” said President John F. Kennedy at the Alliance for Progress on March 13, 1962. Every citizen has a right to protest their government and have their voices heard. And every citizen has the right to question the results of the election, as Democrats did in 2000, 2004, and 2016, with the latter resulting in a three-year temper tantrum of Russian collusion and pee-pee tapes. While Trump was the target of their delusion, the punches landed on his supporters, where some, if not many, were innocent. Who’s really behind the January 6 revolt? Find out who hoisted the noose, and I think you will find your culprits.
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