Police are planning to REINSTALL Capitol fencing, will have all available cops on duty and are bracing for violence at September 18 rally supporting jailed January 6 suspects
US Capitol Police are continuing to make preparations for a Sept. 18th rally in support of alleged rioters who stormed the Capitol during the electoral count on Jan. 6th – with plans to deploy the entire force amid ominous online warnings.
The rally, organized by a Donald Trump supporter, will put to the test a Capitol Police force that was battered on Jan. 6th, with Congress earmarking millions to harden security and beef up the force.
An internal Capitol Police memo warns of the potential for violence at the 'Justice for J6' rally, which is being organized in support of a skein of defendants who breached the Capitol. Many of them are charged with battering law enforcement officers or spraying them with bear spray.
The memo warns of an increase in violent online rhetoric and discussion about the shooting of Ashli Babbitt, the Donald Trump supporter who was shot by a Capitol Police officer just steps from the House floor as a mob tried to burst through a wooden door outside the House Speaker's Lobby, CNN reported.
Amid the heightened concern, law enforcement was planning to reinstall fencing around the Capitol that went up after the Jan. 6th insurrection, the Associated Press reported, although officials did not announce any specific plan and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was noncommittal on the idea Wednesday.
Law enforcement is preparing for a Jan. 18th rally on behalf of accused January 6th rioters, after seeing an uptick in violent online rhetoric
Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger is set to brief congressional leaders this week on preparations, CNBC reported, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi inviting the 'big four' congressional leaders to her Capitol suite – which one MAGA rioter famously occupied on Jan. 6th while aides hid behind a locked door.
The Metropolitan Police Department, which provided critical backup to Capitol Police who were being overrun on Jan. 6th, is expected to fully activate its force.
Pelosi would get into detailed security precautions being taken, saying at a Capitol press conference Wednesday: 'We intend to have the integrity of the Capitol be intact.'
She said officials would 'not necessarily' put back a Capitol fence that was taken down.
The rally is being organized by former Trump campaign aide. Matt Braynard. Braynard posted his own video of himself being interviews by CNN, where he called the gathering a 'peaceful protest for people’s civil rights who have been denied' to rioters who have been the subject of a nationwide FBI manhunt.
President Donald Trump has called attention to the shooting of supporter Ashli Babbitt, who was shot by a Capitol Police officer steps from the House floor
A worker removes razor wire from the top of security fencing as part of a reduction in heightened security measures taken after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2021
Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger is expected to brief congressional leaders on security preparations
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hosting the meeting in her office. Here Richard Barnett, a supporter of US President Donald Trump sits inside her office the day of the riot. He is accused of carrying a dangerous weapon – a ZAP Hike 'N Strike 950,000 Volt Stun Gun Walking Stick
Jacob Chansley, the 'QAnon Shaman' pictured inside the Capitol Jan. 6th wearing a horned hat, pleaded guilty last week to obstructing an official proceeding
The FBI on Wednesday released new video showing a suspect in a hooded sweatshirt (right) walking around the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington DC before planting two pipe bombs outside the DNC and RNC buildings
More than 600 have been identified and charged, many based on tips, facial recognition, and postings made on their own social media accounts.
'We’ve received threats of violence there is no violence on our side,' Braynard said. He avoided talk of who won the election – Trump has repeatedly called it 'rigged' despite getting millions of votes less than President Joe Biden. 'We don’t want to see any messaging about the election,' he said, focusing his comments on accused rioters being held without bail pending trial.
Pelosi condemned the premise of the rally. 'Now these people are coming back to praise the people who are out to kill. Out to kill members of Congress, successfully causing the deaths ... of our law enforcement,' she said. 'Understand how strongly we think about this.'
The FBI's Washington Field Office released new video Wednesday from January 5th of the unidentified man who placed a pipe bomb near the Capitol. It also released new images of a man, pictured with a bloodied head, who was 'involved in the alleged assault of federal officers at the U.S. Capitol.'
Jacob Chansley, the 'QAnon Shaman' pictured inside the Capitol Jan. 6th wearing a horned hat, pleaded guilty last week to obstructing an official proceeding – the meeting of Congress to count electoral votes that made Biden president.
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