FEDS FAILED TO ISSUE WARNING ABOUT JAN. 6 RIOT: SENATE REPORT

Top federal intelligence agencies failed to adequately warn law enforcement officials before the Jan. 6 riot that pro-Trump extremists were threatening violence, including plans to “storm the Capitol,” infiltrate its tunnel system and “bring guns.”

This was the gist of the new report by two Senate committees that outlines large-scale failures that contributed to the deadly assault, Luke Broadwater and Nicholas Fandos reported for the New York Times.

A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) memo on Jan. 5, 2021 warning of people traveling to Washington for “war” at the Capitol never made its way to top law enforcement officials.

The Capitol Police failed to widely circulate information from its intelligence unit that supporters of President Donald J. Trump were posting online about pressuring lawmakers to overturn his election loss, Broadwater and Fandos added.

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