Before Jan. 6, the FBI predicted extremists would be 'very willing to take action' over a 2020 election dispute

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Before Jan. 6, the FBI predicted extremists would be 'very willing to take action' over a 2020 election dispute
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An FBI 'red cell' report predicted that law enforcement action and a 'lack of coordination' between groups would prevent widespread violence in response to a disputed election.

earlier this month.

The Jan. 6 committee and Senate Democrats have been critical of the FBI's lack of foresight and planning ahead of the Capitol attack. Trump’s infamous “will be wild” tweet on Dec. 19 inviting his supporters to Washington, both the committee and federal prosecutors say, was the call to action that caused disorganized extremists to zero in on a date and time: Jan. 6, in the nation’s capital.

, a confidential human source told the FBI that the far-right saw Trump’s tweet as a “call to arms” and that there was a “big” threat of violence on Jan. 6.

“The exercise concluded that [domestic violent extremists] capabilities and willingness to take action likely would drive their reactions to a disputed election result, compounded with underlying grievances related to COVID-19 mitigation measures and racial justice tensions,” a summary read.

. It found that the FBI product never considered that a broader right-wing movement could come together and that a mob itself could be a threat. The FBI analysis was anchored by"lone offender bias," and the FBI"missed the forrest for the trees." An NBC News reporter viewed the congressional analysis in the course of reporting out the upcoming book"

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