Number of people charged in Jan. 6 rioting surpasses 1,100

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The DOJ announced that as of Aug. 6, more than 1,106 defendants were charged in nearly all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for actions they took during insurrection.

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Carefully coordinated is a stretch. It was haphazardly coordinated at best.

I'm sure the planning was done in a highly coordinated way. But project execution always comes down to your resources, and .. well .. the rioters aren't exactly the yummiest crayons in the box.

It's was as carefully planned as a bunch uninformed, violent, gullible traitors coulld get

I suppose we have to be thankful that collectively they couldn't outwit a potato. It's also fortunate for them as well because if they had actually succeeded in their objective they'd probably all been shot.

Hey man, they did the best they could with the minds they had available.

By who?

Idk, great question. Maybe it was the cult leader?

[Twice impeached, ex] president donald trump repeatedly said he wanted his supporters to fight Congress on accepting the electoral college results that showed Joe Biden won.

“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women,” Trump told his supporters shortly before the Capitol assault. “We’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”

The words Trump used to urge his supporters to show up and “fight” on his behalf Jan. 6.

'We will stop the steal' 'We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesn't happen' "You will have an illegitimate president. That is what you will have, and we can't let that happen." 'If you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore'

“Let’s have trial by combat,” said Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, warming up the crowd for Trump.

Hmm. Who was leading this failed coup?

I wouldn't say any of that is evidence of careful coordination. Careful implies intentional and thorough strategizing.

By multiple convicted insurrectionist groups, and trump.

No but I mean specifically, as in who carefully coordinated. That's my question.

Proud boys (the ones Trump told to stand back and standby as if they’re his personal militia) for one:

1776 Returns is the title of a document that outlined strategic plans for the takeover of US government buildings on January 6, 2021. It was circulated among the Proud Boys organization.

A section titled the "Patriot Plan" was intended for public distribution, calling on people to gather at 1 p.m. on January 6 and await a signal to attack,[1] with a demand to nullify the elections results and have the military hold a new election.

On June 6, 2022, the Justice Department announced that five Proud Boys had been indicted for "seditious conspiracy,"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776_Returns

Oath keepers:

In 2023, Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, and another Oath Keepers leader, Kelly Meggs, was sentenced to 12 years for the same crime.[4] Three other members have pled guilty to this crime, and four other members have been convicted of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_Keepers

And the six people named in the latest Trump indictment, and Michael Flynn. They wanted invoke martial law. They wanted to use Jan 6 as a reason to. And trump openly encouraged insurrection attempt.

https://www.justsecurity.org/73986/invoking-martial-law-to-reverse-the-2020-election-could-be-criminal-sedition/

to https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/trump-oval-office-meeting-special-counsel-martial-law/index.html

Here’s the Trump indictment:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/01/us/politics/trump-jan-6-indictment-2020-election-annotated.html#

This is a lot of work. Because tbh the list could go on forever. It was poorly organized. But it was planned.

Okay thanks for the link about 1776 Returns- I hadn't seen that before.