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To reserve a room for January 6, 2021 at Trump’s D.C. hotel, customers will pay at least $476. [95] December 19: 1:42 a.m. – Trump announces the January 6 rally on Twitter, stating: "Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election. Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!" [96] [97]
During the first 2020 presidential debate on September 29, 2020, in response to a question from moderator Chris Wallace, Trump addressed members of the Proud Boys militia, saying "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by, but I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what, somebody's got to do something about Antifa and the left, because this is not a right-wing problem."
On January 6, the "Wild Protest" was organized by Stop The Steal and took place in Area 8, across from the Russell Senate Office Building. [210] On January 6, the "Freedom Rally" was organized by Virginia Freedom Keepers, Latinos for Trump, and United Medical Freedom Super PAC at 300 First Street NE, across from the Russell Senate Office Building.
A masked rioter in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) A lot of attendees are believed to have peeled off as the siege turned violent.
FBI agents had received a tip from people that had viewed the man's entries on the Facebook website, which had photos, statements, and videos of him in Washington, D.C., on January 6 and inside the Capitol Rotunda during the riots. [165] January 25, 2021 Brandon Straka: Federal: Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building Guilty – the single charge.
A South Carolina husband and wife who believed the 2020 presidential election was stolen and who smoked a joint inside the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021, were each sentenced to prison Tuesday.
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On January 6, Miller withheld permission to deploy the National Guard until 4:32 pm, after assets from Virginia had already entered the District, a FBI SWAT team had arrived at the Capitol, and Trump had instructed rioters to "go home". [49] [14] Miller's permission would not actually be relayed to the Commander of the Guard until 5:08. [191]