FBI failed to act on tips of likely violence ahead of Capitol attack – report

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The FBI and other key law enforcement agencies failed to act on a host of tips and other information ahead of 6 January that signaled a potentially violent event might unfold that day at the US Capitol, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.

Among information that came officials' way in the weeks before what turned into a riot as lawmakers met to certify the results of the presidential election was a 20 December tip to the FBI that supporters of Donald Trump were discussing online how to sneak guns into Washington to overrun" police and arrest members of Congress, according to internal bureau documents obtained by the Post.