Democrats, Mainstream Media Allege Supporters Heeded Trump’s Call to Attack Capitol – 1 Hour Before it Was Given

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Democrats and their allies in the mainstream media are accusing President Trump of inciting a riot that turned deadly at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. last week. New analysis of the timeline of events cast doubt on the veracity of those claims.

President Trump’s speech began at 12 noon on Wednesday. It was given at the ellipse near the White House. It ended at 1:11pm.

The first group of protesters arrived at the Capitol at about 12:40pm.

The distance between the ellipse and the Capitol Building is roughly 1.5 miles.

Using the conservative estimate of 33 minutes provided by Google maps, which presumably represents conditions on a normal day (i.e. without tens of thousands of people slowing you down), it means waves of protesters would have had to leave President Trump’s speech 10 minutes after it began.

That would give them 10 minutes to hear the instructions, formulate plans to conduct the what was supposed to be an “impromptu” siege, organize, and then march on the Capitol.

(Important to note that streets in Washington, D.C., were closed to traffic that day so on-foot was the only mode of transportation available to the would-be “insurgents.”)

As you can see from the clip below, the instructions the President gave his supporters to “lay siege” to the Capitol were for them to “peacefully and patriotically make [their] voices heard.” Those instructions were given at 12:16pm ET. There is little evidence that throngs of people left immediately upon hearing that particular comment, made their way to the Capitol and erupted into violence.

It has also been revealed that the former head of the Capitol Police, Chief Steven Sund, asked House and Senate security officials for the D.C. National Guard to be placed on standby in case his forces needed quick reinforcement.

Sund says he made the same pleas to city government officials in Washington, D.C. and even the Pentagon. They fell on deaf ears – he was turned down by all. The reason given was that officials didn’t want the “optics” of troops amassed with the Capitol in the background.

John Falcicchio, chief of staff for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) would tell The Washington Post of Sund, “Literally, this guy is on the phone, I mean, crying out for help. It’s burned in my memories.”

Since the unrest, social media users have posted photos and videos they say shows protesters were infiltrated by left-wing anarchists.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) has also revealed that he had received intelligence in the days leading up the 6th – from Capitol Police – that the crowd was going to be infiltrated by ANTIFA. It is likely Sund would have included this information while making his case for troop support to government officials.

Yet he was still denied.

The chaos at the Capitol, it would seem, gave Republicans who were otherwise only lukewarm to the idea of objecting to Electoral College votes the political cover they needed to certify the election. Those results, despite substantial evidence existing that fraud occurred during the election, were certified in the dead of night.

Social media and big tech companies then moved quickly to initiate what can only be described as a purge of conservative media outlets and individual accounts. A push began concurrently for the immediate removal of the President – purportedly for sparking the violence – either through the 25th Amendment or through a second impeachment. Bizarre courses of action considering Democrats would have us believe there are just days left in the President’s term in office.

ITN reached out to the sponsors of the impeachment bill, Democrats David Cicilline of Rhode Island, Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Ted Lieu of California, to ask them if the new analysis of the timeline has altered their support for impeachment. We also reached out to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD).

As of the time of this writing none of the requests for comment have been returned.

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