A former chairman of the right-wing Proud Boys group was sentenced on Tuesday to 22 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump trying to overturn the former president's election defeat.
Blows my mind that despite no other action being taken to prevent the US Capitol attack, someone somewhere pulled a string to nab Tarrio on possession of an extended mag (which he had sold to another attendee) and hold him through 1/6. I thought the whole thing might be called off after that, but even so some agent of chaos cut the head off of the operation with one swift stroke - apparently doing so in defiance of the larger state security apparatus. They still tried to carry out the tunnel assassination plan according to the investigation records. How did so many points of contact simply get defused without violence or arrest? What the hell actually happened behind the scenes of all of this?
Think we all need some more context. Tunnel assassination plan? Points of contact diffused?
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holy shit
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