Washington, United States.
Attackers in organized columns, a woman shouting instructions from a megaphone and suspicious visits the day before. the researchers they are investigating whether the assault on the U.S. Congress on January 6 was planned, with the help of insiders.
Disturbing videos, pictures i communications by internet they could point towards one alleged conspiracy.
A video it shows how more than a dozen men, dressed in clothes similar to those of the assault forces, climb the steps of the Capitol in a row, crossing the dense crowd towards the doors of the building.
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In another, a woman in a pink cap gives instructions with a megaphone to other people inside the headquarters of the Congress, Telling them where to go.
And several men, including two who managed to enter the chamber of the SenateThey carried plastic strips that could be used to immobilize hostages.
Some officials consider many of the protesters pro-Trump which flattened the offices of the main legislators of the Congress, Like that of the president of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, seemed to know how to move around the labyrinthine Capitol.
“They knew where to go,” the veteran said Democrat James Clyburn on CBS News. “Yes, someone inside those buildings was complicit in that.”
– “Top priority” –
Prosecutors have arrested dozens of people so far and say more than 200 can be charged. But they did not use the words “conspiracy“O”conspiracy“To describe this unprecedented assault on the heart of American democracy.
Michael Sherwin, the federal prosecutor of Washington overseeing the investigation, he said Friday that they are seeing “traces of organization,” including communications between those inside and outside the building.
According to him, the priority for the security forces is to determine whether there was a “general control and command” and “organized equipment” in the invasion of the Congress.
“It will take weeks if not months to discover the real motivations of some of these groups,” he stated.
But, he added, “there is no direct evidence at this time of [que hubiera] equipment to kill or capture, and killings “.
– Suspicious routes –
Analysts say most of the January 6 actions were chaotic, disorganized and more typical of spontaneous riots.
But the legislator Mikie Sherrill noted Wednesday that groups of fans of Trump they toured the Capitol to “recognize” a day before the attack, calling these visits “suspicious.”
Visitors “could only access the complex from’ Chapters of a member of the Congress or a member of their team, “the helicopter pilot and other lawmakers said in a letter to the security of the Congress.
“The links between these groups within the Capitol Complex and the attacks on the Capitol need to be investigated.”
– Instructions –
Much of the attention is focused on a video. It looks like several protesters inside a room of him Chapters they regroup to decide where to go after the initial success of their irruption into the building.
The woman in the megaphone yells at them right from the outside, through a broken glass.
“Hey guys, I was in the other room,” he says. “In the other room, on the other side of that door, right here where you are, there’s a glass through which, if it breaks, you can drop someone into a downstairs room.”
“There are also two doors in the other room. One at the back and another at the entrance on the right,” he adds. “Then people would probably have to coordinate if they want to take this building.”
These data would not, however, confirm a grand conspiracy or a convincing plan.
Matthew Feldman, del Center for the Analysis of the Radical Right in the United Kingdom, Says this is typical of political violence.
For now, with limited evidence on communications and other links, “it’s impossible to establish causation,” he says.
“The people who formed the mass didn’t seem organized, but among them were clearly people who were organized,” he adds.
Feldman points out that the crowd included members of the violent groups Three Percenters, Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, Some of whom traveled to Washington from points as far away as Hawaii.
His presence, the discovery of homemade bombs hidden nearby, and the apparent threats to capture members of Congress or the vice president were signs of a conspiracy of “terrorism,” he says.
“There was an unbridled mob … and among them were domestic terrorists,” who were “clearly planning something.”
Pelosi mentioned on Friday the possibility of planning and coordination.
“If, in fact, it is discovered that members of Congress were complicit in this insurrection, if they helped and incited the crime, action may be taken beyond the Congress in terms of prosecution, ”he warned.