Two GOP representatives invited as VIPs, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Madison Cawthorn, stated they will not be in attendance
Photo: Xinhua News Agency via Getty Ima After U.S. Capitol Police top brass was caught flat-footed in the attack on the grounds on January 6, its leaders are preparing in advance for potential violence at a September 18 rally held by Trump supporters rallying for those arrested in the wake of the insurrection, claiming they are “political prisoners.”
On Wednesday, Capitol Police leadership reportedly distributed an internal memo about the Justice for J6 event to be held next Saturday at the Union Square plaza at the foot of Capitol hill. The report states that discussion on social media and message boards about the rally increased last month after the officer who shot Ashli Babbitt as she tried to climb through a window into the House chamber. To deter any violent extremists who travel to D.C.
According to a Politico report on Thursday, rank-and-file Capitol Police officers will be briefed on the rally on Friday, as part of a new preparation system implemented after the attack which injured more than 100 law enforcement members. Two GOP representatives who were invited as VIPs, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Madison Cawthorn, stated they will not be in attendance.
Fallout from the insurrection is ongoing eight months after Trump supporters overran the Capitol following the Stop the Steal rally. On August 2, police officials confirmed that a third and fourth officer who responded to the insurrection had died by suicide; on August 26, seven officers sued former President Donald Trump and the Stop the Steal organizers for provoking the violence.
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