{"id":196245,"date":"2021-03-07T12:30:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T17:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=196245"},"modified":"2021-03-07T12:30:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T17:30:05","slug":"report-fbi-finding-no-evidence-members-of-congress-in-contact-with-capitol-rioters-during-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-fbi-finding-no-evidence-members-of-congress-in-contact-with-capitol-rioters-during-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: FBI Finding No Evidence Members Of Congress In Contact With Capitol Rioters During Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-fbi-finding-no-evidence-members-of-congress-in-contact-with-capitol-rioters-during-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=196245&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capitol-Riot-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An FBI investigation into the lead-up to the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol found no evidence that members of Congress were in contact with protesters-turned-rioters during the incident, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/05\/us\/politics\/trump-proud-boys-capitol-riot.html\">according to the New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation did, however, turn up a phone call between the \u201cProud Boys\u201d and someone inside the Trump White House, though it is not yet clear who that individual was or whether they had contact with the president, per the outlet\u2019s Saturday report.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the January 6th attack, Democrat members of Congress \u201cdemanded\u201d that the FBI investigate their Republican colleagues to determine whether any member of the GOP aided or abetted Capitol rioters either before or during a planned pro-Trump rally, slated to take place while the Senate was voting to certify the Electoral College results declaring Joe Biden the winner of the November presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven as Democrats on Wednesday impeached President Trump, they turned their attention to allegations that Republican members of Congress encouraged last week\u2019s attempted insurrection, possibly providing help that enabled the mob who stormed the Capitol,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/republicans-capitol-rioters\/2021\/01\/13\/9737a336-55e2-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html\">Washington Post reported January 13th<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir accomplices in this House will be held responsible,\u201d Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) told the outlet at the time, citing a report from another Democratic Congresswoman, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), who \u201csaid in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RepMikieSherrill\/videos\/2316754338448152\">a Facebook Live broadcast<\/a> that she saw Republicans \u2018who had groups coming through the Capitol that I saw on Jan. 5 for reconnaissance for the next day.\u2019 She said some of her GOP colleagues \u2018abetted\u2019 Trump and \u2018incited this violent crowd.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Data, the New York Times said, Saturday, \u201chas revealed no evidence of communications between the rioters and members of Congress during the deadly attack, the official said. That undercuts Democratic allegations that some Republican lawmakers were active participants that day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear that all members of Congress are off the hook just yet, however. There is some \u201cevidence in the days leading up to Jan. 6 of\u00a0communications between far-right extremists and lawmakers who were planning to appear at the rally featuring Mr. Trump that occurred just before the assault,\u201d but the FBI has \u201cnot opened investigations into any members\u201d as a result of those calls.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has arrested a \u201cmid-level\u201d State Department aide on \u201ccharges related to the attack, including unlawful entry, violent and disorderly conduct, obstructing Congress and law enforcement, and assaulting an officer with a dangerous weapon,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/04\/us\/trump-federico-klein-capitol-attack.html\">per an NYT report<\/a> from last week, and Saturday\u2019s report did indicate that at one person inside the Trump White House may have been in contact with extremists planning the attack, but \u201cthe FBI has not determined what they discussed, and the official would not reveal the names of either party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congress is reportedly slated to begin its own investigation into the events leading up to the Capitol riot. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and others have called for a \u201c9\/11-style commission\u201d to \u201cinvestigate and report on the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021, domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol Complex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An FBI investigation into the lead-up to the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol found no evidence that members of Congress were in contact with protesters-turned-rioters during the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274953,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capitol-Riot-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Report: FBI Finding No Evidence Members Of Congress In Contact With Capitol Rioters During Attack","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Capitol-Riot-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Report: FBI Finding No Evidence Members Of Congress In Contact With Capitol Rioters During Attack","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}