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 attack on the US Congress was planned on January 6, with the help of people from within.
Disturbing Videos, photos and communication online can refer to a alleged conspiracy.
A video shows how more than a dozen men, dressed in stormtrooper-style clothing, climb the steps of the Capitol, through the dense crowd to 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 in the headquarters of the Congressand tell them where to go.
And several men, including two who managed the room SenateThey carried plastic strips that could be used to hold hostages in check.
Some officials believe many of the protesters pro-Trump covering the offices of the principal legislators of the Congress, such as the president of the House of RepresentativesNancy Pelosi seemed to know how to move around the labyrinthine Capitol.
“They knew where to go,” said the veteran. democrat James Clyburn on CBS News. “Yes, someone inside those buildings was complicit in this.”
– “Maximum priority” –
Prosecutors have so far arrested dozens of people and say more than 200 may be charged. But they used the words “conspiracy“O”conspiracyto describe this unprecedented attack on the heart of American democracy.
Michael Sherwin, federal tax de Washington who are overseeing the investigation, said Friday they are seeing “traces of organization,” including communication between those inside and outside the building.
According to him, the priority for the security forces is to determine whether there was “general control and command” and “organized teams” in the invasion of the country. Congress.
“It will take weeks, if not months, to discover the real motivations of some of these groups,” he said.
But, he added, “there is no direct evidence of this at this time [que hubiera] equipment to kill or capture, and kill. “
– Suspicious routes –
Analysts say most of the actions on January 6 were chaotic, disorganized and more typical of spontaneous riots.
But the legislator Mikie Sherrill noted Wednesday that groups of followers of Trump they took tours of the Capitol to “recognize” him the day before the attack and called those visits “suspicious.”
Visitors’ could only access it Complex of the Capitol of a member of the Congress or a member of his team, ” the former helicopter pilot and other lawmakers indicated in a letter addressed 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 focus is on a video. It shows how several protesters in a room of the Capitol they regroup to decide where to go after the initial success of their burglary into the building.
The woman with the megaphone is shouting at them from outside through broken glass.
“Hey guys, I was in the other room,” he says. “In the other room, on the other side of this door, right where you are, is a glass through which, if it breaks, someone could be dropped into a room below.”
“There are also two doors in the other room. One at the back and another on the right,” he adds. “So people probably have to coordinate if they want to take this building.”
However, this data would not confirm a major conspiracy or a convincing plan.
Matthew Feldman, del Center for the Analysis of the Radical Right in the UK, says this is typical of political violence.
For now, with limited evidence on communication and other connections, “it is impossible to establish causality,” he says.
“The people who made up the masses did not seem organized, but clearly among them there were organized people,” he adds.
Feldman notes that the crowd, members of the violent groups Three Percenters, Oath Keepers y Proud guys, some of whom traveled to Washington from as far away as Hawaii.
His presence, the discovery of homemade bombs hidden nearby, and apparent threats to capture members of Congress or the vice president were signs of a “terrorism” plot, he says.
“There was an unbridled crowd … and among them were domestic terrorists,” who were “clearly up to something.”
Pelosi mentioned the possibility of planning and coordination on Friday.
In fact, if members of Congress are discovered to be complicit in this uprising, if they aided and incited crime, then action could be taken beyond the Congress in terms of prosecution, ”he warned.