Last week saw the emergence of a brand-new year. We were unable to get through the first weekend without, arguably, another Epstein diversion. In the wee hours of Saturday morning, 3:46 GMT, Caracas-Time; 10:46 PM in Washington (or Mar-A-Lago for that matter), Trump gave the order to initiate “Operation Absolute Resolve.” You’ve certainly heard by now, that was a plan to capture and remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his country, bringing him to New York to stand trial for four separate charges, including:
- Narco-terrorism conspiracy
- Cocaine importation conspiracy
- Possession of machine guns and destructive devices
- Conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices
The charges carry potential maximum sentences of life imprisonment.
In addition to the Maduro imbroglio, details were released earlier in the week, December 31, regarding the Jack Smith’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, where he defended his investigations, stated evidence showed Trump’s guilt, and discussed using Republican witnesses against him. The Smith release may actually have been timed, not to offset the Epstein matter, but on New Year’s Eve, with the hope of flying under the radar, so to speak. In other words, to bury the matter. With Trump, there are always multiple subplots to decipher.
Nevertheless, neither of those topics is my target/subject for today. Instead, I am pulling out my trusty time capsule and taking a short 5-year trek back in time.
On January 6, 2021, a large group of supporters of then-President Donald Trump gathered in Washington, D.C., as Congress convened to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, won by Joe Biden. After a rally at which President Trump addressed the crowd, thousands of protestors, at his direction, marched to the U.S. Capitol building.
The situation escalated when a mob breached security barriers and forcibly entered the Capitol, disrupting the joint session of Congress. Lawmakers were evacuated or sheltered in place as rioters vandalized offices, damaged property, and clashed with law enforcement officers. The mob, in addition to the Capitol attack, erected gallows, and brandished or otherwise displayed Hang Mike Pence signs.
Inside the Capitol, the assault resulted in injuries to both police and rioters, several deaths, and widespread condemnation both domestically and internationally.
The National Guard and other law enforcement agencies were eventually deployed to restore order, and the Capitol was cleared hours later.
Congress reconvened later that evening and certified the election results. The event led to numerous arrests, investigations, and ongoing legal proceedings, as well as a second impeachment of President Trump by the House of Representatives, accusing him of incitement of insurrection.
During the two-month interval between the Election and January 6, Trump pumped up his supporters with claims the Election was stolen. The matter was adjudicated, and over 60 times, courts found no grounds for his claims. He won one case.
On J6, Trump, instead of accompanying the crowd to the Capitol, as he said during his speech at the White House Ellipse, retreated to the White House. There, he watched the mob on TV for over two and a half hours from the White House dining room, as he ignored repeated pleas from his aides, family members, and GOP lawmakers to intervene and call for an end to the violence. Reports from interview said during the intervening hours, Trump would rewind the DVR and re-watch the most violent acts. He said the rioters were angry on his behalf.
He did eventually get around to “tweeting” to them to leave peacefully. Research would later show that an aide, Dan Scavino sent that tweet. He was the only person, other than Trump, authorized to send tweets from Trump’s account.
Even in retrospect, the next day, in unaired video outtakes, Trump was shown resisting saying the election was over and being reluctant to condemn the attackers for their violence. As for the rioters chanting “Hang Mike Pence, and Pence subsequently being evacuated, when Trump was told Pence was in trouble, his reply was said to have been, so what!
When left alone, watching the rioters at work, Trump tweeted Mike Pence didn’t have the courage. Scavino has said, Trump tweeted that himself. This tweet likely further fueled the mob. Various media captured a vast array of images from J6. A couple that stood out to me were photos of the gallows, and of police with guns drawn defending space in the Capitol.
Donald Trump did win the 2024 Election. One of his first official acts, on January 20, 2025, was to issue full pardons to over 1,500 of those who were part of the mob on J6.
Finally, based on reporters talking to insiders, it has been determined Trump actually knew he lost the election in 2020. This observation underscores…”The Odyssey & The Infamy: The January 6, 2021, Assault on the Capitol!”
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