Secret commandos with the authority to
'shoot-to-kill' were at the Capitol on
January 6 under Trump's orders over fears
of a terrorist attack or a plot to attack
Pence or a member of Congress, report claims
Posted By: Ribicon, 1/3/2022 6:15:09 PM
Elite commando teams with the authority to shoot-to-kill were deployed in Washington, DC on January 6th last year to protect ex-Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress gathering to certify the 2020 election results, a new report claimed on Monday. A year ago today, senior leaders of multiple federal special forces teams met to discuss contingency plans and possible threats ahead of the Joint Session of Congress where President Joe Biden's electoral victory was sealed, Newsweek reported.(Snip)Agents from the FBI's Baltimore, Maryland Field Office, the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, an FBI nuclear explosives rapid response team known as 'Render Safe,' as well as
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It makes sense that they'd be on hand for the event they planned, lest the crowd they fomented became more enthusiastic than anticipated.