An OIG Report has uncovered stunning evidence of collusion between Trump and January 6 rally organizations to break the law and march on the nation's Capitol. You can read the report HERE.
The report evaluates the performance of the United States Park Police (USPP) and National Parks Service (NPS) regarding January 6. These organizations were responsible for issuing rally permits and coordinating with the leadership of rallies to ensure compliance with park rules and an orderly event.
Rally organizers must seek permits for such large protest gatherings. The NPS and USPP then work closely with rally leadership to coordinate public safety. Reading the report provides insight into the surprisingly high level of coordination involved.
In this case the rally organizer, seeking the permit and coordinating with the authorities was Women For America First (WFAF). The WFAF submitted a request to hold a rally at the Ellipse on December 19th, the very day Trump made his tweet, “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” The request included a permit to march on the Capitol. The permit to rally at the Ellipse was granted, the request for a permit to march on the Capitol was expressly denied.
Between permit approval for the Ellipse, and January 6th, WFAF repeatedly assured NPS and USPP that there were no plans to march on the Capitol. The agencies repeatedly asked, having heard rumors of such plans, but were explicitly told that was not part of the plan. Those assurances were flat out lies.
In fact, documents establish that WFAF was coordinating with the White House of a march on the Capitol. On January 3d a White House liaison texted to the WFAF that, “POTUS expectations are intimate and then send everyone over to the Capitol.”
The real smoking gun document is a text exchange with a speaker with the head of the WFAF, Kylie Kremer. The text is pictured above.
In it the Ms. Kremer asks the speaker to keep quiet about it because it could get Kremer in trouble with the park service. Kremer basically states there is a secretly planned "second stage" for the rally that includes a march on the Capitol. Kremer had advance notice of Trump's plans to call for the mob to march on the Capitol, telling the speaker that Trump "is just going to call for it 'unexpectedly.'"
The OIG report goes on to discuss the reactions NPS and USPP officials who, long after the events, were shown this text exchange in the course of the OIG's investigation. They described their minds as blown and said, "basically she lied to all of us."
Trump's call for the mob to march in the Capitol was not off the cuff. It was planned in advance. Further, it was planned with rally organizers in advance. Excluded from this advance planning was the National Park Service and United States Park Police, who were repeatedly, falsely assured that no such thing was in the works.
The MAGAs lied, Trump lied, and people died.