Julie Kelly 🇺🇸
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Keep in mind Rosen directed elite forces to meet at Quantico that weekend. We still have little to no information what prompted this decision--Rosen was not asked during J6 committee hearing.
This was an extreme move. The problem is that every agency has claimed, either publicly or privately, foreknowledge of Jan 6 but did nothing to prevent it.
Lots of activity up until the first exterior breach. Rosen on phone with Mike Sherwin, DC US Atty, who was in plain clothes near Trump's speech at the time.
Then...nothing.
Dec. 14, 2022
She tweets that in reference to this story from Newsweek:
Exclusive: Secret Commandos with Shoot-to-Kill Authority Were at the CapitolBy William M. Arkin On
1/3/22 at 5:00 AM EST
On Sunday, January 3, the heads of a half-dozen elite government special operations teams met in Quantico, Virginia, to go over potential threats, contingencies, and plans for the upcoming Joint Session of Congress. The meeting, and the subsequent deployment of these shadowy commandos on January 6, has never before been revealed.
Right after the New Year, Jeffrey A. Rosen, the acting Attorney General on January 6, approved implementation of long-standing contingency plans dealing with the most extreme possibilities: an attack on President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence, a terrorist attack involving a weapon of mass destruction, and a declaration of measures to implement continuity of government, requiring protection and movement of presidential successors.
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Rosen made a unilateral decision to take the preparatory steps to deploy Justice Department and so-called "national" forces. There was no formal request from the U.S. Capitol Police, the Secret Service, or the Metropolitan Police Department—in fact, no external request from any agency. The leadership in Justice and the FBI anticipated the worst and decided to act independently, the special operations forces lurking behind the scenes. ...
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