Covert Cadre at the Capitol

The link below goes to an eye witness account of the events on January 6.

A few things stand out. One is that the crowd that gathered outside the Capitol was mostly peaceful. The marchers expected Donald Trump to meet them there! The crowd was multi-ethnic and in festive mood...until the Capitol police started using tear gas on the peaceful protesters. 

The police were vastly outnumbered. At first, no police presence was visible at all from the vantage point of the marchers. 

The march as a whole was unorganized. However, there were distinctive groups among the marchers who were. When many marchers retreated due to the tear gas, these groups tried to stop them, sometimes with heavy handed methods. The eye witness believes these "cadre" wanted to use the crowd as a massive cover for the attempted storming of the Capitol.

Some of the cadre were dressed like ordinary protesters, while others wore uniform-like outfits with distinctive symbols. They were White males of different ages, both young and middle aged.

The storming itself isn't described, since the author didn't observe it. However, he claims that many of the participants (including the guy dressed like a Viking) emerged unscathed and bragged about their exploits to onlookers.

There, the story ends. 

Where the "patriots" tricked into a trap? And what was Donald Trump's role in the events? Maybe we'll get answers soon enough...

Covert cadre: What I saw at the Capitol