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Far-right extremists are staying home for the inauguration but plan 'to fight another day': report
Extremist supporters of Donald Trump are not showing up in large numbers on Inauguration Day, as was feared following the deadly January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
"In the wake of the Capitol Hill riots, the federal government deployed 15,000 National Guard members and Washington, D.C. is under, essentially, military occupation to protect against the threat of yet more domestic terrorism. But online, many of the same far-right extremists who cheered on the chaos in Congress that killed five people only weeks ago have been advising followers to stay home, bide their time, and organize to fight another day," Vice News reported Wednesday.
"The slew of FBI arrests of extremists who participated in the storming of Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, including the QAnon Shaman and several veterans, and large-scale deplatforming on social media apps has convinced many on the far right that it's not the right time time to attack state capitals or disrupt the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden in D.C.," Vice reported.
Former FBI Director James Comey had harsh words for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party in an interview with The Guardian.
"Donald Trump conveys a menace, a meanness in private that is not evident in most public views of him," Comey told the British publication.
It seems that President Donald Trump had one last pardon up his sleeve -- and this time it benefitted the former husband of a top Fox News host.
CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports that "with less than hour left in office, President Trump granted one more pardon -- this time to Albert Pirro Jr, the ex-husband of Judge Jeanine Pirro, who was convicted on conspiracy and tax evasion charges."
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