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WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The FBI has found scant evidence that the
Jan. 6 attack, opens new tab on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an
organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according
to four current and former law enforcement officials.
Though federal officials have arrested more than 570 alleged
participants, the FBI at this point believes the violence was not
centrally coordinated by far-right groups or prominent supporters, opens
new tab of then-President Donald Trump, opens new tab, according to the sources, who have been either directly involved in or briefed regularly
on the wide-ranging investigations.
"Ninety to ninety-five percent of these are one-off cases," said a
former senior law enforcement official with knowledge of the
investigation. "Then you have five percent, maybe, of these militia
groups that were more closely organized. But there was no grand scheme
with Roger Stone and Alex Jones and all of these people to storm the
Capitol and take hostages."
Stone, a veteran Republican operative and self-described "dirty
trickster", and Jones, founder of a conspiracy-driven radio show and
webcast, are both allies of Trump and had been involved in pro-Trump
events in Washington on Jan. 5, the day before the riot.
FBI investigators did find that cells of protesters, including followers
of the far-right Oath Keepers and Proud Boys groups, had aimed to break
into the Capitol. But they found no evidence that the groups had serious
plans about what to do if they made it inside, the sources said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-fbi-finds-scant-evidence-us- capitol-attack-was-coordinated-sources-2021-08-20/

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