Newly obtained video shows movement of group suspected of constructing Jan. 6 gallows hours before Capitol siege

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8. I've read that there were two groups.

The first group, made up of Proud Boys and others, conducted pre-planned activities the night before and early in the morning. They're probably the ones who erected the gallows. They're the ones with the maps of the Capitol offices. Somebody planted the pipe bombs, etc. This group seems to be closely affiliated with Roger Stone.

The second group were the amateurs. Summoned to DC by Trump's tweets and speeches, and funded by Ginni Thomas's group and other right wing organizations, this was the mob that was supposed to make the insurrection look spontaneous.

I have no idea if this is true but it seems reasonable. The whole thing was pre-planned theater, and it might have worked if not for Nancy Pelosi and some brave, quick thinking women who saved the ballots. The plan was to create an enough chaos that the Republicans could argue that the ballots were lost or stolen and "they couldn't know" if the ballots were real or not. Just create so much uncertainty and delays that the election was up for grabs.

They did not count on 80-something Nancy Pelosi resuming the vote certification that night. That woman and her aides saved our democracy.