I think Trump was on to the shenanigans to some extent. I never researched the details, but the key fact was that he was something like an hour late starting his speech. On his big day, right? Doesn't add up.
I think this delay threw a monkey wrench in the works, because it turned out they kicked off the "rioting" before any Trump fans who had stayed to the end of his speech had time to walk to the Capitol.
And of course, Trump himself never went, even after he said something like, "Now let's walk down to the Capitol and...." (<-- "us", first person plural).
I think Trump was on to the shenanigans to some extent. I never researched the details, but the key fact was that he was something like an hour late starting his speech. On his big day, right? Doesn't add up.
I think this delay threw a monkey wrench in the works, because it turned out they kicked off the "rioting" before any Trump fans who had stayed to the end of his speech had time to walk to the Capitol.
And of course, Trump himself never went, even after he said something like, "Now let's walk down to the Capitol and...." (<-- "us", first person plural).