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Samaa Khullar

Secret Service Jan. 6 "inconsistencies"

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) chair of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, delivers remarks during a hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The Secret Service was warned as early as Dec. 26, 2020 that former President Donald Trump's supporters were planning to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to messages revealed in Thursday's congressional hearing. 

Agents in charge of risk management surrounding the protests were aware of online chats on pro-Trump websites that promised armed violence at the Capitol and threatened to kill then-Vice President Mike Pence. 

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