DISINFO: The assault on Capitol Hill was a provocation against Trump supporters, eyewitness says
SUMMARY
Strange people, not like Trump’s supporters, wearing military boots, helmets and gas masks with white walkie-talkies on their shoulders, constantly talked to the police and they had Trump stickers on their helmets, supposedly they are Trumpists. But these did not resemble people who support the president and peaceful civilians who came out to protest for their freedom. In the end, people were let into the Capitol building directly by the police.
By all standards, a set up was conducted against civilians who came out to fight for their freedom, to support their president [Trump] and they had absolutely no intentions to do something like that, some kind of coup.
RESPONSE
A conspiracy narrative promoted by pro-Kremlin media.
There is no evidence that anyone organized protests to discredit President Trump. In fact, the president himself encouraged attendees of his "Save America Rally" before the siege to head to the Capitol to demonstrate against President-elect Joe Biden's victory. The crowd chanted "Fight for Trump" at the end of the speech. The people arrested in relation to the siege are connected to, for instance, QAnon and the Proud Boys, organizations openly supporting President Trump. There is also no information on provocateurs linked to US Democrats is available to official investigators so far.
US Departement of Justice charged thirteen individuals in federal court in the District of Columbia related to crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on January 6, 2021. In addition to those who have been charged, additional complaints have been submitted and investigations are ongoing.
See other disinformation narratives in pro-Kremlin media on US presidential election 2020.