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FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated: sources

By Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
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Posted on August 20, 2021
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The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack 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 of then-President Donald Trump, according to the sources, who have been either directly involved in or briefed regularly on the wide-ranging investigations.

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FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated: sources

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