Secret Service downplayed threats in the run-up to Jan. 6: Documents

By Zach Halaschak

Published October 15, 2022 10:09pm ET

Secret Service downplayed threats in the run-up to Jan. 6: Documents — Police begin clearing angry protesters from the Capitol building in Washington by using tear gas on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Demonstrators responded by taunting and yelling at law enforcement before retreating from the toxic gas and the officers with riot shields. | (Zachary Halaschak/Washington Examiner)

The Secret Service appeared to minimize the threats that Jan. 6 protesters posed in the lead-up to the violence, according to newly released documents.

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