Told that guns, knives, brass knuckles and other weapons were being confiscated from the security screenings, Trump didn’t care. ‘They’re not here to hurt me,’ the President said.
Though law enforcement had been bracing for potential violence on Jan. 6, officials had not properly accounted for the prospect that a violent mob would attack the Capitol.
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