![]() There was an air of disbelief as people realized that the police whom they supported were firing on them.” Other excerpts read by Johnson appeared to place the blame on Capitol Police officers for inciting the crowd to violence, claiming that, “he tear gas changed the crowd’s demeanor. In excerpts from the piece Johnson read during the hearing, the author describes seeing “an organized cell of agents-provocateurs to corral people as an unwitting follow-on force behind the plainclothes militants tussling with police,” as well as “fake Trump protesters,” whom he said remained nonviolent during the riot. Michael Waller, an analyst at the Center for Security Policy, describing his supposed personal observations of the violence. 6 riot during his allotted time period Tuesday as he read from a piece authored by J. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) asked only one question during the joint hearing hosted by the Senate Rules Committee and Senate Homeland Security Committee regarding the events of the Jan. ![]() Capitol to read from an unverified eyewitness account published by The Federalist raising unproven claims about “provocateurs” and people pretending to be supporters of former President Trump participating in the riot. A GOP senator used his questioning period during a joint Senate hearing Tuesday focused on the Jan.
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