{"id":52138,"date":"2021-01-11T21:24:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T21:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/11\/fbi-warns-of-plans-for-nationwide-armed-protests-next-week\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:32:51","slug":"fbi-warns-of-plans-for-nationwide-armed-protests-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/01\/11\/fbi-warns-of-plans-for-nationwide-armed-protests-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The FBI is warning of plans for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/11\/state-capitols-step-up-security-amid-new-safety-concerns-following-violence-in-dc\/\" target=_blank>armed protests at all 50 state capitals<\/a> and in Washington, D.C., in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s inauguration, stoking fears of more bloodshed after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/01\/10\/brian-did-his-job-family-remembers-fallen-capitol-officer\/\" target=_blank>last week\u2019s deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An internal FBI bulletin warned, as of Sunday, that the nationwide protests may start later this week and extend through Biden\u2019s Jan. 20 inauguration, according to two law enforcement officials who read details of the memo to The Associated Press. Investigators believe some of the people are members of extremist groups, the officials said. The bulletin was first reported by ABC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cArmed protests are being planned at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/10\/national-guard-activated-for-start-of-legislative-session-in-washington-state\/\" target=_blank>all 50 state capitols<\/a> from 16 January through at least 20 January, and at the U.S. Capitol from 17 January through 20 January,\u201d the bulletin said, according to one official. The officials were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/11\/state-capitols-step-up-security-amid-new-safety-concerns-following-violence-in-dc\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21011688031723.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">State capitols step up security amid new safety concerns following violence in DC<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Some governors and lawmakers began ramping up security because of online threats suggesting that more mobs could target state capitols.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FBI issued at least one other bulletin \u2014 they go out to law enforcement nationwide on the topic \u2014 before the riots last week. On Dec. 29, it warned of the potential for armed demonstrators targeting legislatures, the second official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/01\/11\/national-guard-inauguration-deployment-twice-as-large-as-troop-levels-in-afghanistan-and-iraq-combined\/\" target=_blank>chief of the National Guard Bureau<\/a>, told reporters Monday that the Guard is also looking at any issues across the country,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re keeping a look across the entire country to make sure that we\u2019re monitoring, and that our Guards in every state are in close coordination with their local law enforcement agencies to provide any support requested,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The riots followed weeks of online calls for violence in the nation\u2019s capital in the waning days of Donald Trump\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A tweet in which Trump promised that last Wednesday\u2019s event in Washington, D.C., \u201cwill be wild\u201d fueled a \u201cmonth-long frenzy of incitements, strategizing, and embrace of violence against lawmakers,\u201d according to a research group that tracks online extremism activity, In a report issued Saturday, the SITE Intelligence Group also warned that the Capitol attack has emboldened Trump-supporting extremists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo matter how all this plays out, its only the beginning,\u201d posted a user on TheDonald message board, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP21011076188479.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington.\" class=\"wp-image-2702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP21011076188479.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP21011076188479.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP21011076188479.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP21011076188479.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP21011076188479.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington. (John Minchillo\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark Pitcavage, a senior research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League\u2019s Center on Extremism, said authorities in state capitals and other major cities besides Washington should prepare for the possibility of violent protests next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of people were energized by what happened last week,\u201d he said. \u201cState capitals are a natural place where people might want to show up, especially assuming that they think there might be a huge presence of police and military in D.C. because of what happened last week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pitcavage tracks militia, white supremacists and other far-right extremists, but he said the Capitol siege demonstrated the emergence of a new movement of \u201cTrumpist extremists, so caught up in the cult of personality around Trump that they may be willing to break the law or engage in violence purely in support of Trump and whatever he wants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The talk of armed marches next week isn\u2019t limited to \u201cradicalized\u201d Trump supporters. State capital events on Jan. 17 appear to be promoted by supporters of the anti-government, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/06\/23\/far-right-groups-like-the-boogaloo-and-o9a-continue-to-attract-troops-and-veterans\/\" target=_blank>pro-gun \u201cboogaloo\u201d movement<\/a>. Boogaloo followers advocate for a second civil war or the collapse of society, and they don\u2019t adhere to a coherent political philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posts on social media sites also have promoted a \u201cMillion Militia March\u201d on the day of Biden\u2019s inauguration. Pitcavage said the event, apparently organized by a promoter of t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/01\/07\/woman-shot-and-killed-at-capitol-was-security-forces-airman-qanon-adherent\/\" target=_blank>he pro-Trump \u201cQAnon\u201d conspiracy theory<\/a>, appears unlikely to draw a massive crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Javed Ali, a former FBI senior intelligence officer who teaches courses in counterterrorism at the University of Michigan, said it can be challenging for law enforcement to identify the line between people exercising their constitutionally protected rights to bear arms and free speech and those who pose \u201ca real operational threat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe FBI just can\u2019t passively sit in websites and forums and social media platforms, waiting to see who\u2019s going to present a direct threat versus just someone who is being highly radicalized,\u201d he said. \u201cThere has to be an investigative predicate for the FBI to then start even the lowest form of an investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/01\/11\/national-guard-inauguration-deployment-twice-as-large-as-troop-levels-in-afghanistan-and-iraq-combined\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1230472068.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">National Guard inauguration deployment: twice as large as troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq combined<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">According to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, the number of troops could increase to six times the size of the respective U.S. contingents in Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Deitch, an attorney who was a prosecutor in the Justice Department\u2019s counterterrorism section from 2003 to 2007, said law enforcement must recognize a \u201ctenuous balance\u201d between protected free speech and speech that intends to incites violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a very fact-based, case-by-case determination,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s no one factor that\u2019s going to determine all of it. It\u2019s certainly going to be a judgment call on the part of law enforcement about whether and when to intervene.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Kunzelman reported from College Park, Maryland.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI is warning of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s 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