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House cancels Thursday session after Capitol Police warn of “potential plot” related to theory Trump will be “inaugurated” March 4. Chatter/statements from militia/QAnon/far right nowhere near Jan 6 levels tho; some even warn against going to DC—espec after Trump’s CPAC speech. https://t.co/2aa01Th4jT
News--> On chatter about another possible attack on the Capitol tomorrow -- moments ago on @TheLeadCNN@RepMcCaul told @jaketapper "President Trump has a responsibility to tell them to stand down. This threat is credible. It's real. It's a right-wing militia group"
Now: A judge ruled that Ethan Nordean, a Proud Boys leader charged in the Capitol insurrection, will be released pending trial — the judge called it a "close case," but found the govt’s args wanting re: the strength of evidence that he aided/abetted others in destroying property
@POTUS@WhipClyburn Biden tells House Dems to "speak out" about the Covid Relief bill, saying Dems didn't do that w/ the '09 stimulus and paid for it
"We didn’t adequately explain what we had done."
Happening now: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is introducing President Joe Biden, who's slated to deliver the virtual keynote address to the House Democrats Caucus annual retreat. https://t.co/UR335itaEC
.@POTUS released Interim National Security Strategic Guidance, outlining our agenda to strengthen America’s enduring advantages to meet the unprecedented challenges and opportunities of our time. https://t.co/JmlnyFdtZ1
@lrozen Clinton didn't know who he was when he appointed him Director of Central Intelligence, which is still a poor excuse. He was awful at the CIA and time has not improved him.
Senate Homeland Security chair Peters tells me & @frankthorp he wants former acting SecDef Miller & former acting Army Secretary McCarthy to testify.
“Certainly they were intimately involved in the decision-making process & it’s very important for us to hear from them directly.”