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An Important Pre-Insurrection Meeting—In A DC Parking Garage

WASHINGTON D.C., USA - JANUARY 6: US President Donald Trumps supporters gather outside the Capitol building in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021. Pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol as lawmakers... WASHINGTON D.C., USA - JANUARY 6: US President Donald Trumps supporters gather outside the Capitol building in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021. Pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol as lawmakers were set to sign off Wednesday on President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory in what was supposed to be a routine process headed to Inauguration Day. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) MORE LESS

February 10, 2022 8:09 a.m.

According to Reuters, the FBI is taking an important step in its investigation of Jan. 6: looking at an event that occurred the day before.

Reuters’ Aram Roston reported this week that federal investigators are reviewing a Jan. 5 meeting that took place in a D.C. parking garage between two key figures to the breach of the Capitol: Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio, the head of the Proud Boys.

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