- “The intelligence failures in the lead-up to January 6th were not failures to obtain intelligence indicating the potential for violence,” stated the report’s executive summary. “Rather, those agencies failed to fully and accurately assess the severity of the threat identified by that intelligence, and formally disseminate guidance to their law enforcement partners with sufficient urgency and alarm to enable those partners to prepare for the violence that ultimately occurred on January 6th.”
The failures left government law officials unprepared to defend our U.S. Capitol, our government, and our democracy on January 6th. So far, 968 people have been charged for participating in the attack on our democracy, many of whom were deliberately trying to overthrow the United States of America. Five people, including a police officer, died in the attack, and more than 150 officers were injured. Investigations continue; people continue to be charged.