THE ATTACK

The Washington Post publishes the most important investigative journalism this year: “The Attack: Before, During and After,” is an extraordinary investigation of the January 6 Insurrection and its aftermath.

“Throughout much of this year, a team of 75 Washington Post journalists has been working to produce a definitive account of Jan. 6 — its causes, its costs and its aftermath. The result of that investigation, a three-part series being published today, makes clear that the violence that day was neither a spontaneous act nor an isolated event.” - Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee.

(Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post)

THE ATTACK: The Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol was neither a spontaneous act nor an isolated event., The Washington Post | 10/31/2021

By 75 Washington Post Journalists

The consequences of that day are still coming into focus, but what is already clear is that the Insurrection was not a spontaneous act nor an isolated event. It was a battle in a broader war over the truth and over the future of American democracy.

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Video: New WaPo Report Details How Warnings Were Blinking Red Ahead Of 1/6, CNN | 11/1/2021

Washington Post national reporter Carol Leonnig, former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI Frank Figliuzzi, and contributor to The Grio Jason Johnson discuss the Washington Post investigation revealing the red flags law enforcement missed ahead of the January 6th attack.

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• CONTAGION: Threats and disinformation spread across the country in the wake of the Capitol siege, shaking the underpinnings of American democracy., The Washington Post | 10/31/2021