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Al Jazeera Staff

MYSTERIOUS: Us senate report highlights capitol riot intelligence failures | Mind Blowing Facts

Supporters of former US President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021 [File: Leah Millis/Reuters]

Washington, DC – United States intelligence agencies “received numerous early warnings” ahead of the 2021 attack on the Capitol but failed to accurately assess the threat, a new Senate report has said.

Democratic staff on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the findings on Tuesday, saying the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) downplayed the possibility of violence from supporters of former President Donald Trump.

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