House of Reps SCRAPS Thursday session over militia plot to storm Capitol after QAnon theory Trump will be sworn in again
THE HOUSE canceled a Thursday session following threats of a militant group breaching the Capitol on the day QAnon fans believe former President Donald Trump will be reinstated.
Votes on legislation remaining for the week in the House were moved to Wednesday night, the Washington Post reported.
The decision came as security officials announced credible threats of violence linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory claiming that March 4 is the “true Inauguration Day” and that Trump will be sworn in.
US Capitol Police disclosed a “possible plot to breach the Capitol by an identified militia group” and sent notices to all congressional offices informing them that they were stepping up their presence on Capitol Hill, according to USA Today.
Capitol Police added: “We have already made significant security upgrades to include establishing a physical structure and increasing manpower to ensure the protection of Congress, the public and our police officers.”
Among the legislation that the House will consider on Wednesday night instead of Thursday is a police reform bill named after George Floyd, who was fatally shot by a Minneapolis cop.
While the House scrapped its session, the Senate did not announce plans to cancel its meeting on Thursday.
The militant group was not named by security officials, but two sources told FOX 5 that it is the Three Percenters militia, which has members that were accused in the January 6 Capitol riot.
Three Percenters are part of a militia movement believing that a small group of dedicated “patriots” are protecting Americans from government tyranny.
QAnon followers think Trump has been fighting a Satanic cabal of child-eating pedophiles and that he will execute his war against the “deep state” on March 4.
The March 4 breach threat comes nearly two months after the deadly riot in which Trump supporters stormed the Capitol trying to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden‘s victory.
On Wednesday, Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told lawmakers that the force is “steadfast in ensuring that an incident of this nature will never occur again, especially with the realization that the possibility of a similar incident occurring in the current environment is a very real and present danger.”
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A joint report by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security stated that extremists discussed a plot to gain control of the Capitol and “remove Democratic lawmakers” on or around March 4, Axios reported on Wednesday.
The report also cited the QAnon theory that Trump will be inaugurated on March 4 or return to the White House with the help of the military on May 20.
However on Wednesday, QAnon believers also began claiming that the theory that Trump would be reinstalled on March 4 was actually a false flag trap orchestrated by the left-wing Antifa.
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