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Wednesday, December 29th, 2021

Peter Navarro suggests FBI incited MAGA riot to stop his coup attempt from working

Author:     Brad Reed
Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     December 28, 2021
 Link: Peter Navarro suggests FBI incited MAGA riot to stop his coup attempt from working
Stephan:   If you read this story in a novel it would seem cheap, obvious, and contrived. That it is true and coming from a major figure in the Trump administration, coming in addition to the war rooms at the Willard Hotel, and the multiple calls between Trump and his orcs can there be any doubt how pre-planned by Republican leaders was the 6th January insurrection? Be very clear, it may be incompetent, it may be almost buffoonish, it may be nasty and ignorant, but we are living through a real attempt to transform America from a democracy into a White supremacy, male dominant christofascist authoritarian nation. A small group of people, supported by one third of Americans is attempting to take over the country. In November we are going to discover which way we will go. How you vote matters.
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro. Credit: Fox Business screengrab

The Daily Beast reported on Tuesday that former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro plotted along with other Republican lawmakers to block the certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win and pressure Vice President Mike Pence to reject the results from key swing states.

Navarro appeared on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast to explain his last-ditch plan to keep Trump in power — and he went so far as to claim that the only reason it failed was because the FBI incited the Capitol riots to disrupt the plot.

As evidence, Navarro pointed to one MAGA rioter who allegedly incited violence at the Capitol but who was apparently not charged by law enforcement officials.

“The only explanation that would make sense is if he were working for the FBI to instigate that violence, and the only reason they would try to instigate that violence is to try to stop Donald Trump from getting a legal accounting of what happened,” he said. “So instead of Donald […]

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