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"Big timeline"
events and influence campaigns leading up to the Jan 6 Capitol attack; back-stories of VIPs;
the action on January 6; the aftermath of the attack and evolving media coverage		Twitter: @capitolhunters
Original: 1/13/2022
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 Email: capitol.hunters@gmail.com
Latest: 11/12/2024
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Sheet 0: OVERVIEWCopyright: capitolhunters
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The January 6 Capitol attack required a crowd to succeed. This timeline was created to help understand the people, actions, and events that brought that crowd to the U.S. Capitol, and how their influence continued afterwards. It is based in part on crowdsourced material collected by the #SeditionHunters community.

The "Aftermath" sheet covers the investigation of the Capitol attack, evolving press coverage (including attempts to skew the narrative), & related events, including Trump's taking of classified material to Mar-a-Lago, new propaganda themes and influencers

Other Jan 6 timelines and maps cover the strategy, tactics, and timing of the attack, with video links. See bit.ly/Jan6Analysis

@capitolhunters 2024. This compilation is intended to support public understanding, including through its use by journalists. Direct quotes or large-scale usage should be cited as: “Timeline: January 6, leadup, and aftermath. Anonymous (capitolhunters), 2024. Retrieved from [URL]. Accessed [date]”
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Contents
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Sheet 1: selected VIPs. Sheet 2: diagram of attack Sheet 3: Jan 6 only. Sheet 4: 2020-->Jan 6. Sheet 5: 1979-2019
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Sheet 6: Aftermath (2021-2022) Sheet 7: Major primary sources Sheet 8: Associations Sheet 9: Year-by-year summary, color-coded
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Sheet 10: As in Sheet 9 but color-coded by presence at Capitol. Sheet 11: Summary - 2020 month by month.
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Notes
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Timeline for pre-2020 includes

* origin stories of major individuals and organizations that helped promote Jan 6
* color-coding to distinguish events occuring before an indivdual became an "influencer" from those afterwards
* because of links to Jan 6 figures, also stories of
- Russia-Ukraine aggression and political connections from 2014
- rise of Canadian hard-right media and connection to 2018 Ontario election
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Timeline for 2020 to Jan 6 includes

* founding of organizations that helped put on or promote rallies and gatherings
* key examples of propaganda that brought people to rallies, especially when it
- shows by its timing who is plugged in to decision-making
- shows planned narratives important to Jan 6 (e.g. fear of attacks by "Antifa")
* major rallies before Jan 6 that served as "practice"
* planning and permitting for the DC rallies on Nov 14, Dec. 12, Jan 6
* major lawsuits on election fraud and court decisions on them
* communictations by Trump admin officials and Congressional leaders leading up to January 6
* communications by militia groups leading up to Jan 6
* the January 6 pipeline of influencers and politicians from the rallies to the Capitol
* major events on Capitol grounds: breaches, communications, and militia actions
* motions and actions of rally-associated VIPs on Capitol grounds
* law enforcement actions to defend the Capitol and restore order

but does NOT include

* all electoral maneuvering (powerpoints, fraud claims, etc.)
* meetings of election-fraud propagandists unconnected to the rallies or physical gatherings or major lawsuits
* full details on the militias & others who arrived with pre-planned assignments
* back history of the religious-right figures involved with legal efforts (which are covered in another report)
* sensitive information that would affect ongoing cases
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Timeline for "Aftermath" includes

* major steps in the DOJ, Jan 6 Committee,and other election-interference investigations, but not all arrests or depositions
* actions that seem to be coverups related to Jan 6
* actions of major Jan 6 figures if they reveal more about connections
* election outcomes of those J6-related figures running for office
* selected press coverage of Jan 6, especially that which shows new discoveries or attempts to spin or lead the media
* because of links to Jan 6 figures, also stories of
- Trump retaining documents at Mar-a-Lago
- maneuverings at Truth Social and Rumble
- Alex Jones' civil lawsuits for defamation over Sandy Hook
- Ron DeSantis' migrant-dumping stunt
- Canadian trucker 'protests' and Russia's invasion of Ukraine
* new disinfo themes and operators, including
- Christina Pushaw
- Moms for Liberty
- National Conservatism, which grows in influence and subsumes other groups
- Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter
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