House minority leader Kevin McCarthy
Kevin Owen McCarthyTrump faces new threat of impeachment Republicans warn Democrats against Trump’s impeachment again. Republican lawmakers express frustration at the leadership’s response to Trump’s unrest MORE (R-Calif.) Told members of his Republican conference on a phone call on Monday that the Capitol riot was not caused by the antifa, urging lawmakers not to spread further disinformation about the pro-Trump crowd that invaded the House and the Senate last week.
“McCarthy told all the members on the call that he has received instructions from the FBI and it is clear that Antifa is not behind this,” said a source familiar with the call. “That they were in fact right-wing extremists and QAnon supporters, and he asked members to stop spreading false information to the contrary.”
McCarthy’s comments come in the wake of Rep. Matt Gaetz
Matthew (Matt) GaetzMost of the 120 arrested or identified in the Capitol riot were longtime supporters of Trump: AP FBI analysis: No antifa evidence involved in the Capitol riot. (R-Fla.), Who made the baseless claim on the floor of the House that the antifa was behind the violence that erupted on the Capitol on Wednesday after the riot occurred in an attempt to delay the official counting of the College votes. Electoral.
Other GOP legislators, including Rep. Mo Brooks
Morris (Mo) Jackson BrooksAfter a terrible week, America has a lot to be proud of READ: Republicans who voted to contest election results Five things to note during the Electoral College battle MORE (R-Ala.) He doubled down on the complaint on Twitter.
“There is growing evidence that the fascist ANTIFA orchestrated the attack on the Capitol with clever crowd control tactics,” Brooks wrote at the beginning of a Twitter topic the day after the riot.
Please don’t be like #FakeNewsMedia, do not be quick to judge the attack on the Capitol. Wait for investigation. Not everything can be (and probably isn’t) what it looks like. There is growing evidence that the fascist ANTIFA orchestrated the attack on the Capitol with clever crowd control tactics.
The evidence follows:
– Mo Brooks (@RepMoBrooks) January 7, 2021
McCarthy told his members that he was determined to be right-wing extremists and supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, which revolves around the idea that President Trump
Donald TrumpOutgoing Capitol Police Chief accuses House and Senate security officials of hampering efforts to summon the National Guard: WaPo PGA announces plans to transfer the 2022 championship from Trump’s property Former Democratic Senator: Biden Department of Justice can investigate speakers on January 6 for MORE encouragement is working to expose an elite group of Democrats and media who run an international child trafficking ring and control the government to try to undermine the president.
The FBI said on Friday that it had determined that no member of the antifa left movement was involved in the attack on the Capitol.
“We have no indication of that at the moment,” said Washington Field Office assistant director Steven D’Antuono, when asked about any potential antifa involvement last week.
District Attorney General of Columbia Michael Sherwin also said separately last week that investigators saw no evidence of antifa.