Trump wanted the secret service to take down the magnetometers used to screen for guns at his stop the steal rally. Which forced many of them to leave their guns elsewhere.
There were stashes of weapons on the ready outside of Washington DC.
A member of the Oath Keepers who traveled to Washington before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol testified Wednesday about a massive cache of weapons the far-right extremist group stashed in a Virginia hotel room.
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Oath Keepers jury hears about massive weapon cache on Jan. 6
testified Wednesday about a massive cache of weapons the far-right extremist group stashed in a Virginia hotel room.
Authorities have said that Meggs and the Florida Oath Keepers on Jan. 5 brought gun boxes, rifle cases and suitcases filled with ammunition to the Virginia hotel that served as the home for the quick reaction force. Another team from Arizona brought weapons, ammunition, and supplies to last 30 days, according to court papers. A team from North Carolina had rifles in a vehicle parked in the hotel lot, prosecutors have said.