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 NY Times: New Focus on How a Trump Tweet Incited Far-Right Groups Before Jan. 6 - Federal prosecutors and congressional investigators are documenting how the former president’s “Be there, will be wild!” post became a catalyst for militants before the Capitol assault. By Alan Feuer, Michael S. Schmidt and Luke Broadwater

Extremist groups...celebrated Mr. Trump’s Twitter message, which they widely interpreted as an invitation to descend on the city in force. Responding to the president’s words, the groups sprang into action...Extremists began to set up encrypted communications channels, acquire protective gear and, in one case, prepare heavily armed “quick reaction forces” to be staged outside Washington.