 Multiple European security officials told Insider that

President Donald Trump appeared to have tacit support

among US federal agencies responsible for securing the
Capitol complex in Wednesday's coup attempt.
 Insider is reporting this information because it illustrates
the serious repercussions of Wednesday's events: Even
if they are mistaken, some among America's
international military allies are now willing to give
credence to the idea that Trump deliberately tried to
violently overturn an election and had help from some
federal law-enforcement agents.
 "We train alongside the US federal law enforcement to
handle these very matters, and it's obvious that large
parts of any successful plan were just ignored," one
source told us.
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The supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the

Capitol on Wednesday to stop the ratification of President-elect
Joe Biden's election victory were attempting a violent coup that
multiple European security officials said appeared to have at least
tacit support from aspects of the US federal agencies responsible
for securing the Capitol complex.

Insider spoke with three officials on Thursday morning: a French

police official responsible for public security in a key section of
central Paris, and two intelligence officials from NATO countries
who directly work in counterterrorism and counterintelligence
operations involving the US, terrorism, and Russia.

They said the circumstantial evidence available pointed to what

would be openly called a coup attempt in any other nation. None
were willing to speak on the record because of the dire nature of
the subject.
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