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They may not be reproduced without explicit prior approval. ý Lottery results can now be found on the second page of Sports. BY ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press The takeover in 2016 by right-wing extremists of a fed- eral bird sanctuary in Oregon. A standoff in 1992 between white separatists and federal agents in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. The 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people. Right-wing extremism has previously played out for the most part in isolated pockets of America and in its smaller cit- ies. The deadly assault by riot- ers on the U.S. Capitol, in con- trast, targeted the very heart of government. And it brought together, in large numbers, members of disparate groups, creating an opportunity for extremists to establish links with each other. That, an expert says, poten- tially sets the stage for more vi- olent actions. “The events themselves, and participation in them, has a radicalizing effect. And they also have an inspirational effect. The battle of Capitol Hill is now part of the mythology,” said Brian Michael Jenkins, a terror- ism expert and senior adviser to the president of the RAND Corporation think tank. ‘All have led to this moment’ Mary McCord, a former act- ing U.S. assistant attorney gen- eral for national security, said the climate for the insurrection had been building throughout the Trump presidency. She cited the 2017 “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Vir- ginia, that killed one person, aggressive demonstrations at statehouses by armed protest- ers railing against COVID-19 public health safety orders and mass shootings by people mo- tivated by hate. “All have led to this mo- ment,” McCord, now a visiting law professor at Georgetown University Law Center, said in an email. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors U.S. extremists, has recorded a 55% increase in the number of white nationalist hate groups since 2017. White House press sec- retary Jen Psaki said Friday that President Joe Biden had tasked the director of na- tional intelligence, in coordi- nation with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, with compiling a comprehensive threat as- sessment on violent domes- tic extremism. The White House will also have its National Security Council review policy to de- termine whether the govern- ment can better share infor- mation or take other steps to mitigate the threat. Long before the abortive insurrection of Jan. 6, the FBI had warned that domestic extremism and white su- premacy represented a rising and troubling threat, and vowed to take aggressive steps in response. But, some critics say, ever since the 9/11 terrorist attacks two decades ago, the FBI has been far more primed culturally to inves- tigate terrorism that is di- rected or inspired overseas. Rick Bowmer/AP file Arizona rancher LaVoy Finicum holds a gun as he guards the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns in January 2016. Finicum, one of the leaders of the armed takeover of the refuge, was later shot dead by Oregon State Police officers after he fled an attempted police stop. Joe Marquette/AP file Randy Weaver holds the door of his cabin, showing holes from bullets fired during the 1992 siege of his Ruby Ridge, Idaho, home during tes- timony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee in 1995. The standoff in the remote mountains of northern Idaho left a 14-year-old boy, his mother and a federal agent dead and sparked the expansion of radical right-wing groups across the country. Among those who partici- pated in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol were members of the Oath Keepers, which of- ten recruits current and former military, police or other first responders; the Proud Boys neo-fascist group; followers of QAnon, which spreads bizarre conspiracy theories; racists and anti-Semites; and others with nearly blind devotion to then-President Donald Trump. “Jan. 6 was kind of a Wood- stock of the angry right,” Jenkins said in an interview. “The mere fact those groups were coming together, mingling, sharing this anger, displaying this passion — it is going to have effects.” But what happens next? Will Jan. 6 be a high-water mark for right-wing extremists, or lead to other attacks on America’s democracy? Right now, the movement — if it can be called that — seems to be on pause. Supposedly planned armed protests at all 50 state capi- tals and Washington this past week that the FBI issued a na- tionwide warning about drew virtually no one. That could indicate the groups are demor- alized, at least temporarily. Turning on Trump Trump is no longer president, and his social media reach has been severely curtailed, with Twitter banning him. The ex- tremists had come together in Washington on Jan. 6 because of their fervent belief in Trump’s lies that the presidential elec- tion had been stolen, and in response to Trump’s tweeted declaration that the protest in Washington “will be wild.” Now, some are clearly angry that Trump disassociated him- self with the very insurrection that he stoked. They’re upset he failed to come to the rescue of rioters who were arrested while he was still president and are still being detained and charged. Online, some people asso- ciated with the Proud Boys, which adored Trump, appear to have dumped him. “No pardons for middle class whites who risked their livelihoods by going to ‘war’ for Trump,” a Telegram channel associated with the group said after Trump issued many par- dons, but none for the insur- rectionists. Another posting on the chan- nel said: “I cannot wait to watch the GOP completely collapse. Out of the ashes, a true nation- alist movement will arise.” Believers in QAnon are also reeling after Trump left office without fulfilling their baseless belief that he would vanquish a supposed cabal of Satan-wor- shipping cannibals, including top Democrats, operating a child sex trafficking ring. Among them was Ron Wat- kins, who helps run an online messaging board about QAnon conspiracy theories. “We gave it our all. Now we need to keep our chins up and go back to our lives as best we are able,” Watkins wrote on Telegram after President Federal law enforcement officials are privately debat- ing whether they should de- cline to charge some of the individuals who stormed the U.S. Capitol this month — a politically loaded proposition but one alert to the practical concern that hundreds of such cases could swamp the local courthouse. The internal discussions are in their early stages, and no decisions have been reached about whether to forgo charging some of those who illegally entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, accord- ing to multiple people famil- iar with the discussions. Due to the wide variety of behavior, some federal offi- cials have argued internally that those people who are known only to have commit- ted unlawful entry — and were not engaged in violent, threatening or destructive behavior — should not be charged, according to peo- ple familiar with the discus- sions. Other agents and pros- ecutors have pushed back against that suggestion. — The Washington Post Joe Biden was sworn in and Trump flew off to Florida. Jenkins said the next phase for the extremist groups and people who saw Trump as a savior could transform into a broader national movement in which factions coordinate and combine their assets. Or the widespread condem- nation of the insurrection could cause the movement to shrink, leaving more determined el- ements to strike out on their own and launch attacks. Jenkins recalled the 1970s, when some anti-Vietnam War militants hardened into the Weather Underground, which launched a bombing cam- paign. Among places targeted were the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon, but the only people who died were three militants who accidentally blew them- selves up. “I think given the events of this past year, and especially what we’ve seen in the last cou- ple of months, this puts us into new territory,” Jenkins said “And you don’t put this back in the box that easily.”