Revealing the FBI’s 2020 January 6 Playbook

The issue is not January 6. The issue is not left versus right. The issue is whether the most powerful law‑enforcement agency in the country has slipped the leash of constitutional limits, and did so knowingly as a part of a deep state infiltration;

Douglas V. Gibbs ——Bio and Archives--February 20, 2026

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In a constitutional republic, law enforcement is supposed to stand above the political fray. The badge is not meant to be red or blue. That is why newly surfaced January 6 planning memos combined with a quietly released Government Accountability Office report should alarm every American who still believes in equal justice under law.

According to reporting from Just the News, the FBI ran a tabletop exercise in Boston in August 2020, five months before January 6. The scenario they rehearsed was not a natural disaster or foreign threat, but a “hanging” or contested presidential election and the political unrest that might follow. Before a single ballot was cast, federal law enforcement was gaming out how to respond to Americans’ reaction to a disputed outcome.

Contingency planning is not inherently sinister. But the details matter. The memos reportedly outlined two key strategies:

Embed informants inside groups where political agitation was expected.

Pursue mass prosecutions, even for minor offenses, once unrest occurred.

If that sounds familiar, it should. After January 6, the country watched a flood of charges, including for non‑violent conduct that in other contexts would have been handled with citations or local misdemeanors. We also learned that federal informants and assets were present in or around several groups in Washington that day. The memos suggest this was not improvisation. It was the execution of a plan conceived months earlier.

The most explosive allegation is not that the FBI planned for unrest, but that the strategy was applied asymmetrically. It was aimed at conservatives, not liberals. The memos anticipated unrest from one direction: Trump........

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