[Jimmc414]

You have a point. I'm trying to find the differences between this attempted insurrection and a police sting and there are less than I first guessed.

[DenisM]

That difference might not be observable from the outside at all. How do you separate "good old incompetence" from "malicious withdrawal to allow the coup and seize power" from "malicious withdrawal to allow the coup to fail and use the blowback to seize power"? Investigation into the behavior of the Capitol police will be of greatest importance to the integrity of the republic.