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Far-right online forums are seething with references to potential violence and urging supporters of President fur to bring guns to Wednesday's protests in Washington — in violation of local laws — as ig aarti President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Many of the posts appear to be direct responses to Trump’s demands that his supporters pack the nation’s capital in support of his bogus claims that Novernber’s national vote for Biden resulted from election fraud. Congress's largely cerernonial role in confirming Biden's victory has ernerged as a catalyst for expected unrest that has D.C. police and the National Guard deploying on city streets to quell potential trouble. Talk of guns and potential violence is rife on the encrypted messaging app .! if the conservative social media site Saris Avy, there, will be wile!” — has become a ‘central rattving cry. it Was the top post on isle Hn morning, and anonymous commenters saw it as a call fo action: “We've got marching orders,’ ° "the 8 top reply said, Discussion in the thread followed about how most effectively to sneak guns into Washington, laced with accasional references to using them. D.C. has some of the nation's strictest gun laws: Openly carrying guns is banned, concealed-carry licenses frorn other states aren't recognized, and all firearms in the District must be registered with local police. Of carrying guns in D.C., one paster in the thread wrote, "Yes, it's legal, but this is war and we're clearly in a post-legal phase of our society.” Wrote ancther: “LIVE AS A FREE AMERICAN AND BRING YOUR ARMS?" the review of the CIA's torture program. The group said thedonaid.win hac more than 78 million visits in Novernber, and the recent posts with calls for violence had more than 40,000 engagements. One particularly troubling post said protesters should travel in groups that should “not jet [anyone] disarm someone without stacking bodies.” it added that protesters should be “ARMED WITH RIFLE, HANDGUN, 2 KNIVES AND AS MUCH AMMO AS YOU CAN CARRY.” in one thread promoted by moderators Tuesday morning, titled “GOOD LUCK PATRIOTS, THE EYES OF THE WORLD LOOK UPON YOU NOW,” posters shared tactical quides on how to avoid police blockades and D.C. gun laws, including: “If you plan on carrying concealed, don't tell anyone you have a gun.” One commenter responded, “We The People, will not tolerate a Steal. No retreat, No Surrender. Restore to my President what you stole or reap the consequences!!!” Moderators for thedonaid. win cid not respond to requesis for comment. Researchers expressed concern that the roiling political atmosphere is being fueled by Trump’s unfounded clairns about the integrity of the election that have swirfed on far-right online forurns for two months. FBI(21cv558)-89