A Fire Set on January 5 Outside the Willard Hotel May Have Helped Spark the Bloody Events of January 6

The outcry from insurrectionists Owen Shroyer and David Harris at Proof's report on the setting of a fire outside the Willard on January 5 underscores that the previously unreported event is critical.

Introduction

A deliberately set, accelerant-aided fire outside the Willard Hotel on Insurrection Eve has revealed itself to be noteworthy for several reasons. Not only was it a dangerous, visually spectacular, and illegal Proud Boy-linked event that occurred during a period of 48 hours in which the seat of the American government came under armed assault…