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She Saw Jan. 6 Coming. Here’s What Worries Her Now.

The founder of a private intelligence firm says far-right extremists are ramping up — before the election.

Rioters loyal to Donald Trump protest at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Rita Katz said the threats in the 2024 election season are different — and, in some ways, worse. | Jose Luis Magana/AP

By Betsy Woodruff Swan

10/31/2024 12:00 PM EDT

Betsy Woodruff Swan is a national correspondent focused on federal law enforcement, including the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security.

As a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Rita Katz was sickened but not surprised. She runs a company called SITE Intelligence Group which tracks online extremism, and she’d been seeing rising chatter suggesting the Electoral College certification could turn violent, with far-right extremists discussing plans to rush police officers, bring guns to Capitol Hill and storm the chambers of Congress.

SITE sent a series of bulletins to subscribers, which include law enforcement and national security agencies around the world, but the violence caught Capitol Police and the Pentagon off guard.

Now, Katz tells POLITICO Magazine the threats in the 2024 election season are different than they were four years ago — and, in some ways, worse.

“How proactive and organized the far right has become — that is very, very alarming for me,” she said.

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