Trump was informed of prohibited items in Jan. 6 rally crowd, his driver testified

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Janit wrote:
I seem to remember hearing this before, and that Trump answered something to the effect that these people were not a danger to HIM.

Actually, my recollection was that those reporting the presence of armed protesters to Trump were harangued by the latter to Let them through!

In other words, in Trump’s mind, this was a feature, not a bug, in his hopes and plans.