They had to give the media a few months to create the perception that this was an "insurrection" and "attempted coup" rather than a few rowdy protesters getting carried away, just as they were given time to claim that Brian Sicknick was bludgeoned to death, just as they claimed Trump's followers plotted to kidnap the governor of Michigan, ... and so on for too many things to list.
The Whitmer plot was almost entirely FBI informants. The few who weren't were actual anarchists, who didn't like Trump either. Entrapment for political points.
They had to give the media a few months to create the perception that this was an "insurrection" and "attempted coup" rather than a few rowdy protesters getting carried away, just as they were given time to claim that Brian Sicknick was bludgeoned to death, just as they claimed Trump's followers plotted to kidnap the governor of Michigan, ... and so on for too many things to list.
The Whitmer plot was almost entirely FBI informants. The few who weren't were actual anarchists, who didn't like Trump either. Entrapment for political points.