FBI questions organizers of Buffalo buses to Capitol rally that led to riot

FBI agents on Friday questioned a Grand Island couple who organized two busloads of local residents for a Wednesday rally in Washington that resulted in several deaths and mobs ransacking the U.S. Capitol.

Meanwhile, a state senator from Buffalo questioned why there have been no local arrests in connection with the Capitol violence, contrasting it with the charges filed in connection with civil rights protests in Buffalo last summer.

Rus and Jul Thompson, well-known right-wing activists dating to the tea party movement of a decade ago, told The Buffalo News on Monday that agents discussed the deadly events in Washington during a two-hour session. But Rus Thompson said none of the 110 bus passengers from Western New York entered the Capitol building, which was left damaged by hundreds of invaders baselessly challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election.

"Nobody on those buses got into any violent action inside the Capitol Building," Rus Thompson said. "They were on the other side."

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