A large number of rioters have been "ratted out," by family members, co-workers and other people they bragged to about their lawbreaking. It appears that they miscalculated the level of support in the general population there is for "sedition."
MAR-A-LAGO MARTYR OF THE DAY
DONALD SMITH; THEN: SAID THAT HIS TIME IN THE CAPITOL, AND SPEAKER PELOSI'S OFFICE, DURING THE RIOT WAS "THE BEST DAY," OF HIS LIFE. NOW: FELLOW UPS EMPLOYEES TURNED HIM IN TO THE FBI.