That was NOT their stated goal. EVERYONE that went there, with the exception of the FBI and a handful of Antifa nitwits, were there to protest a stolen election. Nothing more and nothing less. Then the FBI operatives started rousing the people to riot and that is when the riot started. No one went there to riot, they were coerced into it by FBI operatives.
At the exact same time the riot started the media started calling it an insurrection. The riot was planned by the Democrat party with the express purpose if trying to convict Trump of instigating an insurrection and thereby making Trump ineligible to ever run for any political office again.
Amendment 14 Section 3
"No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."
This is the entire reason for the FBI's presence. This is why they instigated a riot and this is why the media called it an insurrection. Then they tried to say that Trump instigated in a speech he had given that the media conveniently never broadcast.
But it didn't work and that is the reason for indictment after indictment after indictment. Democrats are scared to death that Trump will be reelected. And Trump isn't even that great of of a president. He is not a hard core conservative. He's barely a conservative at all. He's been a Democrat most of his life. He even supported Clinton's unconstitutional "assault" rifle ban.
The one thing I really, really, really hope Trump does when he becomes president in 2024 (unless you guys assassinate him first) is open a not holds barred investigation into the corruption that is the Democrat party. I want to see people at the top finally get tried for the treason they have committed.