It's obvious they were there to protest Congress recording the Electoral College voting results and got marching orders to go to the Capital Building where the counting was taking place. There could be people there that planned on doing something and were followed by others that wanted their voices heard.

The word is going around that the day before Jan. 6, some of the panic buttons were disabled. So YES.

The FBI is still knocking on doors, and it will continue well into the Biden Administration. Evil plots need to be rooted out and the culprits brought to justice. We can't have marauding bands of political gremlins causing trouble, it doesn't matter which party, if you were there- prepare to be arrested and charged.