Group that planned Jan. 6 rally lied about Capitol march plans, government report says

The pro-Trump organization that applied for a Jan. 6 demonstration permit purposely misled authorities about their intentions that day, according to a new report from a government watchdog.

Representatives of Women For America First told the National Park Service that they did not intend to walk from their planned demonstration on the Ellipse, near the White House, to the Capitol on Jan. 6 despite evidence they expected then-President Donald Trump to call for a march, according to the 47-page report from the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General.

The group "intentionally failed to disclose information to the NPS regarding its knowledge of a post-demonstration march," the report said.

The National Park Service is part of the Interior Department.

According to text messages cited in the report, a representative from the group told a potential rally speaker that Trump "is going to have us march there/the Capitol," and said the information "stays only between us."