When officers arrested Robert Morss of Pennsylvania on charges related to the January 6 Capitol riot, they found in his car a notebook with a page titled, “Step by Step to Create Hometown Militia.”

Beneath it Morss allegedly scribbled bullet point reminders, fleshing out the idea of forming a violent cell – “bring assault rifle” and “set up your kit” – and notes on “formation.”

In the Morss case and others, the Justice Department repeatedly has documented the emergence of what could be called small, right-wing extremist groups.

This comes along with rising warnings from US intelligence about violence from right-wing extremists. Since January,