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    https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/la...m-u-s-capitol/

    Law enforcement was on high alert Thursday around the U.S. Capitol after authorities said intelligence had uncovered a “possible plot” by a militia group to storm the iconic building again. The alert came two months after Donald Trump supporters smashed through windows and doors to try to stop Congress from certifying now-President Joe Biden’s victory.

    The threat appeared to be connected to a far-right conspiracy theory, mainly promoted by supporters of QAnon, that former President Trump would rise again to power on March 4 and that thousands would come to Washington to try to remove Democrats from office. March 4 was the original presidential inauguration day until 1933, when it was moved to Jan. 20.

    There were no signs of disturbance Thursday at the heavily secured building, with Capitol Police and National Guardsmen on duty and a large fence around the perimeter that was put in place after the Jan. 6 riot. The Pentagon is reviewing a request to extend the Guard deployment 60 days beyond its current expiration date of March 12.

    Online chatter identified by authorities included discussions among members of the Three Percenters, an anti-government militia group, concerning possible plots against the Capitol on Thursday, according to two law enforcement officials who were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Members of the Three Percenters were among the extremists who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.

    The threat came as the Capitol police and other law enforcement agencies were taking criticism from Congress in contentious hearings this week on their handling of the Jan. 6 riot. Police were ill-prepared for the mass of Trump supporters, some in tactical gear and armed, and it took hours for National Guard reinforcements to come. By then, rioters had broken into the building and they roamed the halls for hours, stalling Congress’ certification effort temporarily and sending lawmakers into hiding.

    Lawmakers, congressional staffers and law enforcement officials are still on edge after the attack on Jan. 6, even as security around the Capitol remains at an unprecedented level.

    The U.S. House wrapped up its work for the week Wednesday night, but the U.S. Senate still had a busy day scheduled for Thursday with votes into the evening. Police beefed up their presence in and around the Capitol. About 5,200 National Guard members remain in D.C., the remainder of the roughly 26,000 who were brought in for President Biden’s inauguration in January, which went off with no problems.

    Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, the former chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and among those briefed about the new threat, said lawmakers were braced.

    “I think we’ll see some violence here,” he said in an interview.

    But unlike on Jan. 6, the Capitol is now fortified against intrusions. “We have the razor wire, we have the National Guard. We didn’t have that January 6. So I feel very confident in the security,” he said.

    Initially it seemed as though the online chatter did not rise to the level of serious concern; an advisory sent earlier this week to members of Congress by Timothy Blodgett, the acting House sergeant-at-arms, said the Capitol Police had “no indication that groups will travel to Washington, D.C., to protest or commit acts of violence.”

    But that advisory was updated in a note to lawmakers Wednesday morning. Blodgett wrote that the Capitol Police had received “new and concerning information and intelligence indicating additional interest in the Capitol for the dates of March 4th – 6th by a militia group.”

    Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman said during House testimony Wednesday that her investigators had collected “some concerning intelligence,” but declined to provide any details publicly, saying that it was “law enforcement sensitive” and that she would provide a private briefing for the subcommittee members.

    Meanwhile, federal agents found no significant increases in the number of hotel rooms being rented in Washington, or in flights to the area, car rental reservations or buses being chartered, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The person could not publicly discuss details of the security planning and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

    The FBI and Department of Homeland Security also sent a joint intelligence bulletin to local law enforcement officials Tuesday that said a group of militia extremists had discussed trying to take control of the Capitol on March 4 and encouraging thousands of people to come to D.C. to try to remove Democrats from power.

    But there has been a noticeable decline in online activity on some social media platforms surrounding efforts on March 4, and there was already considerably less online chatter than during the lead-up to Jan. 6, a day that Trump repeatedly had promoted for a his rally and encouraged thousands to come to the nation’s capital.

    Also, thousands of accounts that promoted the Jan. 6 event that led to a violent storming of the U.S. Capitol have since been suspended by major tech companies like Facebook and Twitter, making it far more difficult for groups to organize a repeat of the mass gathering.

    So far, about 300 people have been charged with federal crimes for their roles in the riot. Five people, including a Capitol Police officer, died.

    Since his defeat, Trump has been promoting lies that the election was stolen from him through mass voter fraud, even though such claims have been rejected by judges, Republican state officials and Trump’s own administration. He was impeached by the House after the Jan. 6 riot on a charge of incitement of insurrection but was acquitted by the Senate.

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    https://apnews.com/article/capitol-s...9be092d28745de

    . WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Eric Swalwell, who served as a House manager in Donald Trump’s last impeachment trial, filed a lawsuit Friday against the former president, his son, lawyer and a Republican congressman whose actions he charges led to January’s insurrection.

    The California Democrat’s suit, filed in federal court in Washington, alleges a conspiracy to violate civil rights, along with negligence, inciting a riot and inflicting emotional distress. It follows a similar suit filed by Rep. Bennie Thompson last month in an attempt to hold the former president accountable in some way for his actions Jan. 6, following his Senate acquittal.



    Swalwell charges that Trump, his son Donald Jr., along with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama, had made “false and incendiary allegations of fraud and theft, and in direct response to the Defendant’s express calls for violence at the rally, a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol.”

    The lawsuit spells out in detail how the Trumps, Giuliani and Brooks spread baseless claims of election fraud, both before and after the 2020 presidential election was declared, and charges that they helped to spin up the thousands of rioters before they stormed the Capitol. Five people died as a result of the violence on Jan. 6, including a U.S. Capitol Police officer.

    Trump’s spokesman Jason Miller called Swalwell a “low-life” with “no credibility.”

    “Now, after failing miserably with two impeachment hoaxes,” Swalwell is attacking “our greatest President with yet another witch hunt,” Miller said in a statement. “It’s a disgrace that a compromised Member of Congress like Swalwell still sits on the House Intelligence Committee.”

    Brooks said the lawsuit was frivolous and “a meritless ploy.”

    “I make no apologies whatsoever for fighting for accurate and honest elections,” he said, adding he wore the lawsuit “like a badge of courage.”

    The lawsuit, through Trump’s own words, accuses the former president of inciting the riot, using much of the same playbook used by Swalwell and others during Trump’s impeachment trial — that his lies over the election results stirred supporters into the false belief the 2020 election had been stolen, that he egged the angry mob on through his rally speech and that he did nothing when faced with the images of throngs of his supporters smashing windows at the U.S. Capitol and sending lawmakers fleeing.



    Those with knowledge claimed that during this moment of national horror, Trump was ‘delighted’ and was ‘confused about why other people on his team weren’t as excited as he was.’ Others described Trump as ‘borderline enthusiastic’ about the unfolding violence,” according to the suit.

    Unlike Thompson’s lawsuit — filed against Trump, Giuliani and some far-right extremist groups whose members are alleged to have participated in the insurrection — Swalwell’s did not specify whether he was filing in his personal or official capacity, which would require additional approvals from the House and involve House attorneys.

    Both lawsuits cite a federal civil rights law that was enacted to counter the Ku Klux Klan’s intimidation of officials. Swalwell’s attorney Philip Andonian praised Thompson’s lawsuit, filed under a Reconstruction-era law called the Ku Klux Klan Act, and said they were behind it 100%, but saw the need for this one, too.

    “We see ourselves as having a different angle to this, holding Trump accountable for the incitement, the disinformation,” he said.

    Presidents are historically afforded broad immunity from lawsuits for actions they take in their role as commander in chief. But the lawsuit, like the one by Thompson, was brought against Trump in his personal, not official, capacity.

    Swalwell also describes in detail being trapped in the House chamber with many other members of Congress as plainclothes Capitol Police officers barricaded the doors and tried to fend off the mob at gunpoint.

    “Fearing for their lives, the Plaintiff and others masked their identities as members of Congress, texted loved ones in case the worst happened, and took shelter throughout the Capitol complex,” the lawsuit reads.

    The lawsuit alleges that Brooks “conspired with the other Defendants to undermine the election results by alleging, without evidence, that the election had been rigged and by pressuring elected officials, courts, and ultimately Congress to reject the results.” It notes that he spoke at a rally supporting Trump at the Ellipse, near the White House, shortly before thousands of pro-Trump rioters made their way to the Capitol and overwhelmed police officers to shove their way inside the building.

    The suit seeks unspecified damages, and Swalwell also wants a court to order all of the defendants to provide written notice to him a week before they plan to have a rally in Washington that would draw more than 50 people.

    “Unable to accept defeat, Donald Trump waged an all out war on a peaceful transition of power,” Swalwell said in a statement. “He lied to his followers again and again claiming the election was stolen from them, filed a mountain of frivolous lawsuits — nearly all of which failed, tried to intimidate election officials, and finally called upon his supporters to descend on Washington D.C. to ’stop the steal.’”

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    https://nypost.com/2021/03/06/capito...me-to-parents/
    A Georgia 18-year-old charged in the Capitol riot told a judge he?ll be a good boy if he?s allowed to go home to Mommy and Daddy.

    Bruno Joseph Cua, who?s been in federal custody since his arrest on Feb. 5 for his role in the attack on the nation?s Capitol, wrote a letter to US District Court Judge Randolph D. Moss Thursday begging to be sent home while he?s waiting for his trial, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.

    The feds charged Cua, of Milton, Georgia, with assault on a federal officer, civil disorder and several other crimes, including entering the floor of the Senate, according to the criminal complaint. Cua was videotaped in the Senate chamber and spotted in a video posted by The New Yorker magazine of the siege, the complaint said.

    "Yes, for everyone asking, I stormed the capital (sic) with hundreds of thousands of patriots," Cua posted on his since-deleted Instagram account. "What happened was unbelievable," he continued. "Yes, we physically fought our way in."

    Cua?s the youngest person charged in the riot, which he joined after attending the earlier rally near the White House with his parents, who drove him to Washington, the Journal Constitution said.


    The feds charged Cua, of Milton, Georgia, with assault on a federal officer, civil disorder and several other crimes.


    Cua sent a plaintive, "I love you, I love you both." to his folks on Feb. 12 when he was denied bond, Atlanta?s 11 Alive reported.

    He promised in his letter "not to step one foot out of line" if was able to go back to his suburban Atlanta home.

    The teen was denied bond in part because of his history of violent rhetoric online, including a Jan. 6 post that said, "We didn?t attack American people. We attacked the swamp rats," according to the Journal Constitution.


    "Given how innaproprite (sic) my social media activity was, I truly understand your worries," Cua wrote. "I am not a danger to anyone, and I will absolutely never act on what I said."

    "I have completely lost those aggressive feelings and moved on from the entire politcal (sic) idea," he added a few sentences later. "I was wrong."

    Prosecutors also objected to Cua?s release to his parents? custody because they drove with him to Washington.
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    A federal judge has ruled that the so-called "QAnon shaman" who was charged in the Capitol insurrection is too dangerous to release and must stay in jail while his case moves forward.

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/polit...9T05%3A01%3A07

    A federal judge ruled Monday that the so-called "QAnon shaman" who was charged in the Capitol insurrection is too dangerous to release and must stay in jail while his case moves forward.

    Judge Royce Lamberth said that Jacob Chansley was unrepentant and could plot further attacks against the US government if put on house arrest. He rebuked Chansley as having shown "a detachment from reality" by claiming his actions on January 6 were peaceful and harmless.
    "Defendant characterizes himself as a peaceful person who was welcomed into the Capitol building on January 6th by police officers. The Court finds none of his many attempts to manipulate the evidence and minimize the seriousness of his actions persuasive," Lamberth wrote.


    Chansley had asked the judge to release him from jail in recent weeks, in a series of attention-grabbing moves from him and his lawyer. Lamberth's decision on Monday rejected several of Chansley's arguments but primarily hinged on the fact that Chansley carried a spear on January 6.


    Chansley's lawyer had argued it was a flagpole, but Lamberth determined it was clearly a dangerous weapon.

    Lamberth's 32-page opinion methodically dismantled most of Chansley's arguments and sided with the Justice Department's request to keep Chansley behind bars pending trial. The judge used Chansley's words against him, including his recent jailhouse interview, which seems to have backfired.
    "The statements defendant has made to the public from jail show that defendant does not fully appreciate the severity of the allegations against him," Lamberth wrote. "To the contrary, he believes that he -- not the American people or members of Congress -- was the victim on January 6th."

    Chansley isn't charged with attacking anyone, but the Justice Department has maintained that his behavior during the insurrection makes him too dangerous to release. He was a well-known figure in the QAnon conspiracy community -- one of many QAnon believers who have been charged in the Capitol riot.

    Lamberth also said he was not persuaded by Chansley's attempts to argue that the spear he brought into the Capitol was not a weapon. The dangerousness of the item was an important sticking point in whether he would be jailed before trial, as it relates to the violent nature of the charges he's facing.
    "A six-foot pole with a metal spearhead fixed to the top is, undoubtably, a dangerous weapon," Lamberth wrote, agreeing with the Justice Department's point of view regarding the weapon.
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    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wire...probe-76358979

    US narrows in on organized extremists in Capitol siege probe-Authorities investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol say two extremist groups that traveled to Washington along with thousands of other Trump supporters weren’t whipped into an impulsive frenzy by President Donald Trump that day

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    Attorneys for a woman who bragged in a Facebook live stream about storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 asked a federal judge Wednesday to move her case from Washington, D.C., to near her home in western Texas, saying a more Republican-friendly jury would decide her guilt or innocence more fairly.

    Jenny Cudd, a 36-year-old florist and former mayoral candidate from Midland, Tex., has been indicted on five counts including obstruction of an official proceeding, trespassing, disorderly conduct, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol building.

    ?Pretrial publicity and community prejudice in Washington D.C. is so likely to have affected the jury pool that the [entire panel] must be presumed as tainted,? Cudd?s attorney Marina Medvin argued.

    ?The facts of this case center around Donald Trump and his supporters. The evidence in this case is emotionally political in every respect,? the Alexandria attorney wrote. ?But the jury who would hear the facts in Washington D.C. is the most politically prejudiced jury in the entire country? against Trump.

    Cudd and co-defendant Eliel Rosa were charged Jan. 12 and arrested a week after the riot that left five dead, forced the evacuation of the Capitol and disrupted Congress?s confirmation of the presidential election. Cudd faces charges that carry a maximum of 20 years in prison.

    Cudd?s motion for a venue change is believed to be the first brought by a defendant among the more than 300 people federally charged so far. Federal law usually requires that defendants be tried where a crime occurred, and the U.S. attorney?s office and FBI field office for Washington have spearheaded the sprawling investigation.

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    Almost seems like there needs to be a major review of security clearance protocols & the people employed to assess them - & not just in the US

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    A Bradford couple Brandon and Stephanie Miller were arrested Friday on federal charges accused of being involved in the Capitol riots in January. Our cameras caught the couple as they returned home from federal court.

    Off camera, Stephanie Miller accompanied by her father told Dayton 24/7 Now she was in D.C. for the Trump rally and from there the crowd became out of control. She said that very crowd then pushed her and her husband into the Capitol building, where they began taking photos.

    FBI raided and arrested Brandon and Stephanie Miller in their Darke County home this morning.

    Cameras aren't allowed to record the proceedings, but we?ve learned both are charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority as well as violent entry, disorderly conduct on capitol grounds the day of the January 6th Capitol riots.

    Carol Christian who lives down the street from the Miller?s is surprised.

    ?It?s kind of shocking actually,? said Christian. ?I think there?s always a better way to get your message across without what happened.?

    Off camera outside her home, Stephanie Miller said she knows the charges she's facing are serious but believes what happened in D.C. wasn't. She said her and her husband were in D.C for the trump rally and then the crowd became more aggressive and pushier, squeezing them through the front doors of the Capitol building.

    If convicted, the maximum penalty for those charges could result in a combined sentence of one and a half years in prison. The Millers can't travel outside of the Southern District of Ohio unless it?s to go to D.C. for court. Both suspects waived their identity hearings and requested their prelim trials take place in Washington, D.C.

    Miller said this is her second time being arrest. The first time was for missing a court date for an unrelated matter. They have no further comments currently.
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    https://fox40.com/news/national-and-...ying-suspects/

    . WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) — The FBI has released 10 videos of suspects in what the agency has determined to be the “most egregious assaults” on officers during the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol.

    The FBI’s Washington Field Office released the videos along with new information on the suspects Thursday, more than two months after supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the federal building as Congress was voting to certify Joe Biden’s electoral win.

    The release is part of the FBI’s attempt to seek the public’s help identifying the suspects.

    2 charged in assault of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after riot
    “I want to warn you that these images are disturbing. You will see officers being punched; beaten with sticks, flagpoles, and their own shields; as well as being sprayed with a variety of unknown substances,” said Steven M. D’Antuono, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office. “Speaking as a law enforcement officer—but also as an American citizen—it is alarming to watch these videos.” 

    D’Antuono acknowledged that reporting information about family, friends or coworkers can be difficult.

    “But it is the right thing to do,” he said, “and the FBI continues to need your help to identify these suspects.”

    The move comes days after U.S. officials arrested and charged two men with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after defending the federal building on Jan. 6.

    The circumstances surrounding Sicknick’s death remain unclear, and a final cause of death has not been determined. Capitol Police have said he died after he was injured “while physically engaging with protesters” and the agency’s acting chief said officials consider it a line-of-duty death.

    The two men charged this week are accused to assaulting Sicknick with bear spray.

    Capitol riots: Where the cases of these 6 notable suspects stand
    Prior to Thursday, the FBI had already released about 250 photos of people being sought for assaulting federal law enforcement officers during the riot. Some have already been arrested, and the Justice Department said about 300 people have been charged with federal offenses related to the riot.

    FBI officials hope that the new information and more detailed videos will lead to more arrests.

    “We ask the American people to scroll through the more than 250 unidentified individuals on our website at fbi.gov/capitolviolence,” D’Antuono said. “If you know any of these people or have information about them, please report it to the FBI at tips.fbi.gov or call 1-800-CALL-FBI.

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    Quote Originally Posted by raisedbywolves View Post
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...out&li=BBnb7Kz

    A police detective filed for divorce from his wife after she was photographed with another man at the Capitol riot





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    Evidence in Capitol riot 'trending towards' sedition charges, prosecutor says
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    https://www.koin.com/news/national/2...-capitol-riot/

    2 Oregon men under investigation for rioting in DC

    PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two Oregon men are facing federal charges for their involvement in the January 6 Capitol riot in Washington DC.

    FBI Portland said they arrested Matthew Klein, 24, in Sherwood, and Jonathanpeter Klein, 21, near Heppner on Tuesday. Both were arrested without incident and had initial appearances before a federal judge.

    Charges include conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder, destruction of government property, entering a restricted building, and disorderly conduct.

    The FBI said the photo they shared is from January 5 and it helped them identify them in other photos from January 6.

    More than 300 people have been charged in connection to the riot. Authorities have said they believe at least 100 more could face charges.

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    Quote Originally Posted by raisedbywolves View Post
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...out&li=BBnb7Kz

    A police detective filed for divorce from his wife after she was photographed with another man at the Capitol riot





    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...out&li=BBnb7Kz

    Evidence in Capitol riot 'trending towards' sedition charges, prosecutor says
    Damn thats a crazy way to have an affair by committing insurrection because Trump Said so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by raisedbywolves View Post
    https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/29/polit...ats/index.html

    Alleged Capitol rioter called for public lynching of a Black police officer, prosecutors say
    Yeah, he regrets it now that everyone knows he's a racist piece of shit.


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    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-riot-n1262848

    California man charged with attacking officer with stun weapon in Capitol riot

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    Salt Lake City's 'Officer Of The Year' Arrested By The FBI For His Role In Capitol Riot

    Michael Lee Hardin, 50, was arrested by the FBI on evidence from his texts to Tipster #1. Tipster #2 gave precise photos shared by Hardin. More often than not, Capitol rioters are turned in by friends and even family who do not share the rioter's glee about their lawlessness. Especially ironic with this one, as in 2012 he was Salt Lake's Officer of the Year.

    Michael Lee Hardin, 50, was taken into custody without incident by members of the FBI?s joint terrorism task force, with assistance from the Utah State Bureau of Investigations, for ?crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.,? according to a news release from the FBI?s Utah office.

    A spokeswoman for the Salt Lake City Police Department confirmed that Hardin was an officer there until his retirement in 2017. He served with the Salt Lake City police for about two decades, and was named the department?s Officer of the Year in 2012 for solving a 25-year-old murder case.

    The FBI caught Hardin by following up on tips from two people who know him, according to a statement of facts from the U.S. Department of Justice. The first tipster, a friend of Hardin?s who used to use Hardin as a financial advisor, said Hardin called on Jan. 4 to say he was heading to Washington, D.C. to fight for the United States.

    ?[The first tipster] further claimed that Hardin had sent... text messages on January 6, 2021, stating, ?We stormed the Capitol, I am in here now!;? ?I know you don?t like Trump, but He is the rightful President!;? and ?We will return until we win!?,? the statement reads.



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    https://twitter.com/rachelweinerwp/s...10816819150848
    Lawyer for Tommy Webster, retired NYPD cop accused of beating an MPD officer with flagpole on #J6, says his client is in a "dormitory setting" with people serving time for "inner-city crimes" - "for a middle aged guy whose never been arrested before this has been a shock for him"
    Snort. Good thread.
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    For the second time this week, a Minnesotan has been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol.

    FBI special agents arrested Jonah Westbury, 26, of Lindstrom, on Friday. According to the statement of facts linked to his arrest, the FBI received tips from two separate people within days of the riot in Washington, D.C.

    The day after the attack, one person who said they went to high school with the suspect told the FBI they had seen him inside the Capitol in videos posted to social media, first on TikTok. The source said they also came across a video on Twitter that had originally been posted to Snapchat in which Westbury narrated his foray into the Capitol.

    On or around Jan. 9, another tipster named someone other than Westbury in a video that had been posted to Reddit, but after further investigation, it was determined that the person the tipster identified was, in fact, Westbury because his attire matched what he was wearing in the videos uploaded to Snapchat.

    The FBI was able to collect several videos from a Snapchat account belonging to Westbury that depict him inside the Capitol. The videos show the entryway of what appears to be the Capitol and later entering the building with a crowd of people.

    In one video, Westbury says, "We made it. This is our house. We got pepper-sprayed, got abused?" In another, he is seen panning in a circle while saying, "First time in the Capitol. First time in the Capitol? I'm proud of every f***ing
    one of you."

    He faces four federal charges: two separate counts of disorderly and disruptive conduct; one count of entering and remaining in a restricted building and grounds; and one count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol building.

    Westbury's charges were announced the day after those of another Minnesotan, 39-year-old Victoria White of Rochester. She faces six separate charges for her involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.


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    I love how these morons basically did the FBI's job for them by taking their own surveillance and securing it on public platforms.
    Yes. It's fascinating. Their grandparents had the good sense to wear hoods when they went night riding. But not these bozos.
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    On Thursday, FBI agents arrested a 66-year-old Nampa man who the Department of Justice says fought with two police officers and tried to steal riot shields from others during the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

    The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Department of Justice on Thursday unsealed a complaint against Duke Edward Wilson of Nampa for his role in the Capitol riot, releasing details on how he assaulted multiple police officers who were defending the capitol building.

    The 66-year-old was charged with entering and remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees; parading, demonstrating or picketing a Capitol building; obstruction of an official proceeding; and obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder.

    In their statement, the DOJ states that court documents allege that Wilson entered the Lower West Terrace tunnel of the Capitol just before 3 p.m. and was part of the group of rioters who pushed through law enforcement officers.

    Wilson was seen on body camera footage, surveillance footage and videos on YouTube assaulting an officer from the Capitol Police and another with the Metropolitan Police Department, according to court documents.


    In the video, Wilson is seen taking a long PVC pipe and jabbing it at officers after he tried to force his way through a doorway at the Capitol. He then threw the pipe at the police.

    According to court documents cited by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Wilson lingered in the tunnel to the capitol for about 14 minutes and was seen on video, appearing to help other rioters steal riot shields from law enforcement agents and push them to the ground.

    In the probable cause affidavit obtained by KTVB, Wilson wore a blue hat that said "CNN" and "FAKE NEWS" under it when he was in the tunnel and had a tablet device that he used to block a spray.

    On Jan. 27, FBI agents spoke with one of Wilson's neighbors, who identified him in one of the photos from a video that he was seen in, according to the PCA. When asked where Wilson was on Jan. 6, the neighbor told the agents that Wilson was at the U.S. Capitol to attend a rally.

    Wilson is now the fourth Idahoan to be arrested in connection to the pro-Trump riot on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

    The FBI's Salt Lake City Field Office arrested Wilson on Thursday.
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    https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/lifet...jan-6-obstruct
    Jon Schaffer, 53, of Columbus, Indiana, today admitted that he breached the Capitol on January 6, 2021, wearing a tactical vest and armed with bear repellent, and pleaded guilty to unlawfully entering the U.S. Capitol to obstruct Congress? certification of the U.S. presidential election results.

    "On this 100th day since the horrific January 6 assault on the United States Capitol, Oath Keepers member Jon Schaffer has pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, including for breaching the Capitol while wearing a tactical vest and armed with bear spray, with the intent to interfere with Congress? certification of the Electoral College results," said Acting Deputy Attorney General John P. Carlin. "The FBI has made an average of more than four arrests a day, seven days a week since January 6th. I commend the hundreds of special agents, prosecutors and support staff that have worked tirelessly for the last hundred days to bring those who committed criminal acts to justice."

    "The defendant in this case admits forcing his way into the U.S. Capitol on January 6 for the express purpose of stopping or delaying congressional proceedings essential to our democratic process. These actions are disgraceful and unacceptable" said FBI Deputy Director Paul M. Abbate. "The FBI and our partners will continue to utilize all available authorities to aggressively investigate, pursue and hold accountable those who committed acts of violence or otherwise violated the rule of law that day."

    In his plea agreement, Schaffer acknowledged he is a founding lifetime member of the Oath Keepers, a large but loosely organized collection of individuals, some of whom are associated with militias.

    In his plea agreement, Schaffer also acknowledged that on January 6, 2021 he was in Washington to attend the ?Stop the Steal? rally at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. to protest the results of the presidential election, which he believed were fraudulent. Schaffer wore a tactical vest and carried bear spray, a dangerous weapon and chemical irritant used to ward off bears. When the rally finished, Schaffer joined a large crowd that marched from the Ellipse to the Capitol, where a joint session of Congress, presided over by Vice President Michael Pence, was in session to certify the electoral college vote results. Shortly after 2:00 p.m., members of the mob forced entry into the Capitol building, disrupting the joint session and causing members of Congress and the Vice President to be evacuated from the House and Senate chambers.

    In his plea agreement, Schaffer admitted that after arriving on Capitol grounds, he walked past barriers intended to restrict access to the public and to a set of locked doors on the Capitol?s west side. At approximately 2:40 PM, Schaffer positioned himself at the front of a crowd that broke open a set of doors being guarded by four U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officers wearing riot gear. Schaffer admitted to being among the first individuals to push past the damaged doors and into the Capitol building, forcing officers to retreat. Schaffer and others advanced toward five or six backpedaling USCP officers while members of the mob swelled inside of the Capitol and overwhelmed the officers. The officers ultimately deployed a chemical irritant to disperse the mob. Schaffer was among the people who were sprayed in the face, after which exited while holding his own bear spray in his hands.

    Schaffer pleaded guilty to a criminal information charging him with obstruction of an official proceeding and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon. Combined, he faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. The Honorable Amit P. Mehta accepted Schaffer?s guilty plea.

    Anyone with tips can call 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or visit tips.fbi.gov.

    The charges contained in the complaint are allegations. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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    Judge to revoke bail for Proud Boy leaders involved in Capitol riot

    Ethan Nordean of Washington state and Joseph Biggs of Florida are charged with conspiring to stop the certification of the 2020 election.
    https://www.politico.com/news/2021/0...leaders-483099
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    There are hundreds of posts about plans to attack the Capitol. Why hasn't this evidence been used in court?

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