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#SeditionHunters - the second J6 trial has just ended, first for a #SeditionVIP: Couy Griffin, leader of Cowboys for Trump, guilty on one count. Only a misdemeanor but sets an important precedent: VIPs who entered Capitol Grounds face some consequences. 1/
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Griffin climbed over downed barricades up the W. lawn, and to the Lower W. Terrace, filmed himself ca. 3:30 PM with the crowd behind. Judge McFadden agreed that this is "entering the grounds of a building that were restricted due to the presence of a Secret Service protectee." 2/
These first 2 trials set important precedents for J6 perps who stayed outside the Capitol building. Guy Reffitt: violent perps can be guilty of obstruction. Couy Griffin: Pence was in the Capitol, so self-promoting celebrities touring the grounds committed a serious offense. 3/
#SeditionHunters - FINALLY, Philadelphia prosecutors have moved to rescind bail for Vets for Trump leader Joshua Macias, who urged the crowd on at the Capitol. We owe thanks to @KrisGoldsmith85's reporting for this. But, still one huge omission... 1/
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The Daily Beast article by @stevanzetti says about Macias and his sidekick Antonio Lamotta, "There is no evidence either of them entered the Capitol building." But there IS evidence. For 7 months there has been evidence. What can we do to convince you? 2/
For those who haven't heard it, here is Macias' "The Insurrection Act is Now" speech outside the Capitol. Lamotta is just at his side. 3/
#SeditionHunters - as Canada tries to clear its invading trucker convoys, they're gearing up in the US. A year after Jan 6, reporters are savvier about the scale of organized disinfo campaigns used to mobilize crowds. Good thread & article from NBC... 1/
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Here's a thread about it by NBC's Ben Collins, who emphasizes the fake and foreign Facebook accounts, the disinfo campaigns pushing conspiracy theories, the grifters and the political interests, the fact that "truckers" are largely not in fact truckers. 2/
As we saw for the Capitol attack, once a date is chosen - this year it's Mar 5 - the influence machine rolls into action quickly. Several rally promoters are now pushing parallel campaigns to mobilize people on that one selected day. 3/
#SeditionHunters - the Jan 6 Capitol attack required a crowd. A new timeline of the people who brought that crowd shows: the building blocks for Jan 6 were laid early, before the election. But the attack itself - in some form - was green-lit late, on the night of Dec. 18. 1/
A year’s work showed us the pipeline of #SeditionVIPs who streamed from rallies to Capitol grounds. Collecting a year’s notes into one timeline (and adding a 1500-page FOIA) makes the path to Jan 6 more clear. Read thread for a walkthrough - it’s a lot. 2/
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We focused on about 50 VIPs associated with rallies and crowd-building propaganda - maybe a quarter of the public figures at the Capitol on Jan 6. This walkthrough sticks to 2020, but the timeline includes their origins & back-stories... 3/
#SeditionHunters - now that his sentencing’s over, let’s talk MAGAfluencer Brandon Straka's role in the Capitol attack. Straka (500K on Twitter) led his “WalkAway” campaign since 2018, widely flagged as a Russian asset. On Jan 6, left the VIP section with Michael Flynn & co..1/
Straka’s story has an hour gap, then he arrives at the E. Capitol just as invaders wrest open the Columbus Doors, races up the steps. Claims he stayed just “a few minutes”, never saw violence. Watch the sync: his video is at L. Full footage at link: 2/
Straka was listed as a speaker for the Lot 8 Stop the Steal rally (never happened), but didn’t go there - instead ran up the steps where Proud Boy leader Joe Biggs was queuing. There's a clear view of Biggs' group just before someone tells Straka "Senators are running out!" 3/
#SeditionHunters - as we ring out the year & 358 days of sedition hunting it seemed time to summarize what we’ve achieved so far. The community's found so many #SeditionVIPs it’s hard to keep track, so here’s a guide: 74 Capitol attack figures as the 12 days of Christmas. 1/
We’ll count them off as:
12 Stop-the-Stealers
11 Sore Losers
10 Candidates running
9 Leaders leading
8 State legislators
7 Bikers biking
6 Arrested streamers
5 Anti-vaxxers
4 Federal pardons
3 Angry preachers
2 CNP’ers
and 1 monstrous ego who can't let go
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12 Stop-the-Stealers
11 Sore Losers
10 Candidates running
9 Leaders leading
8 State legislators
7 Bikers biking
6 Arrested streamers
5 Anti-vaxxers
4 Federal pardons
3 Angry preachers
2 CNP’ers
and 1 monstrous ego who can't let go
2/
12 Stop-the-Stealers - note these are only a small part of Ali Alexander's crew of dozens on Jan 6. 3/
#SeditionHunters - is this the downfall of Alex Jones, the “king of conspiracy” (CNN), the most famous figure at the Capitol attack? He’d tormented the Sandy Hook parents for years; last week lost by default their multi-$M lawsuit. Will the law come for him for Jan 6 too? 1/
Alex’s reel shows how central he is on Jan 6: VIP section at the rally, marched w/ entourage to the Capitol (trailed by shouts: “Alex Jones!”), speechifed from the E. steps..& then decamped to a rented rooftop overlooking the besieged Capitol. He KNEW. 2/
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Alex films himself so much we had to edit to keep the reel to 17 mins - but he must hate our reel since it keeps getting banned from YouTube. It's on Rumble now; hope to repost on the ‘Hunting Insurrectionists’ YT channel (itself shadowbanned -use link) 3/
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#SeditionHunters - we knew that PA State Sen #IamDougMastriano, former Army Lt. Col, was present at the Jan 6 attack, walked around the Capitol, & saw the NE barricade breach firsthand. Now @K2theSky and team show that he was on the E Plaza to watch the stairs breach as well. 1/
After Trump's speech, Mastriano rode a VIP golf cart from the Ellipse to the W. Capitol like the high-level #SeditionVIP that he is, then did a grand tour of the successive breaches. K2's team track his circuit. (Video by @CoryCullington.) 2/
Mastriano's golf cart meant he would have arrived in plenty of time for the 1:47 PM breaking of police lines under the NW Scaffold. He then followed organized instigators around to the NE barricades, crossed police lines in the breach, & stayed for the taking of the E. stairs. 3/
Snopes is now validating #SeditionVIP's! Here they use #SeditionHunters' research to confirm that #IamTinaForte, who is challenging Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the 2022 Congressional race (NY-14), was at the Capitol on January 6 (h/t @DianthaSol & many others who helped). 1/
Here is Tina Forte on the W. Capitol lawn shortly after the first barricade breaches. Filmer: "This is what happens when you storm the Capitol!" Forte: "That's right! This is what happens!" (find by @DianthaSol). 2/
..and from Tina's own livestream, at the Lincoln Memorial earlier in the morning Jan 6. "This is what Nancy Pelosi is doing to our Constitution! She's ripping our Constitution - she's destroying it!" The giant Pelosi poster is by Scott LoBaido. 3/
#SeditionHunters - House Select Jan 6 Committee drops the first requests for federal records, aiming to untangle potential organization of Capitol attack. Scott MacFarlane needs 8 tweets just to list them all. Focus is on overt attempts to prevent peaceful transfer of power. 1/
The J6 Committee request includes all records relating to Cindy Chafian from April 2020 to Jan 20, 2021. Also a huge list of rally speakers and VIPs. Looks like there will be a reckoning for the #SeditionVIP's, the top of the food chain. 2/
#SeditionHunters first broke the sighting of Chafian amidst the violence at the Capitol - the efforts of many people over many months to find, verify, analyze. Now confirmed independently by Raw Story who did their own careful, rigorous investigation. 3/
#SeditionHunters - a quick note to head off damage from a shoddy piece of reporting by Reuters this morning, an "exclusive" that quotes a single anonymous non-FBI source to assert the Capitol attack was not organized. No research, no names, no evidence. 1/
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#SeditionHunters know that the attack is organized. We have known since Feb. when we published a timeline (and provided it to Congressmen) showing that the mob hit three key entrance points within minutes: Senate 2:44 PM, House 2:44 PM, "tunnel" entrance about 2:35 PM. 2/
We have documented the series of smoke and flag signals that mark every major advance. We see the radios, and communication. We watch perps standing still for minutes, then suddenly unfurling a flag or lighting a smoke flare timed to an event. 3/
#SeditionHunters from the Mountain West will be happy that Idaho extremist #IamPamHemphill is now arrested for her Jan 6 actions! No charging docs yet but it's reported by Boise Public Radio. See thread below for 1/6 sightings... 1/
... and thread by @AFriendlyDad for the past actions in Idaho that got Hemphill named as a Capitol #SeditionVIP. This was not an arrest anyone expected soon, because she hasn't been seen inside the Capitol... 2/
....but the source seems trustable; here's the article by Boise Public Radio reporter @HDruzin. Little detail on actions at the Capitol, so will be very interesting to see the court docs when they're available. What prompted this arrest, why now? 3/
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#SeditionHunters - events in DC required planning. Cindy Chafian organized the fiery Jan 5 rally where Ali Alexander led the crowd in “Victory or Death!” On Jan 6 she marched up the West Capitol steps with bullhorn & entourage and cheered during the assault on Officer Fanone. 1/
Cindy’s been organizing rightwing rallies since the Nov. 2020 election, with speaker lists full of extremist voices: Alex Jones (InfoWars), Michael Flynn, Roger Stone. Security always provided by the shadowy Flynn-connected 1st Amendment Praetorian group. 2/
Husband Scott Chafian, USN Surface Warfare & Anti-Terrorism Officer, held commands providing combat readiness training to foreign countries. Ret. at Lt. Cmdr. 2012 & launched a private firm (ETC Intl) offering similar “training engagements in support of security assistance.’’ 3/
#SeditionHunters - Thursday’s arrest of Alan Hostetter highlighted extremism in Orange County, CA, but even he is junior-league. We knew OC would send their finest, and here he is, the highest-profile #SeditionVIP yet: former U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA 42). 1/
In 2016, House majority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA 23) famously said “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump.” On Jan 6, Rohrabacher roamed the Capitol all day with a guy in a giant ushanka hat. Is this epic trolling by Russia? 2/
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Rohrabacher’s been a fervent defender of Putin and Russia, lost his seat in the 2018 election. On Jan 6 he joined the attack on his former colleagues with his pal #RohraBoris, arriving early at the E. Plaza, then moving West by 2:50 PM, in time for the fighting at the tunnel 3/
#SeditionHunters - a six-person indictment today of III%ers, the first such from the Capitol attack (link). All from CA, tied to a group called the American Phoenix Project. No pics but Hostetter is shown in his local newspaper. 1/
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Suspect the 6 are @DianthaSol's #TwistedTeaPosse which includes at least one from Lake Elsinore CA. Indictment matches their appearance at the Capitol - armed, armored, angry, but slightly clownish. Former police officer is expected for 3Pers. 2/
At least one perp from the new 3Per indictment likely deserves a #SeditionVIP hashtag as a rally speaker - here's #IAmAlanHostetter on Jan 5th with VA seditionist #IAmThomasSpeciale of Vets for Trump and the Army Reserve (h/t @PotrzebieSystem) 3/
#SeditionHunters have heard a lot about PA & AZ; now it’s time for NV! You may know that Proud Boys just tried to take over the GOP in NV’s largest county. On Jan 6, a suspicious meet-up is tied to Joey Gilbert, potential NV gov, & to Vets for Trump. Hang on for tangled thread 1/
On Jan 6, a group incl. Joey Gilbert (#PurpleMeathead) pushed through police barricades on the E. Plaza, then gathered on the E. steps just before the arrival of Alex Jones & Ali Alexander. We called these 3 #GnarleyParley, #WoodlandNorris, and #KleenKutKen. All are from NV. 2/
#GnarleyParley is Warren Gilbert of Reno, NV, Lt. Col. Marines (ret.), Joey’s dad. Served on NV Homeland Security Commission 2011-2019, advising on “potential acts of terrorism”. Maybe he’s now trying out domestic terrorism from the other side? (At R is III%er Rocky Pastorino) 3/
#SeditionHunters have caught another #SeditionVIP in his lies! A big one - AZ State Rep. Mark Finchem claimed he was only “300 to 500 yards away from the Capitol. I was never really there.” Oh yes he was! Let’s review. (See thrd, h/t @cMominator for find & @MThymol for video) 1/
First, why is Finchem a big one? Here’s Ali Alexander on Jan 10: “Arizona started with one man -- State Rep. Mark Finchem… now we’re dealing with 40 or 50 [state reps]....I’m very optimistic that Stop the Steal has already taken over Arizona” (Posted by Church Militant.) 2/
On Jan. 2, Finchem tweeted his DC plans: “I will be in Washington DC on January 6 to #StopTheSteal and fight for President @ realDonaldTrump”.... “This is one of the most important days our republic has ever seen. We need all hands on deck.” 3/
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#SeditionHunters - some bombshell #SeditionVIP's today, & not just politicians. Here is TN preacher #IamPastorGregLocke, VIP speaker on 1/5, insurrectionist on 1/6. Some pre 1/6 quotes: covid is a "fake pandemic", "God almighty is about to dethrone Nancy Pelosi" 1/
Pastor Greg seems to approve of the Capitol attack; he preached violence this Memorial Day weekend: "When they impede on our 1st Amendment Right, we'll meet 'em at the door with our 2nd Amendment Right!" "We're going to fight back - this is our 1776!" 2/
#IamPastorGregLocke's sermons seem awfully political for a church that claims Section 501(c)(3) tax exemption: "We're not going to fall to this Joe Biden".. "I have a president, his name is Donald J Trump!" Might be time to read up on IRS guidelines... 3/
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@EJWulfhorst @TheFinancialDi2 @dilloncollier @Alex__Briseno @omaseddiq @amandalitman
#SeditionVIP
#IAmKyleBiedermann lending a hand at the insurrection
Note the red smoke on the West Plaza
More photos: Jan6attack com
⬇️ Greenpeace on Flickr
@cjcmichel
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#SeditionVIP
#IAmKyleBiedermann lending a hand at the insurrection
Note the red smoke on the West Plaza
More photos: Jan6attack com
⬇️ Greenpeace on Flickr
@cjcmichel
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@EJWulfhorst @dilloncollier @Alex__Briseno @omaseddiq @amandalitman @cjcmichel @cjcmichel @KoltenParker
2/
~12:53 pm
#IAmKyleBiedermann waiting at the 1st barricade: Penn. Walkway, Capitol West side
Trump's speech at the Ellipse does not finish for another 18 minutes: ~1:11 pm
Biedermann doesn't initially advance with the attackers
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~12:53 pm
#IAmKyleBiedermann waiting at the 1st barricade: Penn. Walkway, Capitol West side
Trump's speech at the Ellipse does not finish for another 18 minutes: ~1:11 pm
Biedermann doesn't initially advance with the attackers
@EJWulfhorst @dilloncollier @Alex__Briseno @omaseddiq @amandalitman @cjcmichel @KoltenParker 3/
The 2nd barricades at the police line are quickly breached as well
#IAmKyleBiedermann soon follows past both barricade lines because by ~1:01 pm* (8 minutes later) he is seen standing on a wall along the Penn. Walkway and recording the oncoming crowd
The 2nd barricades at the police line are quickly breached as well
#IAmKyleBiedermann soon follows past both barricade lines because by ~1:01 pm* (8 minutes later) he is seen standing on a wall along the Penn. Walkway and recording the oncoming crowd
#DCRallies
#SeditionVIP
#SeditionGolfCart
1/ Before this thread gets dark (because...Roger Stone),
first a fun one, h/t @justhelpingout6
Watch for a #SeditionGolfCart cameo by Mike Lindell.
It's a caravan.
Who else do you recognize?
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#SeditionVIP
#SeditionGolfCart
1/ Before this thread gets dark (because...Roger Stone),
first a fun one, h/t @justhelpingout6
Watch for a #SeditionGolfCart cameo by Mike Lindell.
It's a caravan.
Who else do you recognize?
tiktok.com/@therealjenlaw…
#DCRallies
2/ MJ: Roger Stone solicited contributions for Jan 5/6 events through the StopTheSteal website (which he launched in 2016) “for private security at every one of our events, as well as funds for permits, staging, transportation, and legal fees”
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2/ MJ: Roger Stone solicited contributions for Jan 5/6 events through the StopTheSteal website (which he launched in 2016) “for private security at every one of our events, as well as funds for permits, staging, transportation, and legal fees”
motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
3/ O.K. Leader Stewart Rhodes: Just as at the Nov & Dec DC. rallies, Oath Keepers “will be conducting PSDs for multiple high profile speakers over both days, and our teams will be either directly responsible for event security or assisting event security”
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#DCRallies
24/ 2nd video for 1/5 Freedom Plaza rally;
earlier speakers, in add'n to list in tweet 11:
#IAmMichaelCoudrey
#IAmOwenShroyer
#IAmAnthonyKern
Mike Lindell
Patrick Byrne
& W.H. Advisor Peter Navarro
#IAmAliAlexander @ 4:26: "Victory or Death"
24/ 2nd video for 1/5 Freedom Plaza rally;
earlier speakers, in add'n to list in tweet 11:
#IAmMichaelCoudrey
#IAmOwenShroyer
#IAmAnthonyKern
Mike Lindell
Patrick Byrne
& W.H. Advisor Peter Navarro
#IAmAliAlexander @ 4:26: "Victory or Death"
25/ Thread on fmr. Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne,
who spoke at the 1/5 Freedom Plaza rally
18 days after a WH meeting with Trump along with
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and lawyer Sidney Powell.
1/5 speakers: Flynn, #IAmAliAlexander in orange hat & sweatshirt
who spoke at the 1/5 Freedom Plaza rally
18 days after a WH meeting with Trump along with
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and lawyer Sidney Powell.
1/5 speakers: Flynn, #IAmAliAlexander in orange hat & sweatshirt
#DCRallies
#SeditionVIP
H/t @BarrenCreek @DianthaSol @KatCapps
26/ Multiple interviews in the VIP tent
for the January 5th Freedom Plaza rally.
Here are just a few:
#SeditionVIP
H/t @BarrenCreek @DianthaSol @KatCapps
26/ Multiple interviews in the VIP tent
for the January 5th Freedom Plaza rally.
Here are just a few:
@capitolhunters
#SeditionHunters
#DCRallies
1/ A resources "table of contents" thread
linking threads about Jan 5 & 6 events & VIP speakers.
Further on: threads on Save America March, StopTheSteal WildProtest, Freedom Rally, 1/5 Freedom Plaza rally; permits, maps & rally videos
#SeditionHunters
#DCRallies
1/ A resources "table of contents" thread
linking threads about Jan 5 & 6 events & VIP speakers.
Further on: threads on Save America March, StopTheSteal WildProtest, Freedom Rally, 1/5 Freedom Plaza rally; permits, maps & rally videos
@SeditionHunters
#CapitolHunters #CapitolRiots
#DCRallies #CapitolBadge
#SeditionHasConsequences
#SeditionVIP
2/ This NYT team investigation is an in-depth view of the way the events of January 5th and 6th came together and the many people involved.
#CapitolHunters #CapitolRiots
#DCRallies #CapitolBadge
#SeditionHasConsequences
#SeditionVIP
2/ This NYT team investigation is an in-depth view of the way the events of January 5th and 6th came together and the many people involved.
#DCRallies
3/ This thread covers VIPs, those with event access badges or providing event security, a Capitol grounds map showing 1st Amendment demonstrations areas, #IAmAlexJones, WildProtest, Roger Stone, & state & local politicians at the insurrection.
3/ This thread covers VIPs, those with event access badges or providing event security, a Capitol grounds map showing 1st Amendment demonstrations areas, #IAmAlexJones, WildProtest, Roger Stone, & state & local politicians at the insurrection.
@capitolhunters
#SeditionHunters
#VIPAccessBadge
Who else had VIP or Access or Security badges and showed up at the Capitol for the insurrection?
Note that the red areas on the Capitol Grounds Demonstration Areas Map are "No demonstrations permitted."
cnn.com/2021/02/21/pol…
#SeditionHunters
#VIPAccessBadge
Who else had VIP or Access or Security badges and showed up at the Capitol for the insurrection?
Note that the red areas on the Capitol Grounds Demonstration Areas Map are "No demonstrations permitted."
cnn.com/2021/02/21/pol…
#VIPAccessBadge
Here a Save America March VIP Silver Seating badge on the West plaza. Note the microphone.
The West Lawn (map area 1⬆️) was fenced off on Jan. 6th.
Trump finished speaking at this Ellipse event, organized by Women for America First, around 1:10 pm.
Getty/NurPhoto
Here a Save America March VIP Silver Seating badge on the West plaza. Note the microphone.
The West Lawn (map area 1⬆️) was fenced off on Jan. 6th.
Trump finished speaking at this Ellipse event, organized by Women for America First, around 1:10 pm.
Getty/NurPhoto
#VIPAccessBadge
East steps of the Capitol: Alex Jones telling people to go down to wait for Trump to come speak, apparently to their permitted WildProtest stage, outside the barricades:
Lot 8, map⬆️.
Ali Alexander & #VipCamel (left balcony w/ VIP badge)
East steps of the Capitol: Alex Jones telling people to go down to wait for Trump to come speak, apparently to their permitted WildProtest stage, outside the barricades:
Lot 8, map⬆️.
Ali Alexander & #VipCamel (left balcony w/ VIP badge)
