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Justin Jersey, aka #Fingerman, took a plea yesterday.
Citing Obama and Pelosi "deepfake" videos made with "widely available and insidious" artificial intelligence technology, a lawyer for Jan. 6 defendant Josh Doolin has told the court they will not stipulate that open-source Capitol attack videos cited by the prosecution are legit. 
"the Government submitted its motion in limine seeking to authenticate video evidence derived from YouTube. The Defense refuses to stipulate the authenticity of any footage..." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
One of the specific videos in question here is what the the government calls the "FORMERWAGIE Video," a very high-quality, 3+ hour long video that was originally posted on a racist website
That 4K video has been tremendously valuable in Jan. 6 cases.
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That 4K video has been tremendously valuable in Jan. 6 cases.
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In a filing on Friday, Jan. 6 pretrial detainee Jonathan Mellis’ lawyer argues Mellis was trying to "defend others from what he perceived to be an imminent threat” when he assaulted officers with a stick.
"Mr. Mellis was in the District of Columbia on January 6th to attend a peaceful, political event led by the then-President…” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Jonathan Mellis was one of those Trump fans upset about the lies his fellow conspiracy theorists were spreading about the Jan. attack.
“We proudly take responsibility for storming the Castle. Antifa and BLM or [sic] too pussy…”
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“We proudly take responsibility for storming the Castle. Antifa and BLM or [sic] too pussy…”
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Detention hearing ongoing now for Justin Jersey, aka #fingerman, who is now indicted in one of the most violent assaults on police attempting to defend the Capitol. Here's the DOJ's pretrial detention memo, filed Sunday: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… #CapitoRiot @wusa9 @EricFlackTV
You can see the man the DOJ has identified as Justin Jersey in this BWC video while he and other defendants, including Jeffrey Sabol and Jack Wade Whitton, repeatedly attack police. wusa9.com/article/news/n…
The ever-on-it @ryanjreilly wrote about how the FBI identified Justin Jersey via a rather conspicuous tattoo here: huffpost.com/entry/fingerma…
Here’s our first look at how the #Fingerman case came about: huffpost.com/entry/fingerma…
DOJ’s detention memo walks you through some of this OSINT journey: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Feds said Justin Jersey took Jan. 6 “trophies,” and had a police officer’s helmet "displayed on the wall near the bar.”
NEW: Michigan’s Justin Jersey — aka #Fingerman — was one of the Jan. 6 attackers who helped kick off the online manhunt for Capitol rioters back in January.
The FBI arrested him up today.
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The FBI arrested him up today.
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One of his codefendants on the superseding indictment is a fellow Michigan resident IDed through similar means: huffpost.com/entry/logan-ba…
Justin Jersey is charged in a superseding indictment, so there’s no FBI affidavit laying out how this case was built. There is, however, this twitter thread:
Let’s meet Justin Jersey AKA #fingerman from Flint Michigan! He’s been one of the most sought after J6 suspects.
A big arrest today, not an organizer but one of the first perps on #SeditionHunters's radar - #Fingerman, who flipped off the police after brutally attacking at the tunnel, notable for his U Michigan sweatshirt. He's Justin Jersey from Flint, Michigan. (h/t @michigantea) 1/
Here's the iconic photo of attackers around a downed police officer that started many people on #SeditionHunting. With today's news about #Fingerman, all hashtags in this Jan 22 post (plus many more) are arrested. 2/
The case is not yet unsealed but Detroit News has a few details. They talk about #HockeystickMan, also from Michigan and also part of that attack, but there doesn't seem to be a connection. 3/
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BOOM: The feds got #fingerman, who brutally assaulted officers and was IDed by #SeditionHunters.
The “fuck you" tattoo on his middle finger helped, but he was also friends with another Capitol rioter who was already arrested, so unclear what got the ball rolling. Will post the court docs when we have them.
Tattoos are the unsung heroes of the Jan. 6 probe, probably followed closely by freckles and moles.
What We've Learned (so far) thread
We started looking for 4 rioters who dragged an officer (#5737) into the mob and beat him before and after he lost consciousness. We thought he might be officer Brian Sicknick, who later died. We know now he was officer A.P. Wayte who survived.
We started looking for 4 rioters who dragged an officer (#5737) into the mob and beat him before and after he lost consciousness. We thought he might be officer Brian Sicknick, who later died. We know now he was officer A.P. Wayte who survived.
In the hunt, though, we found video of a guy (GrayPack) who threw a fire extinguisher at a group of police. One of them had had his helmet knocked off by a different guy who checked him over a ledge. The extinguisher hit one cop in the head, bounced into the helmetless guy.
We know that Officer Sicknick was hit in the head by an extinguisher, "walked it off," then collapsed later and died, presuably from brain bleeding. Those facts fit the helmetless officer, but we don't know yet if he is Sicknick. He turns his head; they don't look that similar.
