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Oct 7, 2021, 16 tweets

BREAKING: The feds have arrested two Trump-loving cousins who were caught on video attacking cops at the Capitol on Jan. 6: huffpost.com/entry/trump-ca…

Here’s Tommy Smith in a Trump beanie, carrying the old Mississippi state flag that features the confederate battle flag, standing in front of the National Museum of African American History & Culture. huffpost.com/entry/trump-ca…

"What a wonderful day and Washington” he wrote on Jan. 8.

The arrests are yet another indication of the huge role that online sleuths are playing in helping the FBI identify the Trump supporters who assaulted police and stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. huffpost.com/entry/trump-ca…

Here’s Trump fanatic Donnie Wren photographed attacking cops: huffpost.com/entry/trump-ca…

Much like the charges against #ThreePercentSheriff and #CatSweat, #MississippiFlagGuy and #KingstonAsh were charged via grand jury indictment. But here’s a look behind the curtain at how they were IDed: huffpost.com/entry/trump-ca…

“We pretty much got our asses kicked by the cops then we kick the cops asses…. Patriots stood together and battled the tyrannical cops throughout the entire afternoon.” huffpost.com/entry/trump-ca…

There’s much, much, much more to come: huffpost.com/entry/feds-mad…

“You sleuths always manage to turn a foot into a leg, leg into a body, & body into a face… Add it to the charges.”

“Still can’t believe these pics made it so far LOL.”

“Front page again.”

“I hate to see a picture of myself with my state flag attached to a headline like this.”

Here was the breakthrough:

Thomas Harlen Smith has a court appearance in Greenville, Mississippi, this afternoon. He’s got a $10,000 unsecured bond and a federal public defender. huffpost.com/entry/trump-ca…

One of the guys who brought an old Mississippi flag featuring the confederate battle cross complained that he was asked to stop whistling “Dixie” at work.

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