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Oct 15, 2021, 8 tweets

The government has provided videos filmed by Capitol defendant Brian McCreary, who pleaded guilty today.

Chief Judge Beryl Howell asked the government to submit the videos as evidence, and she really did the feds a solid here. Just a goldmine for online sleuths. Here’s video no. 2. #SeditionHunters

Because they’re submitted as evidence in a court proceeding, any media outlet can now use these videos, which offer an up-close look at the violence and chaos that day.

Lots of high-quality images of faces that are of much better quality than surveillance footage.

Front line footage from outside the Senate chamber:

Coming up the stairs:

"THIS IS MY HOUSE!"

"THIS IS OUR HOOOOUUUSE!"

Here's the last of the eight videos. Pure chaos.

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