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Oct 20, 2021, 13 tweets

“Mr. Bannon was in the war room at the Willard on January 6th” - Liz Cheney

While details are thin surrounding who was actually at the Willard Hotel "War Room" a few photos have emerged.

Among those in attendance: Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and OANN's Christina Bobb...

Russ Ramsland Jr. who has been central to the dissemination of election fraud claims in multiple states was also in attendance.

More on Ramsland here: washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Hapless spy turned Roger Stone wannabe Robert Hyde was also in the room. We only have these photos because Hyde posted them on his instagram.

Additionally at the Willard Hotel, InfoWars and Roger Stone both booked suites with large common rooms. Both of these photos are from the suites they booked on January 5th and 6th.

In attendance: Michael Flynn, Owen Shroyer, Roger Stone, among others.

Major credit to @AndrewLSeidel for spotting that the man in the foreground of the photo with Roger Stone is Pastor Mark Burns, who on January 6th took to periscope to advance a false narrative attributing the riot at the Capitol to AntiFa

I see several people flagged that @SethAbramson surfaced most of these photographs in July 2021. Seth certainly did.

Seth and I may draw different conclusions about what these photographs show or prove —I only bumped them up b/c of yesterday's developments with the committee.

@SethAbramson While Roger Stone is not known for his truth telling, he does appear to admit that the suite where he was staying (pictured above) was in fact suite 500 at The Willard. He also gets weirdly specific about "26 police cars" and a "SWAT Team" raiding the suite shortly after he left.

@SethAbramson While the term "war room" is hyperbolic, there were several meetings similar to the ones above across myriad groups implicated in the riot. A common thread in each was to "delay" certification in hopes that a temporary injunction could be obtained in a lawsuit the following day.

@SethAbramson The lawsuit in question was filed by TX Rep. Louie Gohmert against VP Mike Pence and argued that Pence as the Senate's presiding officer, had the power to choose which electors to certify.
electioncases.osu.edu/wp-content/upl…

Important Note: in addition to reserving suites at the Willard Hotel, Infowars reserved a rooftop terrace at 101 Constitution Ave which they retreated back to to continue their broadcast while the violence unfolded at the Capitol in the backdrop.

h/t @capitolhunters

Coincidently, Ali Alexander and Michael Coudrey two of the primary organizers of the January 6 "wild protest" also used the terrace at 101 Constitution Ave to watch the riot unfold and record video content.

I just wanted to make sure to properly credit and thank @k2doe for having the foresight at 4pm on January 6 to screen recored the above video shortly before Ali Alexander and Michael Coudrey had their accounts suspended.

This detailed chronology of who participated in Giuliani's "war room" at the Willard Hotel and what roles they played was published today by @JaxAlemany, @emmersbrown, @jonswaine, @thamburger this afternoon in the Washington Post.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…

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