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Jan 14, 2022, 8 tweets

BREAKING: The FBI has arrested a Proud Boy in Florida who was caught with the help of his modeling photos.

Online sleuths had dubbed the man, a military veteran, as “RayBanTerrorist.”

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A.J. Fischer certainly likes to dress up. huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…

There have been a lot of Jan. 6 defendants who were in the military, and a few who modeled. A.J. Fischer fits into both categories!

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No modeling photos in the complaint, unfortunately, but they do have a number of images of A.J. Fischer assaulting law enforcement officers on Jan. 6, including with chairs, a traffic cone, and a pole.

A.J. Fischer tried his best to clean up his social media tracks, but it’s really, really hard to clean up everything! Take this screenshot that a friend of his posted nearly a decade ago, when they were in high school.

Sleuths will eventually sniff it out. huffpost.com/entry/sedition…

You might say sleuths really shined here. huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…

Here's the man sleuths called #RayBanTerrorist front-and-center during the tunnel battle at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6:

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