Thread by @lrozen

🧵J6 comm letter to Loudermilk: Surveillance footage shows a tour of approximately ten individuals led by you to areas in the Rayburn, Longworth, and Cannon House Office Buildings, as well as the entrances to tunnels leading to the U.S. Capitol. The below image shows you leading

individuals on tour: Individuals on the tour photographed & recorded areas of the complex not typically of interest to tourists, inc. hallways, staircases, &security checkpoints. For ex, the below image shows an individual appearing to photograph a staircase in Longworth basement

while you speak with others nearby:

The behavior of these individuals during the Jan. 5, 2021 tour raises concerns about their activity and intent while inside the Capitol complex.
The Select Comm has learned that some individuals you sponsored into the complex attended the rally at the Ellipse on the morning of J6

Acc. to video recordings from that day…the individual who appeared to photograph a staircase in the Longworth House Office Building filmed a companion with a flagpole appearing to have a sharpened end who spoke to the camera saying, “It’s for a certain person,”

while making aggressive jabbing motion. Later, these individuals joined the unpermitted march from the Ellipse to Capitol. While standing near the Capitol grounds, the same individual made a video that contained detailed & disturbing threats against specific Members of Congress

…he said, “There’s no escape Pelosi, Schumer, Nadler. We’re coming for you. …They got it surrounded. …they’re coming in, coming in like white on rice for Pelosi, Nadler, even you, AOC. We’re coming to take you out …’ … Video

“The foregoing information raises questions the Select Committee must answer. … … We again ask you to meet with the Select Committee at your earliest convenience.” letter ends

I would think, in addition to Rep. Loudermilk and Ranking House Admin comm Republcan Davis, the committee’s findings would also warrant questioning of US Capitol Police Chief of Police J Thomas Manger, whose letter to Davis either missed some of the facts, or misled abt them

Manger in letter: “we do not consider any of the activities we observed suspicious.”

oh yeah?

Again, recall that a GOP aide to House Admin Comm. said flatly “there were no tours.” now we all see evidence Loudemilk led a 2+ hour tour, people on it were taking photographs of hallways & entrances, & were at the Jan 6 rally threatening members of congress.

thehill.com/policy/nationa…

House Admin GOP aide in Feb: we reviewed 48hrs of video footage, there were no tours, no MAGA hats.
Loudermilk in May: tour for constituent family w/kids
Video & photographs of 2+ hr Loudermilk tour 1/5: Tour, photographing hallways, stairwells, entrances, MAGA hats. no kids

Link to J6 committee letter to Loudermilk here january6th.house.gov/sites/democrat…

Link to capitol chief of police J Thomas Manger letter to Davis here

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Has anyone seen a statement from @RepLoudermilk explaining his false statements?
Or from @RodneyDavis on those made on behalf of House Committee on Administration Republicans?

Check out the video. From ~2min mark, the man is taking photos of Capitol office bldng stairwells and entrances, while Loudermilk stands by talking to others. Earlier in video, the man is marching to Capitol on 1/6 threatening members of Congress

This is not a tourist taking a photo.

Anyone know who is the seeming member of Congress in blue suit top right holding his staff back so the man on Loudermilk tour can take a photo of the hallway area? clear that there were a lot of people who saw a tour that GOP has lied about for over a year

see this thread by a House staffer

If Loudermilk had felt he was giving an innocent tour to constituents on 1/5, why did he not just say so from the beginning? Why lie and dissemble for months and months?
Why did he and House Admin committee GOP lie and say no tours, no MAGA hats, at all?

That would have been a ten minute story if he had said it in January 2021. He gave a tour, had no idea if any of the people were coming to try to do surveillance for the rally.

“The Georgia Republican said in a statement after the video’s release that the panel is ‘is undermining the Capitol Police and doubling down on their smear campaign.’” apnews.com/article/capito…

So after he got caught lying, Loudermilk appears to be hiding behind the skirts of the police.

Capitol Police comment 👉🏼

thread with more video

Loudermilk seems very defensive.

.@RepLoudermilk, via CSpan, falsely claims the committee never contacted him.
Here is a previous letter from J6 Select Committee dated May 19, 2022 addressed to Loudermilk asking for Loudermilk’s voluntary cooperation. january6th.house.gov/sites/democrat…

c-span.org/video/?521084-…

Loudermilk says he was giving a tour to a family and “some guests” they brought from Georgia.

c-span.org/video/?521084-…

~0:40 mark, Loudermilk claims he never saw the guy on the video. but he seems to be referring to the video from 1/6 of the bearded man with flag pole, not the man taking the photos 1/5 of security checkpoints on tour Loudermilk gave, who is narrating 1/6 video,

and in whose audio narration is threatening harm to members of Congress.

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