EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Capitol Hill Security Footage Challenges Key Narratives | THREAD👇
A 3-month investigation by @EpochTimes of 41,000 hours of US Capitol Police surveillance video has uncovered dramatic footage that in many cases challenges longstanding… https://t.co/3TpNjbPrsjtheepochtimes.com/article/exclus…
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Since late April, the newspaper has analyzed hundreds of hours of video that was previously hidden from public view.
The first results of this ongoing investigation are presented in an @EpochTV Special Report with host @JoshJPhilipp and senior… https://t.co/3SMyslmCSYtheepochtimes.com/epochtv/the-ca…
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@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp Who is Pink Beret?
Bystanders in the huge crowds at the US Capitol on #Jan6 couldn't help but notice the young woman with the stylish clothes, high heels, Dolce & Gabbana handbag, and a pink beret perched on her head.
She became known on social media by the hashtag #PinkBeret. https://t.co/Xdx8qJgyuZtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp #PinkBeret was in the crowd that watched the first breach of police lines near the Peace Fountain on the Capitol's west front at about 12:50 p.m.
#Jan6 defendant Darrell Neely told a federal court in his criminal trial that Pink Beret lured him into the Capitol Visitor Center… https://t.co/GzjbsNHmQvtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp After more than 2 years, the #FBI put her on its #Jan6 most-wanted page in late April.
More than 2 months after she was named in Neely's court filings as a potential defense witness, the FBI identified #PinkBeret as Jennifer Inzunza Vargas Geller. https://t.co/kgtkyWOeDktwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp On May 9, the #DOJ charged Ms. Geller with 4 #Jan6 misdemeanor counts.
Her case was unusual because the DOJ almost never announces charges against defendants before they are arrested and in custody.
Her husband, Spencer Sidney Geller, was charged in July… https://t.co/OKJt9LWQIWtheepochtimes.com/us/pink-beret-…
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@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp Officer Brian Sicknick
Some of the most dramatic CCTV footage acquired by The Epoch Times showed the disabling of Capitol Police Officer #BrianSicknick, who died the day after the Capitol protest and riots of #Jan6.
Mr. Sicknick died late on Jan. 7, 2021. His cause of death was… https://t.co/8G8rmKpESNtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp The video shows that just after 2:20 p.m., Mr. Sicknick and 2 MPD officers charged out into the crowd of rioters, who had been pulling over security barriers with a thick freight strap.
In the center, however, an MPD commander fired numerous bursts of pepper spray from a… https://t.co/ZaSsSp8RMetwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp Mr. Khater was sentenced to 6 years and 8 months in prison on a plea deal for assault with a deadly weapon and other charges.
Although he was initially charged with 12 criminal counts, Mr. Tanios pleaded guilty to 2 misdemeanors and was sentenced to time served, 1 year of… https://t.co/OH3xpFcBUctwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp Elie Khater, Julian Khater's father, said the video is another example of the system being tipped against defendants.
"Since it is in Washington D.C., everything is stacked against the January sixers," Khater told The Epoch Times.
"From the very… https://t.co/9T37b04Xplgivesendgo.com/savejuliankhat…
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@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp @NYTimes published a 2021 story claiming Trump supporters smashed Sicknick's head with a fire extinguisher, causing his death.
That claim was eventually retracted but is still repeated 30 months after Sicknick's death. https://t.co/1ptSP1oUaktwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp @nytimes The next claim was that his death was caused by a potent bear spray wielded by Khater and Tanios. While Tanios said he had bear spray canisters in his backpack in the event the men were attacked by #Antifa, the spray was never used.
Khater had a Mace Brand KeyGuard pepper spray… https://t.co/kTIsRCUD0Etwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp @nytimes Oath Keepers
When 5 #OathKeepers defendants went on trial in September 2022 for alleged seditious conspiracy to attack the Capitol on #Jan6, a key piece of prosecution evidence was an alleged 3-way phone call initiated by Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III.… https://t.co/SoaNfvwlaftwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp @nytimes Video discovered by @EpochTimes shows one of the exterior terrace-level cameras was trained on Rhodes while he stood on the Upper Northwest Terrace at the Capitol between 2:51 p.m. and nearly 3:00 p.m.
In the video, Rhodes appeared to be attempting cell… https://t.co/QCHFScxyuptheepochtimes.com/us/exclusive-c…
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@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp @nytimes "I never saw it," Mr. Rhodes told The Epoch Times in a June phone interview from jail, referring to the nine minutes of CCTV video. Mr. Rhodes said the idea that he was being surveilled is "really creepy."
Mr. Rhodes and Ms. SoRelle appeared on the left side of the camera view… https://t.co/Z0yMDW4uLZtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp @nytimes The video is significant because it could back up testimony given by Mr. Rhodes in #FBI interviews and in court testimony that he was attempting to get Oath Keepers away from the Capitol, not to attack it.
“I was trying to call them, to get them to come to us, to get them to… https://t.co/le4dKX09fEtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp @nytimes Rosanne Boyland
The death of #RosanneBoyland, 34, of Kennesaw, Georgia, remains one of the biggest tragedies of #Jan6.
Ms. Boyland came to Washington to hear President Trump speak at the Ellipse. She made her way to the Capitol and wandered into the Lower West Terrace tunnel… https://t.co/sUOfr7T9yxtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@EpochTV @JoshJPhilipp @nytimes Information uncovered in this video investigation filled in a lot of details on what happened to Ms. Boyland after her lifeless body was pulled into the Capitol just after 4:30 p.m. on #Jan6.
The CCTV footage shows that after medics in the Capitol basement tried to resuscitate… https://t.co/kTKESL2Wk3twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Despite early Capitol Police reports that she collapsed in the Rotunda at 5:00 p.m., the video shows that was impossible, as was the notion paramedics came upon 2 unnamed Capitol Police officers doing CPR on Ms. Boyland.
Dramatic resuscitation efforts… https://t.co/g2ydYmh43dtheepochtimes.com/us/exclusive-s…
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One of Ms. Boyland's sisters noticed a large, dark bruise on her left shoulder in a Getty Images photograph run with a July 24 Epoch Times article on Ms. Boyland's case.
No shoulder injuries were documented in the emergency room notes or in the autopsy done by the Office of the… https://t.co/3Zked7Ml4Ztwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Death of Benjamin Philips
Security video challenged the longstanding narrative that Benjamin James Philips—the first of 4 Trump supporters to die on #Jan6—was struck by a police munition before he collapsed from a fatal cardiac event.
Video from a… https://t.co/4x7PoxhTsBtheepochtimes.com/us/exclusive-s…
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"I got a crowd fighting with officers, pushing, throwing projectiles," Deputy Chief Eric Waldow broadcast at 1:06 p.m. "I have given warnings about chemical munitions. I need the less-than-lethal team positioned above me to identify the agitators and start deploying. Launch,… https://t.co/upayIaFV56twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Sweeping the Capitol
After U.S. Air Force veteran #AshliBabbitt, 35, was shot by Capitol Police near the House Chamber at 2:45 p.m., police made aggressive efforts to push all of the protesters out of the Capitol.
The Epoch Times obtained CCTV security video showing SWAT teams… https://t.co/YfbSDmnzPstwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
At the same time, tactical teams from the @ATFHQ and other federal agencies began sweeping the upper floors of the Capitol to ensure no protesters were left.
With rifles raised and SureFire tactical lights illuminating their paths, the tactical teams moved methodically through… https://t.co/qkjiVGIZg1twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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