Thread by @SethAbramson

The Alabama duo—Mo Brooks and Tommy Tuberville—is one I suspect the FBI will want to investigate. At all stages of the insurrection it seems Trump was working with two Alabama Republicans to ensure the insurrection and the opposition to Biden's certification worked hand-in-glove.

(PS) Mo Brooks was the first Republican to say he'd challenge Biden's certification; was at Trump's rally talking about "kicking ass"; was allegedly conspiring with Akbar. His Alabama GOP delegation peer, Tuberville, was Trump's Senate man, contacted by Giuliani mid-insurrection.

(PS2) A lot of people will be asking about conversations that may have occurred between/amongst Trump, Giuliani, Brooks, Biggs, Gosar, Tuberville, and Akbar as to how the insurrection would be timed and how it would dovetail with Brooks'/Tuberville's actions inside the Capitol.

(PS3) We now know both Trump and Giuliani contacted Tuberville as the insurrection was happening to get him to artificially elongate his objections to Biden's win. These exhortations would've had the effect—and appear to have been intended to—give the insurrectionists more time.

(PS4) I say "appear to have been intended to" because we now have numerous major-media reports establishing that Trump was "excited," "pleased," and "enthusiastic" as the insurrection unfolded. This was the same period of time he tried to *elongate* GOP objections to Biden's win.

(PS5) It was also during this period that Trump was rebuffing attempts to call up the Guard. So we know what Trump, his lawyer, and their allies at the Capitol were doing as the insurrection was unfolding—and we know what they weren't doing—and there seems to be a clear pattern.

(PS6) What I'm saying is that we're in the first few days of a federal investigation that may take a year or more, but one early theory of the case is that Trump didn't just incite insurrection—he and his team helped plan it many days in advance, and coordinate it as it unfolded.

(PS7) There's been such focus on Trump's January 6 words that I think there's been a lack of investigative attention to his actions on that date and before. When the Stop the Steal rally was set for January 6 on December 19, Trump knew of it and tweeted about it instantaneously.

(PS8) Why did Trump say the rally would be "wild"? How did he know before his January 6 speech that there was going to be a march on the Capitol, such that he could detail that plan of action in mid-speech? Why were he/Giuliani directing agents at the Capitol in mid-insurrection?

(PS9) Giuliani implies that him using the phrase "trial by combat" was coincidence. Brooks implies the phrase "kicking ass" was coincidence. Trump implies that him directing his people to march on the Capitol was coincidence.

Investigators will see this as too many coincidences.

(PS10) For those who missed it (it was in another thread) here's the organizer of the Stop the Steal rally saying that the march on the Capitol was a scheme coordinated with Trump allies Biggs, Gosar and Brooks—the last of whom was with Trump at the rally.

https://twitter.com/jason_paladino/status/1347647000922230784?s=19

(PHOTO) For what it's worth, here's a picture of Trump with Ali Alexander (called "Akbar" earlier in this thread because he previously went by the name "Ali Akbar," but it appears he now uses "Alexander," so I will use that going forward).