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David Begnaud

13 Jan, 9 tweets, 4 min read

“Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the only state attorney general in the United States who did not sign on to one of two letters sent this week condemning the violent insurrection of the U.S. Capitol mounted last week by supporters of President Trump.”texastribune.org/2021/01/13/tex…

Maybe it’s because he was at the rally saying things like: “We will not quit fighting.'”

houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

Paxton is an embattled state official: “Top aides of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have asked federal law enforcement authorities to investigate allegations of improper influence, abuse of office, bribery & other potential crimes against...” him. statesman.com/story/news/loc…

Paxton tried to help Trump & lost at the Supreme Court npr.org/2020/12/11/945…

Today, Paxton’s office charged a woman with voter fraud kxan.com/news/texas/ag-…

“Paxton said the source of evidence used against Rodriguez was video taken last fall and released online by the group Project Veritas. The conservative group, led by James O’Keefe III...”kxan.com/news/texas/ag-…

@KXAN_News

“... has been previously accused of intentionally spreading misinformation online and questionable information-gathering tactics during its undercover sting operations,” reports @KXAN_News kxan.com/news/texas/ag-…

Notable about Paxton: “Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was indicted 5 years ago. He still hasn't gone to trial.”
This involves alleged securities fraud on the state level. texastribune.org/2019/06/19/ken…

@tplohetski

“Federal agents served at least one subpoena Wednesday on the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in an ongoing investigation into allegations that Paxton abused his authority by helping a friend and campaign donor,” reports @tplohetski
amp.statesman.com/amp/3886834001

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U.S. Republican @SenatorLankford of Oklahoma “apologized to Black Tulsans on Thursday for not recognizing that his involvement in questioning presidential election results would offend them.”
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“What I did not realize was all of the national conversation about states like Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, was seen as casting doubt on the validity of votes coming out of predominantly Black communities like Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Detroit,” he wrote.”

“... “I should have recognized how what I said and what I did could be interpreted by many of you,” he said. “I deeply regret my blindness to that perception, and for that I am sorry.”

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ARRESTED: John Earle Sullivan of UT, leader of Insurgence USA, through which he organizes protests.
Prosecutors says he was the Capitol riot leading a chant: “it’s time for a revolution.” Video shows him say: “we about to burn this shit down...we got to rip Trump out of office”

“...f*cking pull him out of that sh*t . . . we ain’t waiting until the next election . . . we about to go get that motherf*cker.”
Sullivan told FBI he was there to attend & film the “Stop the Steal” march, claiming to be an activist & journalist but did not have press credentials

All of this information I’m giving you is from the complaint which details allegations against him: He wore a ballistic vest & a gas mask, & entered the Capitol through a broken window.

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@WSJ

BREAKING: @WSJ reports: A retired Pennsylvania firefighter was arrested today for allegedly throwing a fire extinguisher that hit 3 police officers at the pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol as captured on video
wsj.com/livecoverage/t…

“Robert Sanford of Chester, Pa., faces three federal felony charges including assaulting a police officer after he was allegedly identified as the person who lobbed a fire extinguisher on the west side of the Capitol, at around 2:30 pm...”wsj.com/livecoverage/t…

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.@WSJ reports that the the extinguisher Sanford allegedly threw is “separate from the one that killed Officer Brian Sicknick, who was also struck in the head with a fire extinguisher during the unrest and died from his wounds, officials said.”

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THREAD: New details about the 2 Rocky Mount, Virginia cops who were charged by federal authorities for their role in the insurrection...They are Jacob Fracker & Thomas Robertson, photographed in the Capitol building making an obscene gesture in front of the John Stark statue.

Prosecutors say, “On social media, Robertson is quoted as saying, “CNN and the Left are just mad because we actually attacked the government who is the problem and not some random small business ... The right IN ONE DAY took the f***** U.S. Capitol.” Some other posts:

“... Keep poking us.” He also stated that he was “proud” of the photo on an Instagram post that was shared to Facebook, because he was “willing to put skin in the game.”

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BREAKING: Olympic gold medalist swimmer Klete Keller has been charged by federal authorities for his role in last weeks riot at the Capitol in D.C., reports @nathanfenno of @la

https://twitter.com/nathanfenno/status/1349450052851232768

Some background nytimes.com/2021/01/12/spo…

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This is Jena Ryan of Frisco, TX.
She was at the Capitol insurrection, saying it was “one of the best days of my life.” She took a private jet there, & live-streamed her threats of vandalism. She entered the Capitol. She’s a real estate broker & life coach dallasnews.com/news/politics/…