Trump’s #Seditionists beat officers with metal pipes and a pole with an American flag attached, and used stun guns. Officer Fanone suffered a mild heart attack and drifted in and out of consciousness.
Fanone said he heard rioters shout. “Kill him with his own gun!”🤬
Here’s video of Trump’s violent #Seditionists beating an officer with a pole with an American flag.🤬
Trump’s #Seditionists employed bear spray and other chemical irritants that blinded officers and threw smoke grenades that turned the tunnel pitch black.
One officer recounted: “If you didn’t have a gas mask,” — and many officers didn’t — “it was almost impossible to breathe.”😱
Another officer: "“Everything they did was in a military fashion,” saying he witnessed #seditionists using hand signs and waving flags to signal positions, and using what he described as “military formations.” They took high positions and talked over wireless communications.🤬
DC Officer Hodges: “The zealotry of these people is absolutely unreal. There were points where I thought it was possible I could either die or become seriously disfigured.”
🚨🚨BREAKING: #MyPillow CEO Michael Lindell’s notes for his meeting with Trump show that he lobbied to install Trump loyalists to gin up “evidence” of electoral “fraud” and impose #MartialLaw to keep Trump in power.
“#InsurrectionAct now as a result of the assault on the...#MartialLaw if necessary upon the first hint of any”
Lindell appears to be arguing that, in response to the violence at the Capitol, Trump should invoke the #InsurrectionAct, which would allow him to impose #MartialLaw.🤬
The majority of Trump’s terrorists are white supremacists whose past conduct was so alarming that their names had been previously entered into the national Terrorist Screening Database.
And Trump threw gasoline on their raging fire of hate.🤬
The presence of so many watch-listed #terrorists at the Capitol *without more robust security measures to protect elected leaders, including the @VP* is another example of the intelligence failures preceding the #TrumpCoupAttempt that sent lawmakers running for their lives.🤬
‼️ Donovan Crowl—a 50 yo former @USMC who served as a helicopter mechanic—was among the uniformed #seditionists. While storming the Capitol, he wore a combat helmet, ballistic goggles, and a tactical vest with a handheld radio.
A patch on Crowl’s sleeve identified him as a member of the Oath Keepers, a far-right anti-government group identified as one of the largest and most dangerous extremist groups in the country that's been involved in several armed standoffs with law enforcement in recent years.🤬
Mary McCord, a former acting assistant AG for national security in DOJ, said that while “these types of modern unlawful militias have been around for decades, ever since Ruby Ridge and Waco,” Trump’s incitement had encouraged their #insurrection.🤬
🔥BREAKING: The DC Attorney General notified Don Jr that it wants to interview him as part of a lawsuit alleging that Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee illegally funneled money to Trump Org.
AG @KarlRacineDC alleges that the Trump Inaugural Committee—a tax-exempt nonprofit—wasted $1 million of donor money on an overpriced, little used ballroom at the Trump's DC hotel, and then paid a $49,000 hotel bill that originally went to Trump Org.🧐
Racine’s office said that Don Jr’s assistant and close friend had reserved the hotel rooms at the Loews Madison Hotel that led to the $49,000 bill. After the bill went to a collections agency, the Trump Inaugural Committee paid the charge.
‼️Florida @AGAshleyMoody served on the board of directors of the Rule of Law Defense Fund.
On the eve of the deadly #TrumpInsurrection, the conservative group sent out robocalls urging Trump supporters to join efforts to overturn the election by force.🤬 tampabay.com/news/florida-p…
The Rule of Law Defense Fund is a non-profit arm of the @RepublicanAGs Association and became a key contributor to the #TrumpInsurrection. Alabama AG Steve Marshall, chairman of the group, *blamed the staff* and vowed an investigation.
Per @AP, one robocall said: "At 1 pm we will march to the Capitol building and call on Congress to stop the steal. We’re hoping 'patriots' like you will join us to continue to fight to protect the integrity of our elections.”
🚨#Seditionist Audrey Ann Southard—#Florida singer & vocal coach—used her soprano at the #TrumpInsurrection to scream at cops that they should “tell f**king Pelosi we’re coming for her! F**king traitorous c**ts, we’re coming! We’re coming for all of you!”
‼️Just prior to storming the Capitol, #Seditionist Southard posted a now-deleted live video to Facebook: “We’re standing in front of the Capitol building, ready to take it. It’s gonna be fun.”
While pushing a wooden pole with an American flag against an officer’s torso, Southard yelled: “Bulls**t! They’re going to feel us!We’re pushing through. Boys, ready to go again?” she shouted before yelling at an officer, “last breath or last bullet, what’s it going to be?”🤬