“Wooh! We in this motherfucker!” he said in the Facebook livestream video. "Bro, they stormed the Capitol, bro…pushed the cops out of the way, everything… took it over.”
Importantly, it looks like the feds proactively obtained the information from Facebook in response to a search warrant.
It doesn’t look like this case came about as a result of a tip from a Facebook friend, but rather because the feds got a search warrant for Facebook videos posted from the Capitol. justice.gov/file/1356986/d…
Yet another indication that the feds are expanding and taking on slightly more complicated cases and not just cases that were essentially dropped in their lap all wrapped up with a bow. huffpost.com/entry/viral-in…
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Feds say a Michigan Trump fanatic who came to the Capitol and launched an attack with a hockey stick also went to the TCF Center in Detroit after the election, where a bunch of racists showed up to try and stop votes from being counted.
When your dad’s Facebook boost about you get the feds on your trail:
“Was he the guy sitting in Nancy Pelosi’s chair?”
His dad: “he was raised better.”
"It further shows the man with the hockey stick lifting the stick above his head and swinging it down rapidly, striking an individual on the ground several times.” justice.gov/opa/page/file/…
"New York City Police Department records confirm S1 is a retired police officer. Based on this statement, and the statement above about traveling with 'ex NYPD and some proud boys' your affiant believes that this comment indicated that KELLY planned to travel to [D.C.] with S1.”
The two selfie cops are about to have a virtual court appearance before a federal magistrate judge in D.C. huffpost.com/entry/police-o…
Jacob Fracker, a 29-year-old officer, laughingly tells the judge that he has “like, a month of online college” after the judge asked about his education level.
Both officers were supposed to get their weapons out of their home, per prior court order, but agents found numerous weapons at Robertson’s home when they performed a search warrant this morning, per government.