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7 Feb, 6 tweets, 2 min read
The Trump campaign paid an Arizona state Republican while he supported overturning Biden’s win in his state. He was also in Washington and outside the Capitol during the 1/6 attack. azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
Finchem recruited Oath Keepers in 2014.
Finchem claims he didn’t enter the Capitol but he tweeted supportively from outside.
Finchem later complained when the security response to the attack he supported stopped him from getting food delivered to his hotel.
Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander said that the movement in Arizona “was started with one man, Rep. Mark Finchem.” Now we know Finchem was paid by the Trump campaign.
More on Finchem: motherjones.com/politics/2021/…

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6 Jan
People climbing wall on west front earlier.
Back online after losing service outside Capitol as the Trumpers stormed the building. Some backed up stuff followed. Here the woman in the blue Trump hat tried to dissuade idiots from storming building. Partly by saying the leaders were antifa, but still, good for her.
Guy holding flag here was yelling that he would come back with his gun if Biden is inaugurated. ImageImage
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Angela Stanton-King, an obscure right wing figure pardoned by Trump by Trump just screamed into loud, a very much working mic, “my mic isn’t working.” And: “They’re trying to shut us down.”
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5 Jan
At Freedom Plaza, a not so big crowd chants “Enrique” for Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the Proud Boy leader arrested yesterday for destruction of property and feint weapons charges. He was ordered to leave DC. wtop.com/dc/2021/01/cou…
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4 Jan
Federal agents and members of the military policing protests are now legally required to display info identifying themselves and their org under a provision in the Defense Authorization bill that just became law after Congress overrode Trump's veto. motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
Mayor Bowser asks DOD and DOJ not to again deploy "unidentifiable personnel" in DC, noting they "could become a national security threat." Bowser might have noted Congress just passed a law prohibiting this.
Here's what the law says. motherjones.com/politics/2020/… Image
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4 Dec 20
The big loser in this expose seems to be Abbe Lowell. Diller's dead. Baras has served his time. Broidy's already taken a zillion PR hits. But this suggests that DOJ at least suspected Lowell, a renowned defense lawyer, of illegally lobbying the WH.
nytimes.com/2020/12/03/us/…
Notably, Lowell represents GOP fundraiser Nickie Lum Davis. In August Lowell negotiated with DOJ a deal in which Davis pleaded guilty to aiding/abetting illegal lobbying for Malaysia (to kill DOJ's IMDB investigation) and providing evidence against Broidy. motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
Lowell was also Davis' lawyer at the time she engaged in the 1MDB lobbying scheme she has admitted was illegal. And he was personally involved those lobbying efforts. motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
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3 Dec 20
The final FY21 Defense Authorization bill requires any armed forces members, including Nat'l Guard, or federal law enforcement personnel responding to a civil disturbances/protests to display their name and the organization/force they work for, Murphy and Schumer note tonight.
This language seems to have been watered down a bit from Murphy and Schumer's original bill. murphy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…. The NDAA version includes the attached exceptions for officers who don't normally wear uniforms and agents "engaged in undercover operations."
The legislation is response to lots of reporting, including, initially, by me for Mother Jones, on unidentified federal officers policing protests in DC in early June. motherjones.com/politics/2020/…;
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