Thread by @alanfeuer

Those weapons have definitely not shown up in charging doc yet.
But...pay attention to 21-cr-35 in DC, a partly sealed indictment w/at least 3 named defendants, according to magistrate's files: Peter Stager, the flagpole beater; Jeffrey Sabol & Michael Lopatic Sr. (????)

https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1360332966707277830

When you look up Lopatic, for example, you find a newly filed detention memo saying that he not only punched a cop repeatedly, but stole body camera of another cop and disposed of it, destroying evidence, prosecutors say.

Mr. Lopatic...

Yikes.
One day after Election Day, Michael J. Lopatic of Pennsylvania, who has been charged w/assaulting a cop in the Capitol attack, posted a photo online of two dead pheasants he'd just killed (w/ head shots.)

"I named them Joe and Kamala," he wrote.

Double yikes.
In the days after Election Day, Lopatic killed more birds, naming them after Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi...

In new court docs prosecutors say William Chrestman, a leader of the KC Proud Boys, confronted cops at the Capitol saying, “You shoot & I’ll take your fucking ass out!”
Chrestman also tried to stop cops from arresting a fellow rioter & armed himself w/a wooden club or axe handle.

When the FBI surveilled Chrestman in KC, they found he removed the address numbers from his home. Prosecutors say he also purposefully got rid of his firearms before agents executed a search warrant on the home.

This one bears repeating:
The leader of a Proud Boy group from Kansas City charged in the Capitol riots apparently thought he could keep the FBI from executing a search warrant on his home by...removing the address numbers displayed outside the house.

Prosecutors have filed new charges against Jon Mellis (in the hat below), accusing him of attacking cops at the Capitol with a stick. Mellis also rebutted the argument that Antifa was behind the attack, saying in a FB post "We proudly take responsibility for storming the Castle."

Arguing for his freedom pre-trial, KC Proud Boy William Chrestman says he has "experienced the clarity of perspective sometimes imparted by a federal prosecution."
Chrestman now realizes the Proud Boys are "radioactive," "enfeebled" & "in disarray," his release memo says.

Like so many others, Proud Boy William Chrestman blames Trump for his role in the Capitol riot. His plea to be released quotes McConnell's post-impeachment speech.
"The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their President."

After Chris Grider went home to Texas from the Capitol riot (where he was near Ashli Babbit when she was shot), he told his wife to "get rid of his Trump things," new court papers say.
His wife gave a Gadsden flag and red ballcap Grider had at the riot to a neighbor.

NEW: Prosecutors have unsealed an indictment against three men who violently attacked cops at the Capitol. All three--Jeffrey Sabol, Peter Stager & Michael Lopatic--had been charged separately at first. But the new indictment brings their cases together.

New charges have also been filed against Christian Secor, a UCLA student & founder of an America First campus group.
A tipster told the FBI that Secor is a Groyper, a reference to the white nationalist group led by Holocaust-denying podcaster Nick Fuentes

Secor also goes by the name "Scuffed Elliot Rodger," according to the tipster. Rodger, recall, was the incel serial killer who went on a shooting rampage in Isla Vista, Cali. in 2014

Secor's charging documents include a photo of him w/Nick Fuentes whose face is blacked out here and who is ID'd in the docs only as Person 1.
Still, if you're Nick Fuentes, it's not a good sign that the FBI is including you in criminal court filings.

The FBI says that Secor's Twitter feed encourages people to watch Nick Fuentes, describes fascism as "epic" and valorizes the Charlotteville tiki torch march where people chanted "Jews will not replace us!"

Somehow I missed this photo of Gina Bisignano, the Louis Vuitton-wearing salon owner from Beverly Hills who was charged w/storming the Capitol. It was included in a govt detention memo last week. The feds say it captures the moment Bisignano's makeup ran after she was tear gassed

NEW: Two weeks after executing a search warrant against him, the feds have unsealed charges against David Blair of MD. He's accused of attacking a cop at the Capitol with a lacrosse stick flying a Confederate flag.

Interesting: During the search of Blair's home in MD, the FBI found a notebook. Inside, under the words "SAVE USA," was a cryptic reference to Officer Brian Sicknick being a COVID victim. Agents also found an AR-15 and brass knuckles w/a confederate flag logo.

A prosecutor just said that the government is not seeking pre-trial detention for David Blair, charged w/attacking a cop at the Capitol w/ a lacrosse stick flying a Confederate Flag.

When Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert tweeted "Who is going to be in DC on 1/6 to stand w/President Donald Trump?” Glenn Wes Lee Croy (below right) answered, “Fellow Coloradan we will be there,” according to his criminal complaint.

The news is that a federal judge in DC has ruled that Eric Munchel, aka Zip Tie guy, should be held in custody pending trial.
But I still love the detail that before storming the Capitol he worked at Kid Rock's Big Ass Honky Tonk and Rock 'N' Roll Steakhouse.

It was probably not the brightest thing when Suzanne Kaye of Fla responded to a call from the FBI asking about the Capitol by posting a vid on FB titled "Fuck the FBI!"
In it Kaye said she'd exercise her “2nd amendment right to shoot your fucking ass" if the agents came to visit.

Proud Boy Dominic "Spaz" Pezzola is ready to enter plea negotiations to resolve his role in the Capitol assault, his lawyer says in new court papers released tonight.