This is a notably specific description of the status of the FBI's examination of Stone. They seem to have links to Oath Keepers and others involved in the attack on the Capitol as probable cause to examine his communications. nytimes.com/2021/02/20/us/…
Looking at Stone's links to Oath Keepers, his incendiary rhetoric, fundraising Stop the Steal events and overall role promoting Trump's lies, this story suggested that Stone is morally culpable for the 1/6 attack, though legally is less clear. motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
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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.
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.
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.”
Alex Jones calls Joe Biden a “slave of Satan.”
Jones, unlike most speakers here, admits Trump may have to leave office. “Whatever happens in 15 days.” But he compensates for that weakness by calling Biden a communist agent.
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…
I’ve been here for 15 minutes and this is the third song about Trump having actually won I’ve heard. Second rap. This one is decent to be honest.
Old, white and at least somewhat racist people trying to get into pro-Trump rap.
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.
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/…