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1 Mar, 10 tweets, 5 min read
NEW: Prosecutors are beginning to fill in the details of the Proud Boys assault on the Capitol, revealing details about their financing, planning and operations in a new court filing against leader Ethan Nordean.

The latest w/ @joshgerstein

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
@joshgerstein According to prosecutors, NORDEAN was tapped as a de facto leaer of the group after Enrique Tarrio's arrest on Jan. 4.

Nordean helped scout out the Capitol for weakly defended entrances, prosecutors say.

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
@joshgerstein Among other tactics Nordean helped orchestrate, per the filing: Dressing 'incognito' to avoid detection, spreading out at multiple Capitol entrances and recruiting"normies" — non Proud Boys — to join in the assault. politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
@joshgerstein Prosecutors spent some effort describing the Proud Boys' use of radios from a Chinese company, Baofeng, which they wielded as they marched from the Washington Monument to the Capitol.

Nordean is pictured here with a megaphone, leading the group.

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
@joshgerstein In a related case, Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola urged a judge to release him from detention, contending he was a low-level, recent member who has led an otherwise upstanding life.

The judge, Tim Kelly, didn't rule immediately but seemed to cast doubt. politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
@joshgerstein “It was an almost unique attack on the crown jewel of our country, the peaceful transfer of power,” Kelly said. “When you put it that way, and I think it’s very fair to put it that way, it’s almost a unique assault on America, on American history.”

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
The full Nordean filing: politico.com/f/?id=00000177…
UPDATE: A lawyer for NORDEAN sharply rebuts prosecutors' case, contending it's full of innuendo and unsupported claims about what Nordean actually did on Jan. 6. The brief also accuses the government of misleading "multiple" courts about its case. politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
Nordean's lawyer, David Smith, says that Nordean didnt' receive his "Baofeng" radio until Jan. 7, that his phone was dead the day of the riot and that other allegations about his conduct are vague/ominously worded without factual merit.

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
The full Nordean filing: politico.com/f/?id=00000177…

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3 Mar
NEW: The commander of the DC National Guard say he relayed an urgent plea for aid to the Capitol at 1:49 p.m. on Jan. 6.

He didn't hear back from senior officials until 5:08 p.m.

Three hours and 19 minutes. rules.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/… Image
Senior Pentagon official Robert Salesses has a different timeline than the DC National Guard commander.

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NEW: Another conflict has emerged in the timeline of the Jan. 6 security response:

The DC National Guard Chief says it took more than three hours for the Pentagon to react to a desperate plea for help. The Pentagon disagrees.

w/ @AndrewDesiderio

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
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2 Mar
NEW filing documents one of the most brutal Jan. 6 assaults on Capitol police. Prosecutors are asking to hold Clayton Ray Mullins, who allegedly joined an assault on officers as they attempted to retreive Rosanne Boyland's body, one of five who died.
An image documenting the assault was partially redacted because Boyland was visible in it.

"Boyland’s associate, Justin Winchell, was attempting tobring Boyland’s body forward to law enforcement when the assaults of Officers A.W., B.M., and C.M. began."
MULLINS was later identified by someone who has a "30-year-banking relationship" with him, and he was spotted on Feb, 4 surveillance footage at his bank.
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25 Feb
TODAY: The House's acting sergeant-at-arms will testify that on Jan. 6, the only way authorities knew to find lawmakers trapped in their offices was if his staff was contacted directly. He's advocating for a better system to communicate where lawmakers are in an emergency.
Acting sergeant-at-arms Tim Blodgett will also testify that he plans to introduce "emergency training for members on the House floor" and urges lawmakers to participate.
Notably, two of the three Republicans on the appropriations subcommittee holding this Capitol security hearing supported Trump's impeachmnent.
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23 Feb
NEW: There are some disastrous aspects of what went wrong with security on Jan. 6, but it all seemed to culminate in this 2:28 p.m. conference call, when the Pentagon heard pleas for help — and didn't respond for hours.

Per Sund:

politico.com/news/2021/02/2…
When you hear lawmakers like Sen. Johnson suggest that the armed insurrection wasn't an armed insurrection, recall former Capitol Police Chief Sund's description:

"These criminals came prepared for war."
In unannounced testimony at Senate hearing, Capitol Police Captain Mendoza describes experience of facing the Jan. 6 rioters.

She notes rioters deployed "Military grade CS gas" inside the Capitol and received chemical burns to her face.

politico.com/news/2021/02/2…
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23 Feb
NEW: It’s hard to believe but today is Congress’ first chance to demand answers from key officials who oversaw the botched security response that allowed an armed insurrection to overtake the Capitol.

@AndrewDesiderio and I are tracking the hearing.

politico.com/news/2021/02/2…
Things we might learn:

-Why the sergeants at arms seemed to be concerned about ‘optics’ as the mob breached the Capitol

-What happened to Officer Sicknick

-What preparations were made in advance of Jan. 6, and which lawmakers were briefed?

politico.com/news/2021/02/2…
More possible revelations:

-What is the status of the Capitol Police review of lawmakers/staff who have Jan. 5 tours?

-Why are 35 officers being investigated for their Jan. 6 conduct (including six suspended)?

politico.com/news/2021/02/2…
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22 Feb
"Lindell—a talented salesman and former professional card counter—sells the lie to this day because the lie sells pillows."

Quite an opening to the Dominion defamation suit:
"While Lindell was on Facebook blaming Antifa for the storming of the Capitol by people shouting 'Fight for Trump,' MyPillow was offering discounts to people who used the
promotional code 'FightForTrump' at checkout."
"MyPillow began offering a promotion where if customers entered the promo code 'QAnon” at check out, they would receive a $45 discount—a not-so-subtle nod to the 45th President of the United States."
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