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1 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Most Capitol Rioters Went Home. This Is How The FBI Is Tracking Them Down. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
A deep dive: Court documents in the Capitol insurrection cases reveal the chance encounters, coincidental acquaintances, constellation of tipsters, and wide array of law enforcement tradecraft that are helping the feds build these cases and make arrests buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
The guy arrested after state police got a call he was trying to stop a relative from getting a COVID vaccine. The woman ID'd when she went to a sheriff's office to get a gun permit. The man recognized by his college classmate — who is now an FBI agent. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
There was one witness who had organized a bus of Trump supporters to travel from PA for the Jan. 6 rally, and spoke afterwards with his retired law enforcement friend about two passengers who had really ticked off their fellow travelers buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…

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26 Feb
Way, way back in Jan. 2017, DC police conducted mass arrests during protests on Trump's inauguration day. Lawsuits alleged constitutional violations: 
buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…

There's a tentative settlement, but things have gotten a bit messy. Short thread on a hearing today:
A judge had ruled some claims could go forward, and then there was a long stretch of mediation/settlement talks. Everything seemed on track for resolution, but then last month the ACLU alerted the judge that DC seemed to be dragging its feet in signing: 
Which brings us to today's hearing. DC's lawyer said they have to submit any monetary settlement for mayoral approval, and didn't know how much longer that would take and couldn't guarantee for sure it'd get final approval. Judge Amy Berman Jackson was not thrilled to hear this.
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23 Feb
A hearing is starting soon on the govt's request to keep Capitol insurrection defendant Douglas Jensen in custody — a magistrate judge had granted release.

Jensen is the man seen at the front of the group chasing Officer Eugene Goodman. Govt memo: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2046…
That was fast: Douglas Jensen's lawyer Christopher Davis says they are going to agree to detention for now, and reserve the right to bring it up again if something changes once they get discovery from the government
For the sake of making the record, Judge Timothy Kelly states that he is granting the government's motion for detention as uncontested, but is also briefly explaining why he agrees that the govt satisfied the criteria for arguing for detention given the facts alleged
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22 Feb
Just in: SCOTUS has cleared the way for prosecutors in NY to get Trump's tax returns — the court rejected Trump's request to halt lower court rulings that dismissed his challenge to the grand jury subpoena.

Prev from 2nd Circuit: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7222…
The US Supreme Court will let New York prosecutors enforce a grand jury subpoena for eight years of Trump's tax returns — it was a one-line order with no noted dissents buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
SCOTUS really washed its hair of Trump-related cases today:
- Cleared the way for NY prosecutors to get his tax docs
- Formally refused to hear his failed challenges to Biden's wins in PA and WI
- Won't revive Stormy Daniels' defamation suit against him
buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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22 Feb
Day 1 of Judge Merrick Garland's confirmation hearing to be the next attorney general is now underway before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On Garland's prepared opening remarks:
Notable exchange btwn Sen. Hawley and Garland — Hawley asks if attacking courthouses is domestic extremism/terrorism, re: Portland. Garland draws a line between attacking federal property at night/generally and, in a clear nod to Jan. 6, doing it to stop judges from hearing cases
Cont'd Garland responding to Hawley: "Both are criminal, but one is a core attack on our democratic institutions."
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19 Feb
Capitol insurrection defendants are racking up felony counts.

A deep dive into the docs — how prosecutors are ramping up charges (and potential prison time) in cases they've already filed, and new details we're seeing about the violence that day.
buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Last month, acting US Attorney Michael Sherwin in DC said they'd opened 400+ subject case files in connection with the Capitol insurrection investigation. DOJ spox says that number is now up to ~540 buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
As prosecutors take the Capitol insurrection cases before a grand jury, they're coming back with indictments that stack up the felonies — adding weapons enhancements and more counts for things like obstruction and assaulting police buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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19 Feb
Latest conspiracy case charged in the Capitol insurrection involves the Oath Keepers — prosecutors say an Ohio couple coordinated with Jessica Watkins and was identified in photos with the alleged Oath Keepers cluster that went into the Capitol assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2048…
Jessica Watkins, indicted in the Oath Keepers conspiracy, three days after Jan. 6 insurrection, per text excerpt in charging docs: "I've been following FBI wanted list, seems they're only interested in people who destroyed things. I wouldn't worry about them coming after us"
An Oath Keeper Charged In The Capitol Riot Texted She "Wouldn't Worry" About The FBI A Week Before Her Arrest buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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