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8 Mar, 7 tweets, 6 min read
BREAKING: Roger Stone-linked #OathKeepers member Roberto Minuta was just arrested by federal agents.

Minuta pulled security for Stone on the morning of January 6th...then participated in #Capitol siege. 1/

By: @jonathan4ny & @valiquettejoe
Link: nbcnewyork.com/news/local/rog…
2/ Roberto Minuta is one of SIX #OathKeepers that provided security for Roger Stone... and then joined the siege & entered the #Capitol👇

3/ Moreover, as @arawnsley showed: Roberto ("Rob") Minuta has also been linked to a range of other Trump-world figures, and has been seen escorting Michael Flynn & Alex Jones.👇👇

4/ Recommended thread by @arawnsley on the many sightings of Roberto Minuta at right-wing events, plus more context on the man.

5/ Minuta was first identified & tracked through the collaborative efforts of online researchers.
6/ The Gov narrative parallels digging by many of us open-source sleuths. Notably, the @nytimes visual investigation into Stone's bodyguard #Oathkeepers makes a starring appearance.

Great illustration of the impact of volunteers collaborating with traditional reporting teams. Screencapture from the charges of Roberto MinutaScreencapture from the charges of Roberto MinutaScreencapture from the charges of Roberto MinutaScreencapture from the charges of Roberto Minuta
7/ Latest update via @alanfeuer on Roberto Minuta's hearing today. NY Federal judge decides to release him, pending trial.

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John Scott-Railton Profile picture
10 Mar
BREAKING: 2nd Roger Stone #OathKeepers bodyguard arrested & charged. After guarding Stone Joshua James of Alabama... stormed the #Capitol.

Great to see: this is someone many of us spent *much* time tracking.

Story: @kyledcheney & @joshgerstein
politico.com/news/2021/03/0… ImageImageImage
2/ Looks like James was findable in part by a lot of phone calls to other #Oathkeepers named and..as-yet unnamed.

His device was also placed in vicinity of #Capitol during attack time.
courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… Text showing him having com...Text showing him having com...Text showing him having com...Text showing him having com...
3/ He was tricky for all groups doing sleuthing because he was disciplined about keeping his gaiter on when with Roger Stone & at #Capitol.

However, for a brief (& immensely gratifying to find) moment in siege footage his face was exposed.

Vid: Pic of Roger stone and the ...Image
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9 Mar
🚨PRIVACY ALERT: Are you a @TMobile customer?

They are going to start selling your personal web browsing history & mobile-app data* next month.

Disable this before they start: t-mobile.com/privacy-center…

THREAD with key context 1/
Story: @DrewFitzGerald
wsj.com/articles/t-mob… ImageImage
2. Just @TMobile claiming that its customers are clamoring for their personal browsing data to be sold. Image
3. Of course @TMobile weakly claims they will anonymize your data.

A not-very-credible fig leaf just begging for regulatory scrutiny.

The data wouldn't be valuable unless advertisers can...and I am sure they will...quickly find ways to connect it back to your identity. T-Mobile said it masks user...
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7 Mar
Fact check: Yes! There were guns at the #Capitol siege.

Look for yourself: Sig P320/M17 on a man heading up the steps.

(@EpochTimes & @LawEnforceToday making misleading mileage out of the @FBI saying no guns recovered *during* siege.)

1/
2 / Moreover, the @FBI was explicitly NOT speaking for #Capitol Police or @DCPoliceDept when they gave that answer to @SenRonJohnson.

Multiple people got gun charges on the 6th, as @RickRouan @USATODAY reports.

Story:usatoday.com/story/news/fac…
3/ The source of this deeply misleading factoid is, of course, questioning last week by @SenRonJohnson who continues to float the falsehood hat the mob was unarmed.

Prior reporting: @MollyBeck @journalsentinel
jsonline.com/story/news/pol… quote from senator Ron Johnson saying "this didn't seemSenator Ron Johnson asking rhetorically "how many firea
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5 Mar
BREAKING: Johnn McAffee & advisor of his cryptocurrency team indicted by @TheJusticeDept for fraud & money laundering.

Pump & dump scheme & hyping ICOs without disclosing stakes..

McAffee already detained in Spain. Advisor arrested in Tx.

Source: justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/j…
2/ Alleged illicit earnings by @officialmcafee et al:

-$2 million 💵: pump & dump
-$11 million 💵 : promoting altcoin ICOs while concealing stake & compensation for hyping them

Source: justice.gov/usao-sdny/pres…
3/ Coins that @officialmcafee & team allegedly pumped & dumped include:

-XVG: Verge
-ETN: Electroneum
-BURST: Burstcoin
-DGB: DigiByte
-RDD: Reddcoin
-HMQ: Humaniq
-TRX: Tron
-DCT: Factom
-DOGE: Dogecoin
-XLM: Stellar Lumen
-SYS: Syscoin
-RCN: Ripio Credit Network
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4 Mar
Wild story: Meet Kurt Jantz (rap name Forgiato Blow aka 'Donald Trump's Nephew').

By his telling, he's the grandson of Auto Trader's founder.

Jantz flew to DC in a private jet on January 6th... 1/

Pics: Parler, Facebook.
2/ Jantz and entourage then went to the #Capitol and filmed the pro-Trump "We Outside" rap video restricted grounds.. in the middle of the siege.

Lyrics like:
"my president is Trump never be sleepy Joe.."
"free all my people at last or Imma have to hit em with the gas""
3/ Jantz jetted home. His spokesperson told @donie @CNN he didn't enter the #Capitol building.

He did keep up the flow of music videos, which bring us to him dancing with Roger Stone at CPAC.

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2 Mar
NICE: new @gwupoe report has a helpful framework for arrested #Capitol siege participants:

-Militant Networks (33)
-Organized Clusters (82)
-Inspired Believers (142)

THREAD on their latest report.
Link: extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/…
2/ MILITANT NETWORKS:
Tip of the spear in breaches & violence. Planned & mobilized resources & executed as units (e.g. #Oathkeepers, #IIIPER s, #ProudBoys)

They are also the most likely to commit follow-on attacks.
2/ ORGANIZED CLUSTERS
Radicalized individuals, motivated by conspiracy theories & extremist ideology found each other (or were family members & friends) and went to the #Capitol as a group.
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