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Ryan J. Reilly

12 Mar, 7 tweets, 4 min read

NEW: The feds made an arrest in the brutal assault on Officer Mike Fanone during the Capitol riot.

Thomas Sibick stole the officer’s radio and badge.

He buried the badge in his backyard.

A magistrate judge ordered him released.

Government appealing.

huffpost.com/entry/thomas-s…

“🇺🇸 Wildest experience in my life!!” huffpost.com/entry/thomas-s…

@JessReports

Two weeks ago, @JessReports and I (with the help of internet sleuths) broke a story exposing Danny “DJ”Rodriguez as the Trump fan who tased Officer Mike Fanone. No public action against him yet, but it’s very likely a larger conspiracy case is in works. huffpost.com/entry/fanone-t…

Our story on Rodriguez noted a few other LA area Trump fanatics involved in the Capitol attack, including salon owner Gina Bisignano (who was arrested way back in January and appears to have been in a Telegram group with Rodriguez). huffpost.com/entry/fanone-t…

But there’s a much larger network of LA area Trump extremists, and many of them might end up getting tied together in a federal criminal conspiracy. Stay tuned...

“...a rioter pulled Officer M.F. into the crowd, where members of the crowd beat, tased, and robbed Officer M.F. of his MPD badge (#3603), police radio, and MPD-issued 17-round magazine, while also trying to forcibly remove his service weapon from its fixed holster.”

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1370498032442216449

Thomas Sibick was known to #SeditionHunters as #BuffaloBreacher.

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1370498032442216449

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