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13 Mar, 9 tweets, 5 min read
NEW: A Navy security contractor was arrested for rioting at the Capitol. Since then, investigators interviewed *44* of his colleagues and found he was widely known as a white supremacist, often expressed Jew hatred and even wore a Hitler mustache to work.

politico.com/news/2021/03/1…
Prosecutors are seeking to hold Hale-Cusanelli pending trial even though he didn’t commit any violence while breaching the Capitol. His poisonous views and “fantasy” to participate in a civil war to carry them out make him a danger, they say. 

politico.com/news/2021/03/1…
Prosecutors revealed the results of the NCIS investigation in part because one of those interviewed — who confirmed Hale-Cusanelli often spoke negatively about Jews — changed his tune in a letter to the judge supporting Hale-Cusanelli’s release. politico.com/news/2021/03/1…
Investigators confronted the sergeant about the contradiction last week and he told them he didn’t feel obligated to tell the court what he told NCIS and wasn’t personally offended by Hale-Cusanelli’s comments. politico.com/news/2021/03/1…
Hale-Cusanelli’s arrest got attention in January because of his active service in the Army reserves and role at a naval weapons facility. He’s since been discharged and disbarred, worrying prosecutors that release would leave him w/ time on his hands. politico.com/news/2021/03/1…
Hale-Cusanelli’s attorney last week, before learning of the NCIS report, accused the media of exaggerating prosecutors’ earlier allegation that his client was a while supremacist and Nazi sympathizer. He cited, in part, his client’s denial. politico.com/news/2021/03/1…
But Hale-Cusanelli’s phone was packed with vile anti-Semitic and racist propaganda, as well as selfies sporting his Hitler mustache on the job and in private. He also hosted a YouTube channel espousing these views. politico.com/news/2021/03/1…
Read the filings yourself:

3/12: Prosecutors detention memo w/ NCIS report details: politico.com/f/?id=00000178…

3/2: Defense's release memo: politico.com/f/?id=00000178…

3/7: Sgt. Getz's letter to the court: politico.com/f/?id=00000178…
Worth keeping all this in mind while listening to Sen. JOHNSON say he wasn't afraid of the 1/6 rioters because they are people who "love this country."

jsonline.com/story/news/pol…

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12 Mar
BREAKING: Judge Amit MEHTA orders the *release* of Thomas CALDWELL, a member of the Oath Keepers, from pretrial detention.

"There is an absense of direct evidence, at least, of planning by Caldwell to enter the Capitol building ... And ultimately, he did not enter the building."
Caldwell, 65, has serious health issues. Mehta also ruled he can't have access to computers/internet. He can't have any contact with anyone affiliated with the Capitol investigation.

Basically, he says, the govt didn't fully show his direct role in planning Capitol siege.
absence*
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12 Mar
NEWS: Prosecutors are asking for a 60-day delay across a series of Capitol riot cases, calling the investigation the “most complex” in history and estimating at least 100 more will face charges.

politico.com/news/2021/03/1…
In a series of cases, prosecutors say they need at least a two-month slowdown to process a massive trove of evidence — 900 executed search warrants, 15,000 hours of video, hundreds of witness interviews.

politico.com/news/2021/03/1…
Investigators are also sorting through 210,000 tips, 1,600 electronic devices and hundreds of text messaging conversation.

The evidence must also be collected from at least 14 law enforcement agencies that participated in the Capitol response. politico.com/news/2021/03/1…
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9 Mar
NEWS: Prosecutors have charged a *second* Oath Keeper associated with Roger Stone for a role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Joshua James was one of the militia members IDed by the Times as a Stone security guard on Jan. 5-6. courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
To put a fine point on it: Here are the images the Times story who flag James as Oath Keeper 1: nytimes.com/interactive/20…
And here are the pictures prosecutors used in their affidavit:
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9 Mar
JUST IN: Prosecutors say Federico KLEIN's position as a State Department employee with a top secret clearance enhances their case to detain him pending trial.
Prosecutors continue to emphasize the extreme violence that took place in the lower west terrace tunnel, describing it as a "fanatical" and extended "hand-to-hand" battle.
Here's where they say the mob "fanatically" attack police in that tunnel:
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8 Mar
NEW: Lt. Gen. HONORE's post-Jan. 6 Capitol security review is done.

He wants: "Unblinking" integrated cameras, a retractable fence, a citywide quick reaction force and increased background checks to prevent "insider threat risks."

More details:

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
HONORE also recommends adding more than 800 Capitol Police units (to reduce the *720,000 overtime hours* in the last fiscal year) and setting up a citywide quick reaction force for emergencies.

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
AND Honore wants the Capitol Police to grow its meager intelligence unit to be able to process the rising threats to lawmakers both in DC and in their districts.

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
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5 Mar
NEWS from @joshgerstein: A former State Department aide has become the first Trump administration appointee arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

politico.com/news/2021/03/0…
WOW: @ktbenner gets the actual arrest affidavit for former State Dept aide Federico KLEIN. He was still employed there on Jan. 6, held a Top Secret clearance that was renewed in 2019 and is accused of multiple assaults on Capitol police. int.nyt.com/data/documentt…
AND: Most notably, Klein — who served in the military — is accused of egging on the crowd and calling for “fresh people” at the front to help push back on officers. That detail was previously cited by authorities as evidence of a coordinated assault.
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