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12/18 "Four conspiracy theorists marched into the Oval Office" incl. Mike Flynn
"they'd come to convince Trump...he had the power to take extreme measures to keep fighting"
Patrick Byrne:
"there are times you have to be creative and take different steps" axios.com/trump-oval-off…
⬆️WH officials left after midnight "fully prepared for the mad possibility Trump might still name Sidney Powell special counsel. You have our advice" they told Trump. "You decide who to listen to."
1:42 am Trump tweets "Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!"
⬆️ 3/ Patrick Byrne posted to his blog: 'On the morning of January 6 a stranger approached me and told me he was a militia member. He spoke of a concept with which I was unfamiliar, “The 3%."'
⬆️4/ Byrne, continued, on "The 3%": "The stranger told me there were tens of thousands of them around the county in communications on the dark web, armed and ready.... [T]hey know who I am, and are willing to do whatever I tell them needs to be done. I just need to give the word"
7/ By Jan. 12th, Patrick Byrne had joined Trump in having his Twitter account suspended.
Fortunately, Byrne's tweets about his participation in the Dec. 18th White House meeting were preserved by the free press:
"I was in the room when it happened."
9/ Dec. 12, DC:
Fmr Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn
& Patrick Byrne, with an Oath Keepers security detail.
Women for America First election protest event,
the same organizers of the Save America March rally
at the Ellipse Jan 6.
1/ Before 1/6 “The House Sergeant at Arms warned Members of Congress...to arrive early...and use underground tunnels to travel" between office bldgs &
"the Capitol, instead of walking.... Such precautions are not common during protests"
#DCRallies 2/ MJ: Roger Stone solicited contributions for Jan 5/6 events through the StopTheSteal website (which he launched in 2016) “for private security at every one of our events, as well as funds for permits, staging, transportation, and legal fees”
3/ O.K. Leader Stewart Rhodes: Just as at the Nov & Dec DC. rallies, Oath Keepers “will be conducting PSDs for multiple high profile speakers over both days, and our teams will be either directly responsible for event security or assisting event security”
25/ Thread on fmr. Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne,
who spoke at the 1/5 Freedom Plaza rally
18 days after a WH meeting with Trump along with
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and lawyer Sidney Powell.
1/5 speakers: Flynn, #IAmAliAlexander in orange hat & sweatshirt
#DCRallies 3/ This thread covers VIPs, those with event access badges or providing event security, a Capitol grounds map showing 1st Amendment demonstrations areas, #IAmAlexJones, WildProtest, Roger Stone, & state & local politicians at the insurrection.
#VIPAccessBadge
Here a Save America March VIP Silver Seating badge on the West plaza. Note the microphone.
The West Lawn (map area 1⬆️) was fenced off on Jan. 6th.
Trump finished speaking at this Ellipse event, organized by Women for America First, around 1:10 pm.
Getty/NurPhoto
#VIPAccessBadge
East steps of the Capitol: Alex Jones telling people to go down to wait for Trump to come speak, apparently to their permitted WildProtest stage, outside the barricades:
Lot 8, map⬆️.
Ali Alexander & #VipCamel (left balcony w/ VIP badge)