NEW: HuffPost, working with citizen sleuths, has identified a man out on bail on an attempted murder charge as a likely suspect in the Capitol attack. Story with @JessReports:
Matthew Beddingfield of North Carolina is out on bail on an attempted murder charge. He went to the Million MAGA March with his dad, who came back again on Jan. 6 to — as he wrote on Facebook — “take this country back from those commie bastards." huffpost.com/entry/facial-r…
The FBI has received a number of tips from citizen sleuths who got really strong leads off of facial recognition. Here are two more they should be looking at: huffpost.com/entry/facial-r…
We informed the FBI about our reporting about Matthew Beddingfield on Thursday. If his cell phone pinged a tower in or near the Capitol, an arrest warrant / criminal complaint should be able to sail by a judge pretty dang quickly. huffpost.com/entry/facial-r…
The whole video is well produced, but this cut was extra good:
Just really wanted to thank all of the #SeditionHunters who helped pull this one together. It was really impressive work, and I appreciate everyone who contributed in any capacity.
Maddow segment on the beef John Cornyn has with Vanita Gupta:
Segment references HuffPost’s coverage of the support Vanita Gupta has received from a wide range of law enforcement organizations: huffpost.com/entry/republic…
We first reported on the support she received from law enforcement organizations and the FOP’s pushback on the attacks against Vanita Gupta here: huffpost.com/entry/vanita-g…
The FBI Capitol wanted photo of the suspect who looks like Rick Moranis has received more media coverage than any other wanted photo the FBI has posted, which is a pretty solid argument for giving insurrection subjects nicknames! huffpost.com/entry/rick-mor…
"Because of the sheer number of defendants being targeted, the FBI hasn’t chosen to give nicknames to any Capitol insurrectionists yet.” huffpost.com/entry/fbi-capi…
Also note to self: 12:53 a.m. is not the best time to make a Twitter joke that would’ve killed it in the morning:
Yet another case in which former classmates told the FBI about their worst Facebook friend. (The charges against Dillan Homol went public yesterday.) courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
On Facebook live: “They can’t stop us all, come on we are going into the Capitol, can’t stop us all.”
To the feds: "HOMOL claimed that he was forced into the Capitol building by the crowd and he could not fight back against the crowd when he entered the building.”