ICYMI: Danny “DJ” Rodriguez was arrested yesterday. He electroshocked DC Police Officer Mike Fanone, who suffered a heart attack. The FBI received tips about him in January, but it wasn’t until HuffPost made an inquiry that they contacted a key witness: huffpost.com/entry/daniel-j…
Here’s our February 26 story, which was built on the excellent sleuthing work of the #SeditionHunters network. A federal grand jury indicted DJ Rodriguez on March 24, and he was arrested yesterday. huffpost.com/entry/fanone-t…
Read the eight-count indictment here, and stay tuned for Rodriguez’s bail hearing this afternoon: m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_60…
Be sure to watch the video of Rodriguez’s attack on Fanone, which is embedded in our Feb. 26 story. Stick around for the kicker. huffpost.com/entry/fanone-t…
The D.J. Rodriguez case really illustrates how slammed the bureau is by the Capitol investigation. It’s a layup case they received multiple tips about, but it took HuffPost’s inquiry for this story to get things moving. huffpost.com/entry/fanone-t… 
Officer Mike Fanone was nearly killed: He was electroshocked and suffered a heart attack. @waterspider__ identified DJ Rodriguez by name on Jan. 15, and @1600PennPooch published the video showing the attack on Fanone soon after. But the arrest took months. huffpost.com/entry/daniel-j…
Aside from the deadly attack on Brian Sicknick, the attack on Officer Mike Fanone should be one of the FBI’s top priorities. But there have only been two arrests. There hadn’t been any when our story on Rodriguez first ran: huffpost.com/entry/fanone-t…
Here’s @waterspider__’s post identifying Rodriguez on Jan. 15. Days later, @1600PennPooch published video showing the man who #seditionhunters dubbed #TaserPrick electroshocking Fanone. Two months later, the feds arrested Rodriguez. Really shows the power of crowdsourcing.
https://twitter.com/waterspider__/status/1350122214931091458
Watch Rodriguez’s attack on Fanone here:
https://twitter.com/1600pennpooch/status/1353820260793769984
Here’s the DOJ press release on the indictment and arrest of Daniel Rodriquez in the attack on Officer Michael Fanone. (Note: The indictment was actually returned last week, but was unsealed yesterday.) justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/cal…
“The assumption probably would have been that I sat at my desk that day, but, the hell if that was going to fucking happen,” Officer Mike Fanone said after the Capitol attack. Read @maustermuhle: dcist.com/story/21/01/15…
“The ones in the crowd that somehow appealed to their better angels and offered me some assistance, thank you. But fuck you for being there.”
DJ Rodriguez’s Facebook page remains live. A sampling:
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