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5 Apr, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Great piece here. Got a glimpse of how much of a role these regional Facebook groups play in certain places in a story I was working on last year. Pretty eye-opening.
Facebook pages in Portsmouth played a major role in this broader story: huffpost.com/entry/portsmou…
A lot of racists in these Facebook groups aren’t very subtle about what’s motivating them. huffpost.com/entry/portsmou…
A Portsmouth police officer with a grudge appeared to follow a legal roadmap laid out out on a popular Facebook page to charge his political adversary with a felony under an obscure statute: huffpost.com/entry/portsmou…
It was quite a story, and Facebook groups played a role every step of the way. huffpost.com/entry/portsmou…

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So this newly discovered image from Jan. 6 might not look very important. But it is. Let me explain why.

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Citizen sleuths noted that Matthew Beddingfield, a 20-year-old North Carolina man currently out on bond in an attempted murder case, bore a striking resemblance to a Capitol rioter who was captured on video jabbing at a police line with his American flag. huffpost.com/entry/facial-r… Image
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My latest on the case against Jack Wade Whitton, the Trump fan who dragged a D.C. police officer down the Capitol steps by the neck. A federal magistrate judge in Georgia said he could be released, but the feds want him held until trial. #scallops huffpost.com/entry/jack-wad…
“I fed him to the people. Idk his status. And I don’t care tbh.” huffpost.com/entry/jack-wad…
This is yet another case that shows the FBI is really buried. The bureau received a solid tip on the identify of #scallops, who dragged an officer into the mob by the neck, on Jan. 17. But there’s no indication the investiation advanced until Feb. 25. huffpost.com/entry/jack-wad…
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A detention hearing for Daniel Rodriguez is now underway in a California courtroom. Rodriguez has waved his appearance, and a lawyer is representing him. huffpost.com/entry/daniel-j…
NEW: Daniel Rodriguez — who electroshocked D.C. Police Officer Mike Fanone — has been ordered detained ahead of trial. Defense didn’t put up a fight. Judge cites video evidence, and orders Rodriguez transported to D.C. huffpost.com/entry/daniel-j…
It was a pretty quick hearing. The government proffered video that shows Rodriguez using electroshock weapon as well as pretrial report recommending detention.
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1 Apr
👀👀👀

Latest FBI affidavit: "an image search… via an open source search…"

An “image search,” you say, huh? Suppose that’s one way to put it.

Anyway, here’s my story with @JessReports on the role of facial recognition in the Capitol manhunt:

huffpost.com/entry/facial-r…
From @kashhill’s piece on facial recognition: "detectives in Alabama and Florida who collaborate with the bureau at real-time crime centers said they had identified possible rioters using Clearview and sent them to the F.B.I.” nytimes.com/interactive/20…
An “image search” does not get you from one image of a suspect to a completely different photo of a suspect wearing a different outfit, (even if he is wearing the same hat).
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1 Apr
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…
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BREAKING: MAGA fanatic D.J. Rodriquez, who tasered D.C. Police Officer Mike Fanone during the Capitol insurrection, was arrested today in Fontana, California.

HuffPost, working with citizen sleuths, revealed his identity last month. Story w/ @JessReports: huffpost.com/entry/daniel-j…
"The FBI received tips about Rodriguez in January, including one from a man Rodriguez assaulted on video at a Los Angeles-area rally. But it wasn’t until hours after HuffPost contacted the bureau… that the tipster heard from an FBI special agent.” huffpost.com/entry/daniel-j…
The federal grand jury returned the indictment nearly a month after our story ran: huffpost.com/entry/fanone-t…
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