4/ #EastComms seen in 1st 2 mins of Brian Lee's RFIRN video
Heard: Lee & Mark Ludwig (Am for Equal Shared Parenting) with 1/5 Rally to Save Am #CapitolBadge.
ID @bennybryant17
Disc. Pence's caravan; AZ Rep Biggs (Pelosi limited # on House floor re Covid)
5/ ⬆️ :36 #EastComms militia guy excitedly points:
"They're breaking through" the central barricades.
:59 #SeditionBullhorn guy leads a chant of "Whose Capitol? Our Capitol"
4:52 Lee returns to Ludwig, where #EastComms group also is
6:03-6:50 woman on a call discussing location
6/ 10:20 woman discusses location of group members
11:15 N. Plaza barricades overrun, defying police attempting to hold the barricades
8/ 8:15 an explosion on the West side starts a military service conversation; Brian Lee IDs himself as w/ Veterans Liberty Network facebook.com/pg/VeteranLibe…
Fmr IL Gov Candidate Kash Jackson FB live-streamed on the West side for VLN, in search of Alex Jones facebook.com/pg/VeteranLibe…
9/ At least one #EastComms member made it to the East Capitol doors & got pepper sprayed before police forced people out: the lady with distinctive glasses & the 2nd Amendment Betsy Ross flag ("2nd" inside 13 stars). Last: her jacket/pants/boots; also extra radios & tactical vest
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2/ In Feb the CFA filed a complaint "over Finchem’s failure to disclose a $6,000 payment the Trump campaign made to his company...for consulting in support of [Trump's] election fraud lie" & requesting contributions from supporters campaignforaccountability.org/watchdog-reque…
⬇️ at 1/6 Ellipse rally
3/ "Mark Finchem told a QAnon talk show that he hopes the results of Arizona's election audit will lead to the state's 11 presidential electors being reassigned to former President Donald Trump."
3/ His Jan. 6th statement: "When it was apparent that this was no longer a peaceful protest, my wife and I left the area and made our way out of the area. At no point did we enter the Capitol building, walk on the Capitol steps or go beyond police lines."
#IAmKyleBiedermann soon follows past both barricade lines because by ~1:01 pm* (8 minutes later) he is seen standing on a wall along the Penn. Walkway and recording the oncoming crowd
3/ TL: #TowerGlower at the front of the #MediaTower a few mins later in the video, watching the police line battle.
Monocular's strap is hanging down.
Note coat sleeve & cuff, dark hood, blue hat, black bag & camera with lens hanging by hip
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"