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16 Apr, 6 tweets, 2 min read
BREAKING: Jon Schaffer, the heavy metal guitarist who stormed the Capitol while armed with bear spray, told a judge he plans to plead guilty today.

So today, 100 days after the insurrection, we should get the first public guilty plea / plea deal.

huffpost.com/entry/guitaris…
In other news…
NEW: Schaffer pleaded guilty to both counts. Said he did so because he is in fact guilty, and judge finds he did so voluntarily. huffpost.com/entry/guitaris…
Government wants to delay sentencing. We’ll get a status update about where things stand in mid-June.
Schaffer’s lawyer says his client is an internationally known recording artist, needs to be able to travel.
Government does not object to Schaffer being able to travel domestically.

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16 Apr
Two more men arrested and charged in connection with attack on D.C. Officer Mike Fanone.
Here’s the indictment of Albuquerque Cosper Head and Kyle Young, who are now charged alongside Thomas Sibick. #SeditionHunters documentcloud.org/documents/2061…
Sibick was arrested last month.

He’d buried Officer Fanone’s badge in his backyard.

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14 Apr
In opinion keeping Jeffrey Sabol detained, Judge Emmet Sullivan write it's “important” to determine "to what extent President Trump’s words and actions led to the violent and shocking storming of the U.S. Capitol” but that “President Trump’s culpability is not before this Court."
Sullivan says Sabol showed “clear disregard for the law, an aversion to the fundamental tenants of our democracy, and a willingness to act violently when he believes he is 'fighting tyranny,' all of which indicate that he poses a danger to the community.” courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Sullivan says Sabol acted on "what appears to be a sincerely held, but tremendously misguided, belief that he was acting valiantly and patriotically to fight against a tyrannical government that ‘stole' a presidential election.”
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14 Apr
Yet another @SeditionHunters citation in the latest Capitol case against Paul Russell Johnson.
Here’s the tweet and #SeditionHunters sleuthing cited in the FBI affidavit. #moretreesguy
The FBI affidavit, dated April 12, notes that the bureau received tips on Jan. 11, Jan. 20, and March 19, but doesn’t mention when the overwhelmed FBI followed up on those tips. courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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14 Apr
Kristen Clarke’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing is now underway. huffpost.com/entry/kristen-…
Sen. Grassley says Clarke is “very controversial,” but says he commends her for “being forthcoming with the committee.” Calls her a “capable attorney” but then says he has question about whether she can be nonpartisan.
Grassley previewed a focus on the question of whether Clarke wants to “defund the police,” and cited this 2020 piece she wrote, which has a headline much less nuanced than the actual op-ed. newsweek.com/i-prosecuted-p…
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14 Apr
The number of Capitol suspects posted on the FBI’s website is on the verge of topping 300. By my count, more than 220 of the suspects are still at large.
That doesn’t even include the addition suspects whose photos are not featured on the FBI’s website.
Head tattoo guy: still out there! #ingodtrustrioter
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13 Apr
The feds have arrested “Sam with InfoWars dot com,” aka Samuel Montoya.
"The director of the Congressional press galleries within the Senate Press office did a name check on Samuel Christopher Montoya and confirmed that no one by that name has Congressional press credentials as an individual or via any other organizations.” justice.gov/usao-dc/case-m…
That’s a line that could get blurry in other cases. Not sure every single legitimate journalist who entered the Capitol necessarily had a congressional press pass.
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