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."
4/ But #IAmDougMastriano had already crossed the barricades to get onto the NW Lawn.
Earlier view ⬇️
And as they arrive on the East side, rioters wrestle metal barricades away from the police & #ZZTopPB flings them away in this video found by @K2theSky
5/ Now PA State Senator #IAmDougMastriano has higher aspirations: on 5/17 he met with Trump for over an hour at Trump Tower and 'discussed the governor’s race....“He had asked me to run some months ago.... He said, ‘Doug, run and I’ll campaign for you.'”'
Hear him claim to take the sidewalk around the Capitol, after "noticing agitators getting in the face of the police and jiggling the bicycle rack barricades." paspotlight.org/2021/tracking-…
#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"
#DCRallies 2/ MJ: Roger Stone solicited contributions for Jan 5/6 events through the StopTheSteal website (which he launched in 2016) “for private security at every one of our events, as well as funds for permits, staging, transportation, and legal fees”
3/ O.K. Leader Stewart Rhodes: Just as at the Nov & Dec DC. rallies, Oath Keepers “will be conducting PSDs for multiple high profile speakers over both days, and our teams will be either directly responsible for event security or assisting event security”