Thread by @SethAbramson

Did you know that Trump tweeted out a video with the image below in it just 24 hours after telling his followers to come to DC for a "wild protest" at the Capitol?

This is a Guy Fawkes mask. Fawkes was a terrorist who sought to kill every member of Britain's version of Congress.

Even creepier: Fawkes planned to launch his terrorist attack beneath Britain's equivalent of the Capitol. Oath Keepers linked to Trump's best friend Roger Stone—including some Trump let into his 1/6 VIP area—planned to "gas" Congress to death in "the tunnels beneath the Capitol."

(MORE) This isn't 2 + 2 = 113. This is the former President of the United States spreading Guy Fawkes propaganda just 2.5 weeks before individuals close to his inner circle tried to carry out a Guy Fawkes-style terrorist attack.

More on this from the WSJ: wsj.com/articles/first…

The audio playing while the video Trump retweeted is showing Guy Fawkes (emphasis in original):

"In your gut, you know something's *just not right* [about the results of the 2020 presidential election]."

The viewer ("you") is supposed to identify with Guy Fawkes—the terrorist.

Lest you wonder if Donald Trump knows who Guy Fawkes is: probably not. But the Guy Fawkes mask was popularized by the 2006 movie "V for Vendetta," which Trump—who loves Hollywood films—likely *does* know.

In that 2006 movie, "V" blows up Britain's equivalent of the U.S. Capitol.

Indeed, analysts have repeatedly tied "V for Vendetta" to Trump—including way before January 6. medium.com/matthews-place…

Trump helped plan January 6. It's that simple. The key dates are December 17, December 18, December 21, December 22. I thought I'd be able to do a story on this by tomorrow night, but it's too big. I can't get it done in time. So I'll leave this here. Some of you know what it is.

The key meeting occurred in the Oval Office on December 21. Trump committed the federal crime of Sedition on that day—as did those who were in the Oval Office with him.

That included Alexander's accomplices—Gosar, Biggs, and Brooks—and a few others, including...

...Matt Gaetz.

Gaetz is now represented by the Trump family lawyer. If you don't understand why that is, you haven't been paying attention. If Gaetz flips, he can tell the FBI what happened in the Oval Office on December 21. The Trumps' lawyer is representing Gaetz to make sure he doesn't flip.

During the Trump-Russia scandal, I was regularly spooked. Many across the country were. Trump openly asked Russia to commit computer crimes against his political opponent.

That is nothing—*nothing*—compared to how scary the insurrection is. It is wide; it is deep; it is growing.

I've written about the rhetoric of Trump's rebellion: "1776"; "We the People"; "patriots."

Donald Trump is the most dangerous United States citizen since Jefferson Davis.

I don't know how many more free and fair elections this country is going to have. I'm legitimately scared.

I'm begging all US investigative journalists to dedicate themselves to *this only*. *Don't* wait for the FBI. You must report on what the Pentagon did on December 17; the December 18 Oval Office meeting that almost came to blows; and the December 21 insurrection planning meeting.

On the evening of December 17, Trump's handpicked acting DoD secretary suddenly cut off Team Biden from national security briefings. <12 hours later, Giuliani, Powell and Byrne were in the Oval Office for 10 minutes alone with Trump as part of an unauthorized/unscheduled meeting.

On the very next work day—Monday, December 21—Trump convened with him only those members of Congress who would be willing to commit acts of Sedition. Their leaders were the three men Ali Alexander said he had "schemed up" the January 6 insurrection with. And Matt Gaetz was there.

Between his secret December 18 meeting with Giuliani, Powell, and Byrne—10 minutes no one else saw—and December 21, Trump told his followers to come to D.C. for a "protest." He *didn't* mean his Ellipse speech.

He was referring to a planned "Stop the Steal" event at the Capitol.

It's in the hours between Friday (the secret meeting) and Monday (the insurrection planning meeting) that not only does Trump tell everyone to come to the Capitol, but tweets a video making *very* clear what needs to happen at the Capitol.

And it is, in no uncertain terms, this:

I'm writing about this at PROOF. It's exhausting. It's exhausting because everything I write is fully sourced, and none of it is pursued by major media—which has decided to wait a year or two until the FBI finishes its work.

We don't have that much time. sethabramson.substack.com

(PS) I know why the GOP blocked the January 6 Commission. Every indie journalist working on January 6 knows—even as major media asks the question over and over and offers no response.

A bipartisan, bicameral Commission would subpoena the people in the Oval Office on December 21.

(IMAGE) Before it's over, we'll be talking about this image.

(IMAGE) And we'll be talking about this image:

(IMAGE) And we'll be talking about this image:

(IMAGE) And we'll be talking about a 45-minute meeting the future President of the United States had with the leader of the January 6 insurrection:

Trump didn't do it alone. Both of the top 2016 finishers in the GOP were involved in the insurrection: Trump *and* Cruz. Trump's Arizona co-chairs and an Alabama co-chair were at the center of the attack. The GOP is covering up what it did. It's the biggest scandal in US history.

I mean, *Jesus*, the man pictured with the former president two tweets above is currently *on the run from federal law enforcement and in hiding* and major media is running segments asking, "Why does the GOP oppose a commission with subpoena power?"

Are you kidding me with this?

We're in the midst of an *active*—"hot"—insurrection, it's just that only *some* of the fronts are paramilitary. The secession effort in Oregon; the Arizona "fraudit"; the blocking of a January 6 commission; the private investigators hired by legislators in Nevada. It's a revolt.

I don't know what to do. The media has started to use the word "insurrection," and that's good—but it still doesn't get it. It's *half a year* behind. There are dozens of fully sourced stories at PROOF that would have shocked the nation but never got picked up. It feels hopeless.

Tell your friends: the U.S. is in the midst of an active insurrection. We can still have moments of levity—and I'm trying to do that here and at PROOF, or else the darkness will consume everything—but make no mistake, American democracy is under active attack and may not survive.

In 5 to 10 years, there either won't be a Republican Party anymore or there won't be a democratically elected government in the United States. Right now those feel like the two paths America could go down.

(VIDEO LINK) See the image below if you want to know which seditious propaganda video was spread by the former President of the United States during the 120 hours in December 2020 he was planning an insurrection against the federal government: