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."
4/ At a hearing he held 11/30/20, Finchem urged attendees 'to fight the 2020 election results the way revolutionary patriots did in 1776, to “...fire their rifles...” “Be on your guard,” he said, “put on the full armor of God, and be prepared to fight”'
. recallfinchem.com/jan6/
5/ #IamMarkFinchem's story in Jan:
"What about the claims that the crow[d] was a mob? Were they loud? Yes. Were they hostile? No. Did they attack the police? No, in fact I heard many [protesters] say 'thank you,' and 'bless you' as they walked by officers" phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-m…
@phoenixnewtimes 6/ But #IamMarkFinchem had already been warned that the mob was hostile on his VIP golf cart ride to the Capitol because he was texting with #IamMichaelCoudrey, who informed him: "They are storming the capital, I don't think it safe" [sic]
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12/22 #IamMarkFinchem texted #IamAliAlexander
"every story needs a victim, a villain, and a hero. You've done a good job of defining the victim (the people) and the reluctant hero (me), but have we defined the right villain?"
Find out who's the villain⬇️
8/ #IamMarkFinchem 'served as "Arizona Coordinator" for [COWS], a group that supported the infamous armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in 2016.'
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"