Something that’s stuck in my head: The violent Capitol rioter who was nabbed off a facial recognition hit on his girlfriend’s Instagram grid is about as off-the-grid as 31-year-olds get these days. Didn’t even have his own cell phone! huffpost.com/entry/facial-r…
Imagine how much effort it takes to live without a cell phone these days, and then you get nabbed by a facial recognition hit on your girlfriend’s public Instagram grid.
"He is an anomaly for his generation – he has no cellular phone and almost no presence on social media… [he was] persuaded by the rhetoric of President Trump and the Republican party, and was led to believe that the 2020 election was stolen.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Gov on 5/27: "That the reason defendant wanted to get past a law enforcement barrier on January 6 was because he believed lies about the 2020 election makes him more, not less, dangerous.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Last week, Randolph’s defense disputing government’s claim that he “bragged” to undercover agents.
(Randolph reportedly told undercovers “it was fucking fun.”)
Randolph’s detention hearing is set for Friday afternoon.
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Proud Boy’s mom to him on Jan. 6: “When are you heading home… You need to get out of there… let me know when your out of the city….” huffpost.com/entry/proud-bo…
Proud Boy’s mom had advice on pepper spray:
"Try washing them with baby shampoo… And water… Baby shampoo or dawn mixed with water for the skin around the area.”
"The invidual is wearing a dark baseball type hat with 'KEEP AMERICA GREAT' in bright orange letters on the hat. The individual was also wearing a dark coat with a Burberry print around the hood of the coat.”
Capitol defendant Christian Kulas was arrested in Chicago today.
Kulas was publicly IDed about a week after the attack.
Hearing now beginning for Douglas Jensen, the QAnon believer who now says he realizes he bought into a “pack of lies.” Background from WaPo: washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06…
Jensen is being arraigned on the superseding indictment. Lawyer enters standard not guilty pleas, as expected.
Jensen’s full motion for review of his detention is worth a read.
"he fell victim to this barrage of internet sourced info and came to the Capitol, at the direction of the President of the United States, to demonstrate that he was a “true patriot.”
Remember Trump impeachment lawyer Michael van der Veen? He’s back! And he’s representing an Oath Keeper who used to worked for Four Seasons. Nice callback for the fans. huffpost.com/entry/trump-la…
Over the weekend, Samuel Lazar (no. 275 on the FBI’s Capitol wanted list, who bragged about macing officers at Capitol) showed up to a rally in a “Back The Blue” t-shirt.
There was apparently some drama involving state Sen. Doug Mastriano.