#SeditionHunters - turns out Rohrabacher wasn’t the only ex-Congressman at the Capitol on Jan 6! 1-term Michigan Rep. Kerry Bentivolio (R MI-11) admits to being INSIDE, said he was visited by FBI. Former Army, seems a nutcase but one with special access 1/ m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…
Posted today (6/16) after FBI visit: “I went to DC on Jan 4. On the 5th I visited several members of Congress. As a former member I do not go through the same security protocols as regular folks...” 2/
"On the 6th I went [in]l to watch the historic vote. I have a right, as a former member, to be on the floor...” FB pics suggest he was inside the Capitol & on the E. Plaza very early, before action began. During the attack he's on the W. side but selfie is on legal grounds. 3/
His Jan 6 post does have odd tone changes: “Everyone I met was smiling and happy… If they rioted as the lying left wing communists and main stream propaganda communist news networks want you to believe DC would be burning and bodies would fill the morgue…” 4/
Bentivolio’s bitter, resentful: lost his seat in the 2014 primary & has been running unsuccessfully ever since. In 2019 planned a doc to "detail the...lengths of corruption made by the Washington establishment to destroy the man’s life and career." 5/ detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…
Resentment shows up in his social media (below is 2020). Tangled backstory: 40 years in Army / National Guard, varied employment, public spat w/ brother in 2012 where both accused each other of being mentally ill (MLive). Just glad that FBI is on it. 6/ mlive.com/news/detroit/2…
And flagging a note by @capitolfaces that Bentivolio picked an interesting set of photo angles to post on 1/6 AM. Note that he won't get an "Iam" hashtag immediately since he may technically be legal but given FBI's interest that may be resolved soon. 8/
Clarifying that Bentivolio's Jan 6 FB photos of the E Capitol were posted between 10:35-11:09 AM Eastern. That's around the time that Proud Boys & others are at the E. Capitol signing a "Declaration of Authority" justifying insurrection. Will post update with more exact time. 9/
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Alex Pretti's killers are identified by ProPublica. The man who shot Pretti in the back ("A4") is Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa. The man who instigated the confrontation ("A1") is CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Not new hires: 8 & 12 years service. 1/
ProPublica is terse about the sourcing but says "government documents" - likely a leak. Public video, public outrage, and news coverage all encourage leaks. Now the next step is obtaining the footage from the bodycam that Gutierrez ("A1") was wearing. 2/ propublica.org/article/alex-p…
A pushback on this statement by @davidmcswane. Sure, it's hard to sort out what agent did what in the chaos, but many people have done it: this account, CNN, NYT, WaPo. Just be methodical, label & describe them, and work frame by frame. People need to see the full story. 3/
The Epstein files show his wild geopolitical schemes, but realize: he was a huckster who conned his way up; his friends called him dumb. He may have been a tool. @TVolscho digs up early details: Epstein lied to get a Dalton job, got fired mid-semester since he couldn't teach. 1/
The Epstein files show him reaching out to Putin in 2013 to suggest tearing up the world's financial system. But a friend said that Epstein couldn't understand the talk at his science dinners, so would blurt out "what does that got to do with pussy". 2/ motherjones.com/criminal-justi…
As Epstein's emails show the extent of his ties to global elites, we have to manage the contradictions. Epstein curated his image, working the press. He was a genius at the con. But he was not likely the creator of all the schemes he pitched. Who was? 3/ substack.com/home/post/p-18…
New video implies one of Alex Pretti's shooters wore a bodycam that day - and shows his face.
Two agents at Pretti's murder - "A1" (NS-919), the instigator who fired at his prone body, & "A12" (NS-909) - are now seen earlier attacking another observer. The bodycam is clear. 1/
There is no suggestion that agents have changed their identifier numbers. The details of A1 / NS-919's vest match on both days, though it's seen more clearly in the new video. build. His build is the same. The new video also shows his face, partially. 2/
The new video is now linked in the summary document covered in this thread. (See Tweet 2 for link to Google Doc.) 3/
Bari Weiss is a propagandist, but not a talented one who knows how to tune her messaging by audience. She's now installed the bootlicking Niall Ferguson in all 3 of her vehicles: the University of Austin, The Free Press, and now CBS News. Same message, same tone everywhere. 1/
CNN on the same Davos speech that Ferguson gushed about: Trump was "subdued", the speech "winding, antagonistic", "filled with grievances"; the crowd "restless". Ferguson, like many rw pundits, seems to have a Daddy complex, wanting to be dominated. 2/ cnn.com/2026/01/21/pol…
Anyway, that's what CBS News will be feeding their viewers now. It's so clearly going to flop that people are speculating the point of hiring Bari Weiss was to destroy CBS: that she's Ted Lasso without the charm, filling a mission to kill a franchise. 3/
The murder of Alex Pretti is seen in at least 5 videos. The incident unfolded over less than a minute. One agent instigated. One shot. Pretti held only a camera. He had a gun, but never touched. it. The shooter saw him get disarmed, then shot him in the back, point blank. 1/
As promised, here is a multi-camera timeline, with sources and screenshots. Other people have drawn the same conclusions - that it was murder, that Pretti's shooter saw his gun removed - but this document can serve as a general reference. 2/ docs.google.com/document/d/1Yv…
It's important to understand not just the shooting but what happened before it: how the hyper-aggressive Agent 1 chased and repeatedly pushed two women, followed them when they walked over to stand with Pretti, then turned his rage on Pretti instead. He was the instigator. 3/
The NYT has a new video analysis of Renee Good's shooting which is careful, accurate, and clear - he walked across the path of a moving car, then leaned in and shot her with his feet well clear of the vehicle. 1/ nytimes.com/2026/01/15/vid…
Not many media outlets have specialized video analysis teams. CNN posted a video last week that showed Ross crossing in front of Good's car, but they missed the significance. The NYT's multicamera, frame-by-frame analysis is what's needed to understand. 2/
The NYT gets exactly right those parts of the sequence this account had separately verified, including 1) Ross switches his phone from R to L hand as he leans into his own car, and 2) Ross places his phone hand on Good's hood. They are solid. 3/ docs.google.com/document/d/1sB…