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27 Jul, 5 tweets, 2 min read
NEW: In court filing, House counsel says it won’t defend Mo BROOKS from Eric Swalwell’s Jan. 6 lawsuit.
The filing included a letter from Chairwoman Lofgren to DOJ in which she notes that Brooks’ 1/6 comments were made at a political rally — and Brooks has defended them as political statements — which would mean they aren’t covered as official House business.
NEWS: DOJ has joined the House in declining to represent BROOKS, saying that the department can't conclude Brooks was acting in his official capacity when he spoke at Trump's 1/6 rally. Story to come...
Someone at the Justice Department actually had to write this sentence:
NEW: DOJ and the House both turned down @RepMoBrooks’ request to defend him against @RepSwalwell’s lawsuit that accuses him of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Brooks was not conducting official business, DOJ says.

Story w/ @joshgerstein

politico.com/news/2021/07/2…

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27 Jul
Officer Hodges watches along as footage of his own mask getting ripped off, while he was wedged in a Capitol door, is shown at 1/6 committee hearing
The four officers are sworn in and will testify under oath
Officer Gonnell says as he lost oxygen amid a crush of rioters he thought to himself “This is how I’m going to die.”
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10 May
NEW: An internal Capitol Police timeline of 1/6 suggests they identified a group of 200 Proud Boys amassing near the Senate shortly before the breach.

Rep. Lofgren says USCP appeared to lose focus on the group after that. Read more from @Ben___Leonard

politico.com/news/2021/05/1…
Lofgren provided details from the non-public timeline during a hearing with the USCP inspector general today. The IG said he shared similar concerns about the focus of Capitol Police threat assessments that day. politico.com/news/2021/05/1…
Per Lofgren, the USCP timeline made no mention of tracking that Proud Boys gathering even though it does mention tracking a group of 3 to 4 anti-Trump counter-protesters a short while later. politico.com/news/2021/05/1…
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30 Apr
NEWS: The Capitol Police leader who told officers to watch for anti-Trump forces in the crowd on Jan. 6 was Deputy Chief Eric Waldow, the highest-ranking official outside the building that day, USCP and congressional sources say.

politico.com/news/2021/04/3…
Rep. LOFGREN cited Waldow's comments, without naming him, last week as she raised concerns that Capitol Police were focused on street vilence when the latest intelligence pointed to a severe danger to Congress. politico.com/news/2021/04/3…
Waldow was the "incident commander" outside the building, meaning he was the lead official in charge of coordinating officers' movements.
politico.com/news/2021/04/3…
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27 Apr
NEW: Donald Trump's renewed attacks on the election are helping prosecutors keep some of his most fanatical supporters, those who stormed the Capitol in his name, in jail pending trial.

w/ @joshgerstein

politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
@joshgerstein Some judges have begun crediting prosecutors 'arguments — part of broader analyses — that Capitol rioters charged with some of the most violent attacks could be spurred to future violence by Trump's continued claim of a rigged election. politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
@joshgerstein Prosecutors most recently lodged that argument in the detention hearing for Nathaniel DeGrave, who called Trump his "idol" on Jan. 24. Here's what they said:

politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
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26 Apr
Federal judge explaining (among many other reasons) why he ordered pretrial detention of 1/6 rioter Scott Fairlamb. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/doc1/045184783…

#Analysis
In another court filing, 1/6 defendant Richard BARNETT says he didn't call Nancy Pelosi a "bitch" in a note he left on her desk.

Rather, he calld he a "biatch," which is "less offensive." #Analysis
Trifecta complete: 1/6 defendant Rachel Powell apologized to a judge for wearing a mesh mask in defiance of her release conditions, attributing the decision to ...

"Lana del Ray" [sic]
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21 Apr
NEWS: A Capitol Police officer is under investigation for radioing all units on the morning of 1/6 and telling them to look for ONLY anti-Trump troublemakers, not pro-Trump.

A key lawmaker revealed the contours of the ongoing probe today.

politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
LOFGREN described the radio message while questioning the Capitol Police inspector general today.

A committee aide says she recently came into possession of USCP documents that included details of this investigation.

politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
As @froomkin points out, this is likely a Capitol Police official senior enough to send out this kind of a communication to officers in the field. It's a bit tricky to pin down on Lofgren's rough outline, but it hints at something very concerning

politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
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