#SeditionHunters - the Capitol on Jan 6 was swarming with alt-right D-listers: grifters, streamers, attention-seeking activists along for the coup. Here's another from SoCal, #IamTonyMoon, who posted so much evidence it took a 19-tweet thread for @DianthaSol to list it all! 1/
The nasty #IamTonyMoon calls himself the "Roof Kore*n" (that's a racist term, so using *). He may not have been violent in DC but he's sure violent in LA - here he is last month sucker-punching a protester. (h/t @chadloder@desertborder) 2/
The attention-seeking #IamTonyMoon seems to occupy the same outer fringes of the alt-right universe as his fellow Californian #IamKennedyLindsey, who was also at the Capitol Jan 6.... 3/
...but unlike Moon, #IamKennedyLindsey managed to get into the VIP crowd for awhile. Here she is hitching a ride to the Capitol on Scott Chafian's golf cart (husband of rally organizer Cindy Chafian). If you're betting on who gets a call from FBI first, money's on Kennedy. 4/
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Capitol Police Officer Dunn is describing a crowd calling him a "F-- n--". And to another officer: "Put your gun down and we'll show you what kind of n--- you really are". He describes sobbing at the end of the day & asking how it could have happened - "Is this America?" 2/
Officer Dunn: "Democracy went on that night and still continues today"... "You all tried to disrupt democracy that day, and you failed".
Sen. Thompson now questioning Officer Fanone "what prompted you to come to the Capitol?".. 3/
#SeditionHunters - Liz Cheney: "The attack on this building on January 6 ... was an attack on our Constitution." "The American people deserve to know what happened; the people who did this must be held accountable." "This investigation must go forward.." 1/
Liz Cheney is a pivotal figure who knows exactly how bad Jan 6 could have been. In the days before, it was Cheney who secretly arranged for all 10 living former defense secretaries to write an op-ed warning against the military intervening in elections. 2/ newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
Here is the WaPo op-ed written by the 10 former defense secretaries, including Liz Cheney's father, Dick Cheney. The op-ed explicitly calls on acting Sec. of Defense Chris Miller to "refrain from any political actions." Screenshots to follow. 3/ washingtonpost.com/opinions/10-fo…
#SeditionHunters - events in DC required planning. Cindy Chafian organized the fiery Jan 5 rally where Ali Alexander led the crowd in “Victory or Death!” On Jan 6 she marched up the West Capitol steps with bullhorn & entourage and cheered during the assault on Officer Fanone. 1/
Cindy’s been organizing rightwing rallies since the Nov. 2020 election, with speaker lists full of extremist voices: Alex Jones (InfoWars), Michael Flynn, Roger Stone. Security always provided by the shadowy Flynn-connected 1st Amendment Praetorian group. 2/
Husband Scott Chafian, USN Surface Warfare & Anti-Terrorism Officer, held commands providing combat readiness training to foreign countries. Ret. at Lt. Cmdr. 2012 & launched a private firm (ETC Intl) offering similar “training engagements in support of security assistance.’’ 3/
#SeditionHunters - a big arrest today! #BulgePB, who hung with the Proud Boys elite on Jan 6, is Nathaniel Tuck, a former cop from Florida, IDd by the great @ne0ndistraction. He's at R here, escorting #FashProShop to the E. side of the Capitol to meet up with Joe Biggs. 1/
#BulgePB was arrested along with his dad, also a Florida police officer, or was one til he resigned today. Weirdly for a cop, apparently texted his family “We stormed the Capitol, fought the police.” See ne0n's thread for more.. 2/ orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-…
Interestingly the wives of both #BulgePB and #FashProShop aka Arthur Jackman are ALSO police officers in Florida. Sarah Jackman just cleared for duty, says she thought Proud Boys were a nice group where "men spend time together & attend Bible studies.” 3/ clickorlando.com/news/local/202…
What motivated #SeditionHunters? For many, a sense that democracy itself was & is under attack. The Joint Chiefs' letter of Jan 11 suggested the chain of command was fraying. A new book validates this sense - Gen. Milley feared a 'Reichstag moment' 1/ washingtonpost.com/politics/joint…
Many of us asked ourselves - what if we were Germans in 1933, watching events unfold? When do you know that it's time to drop everything, put your life on hold and go to work? Turns out Milley made the same analogy... 2/
There've been over 4 news articles about the #SeditionHunters community; all use words like "motley", "amateurs", "sleuths" playing detective. But whenever the U.S. was attacked, citizens have stepped up, always, to do their part. In uniforms they don't look so "motley"... 3/
#SeditionHunters - the FBI prosecution of assault on media has reached one of the nastiest: Alan Byerly of PA aka #GreyBeanieMeanie, who viciously attacked AP photographer John Minchillo. He's the one in the grey beanie...PA journalists, do your thing! 1/ justice.gov/usao-dc/case-m…
His PA affiliation wasn't hard to find; his beanie says "Kutztown". The attack was shocking for his visible rage, also Minchillo was pushed over a wall & could have been seriously hurt. (Btw don't credit those who helped Minchillo; they may be org. folks trying to de-escalate) 2/
The video crucial to Byerly's arrest was shot by his AP colleague Julio Cortez (julythephotoguy) from helmet-mounted cam. So reporting itself defends reporters! As in the #MediaSmash, the mob called any journalist "CNN".. 3/