Thread by @ryanjreilly

Samuel Lazar’s detention hearing is now underway. Government prosecutor is now reading off some selections from Lazar's Facebook search warrant returns. #facepaintblowhard

“What’s next if this defendant is released?” federal prosecutor asks during Lazar’s detention hearing, after reading a threatening post targeting Antifa/BLM/Democrats from Lazar’s Facebook page.

Background: Samuel Lazar was palling around with a bunch of GOP politicians in Pennsylvania when he was on the FBI’s Capitol wanted list. @DanNephinLNP first wrote about his well-documented actions just days after Jan. 6. #facepaintblowhard huffpost.com/entry/samuel-l…

Samuel Lazar was arrested the same morning that Capitol and MPD officers testified about their experiences on Jan. 6. He’s been in custody for more than a month. huffpost.com/entry/samuel-l…

Federal prosecutor argues that 35-year-old Sam Lazar is “an adult” and isn’t going to listen to another adult (aka his teenage girlfriend) if he wants to do something. They don’t see a third-party custodian as a viable option.

Here’s a thread with the photos of Sam Lazar at issue:

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1427429973757943814

Here’s a video (unearthed by @CoryCullington) that shows Lazar encouraging other rioters to storm the building. Because he literally believed the Big Lie and wanted to take what in his mind was justifiable action, others apparently thought he was antifa.