Catching up on the news from two days ago that Frank Scavo, a Jan. 6 defendant from NE Pennsylvania, has cut a plea deal w/ the govt.
As part of his plea, Scavo agrees to cooperate w/ law enforcement. /1
Noting for posterity that Frank Scavo spoke at a 12/29 rally at Tommy Gun Warehouse w/ Rod of Iron Ministries leader Sean Moon & Vets for Trump officer Teddy Daniels. Steve Bannon was also a featured speaker. /2 rawstory.com/rod-of-iron-mi…
Frank Scavo's associations w/ Sean Moon & Teddy Daniels didn't end after 1/6.
3 days later, Scavo emceed the campaign kickoff for Daniels' congressional campaign, & Moon gave the opening prayer. /3
I almost forgot about Jan. 3, when Scavo and Rod of Iron Ministries rallied in front of PA House Majority Leader Bryan Cutlar's house, calling on him to decertify Biden's electoral votes. H/T @russ_walker /4 lancasteronline.com/news/politics/…
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#January6th update: In a filing opposing defendant Edward Lang's motion for release, the govt alleges that Lang repeatedly kicked an officer identified as "Sgt. JM" as he was stuck against the door inside the Lower West Terrace tunnel.
Here's a still from a video that, according to the govt, shows Edward Lang kicking Sgt. JM. "Around 2:57 p.m., Lang and another rioter violently pushed a door against an officer's head and Lang simultaneously kicked at that officer." #January6th
Lang fought with police, by his own admission, for 3 hrs at the tunnel — the site of "one of the more intense and prolonged clashes between protesters and law enforcement."
Following the assault on Officer Michael Fanone, rioters began a 2nd wave of violence around 3:50 p.m.
THREAD: The feds have taken note of Capitol rioter Jeffrey Grace's involvement in clashes w/ antifascists in Portland, OR this past weekend, & are requesting that his conditions of release be modified to prohibit "possession of firearms, weapons or destructive devices." /1
The government's motion notes that during his initial interview w/ the FBI, Grace "denied membership with other organizations, including the Proud Boys," & then goes on to say "the investigation also revealed that Grace was an active member of the Proud Boys." /2
That's not the only deception on Grace's part that's noted by the government. The motion also notes that "contrary to Grace's assertions, Grace's adult son Jeremy Grace accompanied him inside the Rotunda." /3
Jeffrey Grace marched w/ the Proud Boys in DC before breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6, & joined PBs in Portland this past weekend for a clash w/ left-wing counter-protesters. No comment from prosecutors on whether he's violating terms of release. /1 rawstory.com/jeffrey-grace/
Here's @smileitsnathan's photo of Grace & six other men piling into a pickup to leave Portland after clashing w/ antifascists on Saturday.
Rod of Iron Ministries, a Moonies spinoff that incorporates the AR-15 into worship, mobilized support for the Jan. 6 insurrection as part of vibrant far-right network in NE Pennsylvania, alongside Frank Scavo & Teddy Daniels. /1 rawstory.com/rod-of-iron-mi…
Pastor Sean Moon led Rod of Iron members onto the scaffolding on the west side of the Capitol. One ROI member reflected: "If the scaffolding collapsed from so many people, it would be tragic, but it would be a good way to die as an offering." (photo via @Shutterstock) /2
While Pastor Sean led the main group to the west plaza, Rod of Iron Ministries member Robert Pickell joined rioters pushing against the police line outside the Columbus Doors on the east side. /3
THREAD: Status hearing on Proud Boys defendants Dominic Pezzola, William Pepe and Matthew Greene taking place right now. Pezzola used a stolen riot shield to bust out a window in the initial breach of the Capitol. Pepe shoved aside a barrier to allow rioters to reach Capitol. /1
The three defendants, who are being tried together, are all from New York State. Pezzola is from Rochester, Greene from Syracuse, & Pepe from the New York City area. /2
Most of the discussion right now is about discovery, which is understandably "voluminous." /3
THREAD: Evan Neumann of Mill Valley, CA, who is wanted on charges of assault & disorderly conduct at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, remains at large. /1
Neumann is accused of punching a Metropolitan DC police officer & striking officers w/ a barricade, while accusing them of "defending the people who are going to kill your f***ing children." /2
Neumann was charged on March 23. Five weeks earlier, FBI agents followed Neumann from his home in Mill Valley to the international terminal at San Francisco International Airport, but he declined to answer questions about whether he physically engaged with law enforcement. /3