When the FBI showed up to Tom Bostic's door to investigate his daughter Meghan Rutledge for storming the Capitol, they say he was wearing "the same blue flannel shirt" he wore on Jan. 6.
Bostic, the feds say, communicated "with an individual who coordinated convoys, communication plans, maps and packing lists for individuals planning to participate in the events on January 6, 2021.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
He was arrested yesterday in Chesapeake, Virginia.
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DOJ Spokesman Anthony Coley: "The Department of Justice will make its own independent decisions in all prosecutions based solely on the facts and the law. Period. Full stop.”
Read this piece, then read “Policing The Open Road” if you’re looking for yet another examination of the disastrous impact of car supremacy on American society.
“If we want to make America a decent place to live, dethroning the car from its policy throne is a good place to start.” theweek.com/articles/84544…
“‘We are punishing drivers for doing what the roads are asking them to do,’ Grembek told me in a recent phone interview. Narrow the road, protect bike lanes, and add medians, and drivers will slow down.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
“[I’m] a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance. Take down the part about being in the building they are currently investigating and everyone who was in the building is going to [get] charged. Just looking out!” huffpost.com/entry/michael-…?
“Next time you want to come to DC just call me, you can stay at my house on the shore for free and bring your daughter to the museums… If you want to see the capitol building, lets do it legally next time... I know a guy who can get you a tour... lol.” huffpost.com/entry/michael-…?
“Person-1” isn’t named, but appears to be Jacob Hiles, who turned himself in on Jan. 19, took a “hit” of an unidentified substance inside the Capitol, and has an interest in fishing (he’s a fishing charter captain, in fact!). His sentencing is next month. huffpost.com/entry/michael-…?
NEW: Gary Wickersham of Pennsylvania, who may be the eldest Jan. 6 defendant, has pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor.
He’s an 81-year-old veteran living in a suburb of Philly, per defense attorney. (He was 80 when he stormed the Capitol.)
"The defendant believes that the entire event was staged, and that law enforcement purposefully did not have enough resources there so that supporters of the former president could overrun the Capitol and be subsequently labeled as 'intruders.” justice.gov/usao-dc/case-m…
Wickersham pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth, a 78-year-old on senior status who is a few years younger than Wickersham.
A lot of reactions to this, but the buried lede is that the attorney general of Arizona is using the adjective as his title.
Calling yourself “General Brnovich” is like calling yourself “Generic Brnovich”or “Common Brnovich” or “Overall Brnovich” or “Limited Brnovich.” General is the adjective!
A reminder: Ted Cruz, as Texas solicitor general, once “begged” his wife to “just once” call him “general.”
Really looking forward to this special o on Dan Day, the FBI informant at the center of a case against a trio of Trump supporters who plotted to slaughter Muslim refugees in Kansas.