Police were so overwhelmed on Jan. 6 that they couldn’t make arrests.
But after Robert Wayne Dennis assaulted police, they got his name, address, social security number, and checked his ID. They told him they’d apply for a warrant later. He was arrested in Texas.
"your Affiant observed DENNIS charging MPD Officer J.S., and DENNIS is shown grabbing another MPD Officer's baton with both hands. DENNIS then struggles violently with MPD Officer J.S. and takes him to the ground.”
Robert Wayne Dennis was known to sleuths as #UnholyGoalie.
Cops released him "so that he could seek medical treatment that officers were unable to provide due to the ongoing riot.”
They had his name, SSN, and address, but he still ended up on a MPD “Persons of Interest” slide.
At some point in the past 9+ months, Robert Wayne Dennis probably thought for a fleeting moment that he’d gotten away with it. He had not. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Here’s MPD getting Robert Dennis’ info before releasing him to seek medical care.
Some similarities here to the case against Nicholas James Brockhoff, who also gave police his name on camera after he assaulted them: huffpost.com/entry/nicholas…
Here’s MPD releasing Robert Dennis (aka #UnholyGoalie) so he could seek medical care after he assaulted police officers on Jan. 6. MPD got his info and the FBI eventually arrested him, but he had nine months of freedom that people who assault police officers don’t typically get.
Thanks to the tipster who passed that one along. My DMs are open, Signal in bio.
“If y’all were doing the right thing, then y’all would be letting us through to do what we need to do.” — yet another delusional member of the Jan. 6 crowd
Police also released the other Trump supporter captured on video there, Mark Ponder. He’s a D.C. resident, and he returned to the Capitol grounds after he was released on Jan. 6. It took authorities about two months to rearrest him for his conduct.
"there really is no centralized role in this for Defense or the Federal government components. This sits squarely in MPD's realm. I'm trying to tamp this down with the Deputy like I have the last couple of protests but this one may be different..."
From the latest batch of FBI emails on Jan. 6:
"It's her very first day in this position. He didn't tell her what the document was, or who wrote it, unfortunately and then went back to the 7th floor for more meetings..."
The only man known to have participated in both the newsman fight in Anchorman (2004) and the U.S. Capitol attack (2021) has formally pleaded guilty in connection with the latter.
Jay Johnston’s sentencing hearing in DC is set for Oct. 7, not long before his Mr. Show colleague David Cross appears in DC at the Warner Theater for his “The End Of The Beginning Of The End” show.
THREAD: Over two years ago, a Jan. 6 defendant told a court that he'd witnessed Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes (now serving an 18 year seditious conspiracy sentence) that he'd witnessed Rhodes try to contact Donald Trump during the Capitol attack.
That Jan. 6 defendant, William Todd Wilson, admitted that he heard Rhodes “repeatedly implore" an unidentified party he was speaking with "to tell President Trump to call upon groups like the Oath Keepers to forcibly oppose a transfer of power." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Rhodes himself was convicted at trial and, in May 2023, sentenced to 18 years in federal prison. But that phone call wasn't a focus for prosecutors.
The only man known to have participated in both the News Fight in Anchorman (2004) and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol (2021) plans to plead guilty on July 8, per court docket.
He doesn’t count for any “law enforcement officers who stormed the Capitol” stats, but he’s certainly played a cop a bunch! nbcnews.com/politics/justi…