#SeditionHunters - three weeks ago the DoD Inspector General released a Jan 6 timeline so discrepant with former statements that it couldn't fit in our timeline. Now a bombshell memo call Lt. Generals Charles Flynn and Walter Piatt "unmitigated liars". 1/ politico.com/news/2021/12/0…
Former DC National Guard Col. Earl Matthews focuses on claims that it took hours to prepare National Guard to deploy to the Capitol, says those statements “constituted the willful deception of Congress.” 2/
Maj. Gen. Walker, former commander of the DC National Guard, had immediately called for the IG report to be retracted - it threw him under the bus, claimed he got a call at 4:35 PM to deploy the Guard and sat on it til 5:08 PM. Walker says that's a lie. 3/ washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Walker says NG was ready to go immediately, no planning needed, no reason for delay. He called the report "inaccurate", "incomplete", and "sloppy". (It is certainly sloppy, listing one phone call at both 2:20 & 2:22 PM.) Links to all documents and to our timeline will follow. 4/
For context, here is our timeline, showing both events at the Capitol and DoD / police communications, based on reports that came out soon after Jan. 6th. Link here is timeline in table form. Sources document to follow. 5/ docs.google.com/document/d/1jx…
Here's the sources document - screenshot highlights the period when DoD says Walker was called 4:35 PM; he says 5:08. Either time was too late to help much, though. The US Capitol seems saved largely by city police (DC, VA, MD) with FBI SWAT backup. 6/ docs.google.com/document/d/1yM…
The National Guard deployment in that timeline was based off a memo issued by the DoD on January 11. 7/ media.defense.gov/2021/Jan/11/20…
Here's the new DoD IG report of Nov 18. Among the odd changes: events in the crucial period from 4-4:40 PM are moved earlier by 5 minutes. Originally the 4:18 PM verbal authorization of state NG came 1 minute after Trump's "go home" Tweet at 4:17 PM... 8/ s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2111…
Politico links to another timeline, not widely known, issued by DC NG on Jan 7. It highlights (boldface, italics!) that the time from the first call for assistance til "final approval from McCarthy and Miller was two hours and fifty-six minutes" 9/ politico.com/f/?id=0000017d…
Here is the shockingly blunt memo on the DoD IG report: "at least two general officers of the Army engaged in repeated violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 907, 1001, 1621. One of these general officers [Charles Flynn] now leads an Army Service Component Command." 10/
And a possibly relevant update (h/t @visionsurreal): Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, brother of Gen. Charles Flynn of the Matthews memo and scheduled to give his deposition to the January 6 Committee today... has been "granted [a] short postponement". 11/
A correction: Gen. Charles Flynn's rank was mis-stated in the first Tweet as Lt. Gen. Wikipedia "On November 30, 2020, [Flynn's] nomination for promotion to general was submitted to the U.S. Senate and was confirmed by voice vote of the full Senate on December 20, 2020". 12/
Timelines don't prove culpability, but they are informative, suggestive. They tell you what MIGHT have led to what. So let's add: on Nov. 25, 2020, 5 days before recommending Charles Flynn's promotion, Former Pres. Donald Trump pardoned Michael Flynn. 13/
Since we're talking NG timelines, let's re-up a puzzle: Shortly after 3:30 PM, Disclose.tv & Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany Tweeted that the National Guard was being deployed. Why? That info was rebroadcast on InfoWars, widely heard. 14/
What happened near 3:30 PM? The NG timeline suggests that Acting Def. Sec Miller issued some statement then, but there's no Miller statement in the DoD timeline. This discrepancy has been very concerning. Here are the Tweets in context, and the timing from the NG memo. 15/
The NG memo also lists a 3:31 PM event: "REDCON1 recommended by Gen. Flynn". (REDCON = "full alert"). Is this related to the deployment Tweets that come within minutes? But this event is completely absent from the DoD IG report, which has - oddly - 22 blank minutes just then. 16/
Inspectors General should be the final arbiter of truth, the watchdogs. The gaping blanks here, unexplained discrepancies with previous timelines, and internal inconsistencies are all a huge red flag, even beyond what the report says. This is not how IG reports should look. 17/
An update to unwind confusion - an exhaustive recap of Jan 6 NG decisions near 3:30 PM, h/t a helpful VA resident.
It's all initiated by Virginia & Maryland racing to help. At 3:29 PM, VA Gov. Northam posts a widely-seen Tweet that he's sending the VA Guard + state police 18/
Northam's words are repeated by Disclose.tv at 3:32 PM & shown on InfoWars at 3:34. Then at 3:36 PM, Kayleigh McEnany confusingly Tweets that "the National Guard" is coming at "Trump's direction", though no-one seems to have yet authorized state NGs to enter DC. 19/
Gen. Daniel Hokanson in DC hears of the plan to mobilize the VA NG & calls the VA Adjutant General at 3:46 PM. Then it's MD's turn: at 3:47 Gov. Hogan Tweets his plan to help & Hokanson calls their AG at 3:55. (Below is from a Jan 8 press release). 20/ defense.gov/News/Releases/…
We don't know what was said in those calls, but at least they're consistently reported in Jan. In the new IG report, though, Bowser disappears from the timeline; the 3:46 VA AG call is gone; and 3:55 PM is now "General Hokanson initiates communications with state governors." 21/
The IG report was supposed to clarify the DoD response to requests for help at the Capitol. In Jan, MD Governor Hogan expressed his frustration: "we aren't getting answers". The IG report doesn't give those answers - instead opens new questions. 22/ usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
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This story is truly alarming - @kyledcheney has buried the lede. The FBI has told Citibank that recipients of EPA climate grants are being considered as potentially liable for fraud. That is, the Trump administration wants to criminalize work on climate science and impacts. 1/
It's staggering that this could happen in the US: an incoming administration not only cancels federal grants but declares recipients as criminals. All these grantees applied under government calls FOR ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, were reviewed and accepted. Trump wants to jail them. 2/
Obviously we need more details but the letter from the FBI lists 28 organizations, mostly nonprofits serving communities: e.g. the DC Green Bank helps DC residents finance solar energy and building efficiency projects. This is not fraud. This is targeted harassment. 3/
Many people are talking about the WSJ's new reporting that Kash Patel wants to live part-time in Las Vegas and run the FBI remotely. Seems like people missed some key context provided earlier by the Nevada Independent: Kash lives there with timeshare scammer Michael Muldoon. 1/
The Nevada Independent reports that Patel, who's known Muldoon since at least 2019, has been registered to vote at Muldoon's Las Vegas home since January 2022. Muldoon states in FEC filings he lives there too. But he won't answer questions about Patel. 2/ thenevadaindependent.com/article/trump-…
What's disturbing about this is the secrecy. Kash won't explain, and Muldoon hung up on reporters. The FBI Director, who is privy to the nation's secrets, isn't supposed to have secrets of his own. It's a security risk. Reporters must demand an explanation. 3/
Trump kicks Huffpost out of the press pool and the Axios reporter just.. takes over his slot. Shameful. Reporters should have all quit the pool immediately. Complying is the first step towards meekly taking dictation. You have to resist! No coverage unless it's on your terms. 1/
This is White House reporters failing Authoritarianism 101. Resist and they back down. Comply and they demand more. We all know this! And to comply for a stupid pool report no one cares about, so you can tell your readers what Trump ate for lunch. It's just a disgrace. 2/
White House reporters have been mocking Dem leadership for not having a plan, but when the time came for them, they flopped just as hard. They knew this was coming! And yet they had no plan. It's humiliating for us Americans. The French put us to shame. 3/ the-independent.com/news/world/ame…
A big milestone: former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFault finally accepts it - Trump backs Putin. The US is led by a traitor. McFaul held out hope for a long time but the evidence is now undeniable. And Russia's been fueling division in the US for over a decade... 1/
In a tally of influencers who brought the crowds to the Capitol on Jan 6, nearly 20% have a deep Russian tie - Russian residency or family, Russian-speaking spouse, hired by Russian media. It is not random. Russia has waging information war on the US, especially since 2014. 2/
Here are the names behind that chart, with color codes. Russia is all over the US far right. The names in red here don't even include those just boosted by Russia (e.g. Brandon Straka). These are direct payments or family ties - likely people on a list, then cultivated. 2/
Newsflash: Deputy DoD Press Sec. Kingsley Wilson, whose Twitter profile shows her wearing a "MAGA" T-shirt, is violating the Hatch Act, which says employees may not "wear or display partisan political buttons, T-shirts, signs, or other items". See next Tweet to report it. 1/
It's undoubted that Wilson is using this Twitter account for official DoD business, since she uses it to respond to a WaPo reporter. Hatch Act guidance on this is very clear. This OSC page tells you how to file a complaint about a Hatch Act violation. 2/ osc.gov/Services/Pages…
Strangely Deputy DoD spokeswoman Kingsley Wilson's Twitter account seems not saveable on - someone has blocked it? - but it is saved on other platforms. Plenty of other Hatch Act violations here, including her pinned Tweet, for those who want to dig. 3/ archive.org
In tonight's military purge, Tump named as Chair of the Joint Chiefs Dan Caine, a retired Lt. Gen so underqualified he'd need a waiver. Oddly, Caine was installed last month at 3 VC firms doing crypto, AI, and defense tech, including Thrive, founded by Jared Kushner's brother. 1/
It does look bad if the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is taking a paycheck from relatives of the president. But since Trump also fired the Judge Advocates General from all four military branches tonight, we might have to wait for an ethics ruling. 2/ military.com/daily-news/202…
The New York Times article tonight calls Lt Gen Caine a "serial entrepreneur and investor", but doesn't mention his role in Joshua Kushner's company. It's not a secret - it's on his LinkedIn. And it's very relevant - the public deserves to understand. 3/ archive.is/8Je1R