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21 Dec, 9 tweets, 6 min read
#SeditionHunters - a long-awaited arrest this morning, the Chicago-area Proud Boy tagged as #AllBlackBabyThor (for his Nordic necklace). Hard to miss on Jan 6 as he seemed to think he was storming the beaches of Normandy (h/t @JusticeCat0106). 1/
#AllBlackBabyThor was hashtagged in February - his tendency to shout & strike poses meant he showed up in photos from many pro photojournalists. He carried mace and a radio, hit police with his flagpole, tried to direct the crowd... 2/
One clue as #AllBlackBabyThor's Chicago origin was that he walked in with #KidRedPB who wore a Chicago Blackhawks hoodie, but he was also well-known to Chicago-area right-wing watch groups. They called him "Space Cowboy" but now use both hashtags.. 3/
Shieldwall Chicago has a whole page on #AllBlackBabyThor / SpaceCowboy, including prior sightings; he was believed to be from Schaumburg. 4/
shieldwallchicago.noblogs.org/post/2021/03/1…
In August he showed up with a pack of Proud Boys at a "Save Columbus" rally in Chicago's Arrigo Park. (Photo is from Chicago SunTimes article, with annotations by @AntifaMillChi
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/8/15…) 5/
#AllBlackBabyThor had an amazingly long run at hiding, even though he says audibly on Jan 6 that his name is JimBob. Now we know he is James Robert Elliott. His indictment unsealed today; arrest may be much earlier. 6/
extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/…
This morning was passed a message that arrest must have happened, since Chicago-area Proud Boys were now fundraising for poor arrested "Jim Bob". Lot of Proud Boys are learning recently that FAFO applies to them too. 7/
DOJ thinks the arrest is significant enough to rate a press release (h/t @Interface_x1 !) Jim Bob / #AllBlackBabyThor is the first Chicago-area Proud Boy to be arrested for the Jan 6 attack. Press release says he's from Aurora, IL. 8/
justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/ill…
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* Tweet 1, B&W, Joseph Rushmore instagram.com/p/CQMIv3Yj56x/
* Tweet 2, color, Joseph Prezioso / Getty
* Tweet 3, B&W, Nate Gowdy nategowdy.com
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21 Dec
#SeditionHunters: As Michael Fanone resigns from the MPD today, let's remember his insightful description of the "hybrid" Capitol attack: "This was an orchestrated event. Despite that fact that most of the people on the ground are buffoons, so what? There are 15,000 of them.” 1/
Fanone was nearly killed by buffoons. We know most people who touched him; they are self-motivated, delusional, not acting under orders. But they were brought to DC in an organized effort, and on Capitol grounds were steered and directed to pre-selected points of attack. 2/
Fanone's retirement made the Washington Post today. On Jan 6, the MPD was essential in saving the Capitol, but Fanone says “Clearly there are some members of our department who feel their oath is to Donald Trump and not to the Constitution” 3/
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21 Dec
#SeditionHunters asked for court schedules, since there are some high-profile hearings this week - Ryan Nichols today & more upcoming. So here's T-F, in 3 Tweets). Jan 6 cases (in yellow) now make up 1/3 of the DC District Court's load - no wonder DOJ is pacing out arrests. 1/
Interesting status conferences tomorrow include Robert Gieswein (#WildDog); Idaho's #IamPamHemphill, Aaron Mostofsky (#FurryFoxGuy); Christopher Worrell (#SgtPepperSprayer) who is experiencing the FO part of FAFO; Gina Bisignano of Beverly Hills who is reportedly cooperating. 2/
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15 Dec
@hunterw @JenLawrence21 Clarification: there was ALWAYS a plan to move people to the Capitol. Calls to be at the Capitol at 1 PM had circulated for months. People in the crowd talk about it. You hear people on livestreams telling Trump, hurry up, we have to get to the Capitol. The only question is..1/
@hunterw @JenLawrence21 ...who knew of what part of the plan. Maybe Stockton can say he doesn't know (though he hangs with III%ers - disingenuous that he acts shocked, shocked, that Ali is associated with militia). But there was nothing spontaneous about an effort to get a large crowd to the Capitol. 2/
@hunterw @JenLawrence21 Also here is Stockton posting in Dec. 2020 praising his friend Matt Couch, who is tight with Cindy Chafian, best buds with Nathan Hughes who fought at the tunnel on Jan 6, and involved in trying to spring Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio from jail on Jan 4th. 3/
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15 Dec
#SeditionHunters - the FBI motors forward, mopping up networks: today more of Zach Rehl's Philadelphia Proud Boys. The main 5 who move together are now all arrested. The 3 today all shared a Telegram chat with Rehl, easily picked up via his phone after his March arrest. 1/
All of Rehl's crew helpfully provided names, blood types, and emergency contact info in the group text, along with coordinated travel and discussion of radios. Combined with their group selfies, they practically write their own conspiracy indictments. 2/
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Zach Rehl, Philly PB president, was first found inside the Capitol by @DianthaSol after a crowdsourced manhunt. His whole crew gathered in Sen. Merkley's office, familiar enough that they could be spotted even in black-and-white photos from the New Yorker... 3/
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6 Dec
#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…
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5 Dec
#SeditionHunters - the Dec. deposition calendar for the @January6thCmte is so packed you may need this guide from @RubyWorms. Kind of the sedition greatest hits: Michael Flynn on Mon., then Eastman & Jason Miller, next week even busier with Rhodes, Tarrio, RPL, Roger Stone.. 1/
..and the biggest fish of all, Alex Jones, gets a Saturday slot on the 18th. But that's not all: Stockton & Lawrence, McEntee, Stephen Miller, Bill Stepien, Taylor Budowich. Researchers working on any of these, best to get results in as soon as you can. 2/
january6th.house.gov/tip-line
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