#SeditionHunters - as we ring out the year & 358 days of sedition hunting it seemed time to summarize what we’ve achieved so far. The community's found so many #SeditionVIPs it’s hard to keep track, so here’s a guide: 74 Capitol attack figures as the 12 days of Christmas. 1/
We’ll count them off as:
12 Stop-the-Stealers
11 Sore Losers
10 Candidates running
9 Leaders leading
8 State legislators
7 Bikers biking
6 Arrested streamers
5 Anti-vaxxers
4 Federal pardons
3 Angry preachers
2 CNP’ers
and 1 monstrous ego who can't let go 2/
12 Stop-the-Stealers - note these are only a small part of Ali Alexander's crew of dozens on Jan 6. 3/
11 Sore Losers - sad figures who lost an election for U.S. Senate or Congress and are still fuming about it, now trying to overthrow elections instead. 4/
10 Candidates running - J6 insurrectionists now running for federal or high state offices. These are the folks who would help overturn the next election. 5/
9 Leaders leading - Nine who provided active leadership in the events of January 6 and in the attack itself. All are seen on Capitol grounds. 6/
8 State legislators - On Jan 6 eight state representatives were seen on Capitol grounds. Some like Vernon Jones were rally speakers. Some walked in with the Proud Boys (Biedermann) or came in armor (Evans). All seemed to expect that attack that occurred. 7/
7 Bikers biking - members of Bikers for Trump, Bikers for 45, and other similar groups were heavily represented on Jan 6, some providing rally security. All here are leaders or high-level figures in these organizations. 8/
6 Arrested streamers. We expect more arrests as DOJ works out their definition of "who is a journalist", but here are the most famous so far. Two from InfoWars, the rest independent. 9/
5 Anti-vaxxers. While many J6 perps are covid deniers, this group helped lead protests and rallies and have been drivers of the anti-vaxx movement. Two (Gold and Strand) have been arrested for Jan 6 already. 10/
4 Federal pardons. All these suspected J6 figures were pardoned by Trump between Nov 2020-Jan 2021. Three have been subpoenae'd by the January 6 Committtee; Manafort's company ran the Jan 6 rallies. (See justice.gov/pardon/pardons… for full list). 11/
3 Angry preachers. While many religious leaders seemed to find insurrection compatible with pastoral duties, these 3 are the angriest, loudest, and most nationally known of those who entered Capitol grounds. 12/
2 CNP'ers. The shadowy Council for National Policy, which mixes mainstream conservatives with far-right extremists, was heavily represented at the morning Ellipse rally on January 6, & at least 2 longstanding members played roles at the Capitol. (See splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016…) 13/
1 Monstrous ego who can't let go. While many figures helped produce the organized attack on January 6, and likely some more directly issued orders, it could not have happened without Trump. 14/
The 67 on the grounds here are only a subset of the backlogged #SeditionVIP list - 16 are totally new. Considered-but-rejected categories include "Grifters grifting" (too many); "Dirty tricksters", "Russian girlfriends" (too sensitive).. See jan6attack.com/individuals.htm for more. 15/
The slides are available for download in the public "Jan 6 Resources and Analysis" folder at bit.ly/Jan6Analysis. Please feel free to use, and please retweet! Happy New Year's to all, and may 2022 be better than 2021. With your help it can be. 16/
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Fascinating how the lawmakers upset about a 2024 New York fraud case are the same who helped Trump's coup in 2020. Mike Lee's hysterical letter today is signed by those Senators ranking #2, 4, 5, 7, 14 in the Senate Insurrection Index, plus the top 3 for post-Jan 6 actions... 1/
Here's the Senate Insurrection Index; screenshot has the signers of Mike Lee's letter marked. Leaders #1 Ted Cruz and #3 Josh Hawley (both Peter Thiel proteges) didn't sign it, but they were busy yesterday evening reciting their Trump talking points. 2/ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
Josh Hawley (#3) might be the first Senator to trash America's legal system after Trump's conviction, 4 Tweets in 12 minutes: "prosecuting political opponents", "complete and total sham", "CRIMINALIZE..political opposition", "If you thought it couldn't happen in America.." 3/
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From 1970, Finkelstein changed politics in the US and around the world with virulently negative campaigns that pushed fear & division ("rejectionist voting"), microtargeted messaging, 3rd party spoilers, and a complete disregard for truth and values. 2/ nytimes.com/2017/08/19/us/…
Finkelstein, who was both Jewish and gay, won races for homophobic candidates with antisemitic messaging. It's beyond twisted. He got Bibi elected in 1996; Bibi referred him to Viktor Orban - and to help Orban win he created the George Soros conspiracy. 2/ buzzfeednews.com/article/hnsgra…
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None of the 8 Senators most culpable in supporting Trump's attempt to seize power Jan 6 voted for Ukraine aid. That's Cruz (TX), Tuberville (AL), Hawley (MO), Marshall (KS), Johnson (WI), Blackburn (TN), Lee (UT), and Paul (KY). 2/ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
Of the other 8 Senators who did something measurable in support of Trump's Jan 6 coup, half voted against aiding Ukraine. One of the yeses is Steve Daines, who earlier today voted against breaking the filibuster at all. (Another is Lankford who wrote the aid bill.) 3/
The newly-released transcript of Walt Nauta's 2022 FBI interview is interesting for what it says about the investigation: FBI talked to him just four days after he started moving boxes at Mar-a-Lago. A week later, Nauta helped load boxes into an SUV to be taken to Bedminster. 1/
Trump was subpoenaed for documents "bearing classified markings" on May 11, 2022. Evan Corcoran warned him Mar-a-Lago might be searched; box-moving started May 22 and went to June 2. By June 19 Trump seemed to prep a defense that he'd declassified them. 2/ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
On June 19 Trump designated new representatives to the National Archives, including Kash Patel. On June 22 Patel started a PR binge about declassification, the same day Trump got a subpoena for security cam footage that would have shown Nauta. Events were moving very fast. 3/
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Note how the mifepristone case went through a 3-judge chain: first Matthew Kacsmaryk, sworn in by James Ho, whose wife got payments from ADF, which brought the suit. Then to Ho, sworn in by Clarence Thomas, whose wife got payments from Harland Crow, who hosted the ceremony. 2/
This case shows the creeping influence of "religious liberty" legal advocacy groups. Matthew Kacsmaryk and James Ho both worked for First Liberty; so did Mike Johnson, briefly, before he went to ADF, which hired Josh Hawley's wife, who argued the suit. 3/ firstliberty.org/news/taking-th…
Several former military officers filed a brief in Trump's immunity case today. One is Keith Kellogg; that name matters! Kellogg was with Trump all morning on Jan 6. Kellogg, part of Trump's inner circle since 2016, was also on the call that led to Trump's 1st impeachment. 1/
Here's Keith Kellogg in the Oval Office with Trump on Jan. 6 morning. He was there when Trump called Mike Pence, threatened him, called him a 'pussy'. Any filing by Kellogg is intended to help Trump. 2/
In 2016, when Trump named a council of 5 foreign policy advisors, pundits were baffled: why these guys? Keith Kellogg, Carter Page, George Papadopoulos, Joseph Schmitz, and Walid Phares, all obscure - but all are now tied to Russia and/or to Jan. 6. 3/