#SeditionHunters - FINALLY, Philadelphia prosecutors have moved to rescind bail for Vets for Trump leader Joshua Macias, who urged the crowd on at the Capitol. We owe thanks to @KrisGoldsmith85's reporting for this. But, still one huge omission... 1/ thedailybeast.com/joshua-macias-…
The Daily Beast article by @stevanzetti says about Macias and his sidekick Antonio Lamotta, "There is no evidence either of them entered the Capitol building." But there IS evidence. For 7 months there has been evidence. What can we do to convince you? 2/
Macias is highly connected in the web of J6 'influencers': a founder of Vets for Trump, tied to Latinos for Trump, & part of the infamous Jan 4th pre-insurrection parking garage meeting between leaders of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Latinos for Trump... 4/
On Jan 6 morning, Macias was at the anti-vaxx Freedom Rally at Lot 6, along with others from Vets For Trump, Bikers for Trump, Latinos for Trump. Here he is with Miami Proud Boys #RabbiPB (Asher Meza) and #TheGreekPB, who were acting as security for LFT leader Bianca Gracia. 5/
Late in the day, Macias regrouped with #RabbiPB and #TheGreekPB (Meza & Bouzakis) in a kind of #SeditionVIP gathering at the Columbus Doors, along with the founders of the anti-vaxx Freedom Angels Foundation. Groups with seemingly different interests all worked together on J6. 6/
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Many #SeditionHunters worry about involvement of military in the Jan 6 Capitol attack. Here’s the highest ranked yet: Col. (ret.) Donald G. Rutherford, US Army, former Security Operations Chief for Libya, who watched the violent W. Plaza attack. ID by @CoryCullington's team. 1/
#SeditionHunters panicked when they spotted his “Pentagon” hat, with an O-6 pin. Like many other ex-military at the Capitol, he was a security specialist, overseas service, now a defense contractor. He posted about his trip to DC on FB... 2/
Rutherford came to DC on an organized bus, stayed over 1.5 hours, & moved TOWARD the violence, from the lawn to the W Plaza to the bleachers where he watched people break into the Capitol. This is his own video; see more in thread: 3/
#SeditionHunters - AUSAs and judges seem increasingly aware of / annoyed by fake statements of remorse by Capitol defendants. Here's a nice blow-by-blow of the sentencing today for a relatively minor perp, James Bonet: 90 days in jail, twice what prosecutors had requested. 1/
Also, a new arrest today of an old perp: #ChairGuy (#FBI107), one of the first to be hashtagged, is Ralph Celentano from Queens, NY. Among others assaults, he knocked an officer over a railing in the chaos as the W. Plaza was finally overtaken. 2/ justice.gov/usao-dc/case-m…
Celentano aka #ChairGuy doesn't seem to have militia connections or links to leadership on January 6 - radicalized individuals committed the worst assaults of the Capitol attack. 3/
#SeditionHunters - we told everyone that conspiracy charges would come for some not physically present at the Jan 6 Capitol attack. And now they're here - Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio has been charged. 1/ washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/…
Tarrio wasn't in DC on the 6th because he was arrested for an old offense, told to leave. That arrest has always been odd. We know Jan 6 was green-lit the night of Dec. 18th. Just before, Tarrio reached out to multiple media outlets to confess a crime...2/ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
The indictment is an excellent read - it carefully lays the case for conspiracy via timeline, showing how events follow each other. On Dec. 19, the first announcements for Jan 6 go out. On Dec. 20, Tarrio makes an encrypted chat for Proud Boys leaders. 3/ justice.gov/usao-dc/press-…
#SeditionHunters know the Capitol attack was organized. The J6 Committee knows too. Rep. Zoe Lofgren: "There was a planning. There was a purpose. And we are going to uncover all of that." Consider - if the attack had succeeded, how world events might be unfolding now... 1/
There are too many links between the Capitol attack & Ukraine. From Russia this week: Maria Butina, convicted foreign agent, honeypot with ties to J6 figures, now a Duma Rep, shows how to draw the fascist "Z" on your jacket to support invading Ukraine..2/
Maria Butina famously seduced Patrick Byrne, faithful henchman for former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. Here's Byrne at Flynn's side at the 'dry run' rally in DC on Dec 12. Six days later, both men were in the Oval Office pushing Trump to green-light Jan 6. 3/
#SeditionHunters & those who #StandWithUkraine can help by reporting long-time white supremacist Twitter accounts now posting against Ukraine. Here are Cassandra Fairbanks (then at Russia's Sputnik News) and Tim Cernovich making the white power sign at the White House in 2017. 1/
Here is Fairbanks (@ CassandraRules) today mocking NATO and U.S. military. She had been trying to analogize Ukraine and US borders. Fairbanks is now at The Gateway Pundit, supposedly US-owned but the sympathies are the same. 2/
Fairbanks has a bunch of re-tweets telling people not to believe "hyped-up hero stories" (e.g. soldiers Snake Island are still alive!). Meanwhile Mike Cernovich (not Tim, typo earlier!) , an open white supremacist, is busy blaming Zelenskyy. Report him: @ Cernvoich. 3/
#SeditionHunters and journalists: as Russia launches its attack on Ukraine we will hear - are hearing - U.S. public figures praising Putin. The same who also pushed the Jan 6 attack. Realize: the PR groundwork for today was laid over years. Here is Jack Posobiec last month. 1/
Posobiec, chief propagandist for the alt-right, is so obvious he's a guide to whatever op is current: election fraud, racial division, trucker convoys, war. Candace Owens is almost as reliable. Both ex-actors, 'platformed' in 2016-2017. Here's Candace & Jack last month. 2/
Last month was the signal to panic: Posobiec temporarily changed his Twitter name to "Jacek" in January and started posting about Ukrainian territorial integrity. He's a barometer for disinfo, a pure tool. But he represents many, not just 'influencers' but also politicians. 3/