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Apr 6 10 tweets 4 min read
HAPPENING NOW: @FBI confirms they’re “conducting court authorized law enforcement activity” on the 900 block of I street SE. This is at Crossing Apartments. Resident tells Me he saw multiple officers in military-style uniforms w/ rifles walking thru building.Waiting to learn more
FBI agents continue walking in and out of the building. Multiple people who live inside have told me they’ve seen NCIS, too. One woman told me she saw postal police.
FBI agents walking in with what appear to be cardboard boxes. #Fox5DC
Heading home from scene now, but will keep tabs on it and post to this thread if we learn anymore about what's happening.

#Fox5DC
JUST IN: Sources confirm to #Fox5DC that this is all related to two projects charged with impersonating federal officers. 40 year old Arian Taherzadeh and 36 year old Haider Ali.
Here's part of indictment alleging Taherzadeh and Ali told people they were with DHS and tried to ingratiate themselves with authorities by paying the rent for an employee of the Secret Service and an employee of DHS.

#Fox5DC
Charging doc says this all started a few weeks ago when a postal inspector was investigating an assault on a postal worker and Taherzadeh and Ali told them they could help w/ investigation.

It seems like postal inspector got suspicious and referred to DHS IG who referred to FBI.
One of the witnesses was a secret service agent on the *First Lady’s* detail. Taherzadeh sent pictures with uniform and tactical gear. Earlier version of this tweet said Vice President.
*people
Clarification: the language in the indictment says the original assault ~~involved~~ a postal worker.

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Apr 6
Imagine having a bar across the street from Nats Park, gearing up for Opening Day, then being told you have to shut down 20% of your business with 24 hours notice. A reality for @waltersbardc when @DDOTDC told him to take this down during games. We’re live at 10+11 on #Fox5DC
*48 hours notice!! Sorry!!
Walter's owner, Jeremy Gifford says DDOT told him it was a safety issue. And the stop order specifically references taking the structure down for the 3 hours before the game and 2 hours after. Something that's impossible to do with the structure he's built.
Read 12 tweets
Jun 30, 2021
DELTA VARIANT THREAD:

If you're like me, you've seen many seemingly contradictory reports about the Delta variant.

We took our questions to Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease doctor.

Number 1 question we got: Are the vaccines effective?

Short answer: So far, yes.

#WTAE
Dr. Adalja says the Pfizer & Moderna vaccines are showing to be highly effective.

Preliminarily, he says J&J is also showing that it's effective at preventing the Delta variant.

"The vaccines, if you’re fully vaccinated, I think you’re fine from the Delta Variant perspective."
But what about some of these reports we're seeing?

Australia is locking down cities. The World Health Organization is encouraging fully vaccinated people to wear masks. What's going on?

Adalja says, to put it bluntly, the U.S. is more vaccinated than other parts of the world.
Read 8 tweets
Jun 29, 2021
HAPPENING NOW: Former Pittsburgh Police Officer Tony Moreno says he will accept the Republican nomination for mayor of Pittsburgh. News conference about to begin here in Homewood where he’ll lay out his vision for Pittsburgh. #WTAE
Here’s the release in which he said he and his wife “ceremonially” changed their party registration to Republicans, saying the Democratic Party establishment rejected him for “another career policitian that wants to divide this city.” #WTAE
Moreno says his campaign is focused on uniting 90 neighborhoods and getting city out of “corrupt mess”. “I will protect you, Pittsburgh.”
Read 5 tweets
Jun 28, 2021
NEW AT 5&6

One of the biggest questions surrounding COVID vaccine research is what to do about a potential booster dose.

Pitt is jumping into that conversation. It's 1 of 12 sites across the country chosen to conduct a trial surrounding this question.

wtae.com/article/covid-…
A preliminary study in Great Britain looked at a third booster dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine and determined that it boosted the immune response against COVID-19.

wsj.com/articles/third…
But Pfizer and Moderna announced the results of a study that said that immunity from the first two doses could last for years.

There's no specific conclusion at this point. It's still being studied, and that's part of what will be happening at Pitt.

yahoo.com/news/pfizer-mo…
Read 5 tweets
Feb 9, 2021
#BullhornLady #PinkHatLady UPDATE per @BMayo_WTAE

Among what FBI says they found in Rachel Powell's home during a search last week:

-Several destroyed phones
-2 "go bags": 1 w/ rope, duct tape, ammo-1 with ninja stars, knives, lighters.
-2 AK47 magazines and hand gun magazine Image
More from @BMayo_WTAE

FBI agent testified Powell's husband got a call from her 1/30 saying she was going to leave for some time and needed to drop kids off. Husband told FBI agent she didn't say where she was going when she dropped the kids off.
Here is a picture that was Exhibit 14 today in court of the phones FBI agents said they discovered inside the home.

#WTAE Image
Read 9 tweets
Jan 5, 2021
The Pennsylvania State Senate begins its new legislative session of the people's business with.....

An argument about masks and whether or not Senators on the floor should be required to wear them.

#WTAE
They're taking a vote now to require senators on the floor to wear masks for today's session.

They DID NOT call on Jim Brewster for this roll call.

Some context:

wtae.com/article/pennsy…
OK.

Democratic Senator Steve Santarsiero from Bucks County has requested a delay in swearing in Senators pending resolution of the judicial challenge to Brewster's win.

Critical of Ziccarelli's "specious" actions, and says she didn't go through proper procedure in courts. Image
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