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Jun 1 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Newly released trial exhibits suggest convicted Capitol rioter and alleged white supremacist Timothy Hale-Cusanelli was also a follower of far-right extremist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.

Fuentes is currently under scrutiny from the Jan 6 committee in congress.
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Fuentes led "Stop The Steal" rallies after the 2020 election, and was in DC on Jan. 6, 2021. He did not breach the Capitol.

But least one of Fuentes' followers, Christian Secor, made it to the Senate floor on 1/6 - he has pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding.
At Timothy Hale-Cusanelli's trial, prosecutors introduced a video of Hale-Cusanelli recorded when he attended second "Million MAGA March" in DC in December 2020.

In the courtroom, we heard Hale-Cusanelli use Fuentes' slogan: "America First is inevitable."
The video went by so quickly in court, it was easy to miss that Hale-Cusanelli had actually recorded Fuentes himself.

Here's a still from Hale-Cusanelli's video, and another angle on Fuentes that day from another attendee.
In a video prosecutors presented from Jan. 6, 2021, Hale-Cusanelli again uses Fuentes' slogan as he walked toward the U.S. Capitol: "America First is inevitable."
Not long after that, Hale-Cusanelli was with one of the first groups of rioters to breach the Capitol building. He did not commit property damage or assault police.

Last week, he was convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding - a felony - and four misdemeanors.
It's not surprising that Hale-Cusanelli might also be a Fuentes fan. Like Fuentes, he has a history of using racist, antisemitic, and anti-gay slurs, and prosecutors presented evidence that he is a Holocaust denier.

Hale-Cusanelli also had a YouTube show for his commentary.
Still, this new evidence suggests additional possible links between Fuentes and the riot.

See previously:

npr.org/2021/03/15/971…
Meanwhile, in the time since the Jan. 6 riot, Fuentes has gotten support from Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene also attended one of Fuentes' political conferences.

thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylo…

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The jury has returned a verdict in the first criminal trial stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol:

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Good afternoon from US District Court in Washington, DC, where we're covering USA v Guy Reffitt - the first Jan 6 trial.

We're expecting closing arguments today.

Catch up on this morning's session:
"All rise..."

Judge Dabney Friederich has re-entered the courtroom, after a longer-than-expected break.

The parties are handling some final edits to the jury instructions before the jurors come back in.
The jury is now coming into the courtroom.

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Welch: "Your honor, the defense also rests."
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Good Monday morning from U.S. District Court in Washington, DC.

Today is day 6 of the first trial connected to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot - USA v Guy Reffitt.

npr.org/2022/03/02/108…

Follow along here for updates throughout the day.
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"I'm telling you, if Pence caved, we're gonna drag motherfuckers through the streets."

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Happening now:
The sentencing of Jan. 6 defendant Robert Scott Palmer.

Palmer pleaded guilty to assaulting police with a wooden plank and fire extinguisher.

You can listen to the sentencing by phone:
Toll Free Number: 866-590-5055
Access Code: 3850112
The DOJ is asking US District Judge Tanya Chutkan to sentence Palmer to 63 months’ incarceration and three years of supervised release.

Palmer is asking for 24 months' incarceration.

The government's sentencing memo: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

Palmer's:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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