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capitolhunters

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Jun 9

Some key points as we head into J6 hearings. The Capitol attack was 1) coordinated, 2) meant to be fast, and 3) derailed by a rapid police response that produced key delays. Watch here as democracy is saved by DC bike cops: momentum shifts after the first terrifying minutes. 1/

To make sense of the 5-hour attack on Jan 6, we’ve broken it into 8 phases. These diagrams can help understand. Here’s the first hour: the rush in (L), & then (R) the faceoff on the W. Plaza that bought precious time. 2/

The delay was followed by a frenzy of action - coordinated movements around the Capitol to breach doors on both sides, flood the interior. They got through 5 exterior doors & the Senate, were blocked at 2 & the House in violent fights. It almost worked - but it was too late. 3/

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capitolhunters

@capitolhunters

Jun 9

As the Jan 6 hearings begin, people will be confronting a physical action that lasted hours, involved thousands, some violent, most just watching. Was this an enraged mob? Or something organized? Who matters? It's hard to even start. Here’s some analogies that can help. 1/

Think of this mass event: five hours of violent action, strange pauses, odd costumes, cheering crowds. If you knew nothing about sports, how could you understand it? Is it just random play? If there’s a coach he’d be hard to identify, on the sidelines with headset on. 2/

The FBI works from bottom up. They pick up the brawlers and ask, “who told you to brawl? Do you have a boss?” Pick up enough and you can work up the chain, from utility player to quarterback to assistant coach to head coach. 3/

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capitolhunters

@capitolhunters

Jun 6

#SeditionHunters - a long-awaited Jan 6 milestone: the Proud Boys, engines of the Capitol attack, now have seditious conspiracy charges too. Over 200 Proud Boys marched from the Wash. Monument, rushed the first police lines, were there at every breach. 1/
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/…

The Proud Boys were so integral to the Capitol attack that they were our first "reels". Here's leader Joe Biggs, former US Army, former media (reporter for InfoWars), pal of major US politicians - he links all the worlds. Full reel at link. 2/

https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/1512433449348608001

There's a time error on that trailer; the rush of the NW Scaffolds was 1:50 PM. Just beforehand, the Proud Boys lined up to prep for the breach, leaders Donohoe (#YutYutPB) and Biggs (#JoeBiggs) gathered as well. 3/

https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/1512433449348608001

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capitolhunters

@capitolhunters

Jun 4

@dlippman

#SeditionHunters - if you thought Peter Navarro's pro se court appearance today was a new low in J6er decisionmaking, Rudy Giuliani says "hold my beer". He's apparently hired as his PR agent Roger Stone's girlfriend, who spent J6 with Stone (via @dlippman). 1/

https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/1461135100977074180

Here's Stone and Kristin Davis ("Manhattan Madam") with Pastor Mark Burns and crew in the Willard on Jan 6. 2/

https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/1461135100977074180

@PiperK

Here are Stone and Davis with Pastor Greg Locke at the pre-insurrection VIP party on Jan 5th (h/t @PiperK). The Black Robe pastor Locke just lost or gave up his 501c3 status for preaching that Christians can't be Democrats - but seems hanging with madams and swingers is OK. 3/

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capitolhunters

@capitolhunters

Jun 3

#SeditionHunters - at the impeachment trial in 2021, we saw chilling footage of Sen. Chuck Schumer trying to evacuate and nearly running into invaders - he did a U-turn and fled. Now we know who he encountered: the hulking Proud Boy Joshua Pruitt, #BaldBulldog. 1/

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Here's what Schumer nearly ran into - a massive, muscled bodybuilder, inducted into the Proud Boys only in November as they prepped for the Capitol attack. Read about encounter in Pruitt's new Statement of Offense - he just pled guilty (h/t @emptywheel) 2/
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Minutes before, at 2:28 PM, Pruitt (#BaldBulldog) helped lead the mob breaking the police line in the Crypt above. They seemed fixated on getting down to the Visitor's Center quickly. 3/

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capitolhunters

@capitolhunters

Jun 2

#SeditionHunters - On Jan 6 nearly 300 Proud Boys were the engine of the Capitol attack. Florida provided their leadership (Tarrio, Biggs) & the largest numbers. NYT describes how those FL Proud Boys have seized power in the Miami-Dade GOP. 1/
nytimes.com/2022/06/02/us/…

At least 7 Proud Boys now sit on the Miami Republican executive committee. Here's one of them, Gilbert Fonticoba, leaving the Capitol to high-five his buddies and tell them: "They hit me with tear gas - with rubber bullets.." Sound up to end. 2/