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Jun 21 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
Three major January 6 figures were trailed by film crews, all foreign (Donald Trump, Enrique Tarrio: UK; Roger Stone: DK). Not likely random. Documenting your coup goes better if the filmer is less emotionally invested. Here's the subpoena (& response) by Alex "Leni" Holder 1/ ImageImage
Let's review the timing: by mid-September the machine for Jan 6 was already in motion: rallies, new organizations, talk of martial law. "Stop the Steal" was announced Sep 7. Holder's statement says he started the next week. 2/
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At the Capitol, #NeonFilmer, who filmed straight into the violent tunnel fight, is an Italian cinematographer working for BardsFM. Several videographers with better gear, pro stuff, have no known ID or outlet & their footage has never appeared. We called them "in-house media". 3/
#SeditionHunters have archived media from over 400 professional videographers and reporters. If you carried pro gear at the Capitol & are not on this list (especially you in the neon pink jacket) please contact us before we turn over info to the J6C. 4/
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In fairness to the DK crew trailing Stone, they had long worked with him, & Stone cut them off for the 3 critical hours of the Capitol attack itself (1-4 PM). Which says: Stone may not have fully expected or understood the scale of violence to come. 4/
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Here's #NeonFilmer & some in-house media pals from another angle. Circled (& in Tweet 3 video), is "Trump's Brick Suit Guy" #IamBlakeMarnell - wore an RSBN press pass on J6 but also brandished a pitchfork, cheered the attack. The filmer by the tunnel is Andrew Morgan, arrested 6/ Image
Update: for those want to know what depth of film-making experience it takes to be granted exclusive access to the US president, here is Alex Holder's IMDb page. Total: two production credits, ever. 7/
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Holder's doc "Keep Quiet" profiles a former leader of Hungary's far-right anti-semitic Jobbik party. Storyline: Szegedi finds he is in fact Jewish, moves to Israel. Sadly too much Jan 6 makes you cynical, too many such magic transformations: right-->left or left--> right. 8/ Image
Candace Owens (#Blexit), Brandon Straka (#Walkaway), Asher Meza (#Jexit), Cassandra Fairbanks (Anon --> conservative), Anna Khait (honeypot --> Christian). So effective to say, "I was different, now I have changed". Maybe Szegedi's the real deal. Sure could use some reporting. 9/
Alex Holder now tells Rolling Stone he was hired directly by the Trump family & has "never-before-seen" footage of the Capitol attack. Let's take bets. Which "in-house" videographer will he feature? And was Trump getting that video live on Jan 6? 10/
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In case it's not clear: the week after Stop the Steal was announced, the Trump family hired a foreign filmmaker whose only prior experience was laundering the reputation of an extremist politician - and who now has his own, exclusive footage of the attack on the US Capitol. 11/

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Jun 20
Pundits are shocked the radical new Texas GOP platform would do away with one person, one vote. But anyone who watches Jan 6 video knew that was coming. They all say it: "we're not a democracy, we're a constitutional republic". What did you think that meant? It meant THIS. 1/
What is happening in society now was engineered over years and you can hear it in the crowd attacking the Capitol, over & over. It was OBVIOUS where this was going. US Senators were saying it too: "we're not a democracy". Why didn't you listen then? 2/
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We can still fight; we can win, IF we recognize this is the end game of something very long and deliberate. That we are behind; it's not small; it needs the full effort, now, of every American - everyone can and must contribute. Because that's what democracy is. 3/
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Jun 18
@Teri_Kanefield The problem is the OSINT community do not count as 'reporters' (understandable) but I promise what we do is intended to stand up in court & there are professionals here. The primary direction of the community was to support DOJ, now also trying to support public understanding. 1/
@Teri_Kanefield NYT piece reflects the work of the past 16 months by all parties. The PBs higlighted are largely those charged, you can piece together the story from their charging documents, but it's important to tell it visually and NYT is superb at that. 2/
@Teri_Kanefield To convey the next level of on-the-ground organization on Jan 6 is more tricky, since DOJ cannot move faster in prosecutions. If public discussing and reporting is to happen on the timescale of the hearings it will now have to get out beyond DOJ charges. 3/
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Jun 17
#SeditionHunters - 16 months ago, the US Capitol was attacked by a mob spearheaded by over 200 Proud Boys. DOJ & an unprecedented set of volunteers mounted a frantic, immediate response largely unseen by the public. NYT now shows it all, clearly. Watch 1/
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All who complained that DOJ moves too slowly - watch the NYT video (which for clarity UNDERsells the number of Proud Boys - nearly 300 counted so far). It was clearly a national emergency - to arrest the army, find who if anyone commanded them. And DOJ responded. 2/ Image
The NYT has done a masterful job of laying it out. The online community helped with it; the public needs to know. Just realize: everything here, Merrick Garland understands. As someone who was NOT in the PB working groups, I can say it: the effort was massive. 3/ Image
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Jun 15
#SeditionHunters: the "1776 Returns" document referenced in the Proud Boys indictment was released today as a court exhibit. Just a quick take: this is not the ops plan for the Capitol attack. It seems meant for the public, to move crowds around. 1/
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Remember not everyone gets all info. The crowd is told enough to get them to the Capitol. Proud Boys have specific assignments, as do regional militias. The PBs themselves have minders. The people directing the attack are largely not identified, though can be sometimes seen. 2/
The Capitol attack itself was highly coordinated with signals. Those are not described here. On Jan 6 there were no organized attempts seen to get into other buildings from outside, though it's possible that with larger crowds the story would have been different. 3/
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Jun 14
The circular firing squad has begun, not just in Trump's circle, but among fringier election fraud-ists tied to Jan 6. Unhinged AZ Rep Wendy Rogers is now urging Nick Fuentes' Groyper army to attack Ron Watkins, thought by many to be QAnon's "Q". 1/
Watkins in turn has filed an ethics complaint against Rogers. On Dec. 19, the day Jan 6 was announced, Watkins posted a video describing how Serbians swarmed their Capitol to overthrow their government. But now, a hard pivot from "revolution!" to "I want to see the manager". 2/
Ron Watkins wasn't at the Capitol on Jan 6 (though his dad Jim toured the insurrection with a film crew) - but he offered to fund militia groups' travel. 3/
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Jun 13
#SeditionHunters: The obvious question after today's hearings: where did the money go?

On the $5M to Manafort's company for the Ellipse rally, that's not necessarily overcharging - they pulled off was a miracle of logistics in 1.5 weeks. See thread next Tweet. 1/
Manafort's company seems to have stepped in last minute to make the Ellipse rally happen - people had travel plans but there was nothing, no permits even, no location. See links in thread. (And correction here - the final permitted size was 30K people.) 2/
The J6 Committee does seem to be hammering the money aspect, setting grounds for fraud charges. Financial crimes can be the best way to prosecute a criminal boss: remember, Al Capone was a murderer, but they got him on tax evasion. (h/t @Teri_Kanefield) 3/
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