Thread by @TPM

Since he defied the Trump effort to assist in the theft of a second term in office, Rusty Bowers told the Jan. 6 Committee “it is the new pattern, or a pattern in our lives, to worry what will happen on Saturdays.”
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On Saturdays, he said, groups have come by his house with screen-paneled vehicles and loudspeakers, declaring him to be a pedophile and leaving literature on his property and threatening him and his neighbors.
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He recounted one instance in which an armed man “with the three bars on his chest” (perhaps a reference to the “Three Percenters” militia group logo) threatened his neighbor.
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Bowers described his daughter — who died last year — “who was gravely ill, who was upset by what was happening outside, and my wife — that was a valiant person, very strong, quiet, very strong woman… ” He trailed off.

“So, it was disturbing.”

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