Failed GA Congressional candidate Kandiss Taylor plays the pious Christian but her pinned Tweet is with her new Proud Boy buddy ex-Marine Ronald Loehrke #MaroonPb, who helped run the breaches on Jan 6 in the US Capitol attack, guided his buddy #ZZTopZPB to pepper-spray police. 1/
See thread for video of Kandiss Taylor's buddy Loehrke's during the Capitol attack & the story of the manhunt that helped find him. He was so important, he was the first to get a "reel" by #SeditionHunters showing his actions. Video by @StevieG54099097. 2/
@nine_niall has been tracking the strange evolution of Taylor's relationship with Proud Boy Loehrke, who abruptly moved to Georgia after the Capitol attack, and got a salary from her as 'security' before his arrest. 3/
Typo fix: Loehrke's Jan 6 buddy is #ZZtopPB, James Haffner. Both originally from the Seattle area, both moved quickly after Jan 6 - Haffner to South Dakota. Here they are both together while Haffner sprays the officers guarding the Columbus Doors. 4/
New: Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes just interrupted his live show - seems a raid by FBI. "Can we do this another time?" "I'll get a lawyer and we'll sit down...". (h/t @chadloder) Recall: McInnes was partnered with the just-raided Russia-sponsored Black Hammer group in GA. 1/
There are many, many reasons for FBI to visit McInnes, but if it's related to Black Hammer here's a thread on them, and see posts from @nine_niall, who is following closely, for more detail. 2/
Gavin McInnes wasn't at the Capitol attack & claimed to have left the Proud Boys, but he's deeply connected to the network of J6 influencers. He was working with James O'Keefe of Project Veritas by at least 2014, 2 years before founding the Proud Boys. 3/ archive.ph/7kdL2
Trump's hysterical meltdown on Truth Social this morning ("I am as innocent as a person can be", and "PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT!") makes more sense now that we see Judge Reinhart ordered today that the redacted Mar-a-Lago search warrant be released (h/t @atrupar, @alanfeuer). 1/
Here's the full Trump tantrum from this morning (also noted by @ZTPetrizzo), and a link to Reinhart's order to disclose the DOJ affidavit justifying the search warrant. Guess Trump didn't really want it disclosed after all. 2/ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Adding a caution from @emptywheel who says, Trump would not get advance notice of the court order, but Trump Org. would still be talking w/ DOJ. The panic is rising.
National Librarian's Day is in April but today is still a good day to appreciate our archivists/librarians.
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For those feeling whiplash this week as the news swings from Trump treason (stolen classified docs) to obstruction ("insane" Mueller Report memo), there's one common link: Asst. AG Steven Engel. He co-wrote the 2019 memo (L) then in 2022 became Trump's Natl. Archives rep (R). 1/
Steve Engel, as head of the Office of Legal Counsel, is there to give the President legal advice. In this June's J6C hearings he played the noble civil servant: said he'd pushed back at bad ideas and agreed with others to resign en masse if AG Rosen was fired. Watch. 2/
There's been lots of great commentary on each issue: - the Mar-a-Lago docs, the Mueller memo, the J6C hearings - but none that makes Engel make sense. Is he the hack coverup guy or the noble resister? Can he be both? Help please. J6C transcript at link. 3/ npr.org/2022/06/23/110…
#SeditionHunters - seems today FBI is finally picking up the B Squad, the Three Percenter militia group tied to FL Congressional candidate Jeremy Liggett. They did rally security Jan 6 morning, then came to help attack the Capitol. Here 2 of them rush to join the tunnel fight. 1/
The B Squad were identified over a year ago; easy with their nametags - Liggett brought his whole group to DC on Jan 6. FBI moves slowly but they get there in the end. 2/
There are a lot of 3Pers at the Capitol on Jan 6 - the limited arrests so far don't reflect their importance. @ryanjreilly is Tweeting the B Squad arrests; here's part of the charging documents. 3/
The picture on the Mar-a-Lago docs is filling in: John Solomon has now released a letter from NARA to Trump with more details. NARA knew all 2021 that Trump had docs; they told DOJ by Feb 2022 that some were classified; by May, that some were ultra-classified TS/SCI & SAP. 1/
In April/May, Trump attorneys were negotiating intensely to keep FBI from seeing docs taken from Mar-a-Lago; FBI was prepping to search for more; and Kash Patel started spinning to media. Yellow highlights in April-June timeline show related events. 2/ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
The new NARA letter is here (h/t @kyledcheney). (Timeline has all links). It's posted by John Solomon who's part of the coverup & spin, but seems solid. Unclear why he thinks it will help Trump - instead shows the depth of efforts to get the docs back. 3/ justthenews.com/government/cou…
Now that Trump has finally filed a (very ill-advised) motion asserting privilege over the Mar-a-Lago docs FBI took 2 weeks ago, here's a recap of legal takes + new info on timing. Note: Kash Patel started spinning on declassification the week before Trump got a subpoena in May 1/
Spin cycles often start just before something big; people seem to get word. Here's the "Aftermath" timeline around the May & June subpoenas, with related items in yellow. Note the Jay Bratt message of June 8 & same-day strange Trump business dealings. 2/ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
Trump's June 8 business reshuffling was covered by Chris Anderson of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, who noted that it happened near the message from FBI Counterintelligence head Jay Bratt. Now Trump himself confirms it was the same day. 3/