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Mar 24, 2023 8 tweets 5 min read Read on X
Since George Meza aka #RabbiPB is testifying for the defense in the Proud Boys trial, let's remember that on Jan 6 he watched the brutal attacks on the Columbus Doors. Here he is at 2:38 PM, 8s before the breach and 2s after. You can see his Israeli flag patch. 1/
In the morning, George Meza was at the Lot 7 rally, like the other Proud Boy defense witness Michale Graves (who opened for the convicted Stewart Rhodes). Here is Meza with Joshua Macias, arrested for bringing guns to a Philly vote-counting center. 2/
Most of the Lot 7 crowd decamped to the Capitol to join the insurrection and Meza was there early. Here he is at 2:17:31 PM and 2:18:02 PM. Like many Proud Boys, he tends to bail as the fight is heating up. Footage from Vinceableworld, 04:18 and 04:49. 2/
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Meza is near the Columbus Doors for so long that he shows up in pretty much everyone's footage. Here he is at 2:25 PM, just 23 s after the first doors breach, in footage shot by then-WV-state-rep Derrick Evans (56:19). As usual, Meza is bailing out to a safe distance. 3/
Derrick Evans' FB livestream was released as part of his recent court case - he got 3 months for civil disorder. Meza didn't go inside, but he's arguably more culpable. The only Proud Boy he should be defending is himself. 4/
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For completeness, the sighting of Meza in Tweet 1 was from LA Times' @kentnish, 20:53 and 21:03 in the footage released last year. 5/
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More sightings of Meza: before the main breach 2:36:12 PM he heads away from the doors, then heads back in 2:38:18 JUST in time for the breach. How did he know? Meza has his mask up for this one. AUSA's: ask him why he was hiding. 6/

0:13, 2:19 at link.
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George Meza, witness for the Proud Boys who claims under oath he saw no violence, WATCHED the breach of the Columbus Doors. Here he is 5s before the doors swing open. It's on YouTube - watch it. Listen to the crowd, as Megan Paradise chants it out. 7/

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