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VIDEO THREAD: On Tuesday, Rep @mattgaetz held a field hearing about January 6 at the Capitol to scrutinize the day's investigation and aftermath.

"So much of our work has uncovered things that initially were deemed conspiracy theories but we now have sworn evidence to prove."
The 1st witness at the J6 field hearing was @JeffClarkUS, a former Trump official who called the formation of the January 6 Committee "lawless."

He called the hearings "carefully scripted by Hollywood."

He condemns the committee for having left much of its evidence unreleased.
The second witness at the J6 Field Hearing was @EagleEdMartin (who led the first Stop the Steal rally I filmed - November 5, 2020).

He is now representing three January 6 defendants, who he says are "targeted, lied about in the press."

He says due process and speedy trial are… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
CW: Discussion of suicide

Testifying next was @GeriPerna, whose nephew Matthew Perna hanged himself ahead of sentencing for his January 6 charges.

She says he was inconsolable during their final conversation on the phone.

"He had struggled from the start to live with shame and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Walk Away founder @BrandonStraka described his January 6 experience. He was initially charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor, but ultimately pled down to a misdemeanor.

He describes being evicted from his apartment and deplatformed from digital services in the aftermath. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Sarah McAbee @TheRealJ6Bae testified about her husband Ronald Colton McAbee, a sheriff's deputy charged with fighting police on January 6.

She says he's been moved several times from jail to jail, and has had week-long stretches of solitary confinement.

She says a guard emptied… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Former underwear model @TheJohnStrand, who is soon to begin a 32 month prison sentence for January 6, says he was there only as security for Simone Gold, who herself has served 60 days.

Following his conviction at trial, the judge apparently condemned him over public comments he… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
A point of difference between some participants in the J6 Field Hearing was over whether the full January 6 footage should be released to the public.

(In full disclosure, as a primary source documentarian, I have openly advocated the full release.)

@JeffClarkUS says every… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Congresswoman @RepMTG says "January 6 tapes, if they were to get out - and I support releasing them - I've said it all along. But if they do get out, Sedition Hunters will come."

"I know that everybody can look at it and say 'we all know who everyone is now' but at the same… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Rep Greene invited @TaylerUSA Hansen to speak, who describes confusion as riot munitions hurt people further back in the crowd from the frontline on January 6.

Hansen says he recognized a woman there from Portland "affiliated with Antifa."

He says he wasn't asked by USCP, MPD,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Citing his experience as a Sheriff, @RepTroyNehls says "I believe Ashli Babbitt was murdered that day."

"I know a little bit about use of force, and what disturbed me about that investigation into Lt. Byrd is that it never went to a grand jury."

"That shooting should go to a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
On the full release of the J6 tapes, Congressman @DrPaulGosar says "A picture is worth a thousand words."

"They're all going to come after us regardless, so it seems to me like we aught to be making this big push and maybe turn the tide."

"The videotapes gotta come out."
As the J6 Field Hearing ended, @BrandonStraka testified to another grievance:

He describes that he believes J6 defendants should have their case jurisdiction released from DC, but also sentencing jurisdiction, meaning probation is overseen by DC judges rather than home state.
"We're trying to correct history" @mattgaetz said in a brief press gaggle afterwards.

I asked about whether Rep Gaetz and @RepMTG would push @SpeakerMcCarthy to release the J6 tapes to the public as promised.

"That's a question for Speaker Kevin McCarthy," Rep Greene says "I… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Here is my full, 4K @N2Sreports footage of the congressional field hearing on January 6 led by conservative members of the House.

As always, all footage is available to license.

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More from @FordFischer

Dec 4
The criminal complaint against Brian Cole Jr has been released, detailing the government’s evidence that this Virginia man is the January 5, 2021 pipe bomber.

The evidence basically amounts to three categories:

-Cell phone pings allegedly placing him at the scene

-Purchases over the prior more than a year of materials consistent with the devices

-A vehicle allegedly matching his leaving the area on that night

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Notably, while government sources have reportedly characterized Cole as “anarchist,” this criminal complaint does not characterize any evidence related to ideological background or motive.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
I also find it notable that the FBI places some of the relevant purchases which they allege were components for the pipe bombs as early as 2019.

While some components were purchased in November 2020 (post election) this timeline would seem to imply he was working on such a device *prior* to the 2020 election being disputed.Image
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Nov 19
Following a "March Against Islamization" in Dearborn, Michigan, pardoned J6er Jake Lang spoke to the city council telling Muslim members "You guys are outbreeding, insidious parasites."

"You will never look like us," he said. "Get the f*** out. America First."

He was ushered out by police as his supporters yelled "Christ is king!"
2) Fighting broke out and mace was deployed on the streets of Dearborn Tuesday afternoon as Jake Lang walked around slapping a pack of bacon into a Quran, which counter-protesters took out of his hands.

"Michigan needs to be cleared out of Muslims!" Lang told the media.
3) Lang attempted to set fire to a Quran, but protesters pulled it away from him before he could light it up. One pointed mace into his face and appeared to trigger it, but it apparently jammed.

Lang accused responding police officers of being "here to enforce Sharia Law."
Read 14 tweets
Nov 10
VIDEO THREAD: Protesters gathered outside the Portland ICE facility again Sunday afternoon, where they were forced back by federal agents firing pepper balls outside the front entrance as vehicles went in and out.

"I've literally had spicier breakfast burritos!" one yelled following munitions fired at a person in a dinosaur costume. "How's it feel to have your munitions beaten by a f***ing umbrella?"
2) Agents continued to fire sting balls to clear the entrance. "We're moving man," one replied over a loud speaker. "You're shooting us as we are moving!"

A prisoner transport vehicle left the facility with multiple people apparently detained inside.
3) A man in an "America First" hat had a sign apparently taken by an anti-ICE protester, which he said had touched him previously. It was grabbed back from him.
Read 6 tweets
Nov 8
VIDEO THREAD: Border Patrol agents were followed by activists through the suburbs of Chicago on Friday as they continued their "Operation Midway Blitz" deportation effort.

Tensions escalated in Park City to the point of an agent pointing a weapon into the car of a protester with children in the back, although he abstained from firing.
2) In the town of Skokie, one landscaping worker was taken to the ground and arrested by Border Patrol in the Sokie neighborhood.

He was taken away in an unmarked vehicle with a “Chinga la migra” sticker on the front.
3) "If I see you without your unit, I'm gonna beat the f** out of you, motherf***er" a protester yelled out from a vehicle at Border Control Commander Greg Bovino.

"Who said that?" asked Bovino, handling his bodycam apparently to ensure the capture of the scene.

(quote confirmed with another journalist who caught the sound better)
Read 6 tweets
Oct 6
DHS, using a violent felon as an informant who they say "may be assisting law enforcement in the hopes of future payment" has charged alleged Latin Kings member Juan Martinez with soliciting the murder-for-hire of a law enforcement official in "Operation Midway Blitz." Image
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2) According to the feds, Martinez, going by the name "monkey****" wrote on Snapchat “2k on info cuando lo agarren,” or “$2,000 on information when you get him" and "10k if u take him down."

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3) While the complaint calls the alleged victim "a senior law enforcement member of the Border Patrol Operation Midway Blitz," Chicago Tribune says a source identified the alleged target as Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino.

chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/chi…

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Oct 5
VIDEO THREAD: Protesters briefly blocked traffic nearby the Broadview ICE facility Saturday night, but Illinois State troopers arrived, promptly shouting at them "OUT OF THE ROAD NOW!" and forming a police.

"Move back!" the troopers yelled as they used batons to push the crowd.
2) “Get back!” Yelled Illinois Troopers as they continued to push the crowd after they got off the road.

“You could have killed her” a protester yelled after another toppled over. “She hit her head!”

“Unlawful assembly!” repeated the trooper in command.
3) Illinois troopers approached and took the man who had originally led the group to march on the street onto the ground, arresting him.

“Shame! Shame!” The crowd yelled at police, calling them “Gestapo.”

“Get out of the street!” troopers yelled back.
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