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Now that everyone's talking about how Kenneth Chesebro, architect of Trump's fake electors plot, was at the Capitol with Alex Jones on Jan 6, let's think about how bad that is. Because Jones was used for a strategic purpose in the Capitol attack. And Chesebro was watching. 1/ Image
It is clear that Alex's movements serve the Capitol attack. The crowd was too thin; the MPD arrive and stall the attack. Alex then gets a call to come to the Capitol. Once there he helps move the mob where they need to be to help in breaches. Chesebro was with him, filming. 2/ Image
Chesebro isn't with Alex in the morning; he connects up with Alex only on Capitol grounds. Once Alex arrives, the NW Scaffolds are taken in a rush. Alex then urges the crowd to move East, where the next breaches will soon happen. From this point on, Chesebro stays with him. 3/
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Much of their journey is covered in the CNN article. But, it's important to emphasize: Chesebro is not just a tourist, or an Alex Jones fan. He keeps his camera pinned on Alex's group almost the entire time, dropping it only for a few key moments. 4/
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Chesebro drops his camera to check his phone, or to lift his hat - could be nothing, but it's a gesture we see used at the Capitol to signal. As he walks up across the NW path, leading the Jones group, he lifts his hat just as the first flag goes up on the NW Scaffolds. 5/
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Jones' group round the corner of the Capitol onto the E. Plaza at 2:02 PM, 5 minutes after a group including Proud Boys tore down the barriers. (Remember Joe Biggs, one of the Proud Boys leaders, is Alex Jones' former employee). Once there, they wait. This is 2:05:33 PM. 6/ Image
At 2:05:56 PM (to +/- a few s), Chesebro gets some kind of text on his phone, lifts his hat again, looks around the E. Plaza, and then looks back down at his phone. It is now 2:06:04 PM. Seconds later, the crowds break the police lines on the East steps. 7/
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At that point the entire Jones group moves forward partway down the E. Plaza, then abruptly halt again. Chesebro is in the lead, but angles his camera to catch Jones. The stop-start progress of Jones' group is striking on Jan 6. Tim Enlow, Jones' right-hand man, steers him. 8/ Image
What Chesebro is doing at the Capitol is fundamentally tied to what Alex Jones is doing there. We know Jones was paid to come, that Tim Enlow arranged it, that Alex waffles and fudges, and yet that he is always in the right place, on time, matching events at the Capitol. 9/ Image
Chesebro watches while Alex goes up the E. Steps at 2:17 PM. Other VIPs run over to join Alex's group; Alex gives a half-hearted speech, stopping and starting, then says "lets go down". Two minutes after Alex descends, the Columbus Doors are thrown open for the first time. 10/ Image
Alex stops at the back of the E. Plaza for 15 minutes, blaming Antifa and provocateurs to his InfoWars listeners. He is the most reluctant revolutionary you can imagine. At 2:38 PM, as the Columbus Doors are opened for a 2nd time, he bugs out. 11/
Chesebro stays with Alex as they leave the Capitol, taking an odd path. InfoWars had rented a rooftop at 101 Constitution overlooking the W Capitol, but the group head EAST instead, around the Russell Senate Office building. Flagged by volunteers in 2022; no-one knows why. 12/ Image
By 3:26 PM they are at 101 Constitution, since Michael Coudrey sends a text: "We are across from the Capitol on the rooftop". Jones and Shroyer blame Antifa even as fighting at the tunnel and the North Doors rages behind them, for over an hour more. 13/
Alex Jones' importance was clear from the start. He moved strategically; the Proud Boys openly coordinate with those movements. The J6C showed us Alex was paid, and that he was tied to very high levels. Now Chesebro shows he was watched on Jan 6. 14/
Alex Jones was one of the first J6 figures to get a 'reel' of his movements, with footage found by #SeditionHunters. @StevieG54099097 has now made an updated version, 25 minutes long. Use it to understand: Alex is central to the attack that day. 15/
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New resource for journalists: a slightly longer version of the Alex Jones reel, 33 minutes. All primary sources are listed in the notes field, with links to live or archived versions of videos. Watch it, use it. Sunshine is the best disinfectant. 16/
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