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Sep 20

NEW: Steven D'Antuono, head of Detroit FBI field office during Whitmer fednapping hoax, told House Judiciary committee he knew little about the details of the operation, knew nothing about FBI informants including Dan Chappel, suggested "investigation" originated out of FBI HQ.

D’Antuono said his recollection is fuzzy because the matter was “a long time ago.” (Keep in mind the FBI designated this case a “terror enterprise investigation” involving planes, drones, and at least a dozen informants operating out of multiple field offices.)

When asked to describe the predicate of the investigation, D’Antuono said he wasn’t “sure if it raised to that level of the Governor at that point or how we opened up the matter, but it was a domestic terrorism case that they were perpetrating to--or, looking to conspire to--I'm not sure what the definition or the opening of that case was, but it was a domestic terrorism case.”

D’Antuono seems to have learned most of what happened in the case from news reports and the trials. He appeared shocked at the level of interest. “That’s why a lot of this reporting that came out, I'm like, this is just a normal case. This wasn't botched. It was just a normal case. And it wasn't that, like, spectacular.”

While vague about the role of FBI HQ, D’Antuono said “he never talked to anyone at headquarters or DOJ about this matter until it came down to the final operation.” Which was the arrest of all suspects on October 7, 2020--a month before Election Day.

More to come.

Dan Chappel was hired as an informant in March 2020. His FBI handlers, working out of FBI satellite office in Flint, managed Chappel for the rest of the year paying him at least $60k in cash and personal items.

Q: Do you remember a CHS named Dan Chappel?

D'Antuono: No.

Q: No?

D'Antuono: Other than, I'd probably remember him from the media reporting and stuff like that, the trial.

WHAT?

During first trial, at least one FBI agent testified that the highest level of FBI and DOJ knew about what was happening. He also confirmed DOJ chiefs would have had to approve the operation as a "terror enterprise investigation."

This absolutely demands questions of Chris Wray and Bill Barr, who has insisted he knew nothing of the fednapping scheme until right before the arrests.

Q: At any point from the initial receipt of source reporting, did either FBI headquarters or DOJ provide any direction or guidance with respect to this investigation or its steps, to your knowledge?

D'Antuono: Well, yeah, because it's a DT (domestic terrorism) case, so it comes into the DTOS (domestic terrorism operation section) and program management of headquarters, right? So there would've been opinions thrown back and forth, and I believe there was conversations going back and forth between my people and DTOS and our CDC and everyone to say, is there enough predication to open the case?

Because they have to come under that program management, and you have to have a conversation with headquarters.

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Sep 18

NEW CHUTKAN FILES: I just obtained transcript of another sentencing by Judge Chutkan for a J6er, convicted by her of 4 misdemeanors after a brief bench trial. To say her view of what happened on January 6 is misinformed in an understatement.

It's not hyperbole, it's a lie:

After admitting she watched J6 select committee hearings--and asking a defendant if he had, lol--Chutkan compares Jan 6 to Game of Thrones.

And no one saw anyone erecting gallows. There is no video of it--and I've been trying to hunt it down for 2 years with no luck.

Chutkan gets very offended that Mr. Hager, who entered the upper west terrace door where several Capitol police stood by inside, talked about MLK Jr. protests. Who is she to decide what is and is not a civil rights demonstration?

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Sep 17

Doing some research this weekend and came across this clip. This is Fatima Goss Graves, head of National Women’s Law Center.

Her husband is Matthew Graves, US Attorney for DC.

He is prosecuting every J6 defendant.

He also declined to prosecute Hunter Biden. I suspect…

one reason Matthew Graves got the powerful gig is because his wife is a very influential activist in DC. She met with a top Biden advisor in June 2021. The next month, Biden announced Graves’ nomination.

whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Goss Graves has visited the Biden White House at least 28 times since her husband was appointed.

Including 5 times in March 2022, the same month her husband…

declassified.live/p/wife-of-dc-u…

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Sep 13

UNSEEN FOOTAGE: DC cops retreat from position on upper west terrace around 2:30 on January 6. They had been attacking the crowd with gas, stun grenades, rubber bullets for over an hour.

They left that door unprotected.

Moments later, it was opened from inside…

At least 300 individuals entered that doorway after police left the scene

Inside, several Capitol police officers stood by as people streamed into the building.

They did not try to shut and lock the door or instruct people to leave. (Highlighted person is Ethan Nordean, sentenced to 18 years)

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Sep 8

NEW: Judge Royce Lamberth (Reagan) sentenced Eric Munchel, so-called "zip tie guy" to 57 months in prison, the amount sought by DOJ.

Zip ties just happened to be laying around the Capitol on J6. He went to DC with his mom, Lisa Eisenhart, a nurse. She was sentenced to 30 months

Their crimes. (Munchel carried a taser on his hip)

They spent 12 minutes in the Capitol.

Keep in mind--police were stationed at both locations.

And LOL the evidence. A "fake newspaper"

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Aug 31

As I reported yesterday, Judge Tim Kelly gave a nearly 3-hour "oral ruling" to dismiss defense motions and give a blow-by-blow account of DOJs case against the Proud Boys.

I received transcript. Here are some highlights.

Kelly explaining low bar to prove seditious conspiracy:

Kelly repeatedly mentioned Donald Trump--the man who appointed him--and suggested, as did DOJ, Trump's off-handed comment at 2020 debate gave rise to the "conspiracy."

MOSD is the name of a group chat.

Kelly again cites Trump--his Dec 19, 2020 "will be wild" tweet that DOJ also claimed was the start date of the "conspiracy." J6 committee also heavily relied on that tweet.

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