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Oct 23 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
.@nickquested has an important new film out called 64 Days that zeroes in on the critical timeframe in the lead up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

I’ve watched far more Capitol attack footage than any sane human being should, and even I was floored by what he’s got. If you’re in the DC area, come see a screening on Thursday. eventbrite.com/e/64-days-dc-p…
Oct 15 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
THREAD

The day after the 2020 election, a mob of Trump supporters who believed Trump’s lies about voter fraud flooded to the TCF Center in Detroit, the largest majority-Black city in the nation.

NBC News’ own ⁦@PattersonNBC⁩ was inside, here’s some of what he saw: As @janestreet and I report in our new story on the chaos at the TCF Center in 2020, some of the key instigators there — including folks banging on the windows — had official ties to the Trump 2020 campaign operation.

nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…
Aug 9 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
NEW: One of the worst Jan. 6 rioters, David Dempsey, hit with 20 years in federal prison by a Reagan-appointed federal judge who has spoken out about the “preposterous” and dangerous rhetoric some Republicans have used in an attempt to “rewrite history" on Jan. 6. Dempsey appeared to flash an “OK” sign as he was led out of court, several witnesses observed. Other rioters have yelled “Trump won!” as they were led out of court.

More to come:

nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Jul 31 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
DOJ inspector general concludes, as folks who were paying attention four plus years ago did contemporaneously, that having Bureau of Prisons guards man civilian protests was a bad idea. Image "Allowing federal law enforcement to operate with anonymity all but eliminates accountability when force is inevitably used against demonstrators." huffpost.com/entry/william-…
Jul 25 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
“If [we] don’t have a charge, we don’t say anything about an investigation; we just don’t do that.”

From the OIG report on Willam Barr and the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney who helped fuel the ex-president's bogus voter fraud narrative back in 2020. Image He announced his resignation just before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was fueled by Trump's election lies. huffpost.com/entry/david-fr…
Jul 24 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
DOJ inspector general's report on the Roger Stone sentencing recommendation (remember that?) is now out. It calls former interim U.S. Attorney Timothy Shea's leadership "ineffectual" and DOJ's handling of the Stone sentencing "highly unusual." Bill Barr refused to cooperate. "we found that Barr had articulated his position about the sentencing recommendation both before and shortly after the first sentencing memorandum was filed, and before the President’s tweets." oig.justice.gov/sites/default/…
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Jul 18 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Jan. 6 defendant Alan Hostetter's motion for release after the Supreme Court's ruling in the Fischer case, denied.
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Image “These conspiracy theories are no longer fringe." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Jul 11 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Re: The 6th

"there really is no centralized role in this for Defense or the Federal government components. This sits squarely in MPD's realm. I'm trying to tamp this down with the Deputy like I have the last couple of protests but this one may be different..." Image From the latest batch of FBI emails on Jan. 6:

"It's her very first day in this position. He didn't tell her what the document was, or who wrote it, unfortunately and then went back to the 7th floor for more meetings..."

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Jul 8 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
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The only man known to have participated in both the newsman fight in Anchorman (2004) and the U.S. Capitol attack (2021) has formally pleaded guilty in connection with the latter.
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Jul 5 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD: Over two years ago, a Jan. 6 defendant told a court that he'd witnessed Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes (now serving an 18 year seditious conspiracy sentence) that he'd witnessed Rhodes try to contact Donald Trump during the Capitol attack. That Jan. 6 defendant, William Todd Wilson, admitted that he heard Rhodes “repeatedly implore" an unidentified party he was speaking with "to tell President Trump to call upon groups like the Oath Keepers to forcibly oppose a transfer of power." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Jul 1 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Dissent: Image Dissent: the majority “invents an atextual, ahistorical, and unjustifiable immunity that puts the President above the law.” Image
Jun 25 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
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The only man known to have participated in both the News Fight in Anchorman (2004) and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol (2021) plans to plead guilty on July 8, per court docket. He doesn’t count for any “law enforcement officers who stormed the Capitol” stats, but he’s certainly played a cop a bunch! nbcnews.com/politics/justi…



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Jun 19 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Let’s take a look at the conduct of Jan. 6 defendants sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, shall we? Image First up there’s this guy.

Did he get 10 years for walking in the Capitol?

No, that was mostly the vicious assault, and the blatant (almost comical) lying on the stand didn’t help.

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Jun 13 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Lots of false claims about Jan. 6 grandmas on this site, so just pointing out that a J6 grandmom sentenced today got approval to take a trip to France for D-Day events right before her sentencing.

Kymberly Sylvester received probation, $500 in restitution, and no fine. On Zoom.
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Image "I had an encounter with a young man wearing a 'Coon-skin hat', who was very close to me in the crowd. He stated to me it was a good day to 'kill someone.'"

"I entered the building with pure stupidity and there is simply no excuse for that... It is hard to live with the fact that I was a part of a crowd who ultimately caused great harm to the Capitol police.Image
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Jun 6 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Threading some relevant content about Larry Brock.
May 30 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
“I was a gun prosecutor — we never prosecuted addicts for lying and buying on federal forms,” Gowdy said. “So, I don’t think Hunter Biden ought to be singled out either. Go after him on taxes, go after him on corruption… “But I’d be curious how many people were prosecuted for being an addict in possession of a firearm, and I’ll bet it’s less than 10 in the last 12 months…”
May 29 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
NEW: Yesterday, Michael Fanone — the former police officer who was nearly killed by Trump rioters who actually believed the former president's lies about the 2020 election — called Donald Trump an "authoritarian" with "a violence fetish."

Hours later, his mom was swatted. "This is the reality of going up against or challenging Donald Trump... These swatting calls are incredibly f---ing dangerous..."

nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
May 21 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
"In addition to harming the officer, I know that my actions also harmed the country..."

Jan. 6 rioter Joseph Fisher — the former Boston cop who assaulted a Capitol Police officer with a chair and his hands — wrote this letter ahead of his sentencing Friday.

DOJ wants 3.5+ yrs.

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May 17 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
TODAY:

Heir apparent Brent Bozell IV will be sentenced for his leadership role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Federal prosecutors are seeking a terrorism sentencing enhancement, just like they did for the Proud Boys he fought alongside. Image Once again, you couldn’t write it.

nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
May 8 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
THREAD

Back in 2020, after Donald Trump lost the presidential election, the official account of the Arizona Republican Party started getting a little... wild.

In late night tweets, they started asking followers if they were ready to die for Trump.

phoenixnewtimes.com/news/die-for-s…

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May 4 • 27 tweets • 9 min read
L. Brent Bozell Jr. and L. Brent Bozell III shaped the conservative movement in the 20th and 21st century.

Justice Department prosecutors are seeking almost 12 yrs in federal prison (and a domestic terrorism enhancement) for L. Brent Bozell IV, who stormed the Capitol on Jan 6.


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Image "There are few rioters on January 6 who were involved in as many pivotal breaches as Bozell."

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