REJECTED-PRESIDENT TRUMP garnered another in a long list of “Five Potato Head” ratings last week. The latest proof of imbecility was offered up during a talk with Laura Ingraham. Don wanted everyone watching her show to know that the rioters who stormed Capitol Hill on January 6 were no more dangerous than a troop of Girl Scouts selling cookies in front of the supermarket.
“It was zero threat. Right from the start, it was zero threat,” Trump insisted, in reference to the mob that stormed the halls of Congress. “Look, they went in — they shouldn’t have done it — some of them went in, and they’re hugging and kissing the police and the guards, you know? They had great relationships,” Donald continued. “A lot of the people were waved in, and then they walked in, and they walked out.”
Not counting Rosanne Boyland, a
Trump fan trampled to death by other Trump fans, who “walked in” and “walked
out” over her lifeless body.
And that is how you win the rare
“Five Potato Head” rating.
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We have now examined evidence in regard to 279 individuals arrested for their parts in the attack. The political leanings of some arrestees remain unclear. Where beliefs are known, all – save one – have proved to be Trump supporters. At least fifty were QAnon believers. (Several have since claimed to have been duped.) Almost all who have expressed an opinion say they believe the election was stolen. They listened to their president’s incessant claims of voting fraud. They believed in their bones that Trump had been cheated out of a second term.
They believed they had to march.
They believed they had to save America.
And many came prepared to riot, intent
on overturning the results of a U.S. presidential election.
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LAST WEEK the pattern held when federal authorities charged two more members of the Proud Boys (see below) with conspiracy for their starring roles in the Jan. 6 mayhem. That brought to sixteen the number of “Boys” indicted. Along with Joseph Biggs and Ethan Nordean, the new pair stood accused of leading up to a hundred members and supporters in the attack. Here, then, we pick up our numbering where we left off in our last post.
241. Charles Donohoe: Proud Boy leader; charged with conspiracy to storm
Congress and thwart the election.
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242. Zach Rehl: Also a Proud Boys leader, a group known for
brawling with Antifa and Black Lives Matter protesters.
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243. Julian Elie Khater: Khater, 32, has been charged with using bear spray or some unknown toxic substance against police officers. That includes Officer Brian Sicknick, who experienced a debilitating reaction and died the next day. According to one report, in days following the attack, Khater touted the virtues of then-President Trump, criticized Capitol security – ballsy for sure – and referred to President-elect Joe Biden as an “idiot.”
When not rioting and spraying police officers with dangerous chemicals,
Khater runs (or did) a smoothie shop near the campus of Penn State.
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244. George Pierre Tanios: A friend of Khater, Tanios operates a sandwich shop in Morgantown, W. Va. On social media he calls himself the “Sandwich Nazi” and the “King of the Fat Sandwich.”
When a dissatisfied patron left a one-star review, Tanios proudly posted it because he liked the comparison. His critic noted: “If Donald Trump was a restaurant manager, this is who he would be.”
To Tanios, such words were praise to right-wing ears. “To [sic] epic not to share,” he said on Instagram.
In the indictment against the pair, Department of Justice officials charge them with working in concert on the day of the riot.
During the investigation, law
enforcement discovered open source media video of the incident from January 6,
2021. On the video, KHATER is seen making his way towards TANIOS. KHATER then
states, “Give me that bear shit,” and reaches into the backpack on TANIOS’
back. TANIOS then states, “Hold on, hold on, not yet, not yet… its [sic] still
early.” KHATER is then seen emphatically telling TANIOS, “They just fucking
sprayed me,” and KHATER is seen holding a white can with a black top that
appears to be a can of chemical spray.
Video evidence shows Khater spraying three officers, who
“retreat” to wash out their eyes, including Sicknick.
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245. Thomas F. Sibick: According to NBC News, Sibick is accused of assaulting a federal officer during the riot.
Federal
authorities said the officer, who is identified in court documents as M.F., was
assisting Capitol police on Jan. 6 when a rioter pulled him into a crowd where
he was “beat, tased, and robbed” of his badge, radio, and 17-round magazine.
The rioters also tried to “forcibly remove” the officer’s gun
from his holster but were unsuccessful, according to a criminal complaint.
“As a rioter attempted to get Officer M.F.’s gun, Officer M.F.
heard him yell words to the effect that he was going to take Officer M.F.’s gun
and kill him,” the complaint states.
(Officer “M.F.” no doubt disagrees with Rejected-President Trump that the rioters were “no threat” at all.)
According to federal agents, during an initial interview, Sibick claimed he tried to help the fallen officer. He said he dropped the badge and radio soon after leaving the Capitol grounds. In fact, he took them home to Buffalo. He later threw the radio away and buried the badge in his backyard.
Last week a federal judge overruled a decision to allow Sibick to remain free on bail. He was remanded to custody until trial. The judge cited his “lawless behavior” and called him “a danger, then, now, and in the future.”
(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNKNOWN.)
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246. Wilmar Jeovanny Montano Alvarado: The Houston-area man is charged with five federal crimes. In an interview on Fox News, he admitted having been inside the Capitol Building, but said he took no part in any violence directed at police. According to his indictment, “Montano admitted that he flew from Houston to the U.S. Capitol to participate in the January 6, 2021 ‘protests’ because he believed election fraud may have compromised his vote.”
That is: He fell for the lies then-President Trump was peddling.
A review of video evidence shows the suspect “wearing a U.S. flag neck gaiter,” and sporting “a red, white and blue” stocking cap, bearing the word “TRUMP” in white letters, inside the Capitol.
Montano initially told authorities he was “pushed” into the building by the crowd. Video appears to show him at the forefront of those assaulting a line of officers defending a hallway.
Montano has the distinction of being hit in the head by
another rioter. Montano can be seen on film grabbing the back of his head, and
displaying blood on his hand. “Hey, who threw that speaker?” he shouts.
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247. Brian McCreary: The 33-year-old Domino’s Pizza worker turned himself in and admitted he was inside the Capitol on January 6. He claimed he did no damage and merely followed the crowd.
Sadly, a Boston TV station noted
that,
multiple co-workers told FBI investigators that he repeatedly expressed political views at work, including the unfounded belief that there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. McCreary also told a co-worker that he “raided” the Capitol after returning home…
Officials say McCreary told FBI agents in an
interview that he traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend Trump’s rally on the
National Mall, because he was frustrated that an audit was not performed to
address unsubstantiated allegations of mass voter fraud perpetuated by
the former president and his allies.
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248. Alexander Sheppard: The 21-year-old Ohio man was clear in explaining why he went to Washington D.C.
On social media he
explained: “Millions of us will be in
Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 to protest the rigged election and the acts
of war that China committed on our country. I’ll see you there!”
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249. Derek Jancart: The Canal Winchester, Ohio man, 39, was turned in by several tipsters, including a family member. Photographic evidence appears to place him firmly inside the Capitol Building during the riot.
(POLITICAL AFFILIATION CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.)
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250. Jason Riddle: The New Hampshire man made headlines by chugging wine from a bottle he lifted from an office inside the Capitol. As Boston’s NBC Channel 10 explains, “The supporter of former President Donald Trump said he has no regrets about joining the mob that entered the Capitol, but criticized those who committed acts of vandalism and violence.”
Riddle allegedly stole a book (supposedly a copy of Senate Procedure) from inside the building and sold it for $40 after exciting. That got him an extra criminal charge to add to his rap sheet.
The defendant was inside for about half an hour and described to F.B.I. agents “seeing individuals in body armor [likely a group from the right-wing Oath Keepers] moving through the building ‘with a sense of urgency.’”
He told Channel 10 that he was a veteran “and proud supporter of Trump’s. Riddle said he made the trip to D.C. —
and took part in the pro-Trump rally that preceded the riot — because he
shared Trump’s belief that the election results were wrong.” He told
reporters he took videos outside the Capitol. Then he followed the mob inside,
where people “were smashing computers and printers and breaking things and
throwing papers and lamps around.”
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251. Howard Berton Adams Jr.: The South Florida man, 60, was charged with riot-related crimes that could land him in jail for 20 years and cost him fines of up to $900,000.
(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNKNOWN.)
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252. Kevin Cordon: The California man made it clear why he took part in the assault on democracy on Jan. 6. In an interview
with a reporter from a Finnish TV station, he explained, “It’s clear that this
election is stolen, there’s just so much overwhelming evidence, and the
establishment, the media, big tech are just completely ignoring all of it — and
we’re here to show them we’re not having it. We’re not just going to
take this laying down.”
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The Twitter feed of Sean Carlo
Cordon includes a post showing his admiration for Trump and his belief in the
former president’s lies about winning an election that he actually lost by 7
million votes.
In December, Sean Carlo Cordon
posted complaints about vote recounts in Georgia, one of the states Trump
narrowly lost. “Not auditing the vote is further criminality,” he wrote.
We should point out again that the votes in Georgia were counted three times and no fraud was found.
In fact, in two subsequent elections, Democrats defeated a pair of GOP candidates for U.S. Senate.
Neither candidate claimed they
had been cheated or explained their loss as the result of a “rigged” voting
system.
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254. Christopher Worrell: The East Naples, Florida man is another member of the Proud Boys. The five federal charges lodged against him include one for carrying a “deadly or dangerous weapon” during the attack. A tipster who knew Worrell’s girlfriend contacted authorities.
The Naples Daily News adds:
In
2009, Worrell was arrested for impersonating an officer after he followed and
pulled up to a woman on U.S. 41 East and Guilford Road in East Naples
trying to get her to pull over for running a red light, according to his arrest
report.
He had a
loaded handgun, handcuffs, knives, boxes of ammunition and a fake badge in
his possession when deputies arrested him.
In May
2010, Worrell was sentenced to three years [sic] probation and two years of
community control for impersonating a law enforcement officer.
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255. Federico Klein: The 42-year-old Trump-appointed State Department aide was charged with assaulting police officers during the Capitol Hill riot. A judge ruled that he must remain in jail until trial.
According to Politico, “Prosecutors say Klein spent 30 minutes inside the tunnel at the front lines of a mob ‘fanatically’ engaged in brutal hand-to-hand combat with officers. While in the crowd, he repeatedly called for ‘fresh people’ to rotate in and press into the Capitol, the government contends.”
During a court hearing, Klein complained that there were cockroaches in his cell and he should be allowed to post bail.
He’s going to be dealing with bugs for a while.
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256. Joshua James: Mr. James is the latest member of the right-wing Oath Keepers to be charged in the Capitol Hill riot. In addition to his role in the attack, he was photographed providing “security” for Trump pal and pardoned seven-time-felon Roger Stone.
In the charging document, James is described as a member of “a security detail for a speaker at the
‘Stop the Steal’ rallies and events.”
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257. Robert Minuta: The Newburgh, New York tattoo artist and fellow Oath Keeper and security guard for Stone, was arrested recently and charged with participating in the Jan. 6 assault.
CNBC notes:
A prosecutor said that Minuta
admitted to FBI agents that he was at the Capitol during the riot, as well as
to carrying pepper spray or bear spray that day. He also was seen wearing
tactical goggles and gloves, and carrying a radio, court documents state.
Those documents also say that
when he left the Capitol building, Minuta harassed law enforcement officers
with other rioters, yelling, “All that’s left is the Second Amendment,”
while holding up two fingers. Minuta has 10 licensed firearms, according to
prosecutors.
According to a tally by USAToday, updated on March 21,
an even dozen members of the Oath Keepers have been
charged.
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258. Isaac Steve Sturgeon: The 32-year-old Montana man, and owner of a lawn-care business, was arrested and denied bond after authorities charged him with taking part in the riot.
The criminal complaint notes that that Sturgeon “traveled to Kenya on Jan. 24 and afterward bought a ticket to fly back to the United States on April 5. Kenyan authorities booted him from their country in advance of that date.”
(POLITICAL
AFFILIATION UNKNOWN.)
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259. Anna Morgan-Lloyd: You might say Morgan-Lloyd turned herself and a friend in by boasting about their exploits on social media. “I’m here. Best day ever. We stormed the capitol building me and Dona Bissey were in the first 50 people in,” she wrote in a Facebook comment.
Naturally, she posted pictures.
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260. Dona Bissey: After her friend fingered her on social media, authorities came looking for Bissey.
One witness interviewed by the F.B.I. had often visited a hair salon that Bissey owned and said the proprietor “regularly spoke supportively of QAnon and other conspiracy theories.” That same witness turned over screenshots of Facebook posts that Bissey allegedly put up about her experience at the Capitol, including some in which she tagged Morgan-Lloyd.
“Best fucking day ever!! I’ll never forget. We got into the Capitol Building,” Bissey wrote in one.
Bissey also posted or responded to posts from other Trump supporters. In one she talks about a woman named “Linda,” a “True Patriot and Warrior,” who led the way into the Capitol. On January 7, she posted on Facebook that she and Morgan-Lloyd were glad to be home. “It will be a day I’ll remember forever. I’m proud that I was part of it,” she added. “No Shame.” Then came eight American flag emojis and the admonition, “BTW turn off the #FakeNews.”
Like dozens of rioters, Bissey had been duped by the whole
QAnon myth.
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261. Clayton Mullins: Mullins is charged with assaulting a Metropolitan Police officer just outside the Capitol.
His indictment reads in part:
On or about January 12, 2021,
A.W. [a Metropolitan Police officer] was interviewed by MPD as part of an
investigation into assaults of officer[s] occurring at the U.S. Capitol on
January 6, 2021. During the interview, A.W. advised that after he was pulled
into the crowd, he was kicked, struck with poles, and stomped on by several
individuals. Additionally, Officer A.W. recalled having his helmet ripped off
his head and being stripped of his CDU baton, gas mask (later recovered), and
MPD issued cellular phone. A.W. was also maced once his mask was ripped off. At
some point during the assault, A.W. was able to retrieve his gas mask and one
individual, prevented the rioters from further assaulting A.W., allowed him to
get on his feet and head back to the tunnel area. Once A.W. was back in the
tunnel, another officer realized A.W. was bleeding from his head. A.W. was
subsequently escorted to the east side of the USCB before being taken to the
hospital. At the hospital, A.W. was treated for a laceration on his head which
required two staples to close.
Videos documenting MULLINS’ assault of A.W. were also posted on YouTube. One YouTube video shows MULLINS leaning over a handrail making multiple attempts to grab A.W.’s leg. Once MULLINS successfully secured his grip on A.W.’s right foot, he began violently pulling on it, ultimately leading to A.W. being dragged down the stairs at the USCB lower west terrace tunnel entrance.
(POLITICAL
AFFILIATION UNKNOWN.)
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262. Luke Coffee: The 41-year-old actor was identified as one of the rioters by a former college classmate, who happened to be an F.B.I. agent. Coffee is accused of using a crutch to batter police during the attack.
For six weeks afterwards, Coffee went into hiding at a fancy resort (unnamed), whose owner felt it was “ridiculous” to be charging people like Coffee with federal crimes related to the riot.
During the pandemic, Coffee fell down the QAnon rabbit hole and decided he had to act. Texas Monthly explains:
Several months into the
lockdown, Coffee found himself isolated, unable to work, and with lots of time
to conduct deep dives on the dark web. He encountered QAnon, or as he puts it,
“They found me.” Relatives, who have limited contact with Coffee these days,
say he quickly became “brainwashed” and began to refuse to engage with those
who contradicted his new worldview.
In September Coffee began
actively posting about QAnon conspiracies and releasing Instagram videos
alleging the world was controlled by an all-powerful cabal of politicians,
billionaires, propagandists, and Satanists‚ and that God had anointed Donald
Trump to root out evil in the body politic [emphasis added].
He also began to believe the conspiracy theory that the election had been stolen. He told a reporter that he went to D.C. on January 6, “to be part of history.” He wanted to do his part to stop the imaginary liberal human traffickers and “bring all of this criminal behavior to light.”
So: Another poor soul, sucked in by QAnon.
And Trump.
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263. Richard Michetti: Poor Richard may have one of the lamest stories of any of those arrested.
He was turned in by his ex-girlfriend after he texted her to say she was a “moron” if she couldn’t “see the election was stolen.” It wasn’t; but Michetti was moronic enough to send his old flame two videos from inside the Capitol Building.
Now he’s almost sure to spend time in jail. I don’t think
he’s going to get the girl back, however.
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264. Jeremy Groseclose: The Virginia man remains free on bail, after being charged in the breach of the Capitol. The judge in his case has ordered him not to engage in further protests, to refrain from consuming alcohol or using narcotics and surrender any guns he might have.
He must also give up his passport.
Video evidence appears to place Mr. Groseclose firmly inside the Capitol at the time of the riot.
(POLITICAL
AFFILIATION UNKNOWN.)
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265. John Anderson: In the charging document against him, Anderson is identified as a man wearing a “beanie” which he later removes, “revealing his bald head.” The fact that federal agents shared that detail on the national news was probably hard on Mr. Anderson’s ego.
Video footage appears to show him grabbing one police shield and passing it back to other members of the mob. He later ends up holding a second. “Some of the members of the crowd are pushing toward the police, brandishing sticks or batons, and throwing objects toward the officers,” the indictment notes.
Anderson, 61, eventually wields his police shield until an officer sprays him with mace. At that point he collapses. He tells police he has “asthma.” They extricate him from the scene and call an ambulance.
Now he faces up to 8 ½ years in jail and fines of up to $550,000.
(HIS
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS REMAIN UNCLEAR.)
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266. John D. Andries: Mr. Andries is another member of the Proud Boys, a group described in his indictment:
The Proud Boys is a nationalist
organization with multiple U.S. chapters. The group describes itself as a “pro-Western
fraternal organization for men who refuse to apologize for creating the modem
world; aka Western Chauvinists.” Proud Boys members routinely attend rallies,
protests, and other events, some of which have resulted in violence involving
members of the group.
He and others are charged with
conspiracy, plotting, “to forcibly enter the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and to
stop, delay, and hinder the Congressional proceeding occurring that day.”
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267. Ryan Ashlock: Like Andries, Ashlock is a member of a Kansas City chapter of the Proud Boys.
It is charged that he and others,
did knowingly combine, conspire,
confederate, and agree with each other and others known and unknown, to commit
an offense against the United States, namely, to corruptly obstruct, influence,
and impede an official proceeding, that is, Congress’s certification of the
Electoral College vote, and to attempt to do so, in violation of Title 18,
United States Code, Section l 5 l 2(c)(2), as well as to commit and attempt to
commit an act to obstruct, influence, impede, and interfere with law
enforcement officers engaged in official duties incident to and during the
commission of a civil disorder that did obstruct, delay, and adversely affect
the performance of a federally protected function, in violation of Title 18,
United States Code, Section 231 (a)(3).
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269. Jared Adams: The Ohio man has been charged with participating in the January melee. He can be seen in video footage wearing an Ohio State sweatshirt and backwards baseball cap. “We stormed the Capitol building and the senate today! I can tell my grandchildren I was there!” he says.
According to the indictment, Adams was inside the Capitol for at least one hour and 47 minutes.
(POLTICAL
AFFILIATION UNCLEAR.)
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270. Clifford Mackrell: In a Facebook post, dated January 6, Mackrell criticized all government officials and said, “how about we get rid of all of them because well it is out literal job as american’s to kill the tyrannical government,” the federal complaint against him notes.
Court documents did not list an attorney representing Mackrell.
(POLITICAL
AFFILIATION CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.)
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271. James Horning: According to his indictment, Horning posted on social media: “To anyone on my list who has a problem with what happened in DC today.. I am (expletive) proud I was there. If you have a problem with that, hit the inbox if you want.. or use the unfriend feature if you ain’t bout it.”
A high school friend of Horning told federal agents that Horning had also posted a video where he appeared to be smoking marijuana outside the Capitol. In another social media post, Horning said in addition to wanting “to be there when history happens,” he went to Washington to “smoke weed in government buildings.”
(POLITICAL
AFFILIATION CURRENTLY UNKNOWN.)
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272. Troy Faulkner: The
Associated Press notes that Faulkner, 39, is the owner of Faulkner Painting in
Columbus, Ohio. He faces charges that include the destruction of government
property, obstruction of an official proceeding and violent entry. A few days
after the riot, Faulkner posted on Facebook that “we weren’t fighting against
antifa we were fighting against the government.”
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273. Richard Franklin Barnard:
Barnard and his friend, Jeffrey Witcher (see below), were arrested in part
based on the following photo. They met when both were serving in the Marine Corps.
The indictment against the two notes, in part, that, “On January 6, 2021, BARNARD went to former President Donald Trump’s speech before moving to the Capitol building in the hopes of being closer to the President when he announced he would march to the building.”
You may recall that Trump announced he would be with the
marchers, then headed back to the White House to watch the show.
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274. Jeffrey Shane Witcher: Witcher turned himself in to federal authorities. As the indictment explains:
As a combat veteran, WITCHER
believed free speech across the country was being censored and most people were
tone deaf to discussion and have become disenfranchised with the political
process. He stated his purpose was to take part in civil disobedience, which he
felt was necessary to facilitate a dialogue, only he had expected it to be
nonviolent and peaceful.
In one video, Witcher makes it clear he and his friend had come to Washington to stop Congress from certifying the electoral votes which would put Joseph Biden in the White House. After helping storm the Capitol, Witcher is heard shouting excitedly:
“I am in the White House! We
crashed this. Our house! We did it! We did it, family, we did it! We did it!
We’re in the White House! I’m out here with my brother Richard Barnard-no, no,
no, let’s go! It’s our house, it’s our house! Our house! Our house! Hey family,
we did it. We came, and we did it. We’re inside the White House. Our house.”
WITCHER later clarified during
his interview that he was so emotional and invested in the moment
[emphasis added], he briefly forgot he was in the Capitol building, and not the
White House.
In the second video, which is
recorded from inside the rotunda, WITCHER’s voice can be heard saying, “We’re
in the rotunda. We’re in the rotunda. Our house! Our house! Our house! Our
house! Our house! Our house! Our house! Our house! Our house! Our house! Our
house! Our house!” WITCHER’s voice can be heard shouting to law enforcement,
“Our house! Our house! Our house! Don’t be a traitor! Fulfill your
Constitutional duties, man. Do or die! Do or die! Do or die! Be with us! Be
with us! Be with us!” WITCHER continues shouting to law enforcement saying,
“You are us! You are us! You are us! You are us! Hey man, you grew up in the
same place I grew up, you’re us. Hey man, you are us, you are us, you’re us,
guy. Hey man, don’t forget your Constitutional duties. Don’t forget your oath,
brother. Don’t forget your oath! Do not forget your oath! You are us! You are
us! You are us!”
A few seconds later, a heavy thud can be heard in the video, which WITCHER described during his interview as someone throwing a fire extinguisher at the police officers. WITCHER can then be heard shouting, “Don’t do that! No, no! No! These are not our enemies. No, don’t do it.” WITCHER then joins in the chant in the rotunda, saying, “Our house! Our house! Man, I’m so proud of us.”
(Above, I added paragraphs to the indictment to facilitate reading.)
I should note: Witcher has earned a little extra room to protest, having served in combat. Is he some right-wing nut? This blogger would argue he is not. Did he believe Trump’s lies about being cheated out of millions of votes?
Sadly, he and his friend did.
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275. Joseph Padilla: The Georgia man posted on his website thedonald.win, admitting he had participated in the attack.
According to authorities, he showed up for the riot, wearing
a pair of scuba goggles. Ironically, Padilla can be seen in one photo, as the
rioters pick up a large Trump sign on wheels and use it to batter at police
defenses.
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276. Russell James Peterson: Peterson allegedly streamed video from inside the Capitol. He can be seen wearing a black sweatshirt, where a stick figure sexually violates the words “your feelings.”
A tipster informed the F.B.I. that she was an old friend of Shelly Peterson, the suspect’s mother. Shelly Peterson proudly posted on social media, soon after the riot, that her son had stormed the Capitol and “sat in Pelosi’s chair.”
His mother was in Washington D.C. on the day of the riot, along with at least one other relative.
They did not enter the U.S. Capitol.
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277. Eric Barber: Barber, a former Parkersburg, West Virginia city councilman, was elected in 2016, as a Democrat!
By the time of the riot, however, he had changed his registration, first to “Independent,” then to “Republican.” In one interview he told a local NBC affiliate that, “Those windows were being broken there was officers 15 feet away with their hands in their pocket just watching it..so..um..I think at any point Capitol Police could of stopped what was happening but just didn’t.”
Barber himself showed up ready for battle, allegedly “wearing a green combat style helmet and a green military style field jacket.”
Among other crimes, he is accused of stealing a powerstation device from a CSpan camera during the mayhem.
CBS News adds the kind of detail to Barber’s story that makes you wonder how he ever got elected under any party label:
In December 2017, Barber pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for ignoring police
orders to stop taking photos and video near his Parkersburg home of someone
being treated during a medical emergency. A month earlier Barber’s license was
suspended after he was found guilty of a marijuana charge.
In 1999 he was sentenced to up
to 10 years in prison for breaking and entering and petit larceny. Upon release
from prison, his parole was revoked after a May 2003 arrest. He later pleaded
guilty to drunken driving, having a controlled substance, and fleeing on foot,
according to the Parkersburg News and Sentinel.
At the time of the riot, he was a Trump supporter, and no
longer one of “ours” on the liberal side.
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FINALLY, let’s not forget who stirred these people to action.
During the deadly hours of January 6, when one of his supporters was shot and
killed, and another was trampled to death by the mob, when three others died
and 140 police officers were injured, then-President Trump tweeted, “these are the things and events that happen
when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously
stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated
for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!”
Today’s check of arrestees gives us:
Trump supporters: 31
Liberal types: 0
Unknown: 6
Postscript: In all my posts, two rioters are numbered separately. One, John Sullivan, is of a liberal persuasion.
A second, Christopher Ortiz, may also have a liberal bent; but it’s not clear.
Sorry, Trump fans.
So far, that’s all we can find; and we
have been digging deep for the facts.
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