Vaughn Gordon: The Louisiana man admits he was inside the Capitol Building. He describes events as a “riot.”
He insists, however, that he was peaceful and did not damage any property. He remained for 2-3 hours, taking pictures and videos. Gordon told authorities he came to D.C. to attend a “Stop the Steal” rally with a friend.
Trump spread the lie of the stolen election. His loyalists believed it.
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“Lets [sic] hunt these cowards down like the Traitors that each of them are. This includes RINOS, Dems, and Tech Execs. We now have the green light.”
Troy Anthony Smocks
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Troy Anthony Smocks (has several aliases): Allegedly took part in the January 6 riot; on return home to Dallas, posted on Parler:
So over the next 24 hours, I would say lets get our personal affairs in order. Prepare our weapons, and then go get’em. Lets hunt these cowards down like the Traitors that each of them are. This includes RINOS, Dems, and Tech Execs. We now have the green light. [All] who resist US are enemies of Our Constitution, and must be treated as such. Today, the cowards ran as We took the Capital. They have it back now, only because We left. It wasn’t the building that We wanted. . . it was them!”
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Andrew Hatley: According to the affidavit in Hatley’s case, the South Carolina man drove his “early 2000s” red mustang to Washington to attend the Trump rally on Jan. 6. When it came time to storm the Capitol, he wore a gas mask.
Hatley at first denied taking part in the riot, despite a selfie he allegedly posted in front of the John C. Calhoun statue in the lower floor of the building.
According to the affidavit, on his social media,
A post was seen on HATLEY’s
account which stated, “It has come to my attention that there was someone who
looks like me at the Capitol. I’d like to set the record straight. I don’t have
that kind of motivation for lost causes. I just don’t care enough anymore,
certainly not enough for all that.”
His denial was not helped, when the first comment came from an individual identified as “SB Lamont” who stated, “Welcome back.”
Even worse, for Hatley, GPS data indicated he was right there on Capitol Hill at the time of the attack. Since that time, three phone numbers associated with Hatley have been disconnected.
When a reporter for the Charleston Post and Courier
called the number listed for his employer,
“A man who answered the phone at Senn Freight Lines, the Newberry trucking company that Hatley lists as his employer on Facebook, said ‘we will have no comment’ before hanging up.”
Records available at this point do not indicate any particular links to extremist groups, left or right. Hatley has been charged with four federal crimes. He was arrested in Arizona on January 19.
If we can’t tell yet where Hatley stands, politically speaking, this blogger can report that if we take a broad look at all the individuals arrested so far, with a handful of exceptions they trend white, whiter, whitest.
Definitely not your Black Lives Matter demographic.
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Matthew Council: In an affidavit, a Capitol Hill police officer describes Council’s alleged role in the riot. After a window was broken and an emergency side door breached, he and other officers tried to form a wall to keep rioters out.
In the course of this effort and
while inside the Capitol building, I encountered an adult male who was later
identified as Matthew Ross COUNCIL. He was part of a larger group, but was
individually pushing against the barrier to include an emergency door that is
kept closed. Once the door was forcibly opened he broke through along with
others. All during this time he was continually yelling at police officers that
were trying to contain the scene. When he was deterred from advancing further
into the building, COUNCIL pushed a uniformed officer of the United States
Capitol Police. COUNCIL was subsequently pepper sprayed by one or more other
law enforcement officers. The pepper spray also had an effect on me, but I was
able to respond and detain COUNCIL. While in custody, but prior to being
advised of his Miranda rights, COUNCIL spontaneously expressed remorse about
pushing the officer and indicated that he did not intend to injure her.
According to the Washington Post, Council is a former football player at Liberty University “the conservative evangelical institution,” and “appears to have dabbled in politics, as well. He worked on at least one unsuccessful Republican campaign for the North Carolina House of Representatives roughly 10 years ago and also pursued political science courses at Seminole State in 2011.”
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Gracyn (Grace) Dawn Courtright: senior at the University of Kentucky, said on social media that the attack was “cool.”
According to the affidavit for her arrest, Courtright posted to Instagram, either the day of the attack or the day after: “INFAMY IS JUST AS GOOD AS FAME,” she wrote above a mirror photo. “EITHER WAY I END UP MORE KNOWN. XOXO”
She earned an extra charge of theft for taking a “Member’s Only” sign from the Capitol Building.
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Jenny Louise Cudd: Cudd is a former mayoral candidate in Midland, Texas and flower shop owner, now facing up to 18 months in prison. On Facebook, she posted, “We did break down Nancy Pelosi’s office door and somebody stole her gavel.”
She claimed later that she used the term “we” to refer to the actions of the group, not her own.
Her own media posts indicate she was being disingenuous. In one video she exclaims, “We just pushed, pushed and pushed, and yelled go and yelled charge … and we got in.” In another: “F*** yes, I am proud of my actions. I f****** charged the Capitol today with patriots. Hell yes, I am proud of my actions.”
Asked by a TV reporter on January 8, if she had any regrets, she replied, “I would absolutely do it again.”
Cudd has described herself as a “conservative diehard patriot.” Like several other rioters, she was outraged by mask-mandates.
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Eliel Rosa: A friend of Cudd; told a judge he did not have legal representation; has not had a job since he was granted asylum from Brazil, four-and-a-half years ago.
According to Texas Monthly:
Last year, the news
website SanAngelolive.com described Rosa as a father and
husband with “aspirations to earn his PhD in Public Policy and Constitutional
Law,” and reported that he’d been tapped to serve as an immigration adviser
to Jamie
Berryhill, a Republican who would lose a GOP primary to
represent a West Texas congressional district.
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Paul Davis: In a series of video from January 6, the Texas attorney explained why he was in Washington D.C. and what he had been up to. In one, he reports, “I just got teargassed. That was not fun.”
In another, he claims, “If this was a legitimate election, then let us inspect it. We’re all trying to get into the Capitol to stop this, and this is what’s happening. They’re tear gassing us. This is not acceptable.”
Before deleting all his social media posts, he defended his actions, saying, “I already lost my job because of the Twitter mob,” he posted, according to the Houston Chronicle. “I’m not upset. I’m thankful to be suffering for righteousness and freedom.”
His former employer, Goosehead Insurance, announced his termination:
While we support our employees’ right to vote and express themselves politically, we do not condone violent or illegal acts. This one former employee’s actions are not reflective of our company culture or values, and we are disappointed with his behavior. Thankfully, we have the cherished rights of assembly and free speech, but those rights do not—and cannot—extend to violence in any form.
(I do not see any evidence that Mr. Davis has been arrested.)
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Michael Shane Daughtry: According to the F.B.I., the 58-year-old Georgia man was arrested as a result of his participation in the Jan. 6 riot. The affidavit describes him as operating “Crazy Coon’s Armory” out of his home. On social media he posts ads for the sale of guns and ammunition. According to U.S. Marshals his guns are being held as part of his bond conditions.
Daughtry’s political inclinations clearly lean far right, as is apparent from his social media posts. On November 2, 2020, an ad for his business read as follows: “Anyone needing an AR15 and some extra ammo before the election, I’ve got a couple left in stock. . . It may be your last chance if the election don’t go right tomorrow! Let me know if you are interested?”
If you still think he might lean left (because you can’t read and interpret information), federal agents add:
In a Facebook post on December 26th, 2020, DAUGHTRY posted a picture of a woman alongside an undetermined number of rounds of ammunition which were partially coated in purple. In the background of the picture, a machine used in the re-loading of ammunition can be partially seen. The post reads as follows: “I love a woman in a housecoat reloading ammo. Ain’t our Purple Anti-Liberal Bullets pretty. We finished up the first 500 rounds tonight…500 more to go. My buddy ‘Machine Gun Mikey’ poured these powder-coated bullets for me.”
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