January 6 Rioters - Part XX - Paying a High Price for Rioting (Rioters 1129-1394)

 

THE TALLY OF RIOTERS: #1129-1394

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“I didn’t know if I was going to survive that day. I was the most scared I had ever been in my life and I didn’t know if I was going to make it home. Now I live with the anxiety of Jan. 6.” 

Victim statement of one officer in a riot case.

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This man has now been charged.

In January 2024, a new video clip is released from the point of view of a rioter banging on the doors of the House chamber. Windows are already broken, furniture is piled up to keep the doors blocked, and police officers or secret service agents have guns drawn and pointed at the men and women outside. Two GOP lawmakers, including Rep. Troy Nehls, are shouting at the attackers to pull back. 

In his book, Nehls described that moment: “You need to stop banging on these doors,” he says. “Stop trying to breach these doors. If you don’t, and you try to come in here, these gentlemen to my left and right with their guns drawn, they will kill you.” 

You can watch the clip, which lasts more than eight minutes, if you want to see the rioters being “let in” by police.

 

Screenshot: Note agent at left pointing gun at rioters.

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1129-1130. DAVID and CHRISTIAN TYNER: Once again, we learn that the family that riots together gets arrested together. From Colorado to D.C., the father and son came to save America. 

Arrested together in July 2023, Dad David, 50, and son Christian, 21, quickly pled guilty to two misdemeanors, each. 

On the day of the debacle, Dad led the way into the Capitol, entering a few seconds before his son, at 3:01 p.m. 

At some point during the riot, young Christian sustained a head injury and bled for his country, you might say, assuming you were totally clueless and still believed Trump won the 2020 election. 

When first interviewed by federal agents, dad admitted he and his son drove all the way from Colorado to attend the Trump-themed festivities. Dad also admitted seeing people “swarming” the Capitol, and tear gas “billowing out,” but denied that he and his son ever entered.

Now we know. He was lying; and they did enter the building. We also know that in February 2024, both Tyners were sentenced to spend three years on probation – and we hope they got the same probation officer, you know, to make it another bonding experience. Dad got fined to the tune of $1,500, because he was the biggest dope, and Christian got docked $500.

Christian got stiches. Father and son got arrested.

Trump supporters (both)

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1131. Jason Herod Curl: Well this must suck. Mr. Curl’s fiancé told authorities Jason, from Iowa, was inside the Capitol on January 6. 

Thanks, honey! 

His girl, Deborah Sandoval, has already appeared on our list (at #229), and investigation into her crimes and the crimes of her son Sal (#230) led to the arrest of suspect #1131. All three have now been convicted – five months in jail for mom, seven years, four months for her violent son. 

Curl awaiting sentencing. Curl entered the Capitol around 2:49 p.m., took a touristy tour, and exited by 3:11 p.m. 

Good enough for two misdemeanor charges. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1132. JOSHUA CURTIS COKER: The Oregon, Ohio man was inside the Capitol on January 6, and made it into the Senate chamber. Like many “tourists” that day, he wore a camouflage backpack, and had on a pair of camouflage gloves. A member of the United Auto Workers of America, phone records also placed Mr. Coker inside the building. 

Texts he sent that didn’t help his defense: 

January 5, 2021: “DC bound.” 

January 6, 2021: “Just stormed the capital building.” 

One of the first rioters inside, Coker entered around 2:14 p.m., and exited forty minutes later. He was not accused of committing any violence or damaging any property. Just a dope on a “tour.” 

His “reward” for rioting: eight months on home detention, three years more on probation, and a $500 fine. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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“I promise that this is just the beginning.” 

1133. STEPHEN ONDULICH: Mr. Ondulich was arrested on July 19, 2023, in Trafford, Pa. He was facing four misdemeanor charges but wasted no time pleading guilty to a single misdemeanor. 

According to the Statement of Facts in his case, Ondulich gave away the game, in part, when he responded to a comment on an Instagram post, regarding Black Lives Matter protesters vs. Team Trump protesters. 

We had a lot of black people with us . . . . That argument doesn’t really work. We’re just not deranged thugs like the black people that this statement is about. We are patriots. And we took our house. The people’s house . . . . Soooooooooo yea. We also don’t have the sole purpose of attacking the police. I was there (and I’m not white) I was in front of them. We had no problems. Isolated incidents. But reality vs TV is completely different.

 

On the day after the attack, Mr. Ondulich sent several pictures and a video via social media, explaining to another user what he had done and why he had done it.

 

“Lmao we took the capital BACK from the communist scum that is the Democrats. We are not even remotely close to what BLM and Antifa do. I’ve seen both. In person. I’ve gone to war with BLM. I know who they are. They’re anarchists. We are not. And our cause is not destruction like BLM/Antifa. Ours is freedom. And we took that capital. And we accomplished (a part of) our goal. And it was Glorious. There was no violence. And no aggression at all. And yes. We did go into the democrats offices. It is after all the PEOPLES HOUSE. and they are enemies of the people. And deserve to die a traitors death. Their blatant and emboldened treason is beyond[.]”

 

Later he responded again to another user’s comment:

 

“That’s right. Because we’re not anarchists. Or terrorists. We’re patriots. We aren’t the same threat to the police as Antifa and BLM are. I was AT the front line. I was in front of the police . . . We didn’t attack them. We pushed our way through them. Once we got through. We left them alone. Our job wasn’t to attack the police. It was to take control of OUR Capitol.”

 

The person he was writing to replied: “bruh that’s literally domestic terrorism . . . do you do not see that.”

 

Ondulich wrote back: “No. It’s not. Hate to break it to you.” Also on January 7, 2021, Ondulich wrote: “Btw. We. Unlike BLM and Antifa. Don’t burn down city blocks and buildings. We don’t destroy everything in our path. And tear down statues. We are not apart of cancel culture. Our accomplishments today were not even remotely close to that. We stormed the Capitol with minimal damage. And yes we DID Ransack and rearrange the offices of our enemies. And I promise this is just the beginning.”

 

If Ondulich could rationalize an attack on democracy at that point, we know differently now. Or should. 

When I update my post on August 14, 2024, 1,380 days have passed since the last presidential election. No evidence has ever been proven in court to show that the outcome was not fairly decided. 

Ondulich was acting in service to a Trumpian lie. 

Yet here we are. Donald Trump is still insisting he won in 2020. Sometimes, for variety, he likes to claim he won in a “landslide.” 

He’s an epic liar.

 

Ondulich has paid the price for his participation in the riot. He served 45 days of home detention, he’s assigned to do community service, and he’s going to be on probation for three years. 

He also got socked for $1,500. 

Trump supporter, ready for violence.

 

THE ABILITY of January 6 rioters to claim simultaneously that the protest was peaceful and yet note that offices in the Capitol were “ransacked” is always baffling to this blogger. And when apologists try to insist that the peaceful patriots were “led on” to the attack by F.B.I. plants or leftist agitators, the defendants have usually told us exactly who they are and why they came to D.C. on that fateful day for democracy. 

Which they tried to overturn.

 

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1134-1135. STEVEN HANNA and ROBERT HANNA: We have our first reported set of twin brothers, arrested for their participation in the January 6, 2021 riot in D.C. Steven was arrested on July 18, 2023, in Dayton, Ohio. He faces four misdemeanor charges. 

Same story for Robert – four misdemeanors for him. When I first heard they were arrested, I though a nice judge might allow them to serve time together and in the same cell. And whoever is oldest should get bottom bunk. 

Both gentlemen are 38 years old. (Another source says: 39) 

Age aside, video and photographic evidence convincingly placed the two brothers inside the Capitol. Inside by 2:48 p.m. that day, already heading for the exits, ousted shortly after 3:02 p.m. 

Both get sentenced to probation in the end, and each twin gets hit up for $1,000 in fines and restitution. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTERS – BOTH.)

 

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Tara Coleman: Ms. Coleman’s arrest came early in the investigation; but the blogger missed her story. According to the Associated Press, the 40-year-old mother from Pennsylvania was a believer in QAnon, and the idea that the “Deep State” was trafficking children. 

She was initially arrested for a curfew violation on the night of the riot, and also charged with illegal entry. (That probably means “illegal entry” onto Capitol Hill grounds, and not to the building – so I won’t five her a number.) 

QAnon believer

 

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Capt. Emily Rainey: If we are still confused about who showed up for the riot on January 6, the story of Capt. Rainey is telling. Again, this is a story I at first had missed. Soon after the riot, the AP interviewed a number of people who were in D.C. that day, some charged, some not. Reporters explained: 

Army commanders at Fort Bragg in North Carolina are investigating Capt. Emily Rainey’s involvement in the Wednesday rally. The 30-year-old psychological operations officer told the AP she led 100 members of Moore County Citizens for Freedom [emphasis added] who traveled to Washington to “stand against election fraud” and support Trump. She insisted she acted within Army regulations and that no one in her group entered the Capitol or broke the law.

 

“I was a private citizen and doing everything right and within my rights,” Rainey told the AP.

 

She’s right, of course, if she didn’t go inside the Capitol, or club a cop, or assault a reporter in President Trump’s honor. But we’re closing in on a thousand days since the 2020 presidential election – and there’s still zero evidence that “election fraud” tipped the outcome to Joe Biden. In fact, when I update my post on July 20, 2023, Trump himself is facing indictment. 

For…duh…election fraud. 

Trump supporters, who believed in the “stolen election” lie.

Rainey (and 100 others)

 

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“Davy Crockett at the Alamo.”

1136. MATTHEW BRACKLEY: Known to online sleuths as #MilkFaceMan, he was first interviewed in January 2022, in regard to his presence inside the Capitol Building the previous year. 

Sometimes it can be hard to ascertain the motivation of the rioters now. Most have long since scrubbed their social media posts. But F.B.I. agents know on January 5, 2021, the day before the attack, Mr. Brackley emailed his senators, to demand that they “stand up to this blatant corruption and support a second term for President Donald J. Trump.” In more menacing fashion, he added, if they wouldn’t, “the people will.” 

That evening he caught a flight to D.C., from Portland, Maine, attended the “Stop the Steal” rally on January 6, got his head filled with fresh rubbish, and marched to the Capitol, as his Orange Leader commanded. By 2:23 p.m., Brackley had entered the building, despite police firing flashbang devices into the crowd. Once inside, he twice pushed through police lines, as the number of rioters proved too much for officers to hold back. 

At one point, Brackley and other members of the mob were briefly halted on their way to the Senate chamber by two Capitol Hill officers – with a third nearby.

 

The officers told BRACKLEY to “back up” and one officer gave him a small push backwards. Brackley did not retreat, and asked where Pelosi’s office was, as others behind him called her name. About 40 seconds into his conversation with the officers, BRACKLEY turned to the crowd behind him and shouted, “let’s go!” He then leaned forward and with both arms pushed through the two officers, leading the crowd behind him towards the Senate Chamber … .

 

A line of additional officers in riot gear, about twenty in number, formed to block the hall. The mob still drove them back – and Brackley got hit in the face with chemical spray, as did other rioters. 

A picture later surfaced, showing people washing his face with milk, and by 3:05 p.m. he had left the premises. 

He faced (is that a bad pun?) both felony and misdemeanor charges. 

 

FUN FACT: We continue looking for the leftist scum who riled up all these great patriots, so that they went to attack Congress, in a brave effort to “save freedom” and gift Donald a second term. So, we are proud to announce … Brackley ain’t it. In 2022, he ran for a seat in the Maine Senate, on the Republican ticket. Like Trump, two years earlier, Brackley lost by a decisive margin. 

You can look it up. 

 

UPDATE: On January 17, 2024, Brackley pleads guilty to assault. In May 2024, he gets hit for 15 months in prison. He’ll spend two additional years on probation, and must pay a fine of $3,000. 

At his sentencing, a police officer described the scene that day. He saw his lieutenant get knocked down and injured, but waded into the mob to retrieve him, and then retreat inside. He was one of the three officers who tried initially to block Brackley and the others from advancing. When Brackley told him to step aside, the officer told the judge, he couldn’t. He wouldn’t. He had sworn an oath to the Constitution. But he also said he felt like “Davy Crockett at the Alamo, we were outnumbered 20 to 1.” 

Trump supporter, violent, believed the election was stolen. 

 

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1137. Chad Suenram: According to federal authorities, Mr. Suenram traveled from Wichita, Kansas to Washington D.C. on a charter bus – we may assume with other like-minded Trump fans. 

We also know that he is listed in legal documents as the owner of New Look Companies Landscaping LLC. 

As for his costume that day, he had on a plastic mask, painted in red, white and blue, like the American flag, another flag painted on the right side of his head, and wore a black sweatshirt with the letters “USMC” on front.

Suenram in disguise.

At one point, it is said, the suspect removed the mask – possibly after being hit with tear gas. He can later be seen inside the building, entering and exiting at least twice. After he is finally driven out, he remains near the front of the mob, and at 3:40 p.m. still poses a threat to police.

 

SUENRAM positioned himself in front of a mob that had gathered outside the North Door and was confronting police officers. After repeated attacks by the mob, police officers retreated inside the U.S. Capitol building. SUENRAM kept his place at the front of the mob, and even after the officers’ retreat inside the building, SUENRAM stood directly in front of the North Door for several minutes, filming and cheering as police officers deployed tear gas in an attempt to clear the area. SUENRAM remained a few feet away from the North Door as other rioters tried to use a bike rack and other objects to force entry into the building.

 

He faced a pair of misdemeanor charges, and has since pled guilty to one. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1138. ANGELO JUDE PACHECO: One lesson for future rioters: If you don’t want to be caught, don’t wear distinctive clothing, including hats. Mr. Pacheco showed up for the attack “wearing a distinctive American flag trapper hat on top of a white baseball cap, as well as a black and white bandana around his neck.” 

It would appear, based on evidence presented, that the young man had fun clambering over scaffolding in front of the Capitol that day, but barely made it inside the front door, and then retreated. 

He faced a pair of misdemeanor charges, and quickly admitted, in an interview with federal agents, that he could be seen climbing on the scaffolding, but said he didn’t remember entering the building. 

For once, a rioter was probably telling the truth, as it appears he entered the building – about two steps, around 2:59 p.m. – and exited six seconds later. 

What appears to be his Facebook page is a near-total blank, save for one picture, and a place where he lives that matches court records. 

For his minor role, the young Missourian earned 30 days of home confinement, a few other goodies, and a fine of $500.  

Pacheco - red circle.

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION NOT DEFINITIVE.)

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1139. Stephen Roy Sexton: Mr. Sexton, 38, headed north from Columbia, South Carolina, in early January 2021: Destination, Washington D.C. 

Purpose: Rioting. 

Point of View: Sexton called President Trump “the modern-day equivalent to Paul Revere,” warning his supporters that it was time to fight…Redcoats? 

No, Biden, and Biden voters, I guess. 

In the aftermath of the January 6 attack, we know he faced a battery of eight federal charges, assorted felonies and misdemeanors. 

According to ABC News:

 

The judge granted Sexton a $25,000 unsecured bond, and [he] was released, according to court records. As part of his bond conditions, he must not leave the state without permission, must not return to Washington D.C. except for court, must remain at his mother's house in Winnsboro [South Carolina], and submit [to] random drug testing.

 

During his bond hearing, federal attorneys say Sexton entered the Capitol building through a broken window before telling others in the riot, “The Civil War has begun,” according to a report by The State.

 

Once inside, Sexton allegedly destroyed wooden furniture and a door, causing damage in excess of $1,000. 

Not exactly, “Fort Sumter” level civil war – but a start for another Trump-supporting dumb ass, at least. 

And can we agree, it has to be embarrassing for a 38-year-old man to be living at home with his mom. 

He has now reached a plea deal, which will require him to admit to commit at least one felony. 

Trump supporter, violent.

 

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1140. FREDERICK WEBB: Almost nothing is known at this time, save that Mr. Webb was arrested on a charge of entering the Capitol Building. 

We do learn, in December 2023, that Webb has been sentenced to fourteen days of intermittent incarceration. He’ll spend all of 2024 and 2025 on probation, and he has to have over $500 to the federal government. 

(NO OTHER INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.)

 

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1141. BENJAMIN JOHN SILVA: Charges against the man from Washington state were revealed on July 25, 2023. According to court documents, he was been part of a “group assault” against police trying to hold back the mob trying to breach the Capitol. 

In videos taken during the battle for control of a tunnel entrance, police can be seen firing chemical spray at rioters, with rioters also using spray in return. At one point, Silva is caught in the middle. Another rioter can be heard shouting, “Make a shield wall,” referring to using stolen police shields, so rioters can protect themselves. 

Silva exits the tunnel, but soon rejoins the fight. Other rioters are seen striking at police with batons and poles. Not long after, Silva is hit in the face with chemical spray, and stumbles out of the tunnel. 

At that point, according to video from that day, another individual pours water in his eyes. He is asked his name. “Benjamin Silva,” he replies. 

Where from? 

“Washington state.” 

This video exchange helps lead to his arrest. 

This is Day 994 since the 2020 election. And still no proof shown in any court that significant voter fraud occurred. 

Mr. Silva and every other rioter who believed they were fighting to save fair elections and democracy had been played for fools. 

On April 5, 2024, he pleads guilty to a charge of civil disorder, and could be seated on a jailhouse bunk when the November election comes around. In September he learns his fate: four months in jail, four more on home detention, and a bill for $2,000 in restitution. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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“All the Obama cronies should be…shot in the head.” 

1142-1143. (R.I.P.) WILLIAM BIERBRODT and Joseph Bierbrodt: The two brothers, both veterans, were arrested in July 2023, and charged with participating in the attack on Capitol Hill. William, who appeared to be missing part of his right foot, was seen using a cane to smash a window and allow rioters into the building.

William breaks in.

Video also shows Joseph shoving police officers that day, then both brothers get pepper sprayed. 

The pair exit the Capitol, but remain on the scene until nightfall, confronting police and trying to save a second term for Donald J. Trump – who doesn’t deserve it. 

On a better day, we learn:

 

Joseph Bierbrodt, as a member of the Illinois Army National Guard, received an award for “leadership, patriotism and selfless devotion” in 2018 after he escorted the daughter of an Army sergeant who died in training the previous year to a father-daughter dance. News of the escort got national media attention at the time, including from NBC’s TODAY show.

 

On social media, prior to the attack, William suggested, “all the Obama cronies should be taken tied to a stack and shot in the head.” 

Good patriotic stuff! Right? 

The estimated cost to replace the shattered window is $1,118, meaning William faces a felony charge on that count alone.

 

UPDATE: Unfortunately, William died before his case could be resolved, no doubt believing Trump was cheated out of a win in 2020. 

Which, of course, he wasn’t. 

As of October 28, 2024, Joseph has pleaded guilty to assault on a police officer. By that time, 1,454 days had passed since the last presidential election and no evidence of significant voter fraud has ever been proven in court. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTERS, BOTH.)

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1144. Michael J. St. Pierre: Sometimes it’s hard to learn where these defendants stand, politically. 

St. Pierre makes it easy. For starters, on Jan. 6, the grocery store owner from Massachusetts filmed himself throwing a smoke bomb into the Capitol. In another video, the defendant pans from his face to the mob attacking the building, and says, “Hopefully they’ll bust through, and I’ll join them to rush the Capitol, to grab Nancy Pelosi by the hair and fucking twirl her around.” At another point, he can be seen talking into a hand-held microphone, calling out, “We need everybody, let’s get in the Capitol.” 

If you read the court document, it’s kind of fun to compare what the evidence shows with a description St. Pierre gave on January 15, 2021, to a local news station. He did, at least get one part right. “I regret going,” he said. “And that’s the main thing. I wish I stayed home because I don’t think this was all worth it.” 

Now that he’s been indicted – and convicted – no doubt he feels his mistakes even more. He now awaits sentencing, on multiple charges. 

Trump supporter.

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1145. Adrian Christian Schmidt: Loveland, Ohio’s own Mr. Adrian C. Schmidt makes the list of arrestees on July 28, 2023. 

The case against him had been building, starting with a tip from someone who knew him from high school, and had seen several social media posts. The Statement of Facts in his case seems a little confusing; but it is clear. On December 31, 2020, Schmidt announced that he’d be “Headed to the Capital in six days[.]” 

Then he added: #savetherepublic. 

In another post (which seems to have come in the wake of the riot, Schmidt complains about how thousands of people standing around on the lawn won’t save America. “Third world banana republic elections receive third world banana republic results,” he says. “Well they heard us today. They felt us in their bones with every step they took as they fled the building that they have gotten way to comfortable in.” 

Evidence shows the defendant entering the building with the first wave of rioters, around 2:15 p.m. He is escorted out eighteen minutes later. At 2:45 p.m. he reenters the Capitol Building through another door. 

A second tipster revealed that Schmidt posted a picture of himself with red eyes, indicating he got hit with pepper spray during the riot. 

In fact, a third witness came forward to tell authorities that they knew Schmidt from living in the same Chapelwood Apartments complex in Loveland – where this blogger used to teach. 

He was hit with felony and misdemeanor charges for conduct that include leaping over one line of barricades police had set up to protect Congress, moving to the front of the mob at various points, exhorting others to join him in the charge, and pushing against police and police shields. 

May 29, 2024: Schmidt pleads guilty to a felony charge. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

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1146. Michael Marroquin: According to a press release from the Department of Justice,

 

Marroquin traveled from his home in Texas to Washington, D.C, to attend a rally on Jan. 6, 2021. After the rally, Maroquin marched with others to the U.S. Capitol building and entered at approximately 1:20 p.m. through the Senate wing door. A series of recordings on Marroquin’s phone capture his movements through the Capitol that day. In one such recording, as Marroquin approaches the Crypt, he states, “I wanna tell you something. You arrest me, but this is our House! No! You’ll never take our . . . We’re not silent anymore, understand?!” As the crowd he’s with reaches a line of officers, Marroquin can then be heard yelling, “Keep moving!”

Court documents say that one video on Marroquin’s phone was filmed from directly outside the House Chamber, looking through the broken door and into the faces of law enforcement with their weapons drawn and aimed back at the camera. Marroquin attempts to engage the officer in conversation, eventually shouting, “You’re a traitor!”

            Marroquin exited the Capitol building at approximately 2:31 p.m.

And why was he there that day? Jesus, how dumb do you have to be to miss the general reality of that day? Marroquin posted on social media before he went to D.C., that he was going to help “stop the steal.” He even asked like-minded (and equally ill-informed) folk to support him with prayer, or by donating to help offset his travel expenses. 

Four days after the attack, however, Marroquin was busy on Facebook, insisting that most of the violence was caused by Antifa, and he saw “Patriots” fighting “Antifa idiots.” In fact, he said police let everyone in – and the whole mess was a setup. Whereas people like him came by the thousands to D.C. because they were pissed off about a stolen election that wasn’t even stolen. 

Of course, it takes a special sort of dope to believe in all the QAnon crap, so popular on the right. Marroquin appears to be that kind of dope, too. 

Trump supporter; he believed the election was stolen.

(CLAIMED TO SEE ANTIFA.)

 

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1147. Joshua Kaleb Youngerman: Mr. Youngerman is one of those rare African Americans who fell in love with Trump – once posing happily next to a cardboard cutout of his hero. In his right hand, Mr. Youngerman holds a TRUMP – PENCE 2020 poster, in his left, over his shoulder, an American flag. 

According to the Statement of Facts in his case, Youngerman announced his plans for January 6, and expressed an interest in doing whatever would be needed to secure Donald a second term: 

“The California Patriot- DC Brigade” (“DC Brigade”). The “About” section of the Telegram group stated: “This group will serve as the Comms for able bodied individuals that are going to DC on Jan 6. Many of us have not met before and we are all ready and willing to be engaged in this fight. We will come together for this moment that we are called upon.” An individual with the username “Joshua Youngerman,” who as described below I have identified as JOSHUA K. YOUNGERMAN (“YOUNGERMAN”) of Imperial Beach, California, was a member of the DC Brigade Telegram group. On January 1, 2021, the owner of the DC Brigade Telegram group posted, “As you join, please provide the following. 1. Previous Law enforcement/military? What branch and specialty-. 2. Special skills relevant to our endeavors-. 3. Picture of yourself and name (if you are ok) so we can familiarize ourselves. 4. Date and time of arrival.” YOUNGERMAN responded the same day, in the DC Brigade Telegram group, by posting the below photograph of himself and writing, “Joshua. Will be ready for whatever is to come. No police nor military experience however have had to throw hands on multiple occasions and have a little bit of MMA training. I’ll be bringing a couple knives and whatever other self defense tools I can get my hands on. I’ll also be in radio. My friend is also going as well and we both plan on making sure ppl are safe.”

 

On the day of the riot, it is alleged that Youngerman carried a flag emblazoned with the words: “Black Voices for Trump.” 

It appears he was inside the Capitol for only two minutes, from 2:37 p.m.  that day, to 2:39 p.m. 

Previously, he had been active on social media, and he was active again after, his thinking almost a perfect distillation of the philosophy of that days’ mob. 

On this, the thousandth day since the 2020 election – when I post Mr. Youngerman’s name, it’s still sad, but true. NO evidence of significant voter fraud, related to the 2020 election, has ever been revealed in court. 

Unfortunately, the defendant had listened to all of Trump’s lies, and recited them with the same grasp of the topic as a parrot. 

Following the 2020 election, YOUNGERMAN used this Twitter account to advocate for an “audit” of the 2020 presidential election results and for the “#StopTheSteal” movement. For example, on or about November 4, 2020, YOUNGERMAN wrote, “There is definitely election fraud going on.” On or about November 24, 2020, YOUNGERMAN wrote, “If there is truly no fraud in this election then why is there so much pushback for a full investigation and audit of the votes. If @JoeBiden and the Democratic Party wanted to prove they won fair and square then they would be in support of one.” He continued, in the same thread, “So, until then there will continue to be division. Continue to be protests. We will keep on fighting till we have secure confidence in this election or the truth is revealed for the world to see. #StopTheSteal #StopTheSteal2020 #FightBack.” On or about December 3, 2020, YOUNGERMAN wrote, “Until our demands are met and a full-scale forensic audit is done on the 2020 election, Biden will never be my president and I will not work with you Democrats. We will continue to fight till the truth is revealed. #FightBack #stopthesteal.” On or about December 11, another Twitter user wrote, “The decision from the SCOTUS is unacceptable. It may not be our style; but the only way to get them to listen is to play their game and actually protest and destroy shit. Then we may get their attention....either that or civil war could be otw....” YOUNGERMAN responded, “I’m ready. #fightback.” On or about December 17, 2020, in response to another individual’s tweet regarding a Supreme Court decision to not take up a case challenging the 2020 election results, YOUNGERMAN wrote, “Then I guess us Patriots will just riot then. Show what their actions has caused.”

 

Following the events at the Capitol, on or about January 7, 2021, YOUNGERMAN wrote, in a series of consecutive posts, “@realDonaldTrump is not responsible for what happened at the Capital. He is definitely not responsible for the violence. I think that was definitely made clear when we refused to leave even when the President told us to three times. This is now beyond Trump. We are fighting for liberty, our constitution, our rights, freedom and country. Beside from the very concentrated acts of violence (almost all of them done by those not really Trump supporters) we were peaceful. I am in full support of storming and occupying the Capital from the inside and out. That was the original intent for many. We came to claim back our house. The world saw what happens when you treat Americans like peasants. At this point we don’t care what the media or anyone says. We are ready to take back what is our and run out whoever undermines our country and constitution. We will continue to fight back. WE THE PEOPLE will do what the bill of rights allows us to do and put the government in check and regain control. @realDonaldTrump you woke up Patriots, you fought for us and we are great full. It’s time for you to take a break and for us to carry on the fight. We are great full for you and all you have done. This is not you conceding. It’s you resting after 4 years of fighting. As for everyone else. January 6th marked the beginning of the war against the elites. The fight has only begun. Don’t be discouraged by the media’s spin of the events. Continue to fight and DO NOT GIVE UP!” Following a tweet from another individual who identified YOUNGERMAN as attending thenPresident Trump’s rally on January 6, YOUNGERMAN wrote on or about January 9, 2021, “Yep I went and I’m proud that I went both as a Patriot and a Christian. We along with almost everyone there went to fight for a cause and I’m not phased by you attempting to publicly shame either of us for doing so.”

 

He faces a pair of federal charges. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1148. MARCUS CLINT MARTIN: The “Sunshine State” is well-represented, when it comes to the mob that attacked the Capitol. Martin headed north with mayhem in mind. Starting at about 1:00 p.m. on January 6, the Florida man is seen battling police trying to hold a line of bicycle racks. He is seen fighting several officers, and at one point, joins a “pile” atop a fallen officer. Martin also enjoyed beating his chest, and shouting, “Who’s house? Our house!” 

Having since been convicted of assault, he can soon start shouting, “Who’s house?” from inside a jail cell. 

In his case, one tip to authorities led to a search for phone records, and those records placed the defendant inside the Capitol. 

The defendant was also seen rendering first aid to another injured rioter that day. When a police officer offered help, Martin decided to fight. Officer T. R. was knocked down, and rioters piled on. 

Eventually, Martin took a shot of pepper spray in the face. He originally faced multiple felony and misdemeanor charges, and plead guilty to felony assault. His punishment: 32 months in prison, two years’ probation, and a bill for $2,000. 

Violent. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1149. Barry Saturday: Mr. Saturday had a bad day on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, when the indictment against him was finally unsealed. 

The gentleman from Kentucky is accused of joining the attack on police defending the tunnel entrance to the Capitol, where some of the worst violence occurred. 

I know my Trump-loving friends keep believing that a host of Antifa types are going to magically appear in indictments from that day. Mr. Saturday, 43, however, ran for a seat on the Lexington, Kentucky City Council. 

Twice. 

And lost twice. 

I tried to find out if he belonged to any particular political party, but the races in which he ran were “bipartisan.” 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME.)

 

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1150. Donald J. Trump: Speaking of having a bad day! On August 1, 2023, the former president, former pussy grabber, twice-impeached loser, and current election-denier, is charged with four felonies. 

In essence, along with six unindicted co-conspirators, Trump is accused of hatching a wide-ranging plot to steal the 2020 election. 

For himself.

 

UPDATE (May 30, 2024): Donald has suffered a series of lumps in court this spring; but the biggest lump of all is delivered when a New York jury finds him guilty of 34 felonies in his hush money trial. 

With that, Mr. Trump charges into the lead among presidents with most felony convictions: 

Trump: 34 

All other presidents: 0.

Trump supporter (of course).

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1151. Dustin Ray Williams: Mr. Williams, from Bradley, Texas, has the honor of appearing next, after Trump himself, on our rioters’ list. On August 2, 2023, the indictment against him is unsealed.

 

According to court documents, on Jan. 6, 2021, Williams entered and remained inside the restricted perimeter of the U.S. Capitol grounds beginning at least 1:03 p.m. At that time, Williams approached a line of United States Capitol Police (USCP) officers defending the West Front of the Capitol building and shoved and pushed the officers, initially by placing his hands on their shields.

 

Court documents say that video footage taken from that day captures approximately 25 seconds of Williams’ aggressive contact with the law enforcement officers. The video footage also depicts Williams sprayed with pepper spray by a police officer, continuing to push and shove officers, and grabbing the arm of an officer. Court documents say that Williams remained near the West Front for over two hours before heading to the Lower West Terrace.

 

At least one story indicates that on the day of the riot, Mr. Williams was wearing a shirt with the name of his company – and a telephone number – which (you might imagine) helped lead to his arrest.

On July 11, Mr. Williams, who came all the way from Texas, to hear Donald Trump fire up the January 6 crowd, pleaded guilty to multiple crimes, including at least one felony for assaulting police.

Trump supporter, violent.  

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A double whammy: He believed Tucker Carlson and Trump. 

1152. RALLY RUNNER (formerly known as Daniel Donnelly Jr.): When not rioting, Mr. Runner, who changed his name in the wake of his arrest, has always been a huge St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan. He would paint himself Cardinals red, and race around the stadium to fire up the crowd. 

Then President Trump fired him up, instead. 

In August 2023, at the same time his hero was being indicted, Rally was indicted for trying to destroy democracy on January 6. 

The case against him, as explained in court documents, was strong:

 

Later in the day, on January 6, 2021, Daniel Donnelly Jr., aka Rally Runner, (“Donnelly”) posted on his Facebook page an approximate 26-minute video in which he admitted to being at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. 2 The Facebook page was verified via Facebook records to be registered to Rally Runner along with a known telephone number of Donnelly. Donnelly, wearing a red “Keep America Great” hat, a red jacket and what appeared to have painted his face red, in which he is known as a St. Louis Cardinals fan, “Rally Runner”, he stated: “I get a riot shield, and I’m not trying to cause any violence, but I’m trying to be the furthest person to get through all the way, or at least get the furthest.”

 

Donnelly added, “I took up a lot of space, and I had the rioter shield, and I was right up there, and for some reason, like, the other people up there on the front lines with me, they did something similar.... It’s like they followed my lead, kind of, and it turned out to be a great strategy because the whole crowd was doing that, was able to push further than we had gotten the whole time, the entire time.” Donnelly further discussed, “We pushed them all the way into the doors. It was working until more cops showed up. I’m right at the front of it and got through those doors into the Capitol, and that’s when reinforcements came.”

 

Donnelly noted that law enforcement officers were “shooting rubber bullets, tear gas, and mace” adding that “the burning of the mace was horrible, I mean my skin is already sensitive so I think it affected me more than others, but I withstood it pretty well and I was like even when I was inside and I was breathing it in I was like alright I can handle this, this isn’t that bad, I’m not going to let this detour me.” He further discussed, “I got further than anyone, I literally got further than anyone. I helped us get that far.”

 

Donnelly is accused of leading the attack against officers holding the line at a tunnel entrance into the Capitol, and, now that he has pled guilty, he can expect to miss most, if not all, of the 2024 baseball season. 

But he may be able to watch on the prison TV.

Mr. Rally.

 

FUN FACT: Tucker Carlson once claimed on his show, that Rally Runner was “clearly a law enforcement officer” – and an “agent provocateur.” Up until then, Donnelly had been a big fan of Tucker’s show, often posting on social media his approval of what Carlson said during his air time. 

“Tucker nails it again! So true!” he once wrote. 

Mr. Runner has now responded to Tucker’s “false story,” while once again expressing support for Trump. “For years I believed Tucker was a responsible reporter,” Donnelly has explained, “focused on stopping 'Fake News' just to be hit with this story.” He also calls the crowd’s energy on January 6, “astonishing. It had my adrenaline pumping through the roof, it was like nothing I had ever experienced before.” He also says he believes God “sent him there” to fight for freedom. 

So fooled by Tucker, duped by Trump. 

Also: Sentenced to ten months in prison for his January 6 antics, and hit for $3,000 in fines and restitution. 

Trump supporter.

  

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1153. Dean Robert Harshman: Mr. Harshman has been charged and arrested for his role in the January 6 riot. 

A Department of Justice press release explains:

 

According to court documents, on Jan. 6, 2021, Harshman traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the “Stop the Steal” rally before walking to the Capitol building. Court documents say that Harshman recorded much of his actions that day on his cell phone, and on one such video, as rioters advance past security barriers near the Peace Circle area and the Pennsylvania Walkway toward the Capitol building, Harshman can be heard shouting, “This is the stuff they ain’t gonna show you on TV!” and “We’re taking our House back!”

 

Harshman then made his way to the Upper West Plaza, where he stood near a line of police officers and conversed with other rioters about the police presence and the need to push past officers. Later, Harshman entered the Capitol through the broken Senate Wing door and walked through the building, making his way to the Crypt.

 

Court documents say that at some point during his time in the building, Harshman entered and filmed inside an office near the Crypt. After being in the Capitol for approximately 15 minutes, Harshman returned to the Senate Wing Door and exited the building at approximately 2:35 p.m.

 

In September 2024, he took a plea deal to one misdemeanor charge. He’s likely to get a fine and probation. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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Hang or execute…

1154. Mario Mares: Mare is just another “tourist” on January 6, as that one GOP congressman said. 

Well, except for the part that he came armed – possibly intent on defending his picnic basket from any bears. The Ballinger, Texas man faced two felony charges, including one for showing up on Capitol Hill with a dangerous weapon. A Department of Justice press release explains:

 

 According to the indictment, on Jan. 6, 2021, Mares entered and remained in the Capitol building and its grounds, a restricted area, and, while doing so, unlawfully possessed a firearm. The indictment states that Mares was in unlawful possession of a black semi-automatic handgun. While in the restricted area, Mares is accused of engaging in behavior with intent to impede official functions of the U.S. government.

 

UPDATE (March 20, 2024): Anytime I find new information, I add it to my posts. It turns out Mr. Mares had plans for serious violence, either on January 6, or later. For example, this threat on social media: “WE ARE GOING TO FIND YOU AND WE THE PEOPLE WITH NO MERCH ARE GOING TO HANG OR EXECUTE YOU!!!” 

At one recent trial, Officer Christopher Owens described the situation on January 6, this way: In every direction, he saw “360 degrees of rioters trying to assault you every which way.” 

But, as Lardo from Mar-a-Lago has said recently, the rioters were no threat at all, and those in prison are “hostages.”

 

UPDATE #2: On October 31, 2024, Mares is convicted on two felony counts, including for gun possession on Capitol grounds. 

A Department of Justice memo also includes another threat Mares, the supposed “patriot,” posted on social media. On December 27, 2020, he stated  that he “believe[d] that every #patriot should on January 6 if you can’t make it to Washington DC you should go to your state capitol and local mayors offices heavily armed and drag out and either jail or execute all the known CORRUPT #politicans for treason! 

 

Trump supporter, ready for violence.

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1155. Stephen Boyd Barber: At first, I was unable to access court records in this case. So I let NPR explain who this rioter is:

 

During their investigation, the FBI has been identifying cell phone numbers that pinged towers near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and then using that information to identify people who may have been there that day. Steven Boyd Barber was zeroed in on in this way, after the phone number of a person he was with was identified, court records state. Barber can also be seen in surveillance footage from inside the building, court records state. In an interview with law enforcement, Barber allegedly admitted that he was at the Capitol that day, but claimed he did nothing illegal or wrong.

 

That “person he was with” appears next on our list, at #1156. 

I did later access the Statement of Facts in his case. In January 2024 he pleads guilty to two charges. 

Barber in MAGA hat. Cramer with white gloves.

The mob entering the Capitol. Barber in yellow, Cramer in red.

Trump supporter.

 

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1156. Esvetlana Cramer: At first, I had to let NPR do the job for Ms. Cramer, too. 

According to federal court records, the FBI identified cell phone numbers that had pinged towers near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. They then used that information to identify one such number as belonging to Esvetlana Cramer, court records show. After identifying Cramer as a possible person inside the Capitol that day, law enforcement then allegedly identified her in surveillance footage from inside the building. She was allegedly there with Steven Boyd Barber, who is also charged. Cramer could allegedly be seen that day carrying a "Latinos For Trump" sign. In an interview with the FBI, Cramer admitted to entering the building, court records state.

 

Then the Statement of Facts became available – and there you were. You had a picture of the couple, in full Trump Cult regalia – and another picture of rioters entering the Capitol, including Barber and Cramer – again, many in Cult gear. Ms. Cramer even accessories her ensemble, with a sign reading, “Latinos for Trump.” 

And it’s not even the first time Ms. Cramer, sometimes called “Connie,” proudly posed for photos with Trump gear. 

 

Cramer can be seen here, in the wee hours of January 6, as she prepares to depart from a “Park and Ride” location in Pennsylvania, on her way to the Capitol – and alleged rioter fun. 

When interviewed by federal agents, Cramer quickly admitted that she had been inside the Capitol, and for almost an hour, and that she and Barber traveled to D.C. on a charter bus. 

Barber denied having done anything wrong – but charged along with Ms. Cramer, he soon was. 

Trump supporter.

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1157. Anna Lichnowski: I had to look hard for documentation on Lichnowski. According to court records, 

On August 10, 2021, an individual called the FBI who identified themselves by first and last name, date of birth, and who provided a call-back number. The caller alleged that LICHNOWSKI was present inside of the Capitol building on January 6, 2021. Further, the caller stated that LICHNOWSKI posted pictures on Facebook of herself inside the Capitol building. Additionally, the caller stated LICHNOWSKI had since deleted the photos on Facebook but continued to tell people she was inside the Capitol building. Case 1:23-mj-00181-RMM

 

On Facebook, she allegedly wrote, “I was with the group that f***ing stormed the capital [sic].” 

She added that she was “proud of it.” 

A picture that accompanied that post, and pictures from inside the Capitol soon led to the defendant’s identification and arrest. 

She is accused of entering the building around 2:47 p.m., taking pictures, and wandering through the halls – good enough to garner two misdemeanor charges. 

The Brick Township, New Jersey business owner appears to have spent $297.31 to enjoy the night of January 5, 2021, at the State Plaza Hotel in D.C. 

Hope she had fun. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1158. (R.I. P.) NEJOURDE MEACHAM: Meacham, from Utah, was listed by NPR as being 19 years old, which would mean he had to have been a minor if he took part in the attack on Capitol Hill. 

He came to D.C. with Odin Meacham (#422 on our list), also a Utah man, and Nejourde’s uncle. 

The younger Meacham denied to federal agents having gone inside, but appears to have entered the Capitol Building, only to be forced out by police after nine minutes of right-wing, let’s-destroy-democracy fun. 

A little more checking and we learn that Meacham was 19 at the time of the riot. At age 22, he is dead. On right-wing media sites, his demise is recorded as a suicide, which may or may not be true. Sad, in any case.

Of course, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had to invoke the young man’s name – and blame President Biden for his death: 

“US Attorney Matthew Graves is now responsible for a 4th suicide by another J6’er because of extreme persecution of J6 defendants,” the congresswoman wrote on X, the platform previously known as Twitter. “Jord Meachum [sic] was 19 yrs old when he nonviolently walked in the Capitol. 19. Biden’s communists [sic] regime has destroyed justice and stolen hope.”

 

First, we should note that Meacham would have likely received probation – since he faced only four misdemeanor charges. 

His uncle, on the other hand, is accused of battering the police. 

Second, we know who convinced both uncle and nephew that the 2020 election was stolen. It wasn’t Joe Biden. 

And it wasn’t stolen, either.

POSTSCRIPT: The blogger can name only two rioters, Matthew Perna (#52) and Mark Roderick Aungst (#236) who have committed suicide before their cases could be heard. He will add Meacham later, if the cause of death is confirmed, and will try to track down the fourth case – although Greene is usually full of s**t, whenever she makes wild claims.

Trump supporter.

 

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1159. JAMES WYMAN: Limited information is available on Wyman’s case, even to NPR. On July 24, 2023, He was charged with entering the Capitol, and promptly pled guilty on August 4. 

He faced only one misdemeanor charge. 

He has pleaded guilty, been sentenced to 30 days in jail, placed on probation, and fined $500. 

(NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.)

 

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Spraying police in the face. 

1160-1161. BRYAN ROGER BISHOP and TONYA BISHOP: Mr. Bishop, a 51-year-old from Marathon, Florida, and his lovely wife, are the newest additions to our list. He faced serious charges related to his role in the riot. According to court documents, “Bishop, can be seen spraying two Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers in the face with a chemical substance.” 

To be more specific: “After spraying the first officer directly in the face, Bishop then sprayed the second officer in the face shield and then aimed the device at an upward angle to spray under the officer’s face shield and directly into the face.” 

That’s how you get charged with two felony counts. 

Meanwhile, his wife was hit with misdemeanor charges – but could at least say she was there to support her husband when he decided to break the law in the name of President Donald J. Trump. A little additional digging, and the blogger learns that Mr. and Mrs. Bishop live on a boat – which would be kind of cool – and have a son who was in prison at the time of the riot – which would not be kind of cool. 

Tonya helped lead to her own arrest, when on January 4, 2021, she called her boy and prison authorities recorded the call. “On the 6th,” she explained, “Trump has called The Patriots together, a bunch of us are headed over there.” 

(A little more research and I learn that Mr. and Mrs. Bishop actually married after the riot; so the son in jail may be Mr. Bishop’s stepson.) 

(Still digging: Court documents show that one officer sprayed by Bishop said he was blinded for several minutes and had to have an officer clear a path for him, out of the mob. He “was in fear for his life,” he said.)

 

UPDATE (December 13, 2023): Mr. Bishop has asked to have his GPS tracking device removed so he can spearfish, swim “to cool off,” and remove barnacles from his boat. 

UPDATE (March 2024): Mrs. Bishop has plead guilty to two charges. 

UPDATE (April 2024): Her husband agrees to a plea deal, admitting to felony assault on a police officer. 

UPDATE (July 11, 2024): The missus gets the bill for her stupidity: two years on probation, 80 hours of community service, and a fine of $500. Plus, she’s almost sure to be visiting Bryan in prison. 

UPDATE (September 3, 2024): Dad will now have the chance to experience what his son has been going through, because he has been sentenced to 45 months in prison, with 36 more to spend on probation, and he’s been ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution. And Trump still can’t prove in any court in the land, that the election was stolen, or even slightly mussed, in 2020. 

Trump “sent us” (Tonya), Trump supporters (both), violent, (Bryan).

 

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1162. COREY HORAN: It’s a long way from San Diego, California, where Mr. Horan lives, to D.C., where Donald Trump used to live and lie about winning the 2020 election. To honor his president, Mr. Horan was ready to make a weekend trip to the nation’s capital and be there in time to riot. 

He even brought his 14-year-old son to the party. 

Sad to say, he probably felt he had to be there on January 6, had to do what he could to “Save America,” as best he could. 

It was a long way to travel, just to be arrested, and spend roughly three minutes inside the U.S. Capitol Building. 

And when all was said and done, Joe Biden still had 7,000,000 votes more than Donald J. Trump, and Trump was going to get indicted for trying to steal the election, and not the reverse. 

And Horan was going to get himself arrested, as well – and arrested for nothing, save Trump’s lies. 

At one point, he is seen on video, as another rioter explains, “We the People have spoken and this election was a fraud! … We are not going to let mainstream media decide who our President is, continue forward!” 

Here’s a fun clip of rioters being “let into the Capitol” on January 6. Not related to Horan, but interesting. 

Mr. Horan has since pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor. If Trump does get elected, Horan may get a pardon. Otherwise, he’ll spend three years on probation, and he’s out $500. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORER; NOT DEFINITIVE.)

 

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Calls for war – and, hey, a stapler!

 1163. Douglas Harrington: Mr. Harrington showed up for the festivities on Jan. 6, carrying a Trump flag, and wearing goggles and some kind of gas mask or respirator. He was accused of using his pole to strike at officers. 

A “confidential human source” helped direct federal agents in the direction of the Bedford, Wyoming man. 

Harrington’s downfall began when a picture of him at the Trump speech earlier that day, wearing the same black cowboy hat, and carrying the same Trump flag, appeared – but without his mask. Even a mole, dare we say, “as plain as the nose on his face,” helped lead to his identification. 

Just days after the 2020 election, with varying degrees of spelling and punctuation success, Harrington posted the following message:  “We are seeing satin cheeting and we have no power to do anything other than start calling tbe Republican senators and rep to have them start protesting the fake stealing of our votes.” 

On November 17, 2020, he messaged: “If Supreme Court don’t rectify the EVIL thats prayer time ad what God wants his warriors to do NEXT.” 

His blood continued to boil. Four days later, he posted, “There is nothing short other than real war wich will come jan5” 

And on December 13, Harrington went full QAnon dope, posting,

 

I’m not sure what avenues are actually left at this point I hope there’s legal ways but I I could tell the whole world is in on this to get rid of Trump because the one world government the devil and Satan‘s angels and China does not want Trump around any longer because he’s toppling over the the globalist and the plan of Satan so we are fighting not just our own Democrats with the traders we’re fighting the Republicans and we’re fine China as well so I don’t know we’ll have to pray about it but there might be blood come starting January 20 and then comes the snipers and start taking out the enemy[.]

 

The defendant appears to have shown up for the “Million Maga March” in D.C. around the same time. 

Then it was time to butcher not just other Americans, but history itself. He posted, “They dont even know how they are stoking 1776 Boston Tea pary”

 

(The Tea Party was in 1773.) 

Later, when a friend told Harrington he couldn’t join him when he went to D.C., the suspect made it clear he was ready to pay a price in blood – including that of any other Americans he might need to kill.

 

HARRINGTON responded: “It’s not for you then im going out to DC to fight for our country’s integrity if biden gets in we have but allowed satin free pass to lie cheet steal WITH TBE HELP OF CHINA, . . . 6 JANUARY 2021 IS THE DAY WE MARCH ON WASHINGTON DC THE WHOLE REASON FOR FREEDOM IS SOMEONES BLOOD PAYS THE PRICE”

 

There’s plenty more of this bloody rhetoric, but you can read the Statement of Facts in his case for yourself. 

Let’s wrap it up with what would appear to be a series of posts that no doubt served as an admission of guilt at trial. In the days after the riot, Harrington wrote the following messages to an “intimate partner” and others:

 

On January 8, 2021, HARRINGTON wrote “We caused the riot because the government devils dont get it[.]”  

 

On January 11, 2021, HARRINGTON wrote “We should have grabbed all of the traitors and waited for military tribunals”

 

On January 14, 2021 HARRINGTON wrote “We were pushng the police backwards”

 

On July 28, 2021, HARRINGTON wrote “I want them all in prison starting from VP pence down to mitch mcConnel”

 

In March 2022, the Wyoming man was still ranting on social media. This time in all caps:

 

YOU FIGHT THE WAR WITH BULLETS THIS FUCKING TIME!! LAST TIME WE MARCHED WITH FLAGS. ITS JUST LIKE 1776 YOU MEN . . . LET THE FBI DO THEIR THING. THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THEM THEY CAN’T LOCK US ALL UP YOU MORONS[.]

 

As for this blogger, he’ll call it quits with a quote from Harrington on June 19, 2022:

 

It’s not Rupblican But UNIPARTY the so-called leader Mitch McConnel . . . DemoRATS same as Romney Collins Rubio Kevin McCarthy they hate the PATRIOTS THEY VOTED TO GET RID OF TRUMP WITH VIPER SATANIST PENCE, only handful of real useful Idiots we can call representatives[.]

 

FUN FACT: At one point, closed circuit cameras in the Capitol appear to show the defendant stopping at a desk to steal a stapler and tape dispenser. 

On July 31, 2024, Harrington was convicted, in a bench trial, on seven counts, two felonies and five misdemeanors. 

His Orange God, the former President of the United States, now a convicted felon, may soon have to answer for his crimes. 

Trump supporter, ready for violence,

he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1164. Lowell Gates: On August 7, 2023, the Mechanicsburg, Pa. man, 63, was finally arrested for his alleged participation in the riot on Capitol Hill. In the criminal complaint filed against him, Mr. Gates is charged, 

with assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon and obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, both felony offenses. In addition to the felonies, Gates is charged with several misdemeanor offenses, including entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building or grounds, violent conduct in a Capitol building or grounds.

 

We also learn that Gates traveled to D.C. on January 6, “with a group of friends.” So let’s hope a good time was had by all. 

The defendant is alleged to have told authorities that he was there at the riot, and that he “generally had a lot of fun.” 

That included getting drilled by a rubber bullet, and sprayed in the face with some kind of chemical agent. 

And if his friends didn’t join in the attack, someday they may be writing Lowell letters to his prison address. 

Gate is said to have been seen on video, throwing some object at police and then  spearing them with a flagpole.

 

FUN FACT: Rep. Scott Perry, a congressman from Pennsylvania, leases two offices from Mr. Gates. 

For some odd reason, Gates was recently arrested for walking around his neighborhood, minus pants and underwear.

Trump supporter. 

 

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1165. Ben Cohen: The State of Connecticut is not well-represented at the Jan. 6 riot, but Mr. Cohen, from Westport, helps fill the gap. 

According to the Department of Justice, Cohen (who faced misdemeanor and felony charges) was persistent in his riotous behavior:

 

According to court documents, Cohen was identified by law enforcement authorities among the crowd of rioters gathered along a police line on the West Plaza of the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. Just before 2:29 p.m., open-source video and body-worn camera footage show Cohen joining rioters in breaching the police line and moving toward a group of officers. Cohen is then seen making physical contact with the group of officers by pushing and shoving them with his hands as the crowd surges forward. Seconds later, Cohen rushes toward the officers again, shoving and striking officers with his hands. At some point shortly thereafter, video footage shows Cohen standing in the crowd of rioters, where he can be heard shouting, “Our House!”

 

Later, at approximately 2:48 p.m., Cohen is seen entering the Lower West Terrace tunnel, joining other rioters assembling against a police line. Cohen then makes his way deeper into the mob and begins to push against a rioter in front of him as additional rioters join the effort around him. Together, the mob pushed in a concerted “heave-ho” effort against the police line in the tunnel.

         

After the first “heave-ho”, Cohen participated in subsequent efforts in the tunnel against the police line. At approximately 2:56 p.m., a rush of additional rioters entered the tunnel, and those rioters, including Cohen, engaged in another “heave-ho” effort by moving their bodies in unison back and forth, pushing with coordinated force against the police.

            

By approximately 3:05 p.m., Cohen made his way back to the tunnel entrance and began rinsing his eyes after having apparently been sprayed by officers. Cohen remained with the mob just outside the tunnel until at least approximately 4:01 p.m., where he continued to assist combined efforts by the mob to push back into the tunnel.

            

Court documents say that at some point thereafter, Cohen was photographed inside an office inside the Capitol building situated with a window, which had been broken, just to the left of the tunnel entrance. Cohen is then seen in open-source video departing this office through the broken window.

 

According to the Statement of Facts in his case, Cohen traveled to D.C. with his mom, so they could hear Trump speak. Cohen’s father learned about his son’s participation in the “festivities” only later. 

Young Cohen has since pleaded guilty, to one charge of assault. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1166. Ben Shuler: We add another “Ben,” to our list on August 15, 2023, 1,015 days since the 2020 election. (Trump, at least, has been indicted for a second time in a case related to trying to steal the election. 

Mr. Shuler, from Grove City, Ohio, was charged after a witness “who has a personal relationship” with him came forward – and his “copper colored beard” allegedly made him easier to pick out of the riotous mob. He is accused of assaulting police during the attack. In a Department of Justice press release he is described as repeatedly pushing back against police lines, and grabbing at shields, as officers tried to clear the Capitol steps around 4:48 p.m. on the day of the attack. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER, NOT DEFINITIVE.)

 

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1167. David Stapp: Another Trump fan finally faces arrest.  In the wake of the riot, he pretty much killed his defense in court, posting on social media, “It was one of the best things I have ever gotten to do. That was history. We took over the fucking capital. Shows them what a small percentage of unarmed Americans can do. Just think of [if?] all the patriots came and cane [sic] armed.”  

Yeah, you could have overturned a fair vote. 

When not rioting, Stapp was an Air Force reservist; and at 10 p.m. on the night of the attack, he posted cleverly on social media, to a friend: “May or may not have got a tour of the capital today.” Then he posted a picture that showed him – inside a Capitol hallway that day. For fun with fighting, Stapp also wore tactical gloves to the riot. 

Trump supporter.

 

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The Gang that Tried to Steal an Election for real?

1168-1185. Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, et. al.: In Georgia, the Fulton County District Attorney indicts 19 conspirators, and charges them with a rash of felonies, for their efforts to steal the 2020 election. 

Luminaries include former President Donald John Trump (already listed at #1150, above), Trump lawyers Giuliani and Ellis, Dr. Eastman, and several other “fake electors,” and accomplices.

 

1180. JOHN EASTMAN: Dr. E. has not been convicted yet; but he has had his license to practice law in California suspended.

Trump supporter, serial liar.

 

1181. RUDY GIULIANI: Rudy hasn’t been convicted of a crime yet; but he has been hammered like a symbolic gold railroad spike in court. For defaming two Georgia poll workers, and saying they stole tens of thousands of votes in 2020, he is punished with a judgement of $148.2 million; because he could have got them killed.

 

He is also going to be disbarred in Washington, D.C. A full bar panel report explains: “We conclude that disbarment is the only sanction that will protect the public, the courts, and the integrity of the legal system and deter other lawyers from launching similarly baseless [stolen election] claims in pursuit of such wide-ranging yet completely unjustified relief [that is, overturning an entire election].” 

As with Trump and his New York jury, the board recommendation is unanimous against Giuliani. 

Trump supporter, serial liar.

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1182. SCOTT HALL: The first of eighteen co-conspirators, along with Trump, takes a plea deal, and admits to committing five felonies. He must now complete five years of probation, without further criminal activity. He must pay $5,000 in fines – a grand for each felony. He may no longer work on any elections. 

He will now testify in the case. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1183. SIDNEY POWELL: Sucks to be Sidney! She is the second defendant in the Georgia election fraud case to take a plea deal and dodge going to jail, where she probably belongs. The longtime Trump fan, and legal dimwit who claimed she could prove massive voter fraud has now agreed to: 

1.     Plead guilty to six misdemeanor charges.

2.     Pay a $6,000 fine.

3.     Pay $2,700 in restitution for her role in illegally breaching Coffee County, Georgia voting machines, in a vain effort to find voter fraud.

4.     Write a letter of apology – mostly for being a terrible lawyer, but also for aiding and abetting a lying sack-of-dookie, named Donald J. Trump. 

 – and – 

5.     Provide all documents requested by prosecutors and testify truthfully in all future court proceedings. 

Trump supporter, she said she believed the election was stolen.

 

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1184. KENNETH CHESEBRO: The third conspirator in the Georgia election fraud case to take a plea deal is the “pro-Trump lawyer” who helped push the nonsense idea that Trump won the 2020 election. 

He agrees to plead to a felony – clearly hoping that his truthful cooperation in the case will keep him from spending a lengthy stretch in the slammer. For now, he is sentenced to five years’ probation and fined $5,000. If he fails to give truthful testimony in court in trials to come, he could face stiffer penalties.

Trump supporter.

 

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1185. JENNA ELLIS: Ms. Ellis becomes the fourth domino to fall in the Georgia election fraud case. She has pled guilty to one felony count, and must now testify truthfully against all other conspirators in the case. 

In court, a tearful Ms. Ellis, whose legal career is probably at an end, admits, “If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump in these post-election challenges.” Yeah. Because he’s a lying sack of poop. 

(She didn’t say that in court.) 

As for her own conduct, she admits, “As an attorney who is also a Christian, I take my responsibilities as a lawyer very seriously … I endeavored to represent my client to the best of my ability …” “What I did not do.. was ensure the facts … were, in fact, true.” 

Finally, she adds, “In the frenetic pace of attempting to raise challenges to the election in several states, including Georgia. I failed to do my due diligence. I believe in and I value election integrity.” 

(She may be the only defendant convicted to far to say that much.)

 

She will now spend three to five years on probation, and must complete a 100 hours of community service, as well as pay $5,000 in restitution to the Georgia secretary of state, and write a letter of apology for her sins.

Trump supporter.

 

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1186. Ronald Bryan: Mr. Bryan, 70, is accused of using a wooden pallet to protect himself from rubber bullets fired by police during the January 6 riot. Later, he is charged with assaulting police, wresting a shield out of the hands of one officer, and bragging about it later. “I stole a baton. I stole a shield,” he posted on social media after having some rioter fun. “[I] knocked two of them [officers] to the ground, took six of them to get me off of them. y’all go get you some!” 

He was wearing a “Vietnam Veteran” baseball cap at the time – so, “Thank you for your service, but now you’re probably going to spend part of your golden years looking out between the bars of a jail cell. 

Any defense he might offer in court is going to be undercut by the fact he posed for cameras shortly after the attack, and even lifted his shirt to show bruises he got while battling the police. 

You can see him here. 

Maybe Trump (now indicted in two jurisdictions for trying to steal the election for himself) can be your cellmate. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.) 

Violent.

 

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1187. Paul Belosic: According to a Department of Justice press release, the California man is facing multiple felony charges, and a smattering of misdemeanors to sweeten the deal. Belosic was charged along with co-defendants Daniel Joseph “DJ” Rodriguez (#553 on our list) and Edward Badalian (#554) in November 2021. 

His name was not released until August 2023. 

He currently remains at large. 

Among other charges, he has been indicted for theft of government property, and destruction of same. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1188. James Allen Knowles: Knowles, who hails from Mississippi, is facing four charges, after allegedly joining David Stapp (#1167 above) in some riotous fun. Court documents show that on the day of the riot, Knowles called both of his U.S. senators’ offices, likely to protest election results. When not rioting, Mr. Knowles runs Knowles Construction Inc., located in Saucier. 

He was inside the Capitol for only two minutes (2:48-2:50 p.m.) but did make those two calls, and then later, a third, from a pizza parlor on Pennsylvania Avenue. Because trying to overturn the legitimate results of an election will make a man hungry. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

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1189. CLIVE M. KINCAID: We now know that Clive came to D.C. ready for a friendly “tour” of the Capitol. And like any good tourist, he brought pepper spray to use – in case there were bears. 

He engaged in a bit of a struggle over a bike rack, which officers were using to try to defend the Capitol, and also appears to have been sprayed in the face by mistake – by another rioter – who (I suppose) mistook Kincaid for a grizzly. 

Eventually, he made it inside, where he remained for a little less than half an hour. Sadly, his bald pate helped make it easy to follow his movements inside. The defendant was interviewed way back in August 2021, and is said to have admitted being inside the Capitol that day. He also said a female officer shot him with six rubber bullets and sprayed him in the face again. 

A bad day for the tourist from Colorado, all in all. 

Kincaid was also the rioter who used what appeared to be a police baton to strike windows on the doors to the House chamber, and was dissuaded only after law enforcement officers inside pointed their guns at his face. Earlier that day, he had listened to President Trump’s speech, and he was convinced the election was stolen. 

He gets three months on home confinement, a stint on probation to meditate on his sins, and a bill for $1,376. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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“My Trump flag [will] fly high and proud.” 

1190. ANTHONY MASTANDUNO: Known online to January 6 sleuths as “Shield Grampy,” this North Carolina gentleman used a stolen police shield in the attack on Capitol Hill. For fun, he attacked officers with a blue pole of some kind, and an expandable baton. 

Based on his own Facebook posts, we know Mastanduno is a former U.S. Marine, and a Trump supporter. In one post, prior to the riot, he wrote, somewhat incoherently, “Biden has not won anything under the electors in December then. and only then he will have won/stole.” 

In another post, he complained: “I hated Obama and hated his politics but still considered him my president because he won honestly but Biden and future president within a year commiemia never!!!” That last is an apparent reference to Vice President Kamala Harris, who Mastanduno apparently believed was a communist. 

“My Trump flag [will] fly high and proud in my front yard till 1/20/2025,” he promised. On March 6, 2024, Mastanduno pleaded guilty to nine charges.

 

In a story about his guilty plea, we learn that he wore goggles during part of the attack – that he was one of the first rioters to enter the Capitol, and a window was broken out, and people began getting inside. 

On June 27, 2024, he is sentenced to 57 months behind bars, with an additional 24 on probation, after he gets out. 

We should also note that court records make it clear: The rioters on January 6 were highly dangerous, individually, and in mass. 

As one police lieutenant testified later, he and other officers tried to stop Mastanduno and other rioters in an area called the Crypt.

 

Q. And what happened when you got into the crypt?

A. Rioters already entered the building on the Senate side and were on the hallway on the – the north hallway coming towards the Crypt.

Q. Did you try to stop rioters in that location?

A. Yes. As they came down the hallway . . . we formed a police line, me and the other officers that were there formed a police line in the crypt to try to keep them from going any further. . . . There was a lot of yelling, screaming. Things were thrown at us. Eventually the mob pushed through the line, pushed people back. I was pushed into the hall and crushed into the wall to the point I couldn’t breathe.

Q. Were you scared?

A. Yes.

Q. What was going through your mind at that point?

A. That my kids would be growing up without me.

 

A second officer, “T.C.,” who was involved in the battle with Mastanduno and other rioters in the lower tunnel entrance, was equally affected.

 

After January 6, the officer missed several weeks of work and was forced to used [sic] additional leave to recover. Still today, once or twice per month, Officer T.C. has “memories of th[e] vicious event,” resulting in difficulty sleeping and difficulty trusting others. He considers January 6 to be “forever [his] [d]arkest day.” 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen, violent.

 

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1191. Jared Miller: If allegations in the case of Mr. Miller prove true, he may win the award for nerviest rioter of them all. After wearing a gas mask while storming Capitol Hill – like any other “tourist” would have done, Miller went home and tried to “Make America Great Again.” 

He ran for school board in his hometown. 

Video and photographic evidence from January 6 appears to show Miller, around 1:15 p.m., helping rioters break through police lines, yanking away bike racks that had served as a “wall.” Miller can then be seen, prosecutors alleged, pushing at least one officer as he retreats in the face of the mob. 

According to one witness, Miller was a member of the Constitutional Defense League (CDL). He often “focused on training members of the CDL to become "sharpshooters" and host firearms related trainings.” 

More recently, he has been working to ban books from public school libraries, because he believes letting students learn about LGBTQ people, including some of their own classmates, is really all about “grooming,” and (I guess) what we really need in this country is more “sharpshooters,” ready to kill other Americans who might be gay, or trans, or who voted for Joe Biden. 

Oh…and mask mandates for kids in school? Miller hates ’em. Let COVID kids cough on each other and their teachers, and if a few of the older teachers get infected and die, well, that’s the cost of freedom. 

Trump supporter, right-winger, violent.

 

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1192. Robin Reierson: Also standing up for “freedom” on January 6, by attacking police, meet Mr. Reierson, from the great state of Illinois. He can be seen wrestling with one officer for control of a police baton, pushing officers with both hands, and hitting them with a shoulder block. 

Not bad for a guy who was in his late 60’s. Like so many other “tourists” that day, Reierson thought he should prepare for his visit to Capitol Hill by donning a black motorcycle helmet, or possibly “some kind of work or welding helmet,” with face mask.

Reierson, at right. 

Video shows Mr. Reierson urging members of the mob to keep up the assault. “Don’t stop, keep going,” he shouts. “Put the cameras down, keep going.” 

And kudos, I suppose, for a man willing to drive his own cargo van all the way to D.C. on Jan. 5, and then all the way back home to Illinois on Jan. 7. Authorities say they can trace his route to and from the riot, using credit card receipts for gas at various stops, and charges he made at a Holiday Inn in Arlington, Virginia, during his “visit” to the capital of the United States. 

In fact, employee records indicate that Mr. Reierson took vacation days from Jan. 5, 6, 7, and 8. He may need a few more, having since been found guilty of assault.

 

UPDATE: Actually, he’s not going to be going to work anytime soon. He has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, a lengthy period on probation, and faces fines and restitution in the sum of $7,000. 

Violent.

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER; NOT DEFINITIVE.)

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1193. CURTIS LOGAN TATE: Representing the great State of Indiana, we present Rioter #1193. If you desire, you can watch Mr. Tate and other happy “tourists” who came to the Capitol to “hug and kiss” police, trying to gain entry. 

Tate can be seen brandishing a baton in the direction of officers struggling in a tunnel to hold off the mob. And…well, if you bring the baton…why not strike a couple of cops! Which Tate does. Eventually, he takes a face full of chemical spray – and retreats. 

Mr. Tate has the dubious distinction of having been arrested, and his mugshot taken, on the same day as Donald J. Trump. 

According to authorities, Tate was questioned just days after the riot, but insisted he disapproved of “destroying s***, breaking s***.” But a distinctive tattoo on his right hand helped prove the lie to what he said. He was also accused of assaulting officers, at different points, with a speaker box, a table lamp (both thrown) and a broken table leg (thrown or swung, unclear). 

The officer he struck with the baton has said he thinks he might have been killed had he not been wearing a metal riot helmet. 

But wait, there’s more! On the day news breaks that Tate has been found guilty, we learn he also threw a shoe during the riot – whose shoe being unclear. Well, so long Curtis. Since he now has three felonies to his name, for assaulting officers, he could be looking at as much as six years in prison. 

And why did Tate go to D.C. to begin with? To hear the Orange God speak at the “Stop the Steal” rally.

 

UPDATE: His day of doom arrives when a judge orders him to spend 63 months in prison for his actions on January 6. When he’s finally released in 2029, he’ll have to complete another three years on probation. 

Plus, he owed $3,176 in fines and restitution. 

Trump supporter, violent.

 

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1194. ELLIOT PATRICK WILLIAMS: Young Williams crossed the entire USA, from the State of Washington to Washington D.C., just so he could join an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. 

Authorities accuse him of entering the Capitol two separate times. He pleads guilty to a single charge, in January 2024. 

Decked out in his Trump cap, he would later post with pride, that he and other like-minded dopes “had a pushing match with the police. Trump supporters won that lol and got in a second time.” 

Now he can try to break out of the jug for fun. A judge gives him 30 days in jail, fines him $500, and places him on supervised release for a year. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1195. James Wayne Maryanski: Another day, another rioter charged with attacking police on Jan. 6. The Boyertown, Pennsylvania man, 52, joined the battle around 12:52, and helped the mob overwhelm the first police defenses – comprised of bicycle racks linked together and defended by a thin blue line. 

You may have heard President Trump say later that the rioters were “hugging and kissing” police. 

Not Maryanski. According to the DOJ memo announcing his arrest, after the police were driven back from their bike barricade: 

Law enforcement lines later began to fall back, and the rioters continued to progress forward. Officers were pushed up against the wall of the Capitol building and became trapped between the wall and the mob. The officers then discovered a temporary staircase that led to the Upper West Plaza and quickly began retreating up that narrow staircase. Before the officers could retreat, Maryanski approached the police line holding a large canister. When he reached the front of the line of rioters and faced the officers attempting to retreat up the stairs, Maryanski raised the large canister of chemical irritant and deployed it directly at the officers’ faces. Officers then retreated, and rioters, Maryanski included, followed them to the Lower West Terrace.

 

Maryanski later entered the Capitol building through a shattered and pushed-out window. Rioters ransacked the room that Maryanski entered; they tore the furniture apart, dumped belongings all over the floor, and passed broken furniture out of the window to use as weapons against officers.

 

Later, he posted on Facebook that the attack that day “was a dry run.” For civil war? For a military takeover? 

For the coronation of Emperor Donald I? 

Trump supporter, violent.

 

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1196. Joseph Kerry Hicks: They came, they saw, they rioted, and on August 23, 2023, Mr. Hicks was finally arrested and charged. 

The Missouri man was tracked down, in part, after cellphone records indicated he was inside the Capitol on January 6. He was interviewed in June 2021, and admitted entering during the riot. He called it “an error in judgment.” 

He also admitted he traveled to D.C. with a like-minded group, but refused to provide any names. In one picture taken the day before the attack, Hicks is seen with a group of Missourians. Someone going by the handle, “J.C.,” posted, “Left to Washington DC at 8:00 pm tonight! Woo-hoo!!!!! God, Please be with us!”

 

Hicks also was seen on video obtained from another defendant carrying what looked like a black flag on a white flagpole.

 

“The flag appears to depict a skull with a stars-and-stripes pattern,” the affidavit said. “The flag states in white lettering at the bottom, ‘We Are Everywhere.’ As depicted in other images of Hicks from January 6, 2021, the flag also appears to contain the word ‘III%’ in one of the eye sockets of the skull.”

 

The III% symbol is associated with the “Three Percenters” movement, “which postures itself as citizens standing against a tyrannical government,” the affidavit said.

 

Hicks does not seem to have been involved in any violence that day, but did help push against rioters, intent on driving back police lines. 

In any case, God wasn’t with the rioters, and neither was truth. The election wasn’t stolen. Trump’s fat ass got spanked. 

Hicks got arrested and then convicted on misdemeanor charges; but he did beat a felony rap. So, yay, for him. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1197. Philip Anderson: The defendant is a rarity in this crowd – an African American, and a young guy, too. He attended the “Stop the Steal” rally on the morning of January 6, and then marched with the crowd/mob to Capitol Hill. In a number of videos from that day, he can be seen speaking into a megaphone. At one point, he shouts, “It’s time to go. We’re occupying the Capitol. Let’s go!” 

By the time Anderson has reached the front of the mob, the Senate Wing door has already been “kicked down and smashed.” 

At 3:17 p.m., he entered the Capitol, but left a minute later after a police officer “motioned for him to leave.” 

On exiting, he used his megaphone again, urging other rioters onward. “This is our country. I don’t care how the mainstream media bitches, moans, and whines. What are you going to do? Cry about it?” 

Later, he gave a brief interview to a reporter: 

Hi, I’m Philip Anderson and I want to give a warning to the world and to the entire country here in America. We can take back our country whenever we want. We can take back the Capitol building whenever we want. We can take back all of Washington, DC whenever we want. And the police can’t stop us. It’s true that we do back the blue, but they can’t stop us. We pushed right past them. We got right into--we moved the gates, broke down the gates, we broke right into the Capitol building. We stormed it, we took over, and we ended the hoax. We ended the steal. I want the whole country to know that it’s been a game this entire year with BLM and Antifa. They’re not a real threat, they’re just throwing a little temper tantrum. We’re the real power, and no one, no one can stop us. Not the military. Not the police. Not corrupt officials. No one. We can kick you out whenever we feel like it. We can take back the country whenever we feel like it. We are the people. Nothing will stop this. Give us justice or else this is what you’re gonna have, and this is just the warmup. I’m Philip Anderson, you can find me on Parler at @teamsaveamerica.

 

Around 4:15 p.m., Anderson joins the assault on police lines blocking the tunnel entrance, where some of the worst violence occurred. Four minutes later, Anderson has reached the front of the rioters battling in the tunnel. An officer unleashes a cloud of chemical spray, and several rioters lower their heads to avoid it. Anderson is knocked to the ground, but helped up by other members of the mob. 

After that, he can be heard shouting repeatedly into his megaphone. 

“We’re here because we had enough. . . . It’s clear that you want to fight. . . . Let’s fucking go tonight!” In another, he said, “I’m fighting against the stolen election.” In yet another, he told the crowd, “I’m ready to die tonight. . . . For four years straight we haven’t rushed the Capitol, we haven’t vandalized nothing, we haven’t beat no one up. But you pissed us the fuck off.”

 

Anderson had apparently had his teeth knocked out by some Antifa individual, at a rally in San Francisco, and his anger may explain his presence at the riot. Unfortunately, he’s now facing multiple charges. His dental bills aren’t going away. And there’s still no proof the election was stolen. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

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1198. Brett Allen Rotella (a.k.a. Brett Ostrander): The last day of August 2023 is a particularly bad one for January 6 rioters, and a particularly good day for democracy. Several defendants get lengthy sentences in prison – and people like Rotella/Ostrander get arrested. 

The North Carolina man, now 34, who was easy to follow during the riot, because he was wearing shorts, faced both felony and misdemeanor charges. According to investigators, the defendant first helped the mob overcome police barricades in front of the Capitol Building.

 

 According to court documents, police retreated into the tunnel and shut and locked the first of two sets of double doors to the entrance of the Capitol building. Rotella stood outside those doors and stared in at the police line, holding a flag. Moments later, the rioters smashed one of the panes of glass in the doors and opened the set of doors. Rotella then reached around and opened the door on the left and was the second rioter to enter the tunnel. Rotella and the rioters then approached the police line situated behind the second set of doors.

 

A rioter then came through the doors and quickly began to physically fight the police. Soon, other rioters, including Rotella, joined in the fight. At approximately 2:43 p.m., Rotella turned his back on the police line and pushed against the police officers while using his hand to help leverage his weight and push against the door frame. During this time, Rotella briefly grabbed a police riot shield.

 

He got hit with pepper balls, but turned his back (let’s just say, he’s a chunky fellow) and kept advancing. His identity was later confirmed after authorities watched him at an Aldi’s grocery store. 

In September 2024, Mr. Rotella is found guilty in a jury trial, and will likely be spending significant time looking out of the bars of his prison cell. Felonies he committed include two charges of assaulting police. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

Violent.

 

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1199. Tonya Webb: Next up on our ever-expanding list, is a massage therapist from Alabama. Sore from fighting police in an attempt to overturn democracy? 

Get a massage! 

Photos and video would appear to clearly establish Ms. Webb’s presence inside the Capitol during the riot. 

She remained inside, celebrating god only knows what…destroying democracy, one would have to guess. 

She appears to face only misdemeanor charges, however.

Webb, right picture, waves at other rioters.

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

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1200. Todd Branden Casey: You can guess where Casey is coming from, politically speaking, based on some of his recorded comments on January 6. “Where’s [Rep. Adam] Schiff? I’d like to beat his ass right in front of you. Nancy Pelosi too. Mitch McConnell – these traitors.” 

Fortunately, Casey never had a chance, or there might have been blood on his hands and on the hands of many others. 

According to footage from officer’s body cameras, Casey helps overrun the first police lines around 2:17, and a minute later, after cursing officers, shouts, “I would have come locked and loaded if I knew this was happening!” 

At 2:21 p.m., he calls on others to continue the assault. “Push. You gotta come from the back. Rollover. These fucking cowards, they’ll just hit you with sticks. That’s all they got.” 

It is alleged that Casey pushed one officer, and later grabbed a second by the shoulder of his jacket, as the mob surrounded police. By about 3:00 p.m., the defendant is said to have joined the attack on the tunnel entrance to the Capitol, where some of the worst violence occurred. He left the tunnel a few minutes later, and then returned, left again, and for a third time returned. Police eventually drove the rioters out of the tunnel – and it appears Casey got sprayed in the face by mace. 

A variety of evidence appears to place Mr. Casey in D.C., on January 6, and he now faces seven charges. 

Innocent until proven guilty, of course, but if convicted, Mr. Casey won’t be out of jail in time to vote in 2024, and probably not in 2028, either. 

Trump supporter, ready for violence.

 

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Dylan Quattrucci: Young Dylan was a top official in the 2020 Trump campaign in New Hampshire when he showed up on Capitol Hill on January 6. There’s no evidence he went inside, and he’s not charged with attacking anyone. He is, however, a fair representation of just who the members of the mob were that day. 

In a video from that day, we can see Quattrucci laying into police, verbally – not quite the “hugging and kissing” his Orange God, Trump, says typified the day’s events. “Zero threat,” the president later said – the people in that mob were no threat at all. 

“If you are a police officer and are going to abide by unconstitutional bulls---,” he howls, “I want you to do me a favor right now and go hang yourself, because you’re a piece of s---. Go f--- yourself.” 

Four officers did commit suicide later.

 

POSTSCRIPT: It’s still fashionable among members of the Trump cult to deny that members of the cult were involved in the attack – which the leader of the cult says was not attack – and if they were involved it was because they were encouraged to attack by leftist Antifa types who had infiltrated the peace-loving Trump crowd. And then, the peace-loving Trump people couldn’t resist attacking the police and smashing the windows and doors and offices in the Capitol Building. 

Dear Trump fans, 

You don’t have to remain clueless and grossly misinformed. You can watch a snippet of Quatrucci’s rant on Twitter. And you can watch Dylan talk excitedly about how the Capitol was stormed, too. 

Trump supporter.

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1201-1202. Peter Willey and Ethan Mauck: Willey, who hails from Roanoke, Virginia and Mauck, who was arrested there with him on August 31, are the newest additions to our Rioter’s List of Shame. According to Scott MacFarlane, who follows the news regarding the January 6 attack, prosecutors say, “Willey grabbed a hold of two police shields from another rioter and passed it [sic] forward, further into the tunnel [the area where some of the worst violence occurred that day], and toward the rioters near the police line.” Along with Mauck, they and other rioters later used a large sign on wheels as a “battering ram” to break through police lines. Both men appear to have been hit with pepper spray at different times during the melee. Mauck wrested a “black speaker” from someone – passed it forward to other rioters – and that was also thrown at police. After retreating from the tunnel, they were still nearby when the mob dragged two officers out of the tunnel and assaulted them in brutal fashion. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS NOT KNOWN.)

 

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1203-1204. NICO CLARY and XYAN LEE CLARY: A screen grab from Xyan’s social media posts – or possibly his significant other’s posts – informs friends, “We’re a quiet couple with vintage taste who knows personal boundaries and definitely won’t cross them.” 

That’s kind of ironic – now that we know prosecutors have shown Clary did violate personal boundaries on January 6. 

(I’m not sure, but it appears that Xyan got married in May 2020, so let’s hope that goes well for he and his wife, Destiny, and he’s not stuck in jail for their fourth anniversary.) 

Nico Clary appears to be his dad. 

In March 2024, we can report that Nico (dad?) has plead guilty, and that goes, too, for Xyan. 

In the end, both father and son get placed on probation for three years (we hope with the same probation officer, to make appointments more convenient), and each defendant is hit for $2,300 in fines and restitution. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNKNOWN.)

 

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1205. Nathan Earl Hughes: The Fayette, Arkansas man was arrested on August 30, 2023, and faced a battery of federal charges, both felonies and misdemeanors. Like so many other rioters, Hughes was accused of joining the attack on police defending the tunnel entrance to the Capitol Building. 

He was identified, in part, because he was wearing an Infowars-themed shirt.

 

 Inside the tunnel, Hughes continued to signal others to enter and confront the police line. Hughes then stood shoulder-to-shoulder with others and began to rock back and forth in a synchronized movement with the crowd. At about 3:18 p.m., Hughes assisted the mob with forcefully removing police riot shields and passing them out of the tunnel. Hughes also personally attempted to forcefully pull away police shields and pass them out of the tunnel back to the other rioters.

 

At approximately 3:19 p.m., as Hughes was being forced out of the tunnel by police, he was observed using his elbow to strike in the direction of police. After he was pushed out of the tunnel, Hughes remained in the vicinity of the tunnel for at least 90 minutes, encouraging other rioters to “Pull them out!” Earlier in the day, Hughes had witnessed the mob forcibly pulling police officers from the tunnel and into the crowd.

 

It took time, as these cases often do, but in August 2024, Mr. Hughes changed his plea to guilty – and perhaps placed his hopes on a pardon from Donald. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1206. WILLIAM FREDERICK BEALS II: Another day of arrests, another rioter charged with assault. 

For reasons unclear, at this time, Beals is accused of felony lying during an investigation. (Many other defendants have lied about what they did that day.) 

According to a memo from the Department of Justice,

 

According to court documents, authorities investigating the events that transpired on Jan. 6, 2021, learned that Beals had traveled from his then-home in Tennessee to attend a rally and protest the certification of the Electoral College for the 2020 Presidential elections. On January 6, Beals made his way to the Lower West Plaza of the U.S. Capitol building and traveled to the West Plaza Barricade area, where he confronted members of law enforcement, including members of the United States Capitol Police (USCP). Here, Beals attempted to thwart enforcement of a barricade, which USCP used in an effort to hold back the crowd.

At approximately 1:30 p.m., the crowd began to physically overtake the police line positioned outside the scaffolding and on the Northwest steps, giving the rioters access to the Capitol’s Upper West Terrace. Beals then climbed the scaffolding and made his way closer to the entrance of the Capitol. At about 2:13 p.m., the first rioters entered the building. Only a few minutes later, Beals is seen on CCTV making entry via the Senate Parliamentarian Doors. According to CCTV, Beals left the Capitol building at approximately 2:20 p.m.

Law enforcement authorities later secured the Senate Wing doors; however, at approximately 2:45 p.m., a second rush of rioters breached the Capitol in the same area. Beals donned a gas mask and re-entered the Capitol a second time via the Senate Wing door. During his second entrance into the Capitol, Beals was inside for approximately five minutes before exiting again.

Court documents say that Beals took at least one cellphone video after exiting the Capitol building but while still in the restricted area. After exiting the building, Beals recorded himself announcing on TikTok, “So we officially took the White House.” At some point that afternoon, Beals posed for photographs with USCP property. While still on the restricted grounds, Beals sat atop a USCP motorcycle on the Northwest Courtyard. He also took photos in two different areas outside the restricted grounds while posing with a USCP shield.

Later, in October 2021, Beals spoke with FBI agents for the second time about his actions on January 6^th. Beals was advised that it is a crime to lie to federal agents during the course of an investigation. Beals advised he understood. He was then asked again if he had entered the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, which he denied. Beals was then shown photographs of himself from that day, including a photograph of him on the USCP motorcycle. Yet he stated that the photos must have been fake or doctored. Authorities recognized tattoos on Beals’s hand and neck and pointed out the similarity to the tattoos in the photos. Beals stated that many people had the same tattoos and continued to deny entering the Capitol.

He’s almost as good at denial as his Orange Hero; but in the end, he runs out of chances and takes a plea deal. He’s expected to spend six months behind bars, and pay a fine of $500. We also learn that he wore a helmet to the protest to protect his noggin’, that he had less than perfect teeth, and that he had also attended a number of protests alongside right-wing groups, like the neo-Nazi Patriot Front.

 

UPDATE: Not sure how he lucked out; but in September 2024, Mr. Beals gets 36 months of probation, ninety days of location monitoring, and a fine of $500.

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

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1207. JACK MITCHELL JOHNSON: Johnson’s fate was probably sealed as soon as phone records, gained with issuance of a search warrant, placed him inside the Capitol Building, starting around 2:41 p.m. on the day of the riot. Video evidence then shows the defendant enter the Capitol, take pictures, then exit. He reappears a few minutes later, carrying a blue Trump flag, and poses for a picture. (His brother, Riley Johnson, is also present during the riot, but may have remained outside.) 

F.B.I. agents interviewed Jack’s ex-girlfriend, who identified him in photos, and also said he had posted pictures of himself inside the Capitol on Snapchat, but had later deleted them. 

As a right-wing bonus, Johnson can be seen – previous to the riot – attending Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally, and hanging around with “American First” fans of Nick Fuentes, a proud white supremacist. 

Bad taste in friends – not illegal. He has since pleaded guilty to a pair of misdemeanor charges. 

Ta da! He gets his sentence in September 2024: 7 days in jail, a year on probation for being a fool, $500 in restitution, 60 hours of community service. 

Right-winger.

(LIKELY TRUMP FAN.)

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1208. Lewis Wayne Snoots: If that name sounds like a joke, Snoots’ arrest isn’t. He’s accused of being one of several rioters on January 6, who joined in assaulting Officer Mike Fanone. As a result, the 59-year-old from Virginia was hit with felony charges. 

As WUSA9 reports, after Fanone was dragged into the mob, video from the attack, 

demonstrates that SNOOTS grabbed Officer Fanone’s right hand and pulled his right arm away from his (Officer Fanone’s) body, which appeared to significantly hinder and impair Officer Fanone’s ability to defend himself against the continuous onslaught of assaults by other rioters[.] 

 

Fanone was knocked unconsciousness, and suffered a heart attack as a result of the attack. Four others, already convicted, have received prison sentences ranging from four year in prison, all the way up to twelve years, and a half. 

On the evening of the brutal attack, Snoots said in an interview, “Every political a**hole up in that place is now going to have a target on their back everywhere they go.” 

Snoots? Everywhere he goes will soon be jail. 

Trump supporter, violent.

 

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1209. RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERS II: Mr. Chambers became a subject of interest after Weston Sobotka (#838 on our list) was arrested for his part in the riot. Sobotka had already been convicted, but admitted to authorities that he was with a friend named “Ray,” at the Capitol. He refused to name him. 

Sadly for Ray, a search warrant soon revealed his contact info in Sobotka’s phone. One investigative step led to another, and finally, Mr. Chambers was charged. At 3:01 p.m. on January 6, Chambers entered the Capitol Building. He took a few pictures, and exited three minutes later. 

As for the decision to prosecute, in sentencing documents the choice is explained:

 

The Court must also consider that Chambers’ conduct on January 6, like the conduct of scores of other defendants, took place in the context of a large and violent riot that relied on numbers to overwhelm police, breach the Capitol, and disrupt certification proceedings. But for his actions alongside so many others, the riot likely would have failed. Here, the facts and circumstances of Chambers’ crime support a sentence of 13 months’ incarceration in this case.

 

He was hit with four misdemeanor charges, opted for a trial, and got his dumb ass convicted on March 20, 2024. (It didn’t help when Mr. Chambers lied on the stand during his trial, and said he was “let in.”) 

For his pains, he earned seven months behind bars, and was fined $500. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION REMAINS UNCLEAR.)

 

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1210. LOUIS MICHAEL CIAMPI JR.: Ciampi traveled from Pennsylvania to D.C. to hear Donald J. Trump speak at his January 6 rally. 

Ciampi waited until the president finished ranting – then marched to the Capitol. There, he picked up two flags, and handed one to a friend – but his friend advised him not to enter. Ciampi did, climbing through a broken window. He was inside for half an hour and appears to have enjoyed a few puffs on a marijuana cigarette. 

During his sentencing hearing, he claimed that he had no idea that the rally for Trump would “turn into a melee witnessed by the whole world,” and he was “truly ashamed of his actions” that day. 

His lawyer also mentioned that his client entered the Capitol because he hoped to get a picture of President Trump. 

Assuming Donny marched to the Capitol like all the other dopes, and then entered, aching bone spurs and all. 

(Ciampi’s punishment – a stupidity penalty, you might say: 18 months on probation and $500 down the toilet as a fine.) 

Trump supporter.

 

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1211. SEAN WARD: Ward’s case does not surface until August 2023; but it turns out he has already plead guilty. He was one of the first rioters to enter the Capitol that day, around 2:14 p.m. 

He exited at 3:02, after 47 minutes inside. 

The price of his participation is two years on probation and $500. 

(NOT MUCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.)

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1212. Michael Bradley: The feds have focused heavily in recent weeks on the most violent rioters. Bradley is accused of attacking police lines defending a tunnel entrance into the Capitol Building. He is accused of swinging a baton at the police. 

And who doesn’t first attend the Trump rally that day, and then walk to the Capitol with a baton in a holster on his hip! 

As part of the fun that day, Mr. Bradley apparently got hit in the face by police, using chemical spray. 

He has now been found guilty of assault, among other crimes. 

(MORE INFORMATION NEEDED.)

 

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A new U.S. citizen.

1213. NHI NGOC MAI LE: On September 8, 2023, the court finally unseals the case of Ms. Nhi. Around 2:45 p.m., on the day of the assault on democracy, she has admitted she entered the Capitol. 

We say she has “admitted” entering. When first interviewed by federal agents, Ms. Nhi denied joining the mob. Evidence gathered from her Facebook account, under a search warrant, soon placed her inside. 

In one post, previous to the attack, she wrote in Vietnamese, apparently, her native language:

 

A few years ago in Saigon, people took to the streets to protest ... At that time, no one in the Vietnamese press dared to report even though millions of people poured into the streets. Patriots are beaten. I was surprised but thinking about it, it’s a very normal thing in a communist country. But now the same thing is happening in the United States of America, my second home and paradise. A free country is under attack by underground forces. Now I’m only contributing a small part, doing the least I can to save America. Money can be earned back, but moments like these only come once in a lifetime. Fight to the end – free or die. As much as you love the country, you hate the communists. See you all in Washington, D.C. 01/06. Now I’m going to see Georgia and see President Trump.

 

The difference being that in this country we had just had a free and fair election. Trump got his fat ass beaten. 

Then he lied about winning, and people like Nhi fell for it. 

Nhi was hooked by evidence that showed her, in a group chat, admitting she had been inside the building during the riot. When another participant asked, “What is wrong baby?” she replied, “Got pepper spray.” 

Photos she took also placed her inside. 

The day before the attack she posted a picture with a young man, and added, “Fight for Trump” and “Save America.” 

In the immediate aftermath of the attack, she posted, in imitation of the president, “Remember this day forever,” again in Vietnamese. Then she added, “Proud to be a Trump supporter.” 

She was just another dupe. 

As for her actual direct involvement – she appears to have been inside the Capitol for only five minutes. In November 2023, she pled guilty to a pair of misdemeanors. In March 2024, she gets hit with a bill for $1,500 for doing her part to overturn the results of a free and fair election. 

Also: ten days in jail.

 

UPDATE: A little extra digging reveals that Ms. Li was a true believer, albeit a fool. Prior to the attack, she took to social media to warn about communism back home. “The same thing is happening in the United States of America, my second home and paradise,” she posted. “A free country is under attack by underground forces. Now I’m only contributing a small part, doing the least I can to save America.” 

In the article linked here, she is described as a “new U.S. citizen,” having been sworn in on December 3, 2021.

 

UPDATE (March 20, 2024): During the sentencing phase of her case, the defendant writes,

 

“I went to Washington in response to Trump’s call on social media. I’m no longer afraid. Now I have different goals to focus on. I want to prioritize family and career, rather than following politics. I know that Biden is the lawful president of the United States. I feel shame and remorse. It’s embarrassing. I love this country deeply.” 

Trump “sent us,” she believed the election was stolen.

 

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1214. Greg Mijares: It may be a coincidence, but most of the Jan. 6 rioters come from the red states, Mr. Mijares, himself, from Indiana. He is accused of being one of the first attackers to reach the tunnel, and allegedly pulled the doors open so others could follow him. 

He also came prepared, you could say, for something less than a peaceful gathering of “patriots.”

Mijares wore a gas mask during part of his visit.

 

According to authorities, Mijares traveled to D.C. on that fateful day, and attended the Trump rally, because he wanted to protest against the outcome of the 2020 election. Which we now know (and should have known then), Biden won. 

Sorry, Mr. Mijares, you could go to prison because you fell for Trump’s lies. 

Apparently, Mr. Mijares missed any memo about a “peaceful protest,” as a memo from the Department of Justice, related to his case explains:

Capitol CCTV shows that Mijares was one of the first rioters to pursue police into the Tunnel, entering the archway at approximately 2:41 p.m. Body-worn camera footage and open-source video show Mijares as he approached a set of glass doors that police previously locked behind them as they moved further into the Tunnel. Moments later, rioters smashed one of the panes of glass in the doors. Mijares then held up his middle finger at officers before pulling open the now-broken door for others to push forward. Mijares then approached a second set of Tunnel doors just behind the first and pulled one open for his fellow rioters. Officers attempted to push Mijares back using a riot shield, and he responded by taking a step back and slamming his body into the shield.

 

Other rioters then swarmed Mijares at the police line and began physically fighting officers as Mijares continued pushing against the riot shield. At some point, an officer struck Mijares with a baton while he was facing the shield wall. Mijares attempted to block the baton by raising his arms up in front of his head, eventually grabbing the baton.

 

Mijares remained at the front of the line, pushing against police, until approximately 2:45 p.m. At approximately 2:52 p.m., Mijares exited the Tunnel only to reenter at about 3:11 p.m. Mijares then joined other rioters in a coordinated pushing “heave ho” effort against the police line for approximately several minutes.

 

Between about 3:12 p.m. and 3:13 p.m., Mijares assisted other rioters in coordinating the passing of riot shields that had been taken from the police. Mijares then pushed further toward the front of the mob and engaged in another “heave ho” effort against the police line. After participating in this “heave ho,” Mijares made his way back to the Tunnel entranceway, where he exited at approximately 3:19 p.m.

 

UPDATE: In November 2023, Mijares’ lawyer files a motion with the court, asking if his client can have a bow and arrows to go hunting. The judge decides allowing him to have any kind of weapon isn’t a good idea.

 

UPDATE #2: With only five days left until the election, on October 31, 2024, Mr. Mijares’ lawyer predicts that Trump will “almost certainly claim election fraud,” if defeated. Then that claim will be “endorsed by a great many politicians on the national level and by news organizations and social-media outlets” with extremely large audiences.

 

No doubt about it; and the dolts will keep believing, like children. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1215. Joseph Cattani: Fall is coming in 2023, and so are federal authorities. Mr. Cattani is arrested and charged with participating in the January 6 riot. Allegedly, Cattani was inside the Capitol for only eighteen minutes. 

It’s how he got inside that leads to an assault charge: 

According to court documents, video footage from Jan. 6, 2021, depicts an individual, later identified as Cattani, wearing a black winter jacket with a gray hooded sweatshirt underneath, holding a black camera with what appears to be a telephoto lens, with a backpack or camera bag slung across the shoulder, as among the crowd of rioters at the Capitol that day.

 

Open-source video depicts Cattani at the Rotunda doors to the Capitol building as he uses his right hand to grab the face shield of a U.S. Capitol Police (UCSP) officer. Video footage shows Cattani pulling the face shield up and down as the officer’s head twists and turns. The video then shows Cattani pushing his way into the Capitol building. 

(MORE INFORMATION NEEDED.)

 

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1216. Chancelor Nathan Taylor: Another arrest – another felony assault charge. According to a Department of Justice memo, Mr. Taylor, an Alabama man, was not at the Capitol for a regular tourist visit. 

According to court documents, on Jan. 6, 2021, at approximately 4:00 p.m., a line of police officers were guarding the Upper West Terrace area outside of the Capitol building and had formed a line across a staircase where a large crowd had formed. Multiple rioters in this crowd, including Taylor, suddenly rushed at the line of police officers and used their bodies to physically push into the officers’ shields. Taylor ran toward the officers, barreling into the police line with his shoulder and hitting one officer’s shield.

The officer responded by pushing Taylor backward. Taylor fell to the ground but quickly regained his footing and continued to actively resist the officers. Officers then deployed oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray at Taylor, who then retreated down the stairs. After retreating, Taylor turned around and shouted at officers, “I hope you all f****** die!”

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER; NOT DEFINITIVE.)

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Six felonies.

1217: Ryan Wilson: Some rioters take longer to catch than others, Ryan being the most recent example. His dad, Duke Edward Wilson (#619 on our list), was nailed long before, pled guilty to felony assault during that attack, and will be spending longer in prison than Trump did in the White House. 

(We are assuming the American people cannot be so clueless as to elect the leader of the insurrectionists again.) 

Now his son is accused of taking a length of thin pipe of some kind from another rioter on January 6, and using it to repeatedly swing forcefully at police defending the Capitol building. When dad was interviewed by authorities, prior to his arrest, he identified his son in a picture taken just outside the building that fateful day. Further investigation, including “body-worn camera” footage from that day, particularly in the area around the contested tunnel entrance, shows the younger Mr. Wilson “repeatedly engaged in “violent[,] obstructive and assaultive conduct against multiple law enforcement officers inside the tunnel.” 

The clinching detail that led to his arrest may have been that while he wore a black balaclava while assaulting police, he removed it after getting maced by police and retreating from the tunnel fight. 

Ironically, his part in the riot can be seen in an inaptly named video filmed that day: “FULL FOOTAGE Patriots STORM U.S. Capitol.” 

And that is how, like father, like son, another insurrectionist gets hit with both felony and misdemeanor charges. 

Like dad, Ryan is likely to spend a lengthy part of his coming life looking out from the bars of a prison cell. 

After a bench trial, the younger Mr. Wilson is found guilty on all eight charges, including six felonies. 

Trump supporter, violent.

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1219. ALLAN JENNINGS: Mr. Jennings made the trip from Tennessee to D.C., and later made the walk to the Capitol. It was reported that Jennings pulled “an implement of some kind, which a police officer who witnessed these events identified as a knife w/a glass-breaking end” and shattered a window, hoping to allow the mob that was attacking the lower tunnel entrance to gain access to the Capitol. (It later turned out he had used a pair of medical scissors.) 

Could he be the long-lost Antifa instigator? He’s a white guy, age 56, from Hillsboro, Tennessee, and he was wearing the regulation MAGA hat at the time. 

Not likely. 

Was he “hugging and kissing” the police that day, as Trump has insisted? Test your reading comprehension:

 

At approximately 2:42 p.m., body-worn camera footage shows Jennings as he pulled an implement of some kind, which a police officer who witnessed these events identified as a knife with a glass breaking end from his pocket. The police officer whose body-worn camera recorded these events then pointed at Jennings and said, “He’s got a weapon in his hand,” as Jennings raised the implement and tapped the top corner of the glass door in front of him. Jennings then pulled back the implement and quickly struck the glass several times, shattering it on the second attempt.

After the glass door was shattered, rioters moved through the broken set of doors and toward a subsequent set of frosted glass doors. As rioters moved past him, Jennings inspected his hand, which appeared to be injured. Moments later, Jennings made his way back toward the front of the mob, where he put his hands on an officer’s riot shield and pointed at officers. Shortly thereafter, Jennings—whose hand was visibly bleeding by this point—braced himself backward against the line of rioters in front of him to assist their push against the police line.

Soon after, Jennings exited the tunnel and blended back into the mob.

 

In November 2021, a tipster mailed information to federal authorities, indicating that Jennings had been present during the riot. In fact, he had posted an admission that he was involved, on Facebook, but later deleted his account. Interviewed by federal agents, he admitted he could be seen in certain pictures – but outside the Capitol. Further investigation led to charges. 

Other pictures place him at the Trump “Stop the Steal” rally that morning, and walking down the street toward the Capitol, with a petite older blonde by his side. All perfectly legal. 

Next, he can be seen in the tunnel, breaking the glass, and shattering democratic norms.

And that is how Allan, from Hillsboro, gets charged with a number of federal crimes, both felonies and misdemeanors. He has also admitted he was one of the first rioters to pursue retreating police into the lower tunnel, where some of the very worst mob violence followed. 

He has since pleaded guilty to one felony and one misdemeanor charge, and he has been sentenced to one year in jail, three years on probation, and has been ordered to pay $3,825 in fines and restitution. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1220. Billy Joe Gober: The list keeps growing. This time we add the Texan, Mr. Gober, who described himself on January 6: “Hey, I’m an old motherfucker here, but I’m ready.” At one point, the old fuck can allegedly be seen trying to wrestle a police baton away from an officer. 

He also “charged at and struck” another officer – and a female, at that. 

As a “Rioter’s Bonus,” Gober is also accused of grabbing officer T.W., and dragging that officer into the crowd. 

We also know that four days after the president posted to what was then called Twitter: “Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election. Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” Gober bought a ticket to Washington, because he wanted to be there to save the country. 

Save it from what? 

Imaginary voter fraud, I guess. 

Anyway, you can read the Statement of Facts in his case, and look at the photographic evidence, and unless you’re a complete dunce, you’ll realize Gober is now in a world of hurt legally. 

He’s a military veteran, too, and if he goes to prison, it’s going to be because Cadet Bone Spurs, as one lawmaker called Trump, filled his head with lies. 

(When not rioting, Gober is apparently a realtor!) 

Trump supporter, violent

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The ill-informed, the easily fooled…

1221. CHRIS KENILEY: The blue State of Massachusetts is poorly represented among the Jan. 6 rioting crowd – but at least the Bay State has Mr. Keniley. On that momentous occasion, Mr. Keniley could be heard screaming, as Scott MacFarlane explains, and urging on others, “We gotta get in there man, they aren’t going to listen to us” and spent his time howling about “corrupt” leadership in Congress. 

A little additional checking reveals that Keniley was also shouting, “Yeah the criminals are inside, go get them.” 

You could make a strong argument that the ill-informed, the easily fooled, and the stupid people were outside, trying to batter their way through police lines. Trump didn’t win. Democrats didn’t cheat. The courts and recounts have proven that beyond all reasonable doubt. 

And all Mr. Keniley got for his efforts (he’s not charged with any violence) was a ten minute tour of Congress. 

The cost in the end: 10 days in jail, a year on probation, and $500 down the toilet, not to mention the costs of hiring a lawyer. 

Trump supporter, violent, believed the election was stolen. 

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1222. Steven Patrick Cook: The Department of Justice has clearly been focusing on the most violent offenders on Jan. 6. The latest alleged rioter to be charged, Mr. Cook, is said to have tried to grab the baton of one officer holding the defensive lines that day, and then punched a second. 

Cook must irritate a lot of people, since at least six individuals offered tips to authorities, regarding his role in the riot. According to the Statement of Facts in his case, he was one of the first rioters to break police lines. “At 2:28:06 p.m., three individuals linked arms and marched into the police line, breaking the line. COOK followed soon thereafter and began pushing and hitting police officers.” 

Cook is allegedly seen here, circled in red: 

 

Later, Cook is said to have joined the main battle in the lower tunnel entrance. At one point, he may have been hit with gas, retreated, borrowed a gas mask from another rioter, and then reentered the tunnel to fight. 

Nor did he flag in his noble effort to save Donald Trump another term – even though he lost by seven million votes. 

He exited the tunnel at 3:05 p.m., but was back to fight at 3:55, an ordinary tourist, as GOP apologists have claimed. 

He now faces two felony charges, among others, and was arrested on September 16, 2023, exactly 1,047 days since the 2020 election. Still no proof of significant voter fraud has ever been found. So Cook will likely spend time in prison in service to Trump’s lies. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNKNOWN; LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

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1223. REUBEN REYNA: Like many January 6 rioters, Reyna was brought down because he couldn’t resist documenting what he did on social media. A tipster turned him in, and provided authorities with screen shots from Reyna’s Facebook page. One carries the hashtag #stopthesteal. 

In fact, he admitted that he and a friend, and the friend’s family members, drove from Detroit to D.C. on January 5. They rose early on January 6, and headed for the Washington Ellipse to take in Donald Trump’s speech. 

Reyna was not charged with violence, although he entered the Capitol through a shattered window. After snapping a couple of pictures, however, he excited a mere 56 seconds later. 

He says he was “swept up in the passion of the moment,” a passion fanned into flame by Donald L. Trump – “L” for “liar.” 

In January 2024, he pleads guilty to one misdemeanor, and ultimately, he gets sent to jail for two weeks. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1224. Daniel Pearston: The Department of Justice is currently wrapping up cases they believe they have proven. Pearston was first interviewed by federal agents on December 14, 2021, and admitted he had been inside the Capitol – twice on January 6. The second time, he said, he entered only because he had to use the bathroom. 

Which this blogger really believes! 

Unfortunately, evidence shows that Pearson may have been involved in more fighting than he originally said. In a video from that day, he is heard saying that first he “got tear-gassed or sprayed.” 

The police, he says, “ran me out the back and I came back up here. And I got hit [he points to marks on his body], I got beat up a little heavier here with the sticks.” 

He allegedly entered the Capitol the first time at 3:06 p.m. that day, and exited six minutes later. 

He was back inside again by 3:21. 

In January 2024, he agrees to plead guilty to two charges. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1225. Levi Plumley: A tip from a Twitter user eventually led to Mr. Plumley’s arrest, and video footage appears to place him smack dab in the middle of the Capitol Building on Jan. 6. 

And why was he there? 

He’s a young guy – could he be Antifa? 

He explained: 

On the open source video, PLUMLEY, visually appearing to be suffering from the effects of pepper-spray, says he’s “never been famous for anything but I guess now I’m the pepper spray guy,” and does a “shout-out” to his family, including his father, “B.” Plumley, his step-mom, “S.” Plumley, and his mom, “R.” PLUMLEY also states, “I didn’t think I could do it . . . they don’t have any choice but to give it to Trump now do they. . . they burned down restaurants, we break into the building and take our country back . . . .”

 

 Plumley, who has done service in the U.S. Navy, entered the Capitol at 2:27 p.m. in the first wave of the mob, and exited around 2:53. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

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1226-1227. Dustin Adams and Karla Adams: Is this time for an “Addams Family” joke of some kind. Dustin and Karla were finally arrested on September 18, 2023, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. But the feds had been tipped off, as to the couple’s participation in the attack as early as February 1, 2021. 

In part, arrest was made possible by Karla’s desire to memorialize her and her husband’s participation in the riot. 

Mr. and Mrs. Adams reportedly traveled to D.C. aboard one of two busses chartered by the Hillsdale County Republican Party. 

So: as always, NOT ANTIFA. 

Trump supporters (both).

 

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The case of the helpful rioter.

1228. LANCE DOUGLAS WHITE: If nothing else, Mr. White proved creative in his efforts to delete evidence of his participation in the Jan. 6 attack. He admitted taking 88 pictures from inside and outside the Capitol, downloading them to a compact disk, deleting them, and placing the disk under a rug in his back yard. 

In an interview with federal agents, White claimed that he really didn’t care about politics, and didn’t go to hear Trump speak, and didn’t know what he was doing in D.C. on Jan. 6. But what do you know…he was outside the Capitol on the afternoon of the attack – but on the wrong side of the building. So he went for a look. At 2:23 p.m., he just happened to climb inside, through a broken window. Then he spent a few minutes helping other rioters enter. If they had bulky or cumbersome items – like Trump flags – he would hold them while they climbed through. 

What a guy! 

He was out of the building by 2:46, but came back inside, easy to identify, even in that mob, because of what he was wearing, flag-themed long shorts. He left the building again at 2:53 p.m., and is not charged with any violence. 

Final cost for the defendant: 24 months’ probation, 60 days of home confinement, 60 hours of community service, $500. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1229. RYAN K. YATES: To say that Mr. Yates, of Tampa, Florida, looks unhappy in his mug shot doesn’t do justice to justice. It could be that 1,057 days after the last presidential election, he was thinking he was going to avoid indictment. 

Instead, on September 26, 2023, he was charged with participating in the attack on the Capitol Building. He was hit with both felony and misdemeanor charges, and accused of helping attack police lines. Indeed, he was one of the first rioters to breach the building, around 2:17 p.m., and made it as far as the door of the House chamber, where he took pictures while other Trump fans tried to batter a passage through. 

By 3:20 p.m., he had joined other rioters in trying to push back a line of police in the Capitol Rotunda, but was soon surrounded by officers, and escorted out. 

When I add him to my list, on September 27, we still have ZERO proof that there was any significant voter fraud in the 2020 election. So anyone who goes to jail is going because they fell for a gigantic, Trump belt-size lie.

 

UPDATE (February 8, 2024): Poor Yates pleads guilty to a single felony. Now it’s 1,192 days since the last presidential election; and still NO proof that the election was stolen. 

UPDATE (June 12, 2024): The boom finally falls on Mr. Yates, who gets six months behind bars to ponder the lies he fell for. He’ll also serve two years on probation, and he has to pay the government $2,000 in restitution. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

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1230. CHRIS GUTIERREZ: On Facebook, under “political affiliation,” Gutierrez is said to have listed: “April 19,1775.” 

That is: the day American patriots returned fire against the Redcoats in fighting at Lexington and Concord. 

Like so many rioters that day, Gutierrez was triggered by news that Vice President Mike Pence wasn’t going to throw out any of the electoral votes. We “were marching when we heard the news about pences [sic] decision and that is what triggered the uproar,” he later explained. 

Any defense he might offer will be undercut by his social media posts. Yes, he says, he was inside the building. In fact, when asked if he was, he brags, “I was the last one out.” In an interview on April 7, 2021, the defendant admitted to federal agents that he had been inside the Capitol that infamous day. 

How exactly did people like #1230 gain access to the building? In the Statement of Facts in his case, we learn, “rioters kicked down and smashed the Senate Wing Door and adjoining windows at approximately 2:14 p.m., scattering shattered glass inside the Capitol and, according to open-source footage with audio, causing a loud alarm to sound for several hours.” Gutierrez entered at 2:49 p.m., by “climbing through a shattered window adjacent to the Senate Wing Door.” 

He was inside until 3:34 p.m., and remained on Capitol grounds for even longer. He was not charged with any violence, but has been sentenced to 60 days on home confinement, been placed on probation, and owes $2,000. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1231. Charles R. Walters: Walters, who hails from Sparta, Wisconsin, was charged on September 27, 2023, for the part he played in the January 6 attack on democracy. That includes a felony charge for “destruction of government property.” Like any good “tourist,” as that fool GOP congressman described the attackers that day, Walters “made entry into the Capitol building wearing a helmet and ballistic-style vest in a stack formation with other rioters.  He remained on Capitol grounds until forced to leave by police as darkness was falling.”

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

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Playing Revolution dress up. 

1232-1233. DERECK NELSON and DEREK DODDER: Nelson became famous as one of several rioters who dressed up in Revolutionary War garb – but also because he looked like Conan O’Brien. It took the feds a long time to get around to the case against him, probably because it was so obvious, and they focused on harder cases first. Online sleuths had named Nelson, a former Marine, “Conan O’Riot.” 

Asked by a reporter that day, “Why are you here at the Capitol?” Nelson replied, “To start a Revolution. Why are you here?” 

Nelson originally faced four misdemeanor charges – and apparently got a dose of chemical spray up the schnoze, for his troubles. 

On the other hand, he came prepared to battle, and inside the Capitol Building, he wore a pair of goggles and a pink respirator. 

Dodder was also charged with four misdemeanors for his actions during the riot. He can be seen in the picture below, at left, wearing a baseball hat. Inside the Capitol he wore a pair of goggles, like his friend, and a respirator (like his much-cooler dressed buddy.)

 

UPDATE: Nelson pled guilty on March 5, to a single charge, which could have landed him in jail for a year and a day, max. In his plea agreement, he admitted he came to Washington D.C. “prepared for violence.”

 

Nelson further admitted in his plea that he “attempted to body-check” an officer’s shield as the officer was retreating from the rioters as they made their way toward the building. “The officer dropped the shield, which Nelson assisted another rioter in picking up; the other rioter charged ahead now holding the shield,” he admitted  in a statement of offense.

 

At one point, Nelson can be seen that day, looking down at a line of police below his position. “We hurt ’em. We hurt ’em, boys” he says proudly. 

Dodder holds out in court a little longer; but on April 4, 2024, he succumbs, and agrees to plead guilty. 

For their troubles, Dodder gets fourteen days in jail, a year on probation, and a fine of $500, and Nelson gets 75 days, and a year on supervised release. 

Dressed to kill - other Americans.

Trump supporter (Dodder).

Trump supporter, violent (Nelson).

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1234. Paul Brinson: Mr. Brinson is added to our list on this 1,072^nd day since the last presidential election. 

So, how’s the hunt for proof the 2020 election was stolen going? Terrible, if you’re a Trump fan. 

Ya got nothin’. 

Brinson showed up on January 6, garbed in a white “TRUMP 45” hoodie, with stars on the sleeves and carrying a “Texas for Trump” flag. (I swear these dopes wear Trump-spangled undies.) 

Various tipsters spotted Brinson’s pictures on an F.B.I. website, evidence was gathered, and Brinson admitted he flew to D.C. on January 5, “to attend the rally on January 6, 2021, to show his support for Trump being elected winner of the presidential election.” Brinson initially denied entering the Capitol – but when reminded it was against the law to lie to law enforcement, admitted he had. Video and photographic evidence showed the Texan taking a tour of the Capitol, but he was not accused of any violent activities. 

His fundamental crime: Stupidity. 

Believing in Donald J. Trump. 

He has since pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1235. Troy Spackman: We’ve all heard the apologies for the January 6 rioters: They were peaceful protesters, patriots, just a bunch of ordinary tourists, “hugging and kissing” police. They were “let in” by officers, or led on by leftists and Antifa types. 

In reality, holy shit! 

How many of these guys – including our latest addition to this list – came ready to rumble that day? Spackman, like so many others, is accused of using chemical spray on police. In fact, Spackman allegedly had two cannisters of spray, including a spare he can be seen carrying in his left rear pocket. 

Mr. Spackman hails from York, Pa., and has a LinkedIn page, where he offers his services as a “business development and management” pro. 

According to a DOJ memo, in one video taken during the riot, 

Spackman is seen holding a cell phone above his head in his right hand and in his left hand holding two canisters of Oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray. Court documents say that the OC spray carried by Spackman appears to be Combined Tactical Systems MK-9 OC spray, a less-than-lethal product intended to cause temporary pain and injury that can, in rare instances and if used incorrectly, lead to property damage, serious bodily injury, or death.

 

As for why Troy was in D.C., that day, he explained his motivation to federal agents when interviewed, in regard to his case: 

SPACKMAN stated that he went to Washington, D.C., in order to attend the rally for thenPresident Donald Trump. He walked from the rally to the U.S. Capitol Building and then to the side of the building with the inauguration scaffolding. He recalled seeing an officer on the ground who was physically in distress. SPACKMAN described the experience as “one of the coolest things I was a part of” and stated that he believed over one million people were present. SPACKMAN acknowledged travelling to Washington, D.C., with two or three friends, but stated that he was the only one in his group to approach the Capitol.

 

When asked if he saw anyone using pepper spray against the police and security forces, SPACKMAN did not provide any details of anyone, on either side, using pepper spray. SPACKMAN also said he left the Capitol by the time the police deployed tear gas.

 

Evidence appears to prove that Spackman was lying – and he now finds himself charged with both felony and misdemeanor crimes. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1236. Francis Biondo: It’s amazing how many rioters who are still getting arrested are not: 

A)                        A)    Members of Antifa

B)     F.B.I. plants

C)    Tourist-y types

D)   People who were “let in” by police, and then spent their time “hugging and kissing the blue.”

 

Mr. Biondo is just the latest example, seen here, photographing another “tourist” enter the Capitol “peacefully” through a shattered window. The comments on the video feed also seem pertinent. “Burn it down,” one fan suggests. “This is civil war,” crows some dope who goes by “dlivessucksanus.”

 As for Jeffrey Etter (#608 on our list), the man seen entering the Capitol here, he pled guilty recently, avoided jail time, but got stuck with a bill for $5,500. 

Biondo faces a quartet of misdemeanor charges. 

Date of last presidential election: November 3, 2020. 

Date of Biondo’s arrest: October 18, 2023. 

Court decisions at any level, local, state or federal proving that significant voter fraud occurred in the 2020 election. 

Days passed, wherein Team Trump could have proven significant voter fraud – if, unlike the Loch Ness monster, it actually existed: 

1,168.

(As of January 15, 2024.)

 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1237. Justin Lee: Officer Lee (yes, “Officer” Lee) is our latest rioter who turns out not to belong to Antifa, not to be a “leftist,” and not to have been someone who entered the Capitol on January 6, so he could hug and kiss the men in blue. Instead, Lee was charged with two felonies, including one for assaulting police who were defending democracy that day, and five bonus misdemeanors. 

As Jordan Fischer, who has followed the January 6 cases in detail, explained in his report today,

 

Lee spoke little during the hearing except to tell the magistrate judge his police firearm had been reclaimed by the Montgomery County Police Department because he was on administrative leave. Lee was released on his own recognizance on standard conditions, including that he not keep a firearm in his home.

 

Lee was ordered to return to court on Oct. 25. His case was assigned to District Judge Trevor McFadden.

 

For those who aren’t following these cases (pretty much every good Trump fan), Judge McFadden was appointed to his place on the bench by former President Donald J. “Multiple Indictments” Trump. The average Trump fan, completely ill-informed in these matters, might assume this would help Officer Lee’s chances in court. Sadly, for those who still love Donald more than ice cream with sprinkles, McFadden has been no more sympathetic to January 6 defendants than say, the “Obama judges” hearing these cases. 

Because the defendants are so often clearly guilty. 

Lee is only 25, and it’s too bad he seems to have derailed his career in law enforcement, simply because he believed Trump deserved a second term. Trump would have – had he had more votes than Biden – but he didn’t. So he didn’t. 

Lee applied for a position with the Montgomery County police in July 2021, just six months after joining the attack. He has now been suspended, and the department is moving forward to fire him. 

Ironically, he’s charged with, among other crimes, assaulting a law enforcement officer during the riot. 

In August 2024, Lee asks for and receives a bench trial – and the judge convicts him on a charge of civil disobedience, a felony, and other charges. By law, now that he has been convicted of a felony, he will be terminated from his jog. 

Trump supporter, violent.

 

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1238. Jacob Davis: It’s impressive, in a dark sort of way, how many J6 rioters attacked police – when apologists want to insist the J6 folks were all peaceful, and bringing roses to the Capitol. 

Davis is another Georgian, and another rioter charged with battling police in the lower tunnel entrance to the Capitol. He is alleged to have wrested a police shield from one officer, then pressing into the tunnel with it, before giving it to another rioter who wanted to join the fight. 

(At this point, it’s clear: prosecutors are focused almost entirely on the most violent rioters that day.) 

You can argue all you want about the “Antifa” folks who duped the Trump “patriots” into rioting. But it would appear Mr. Davis is a Trump supporter. He showed up for the day in a “Trump 45” stocking cap and a “U.S. Space Force” hoodie. The defendant is also charged with throwing a board at a line of police. 

So felonies and misdemeanor charges for the man from Georgia! 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

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“The next time we come back, it ain’t gonna be fucking unarmed.

1239-1240. DANIEL VALDEZ and Payton Valdez: It is never a good day for a family, when dad (Daniel) can post on social media, regarding his son, “it looks like Payton and I are going to get arrested.” 

Payton and his dad appeared doomed in their defense from the start, as at least one tipster to the F.B.I. revealed that the defendants had posted pictures of themselves inside the Capitol on the day of the riot. That tipster also noted that father and son traveled to D.C. because dad believed “President Trump was going to tell everything about who in politics was sex trafficking children.” 

Payton can be seen inside the Capitol in one picture holding a beer, which he proudly “cracked open” in celebration – one could assume. He is also seen later, with a police shield, which rioters have wrested from officers.  

Father and son were only inside the Capitol for nine minutes, and they are not charged with participating in any of the violence – but they no doubt required the services of a good lawyer. 

In one video from that day, Payton can be heard saying, “The next time we come back, it ain’t gonna be fucking unarmed. That’s for goddamn sure.” 

Father and son were hit with misdemeanor charges, but no felonies, at least. Maybe next time, right? 

Daniel has now pled guilty to both misdemeanor charges. It takes his son a little longer, but he pleads guilty, as well, in April 2024. 

Dad gets sentenced first: three years on probation, fifty hours of community service, and $500 in restitution. 

Trump supporters (both), dad appears to be a QAnon fan.

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1241-1242. DYLAN BOWLING and MARISSA BOWLING: Mr. and Mrs. Bowling enjoyed a romantic day of rioting at the Capitol. When interviewed by federal agents, Mrs. Bowling denied ever entering the building that day. Mr. Bowling also said he never went inside. 

Photographic evidence soon proved that both the Bowlings lied. Once again, part of their problem arose as a result of her decision to wear a light pink coat while rioting – making it easy for investigators to track her movements that awful day. She also came with goggles – just in case chemical spray might be in play. She and her husband are also wore respirators at times during the attack. Federal investigators found the two entered the Capitol at 2:49 p.m., through a broken window. 

They remained inside for 21 minutes, but were not accused of any violent acts or property destruction. 

Mrs. Bowling pleaded guilty, and was awarded two years on probation, and fined $500. Mr. Bowling got the same penalty, plus 30 days of home detention. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNKNOWN.)

 

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1243-1244. Jared Luther Owens and Jason William Wallis: The two men came ready to riot on January 6. Both wore combat helmets and goggles. And both are now accused of hurling a bike rack at police as they helped lead the fight to take control of Congress and keep Donald in office for four more years. 

Owens faces eight charges, and also stands charged with pushing a police officer up against a wall at one point. Owens was subdued and briefly handcuffed, but soon released. He might have gone free, but he was turned in by a friend who had known him for twenty years. Owens’ girlfriend had been bragging about the role he had played in the attack, and the friend gathered a bit of evidence. “We literally just stormed the building,” the defendant boasted on social media at one point. 

“That’s bad ass,” someone replied. 

According to The Daily Beast, Owens has done time for drug possession, with intent to distribute, and has also faced drug and DUI charges before. 

Wallis, we learn is a U.S. Army veteran, himself. 

And both men now face federal charges for their actions that day. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNKNOWN.)

 

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1245-1246. Edward Amyot and Dominic Jakubowski: The two men were charged together, in part because they helped use a giant Trump sign on the day of the riot to ram police lines. 

The second suspect had fun on January 6, ripping down police tape, and shouting, “We stormed the Capitol, let’s go!” at other members of the mob. When not rioting, back home, Jakubowski is a member of a left wing group…Ha, ha, called the Michigan Republican Party. 

Amyot is his friend, a businessman, under normal circumstances – and “smart” enough, after the attack on Congress, to have scrubbed all his social media posts. 

Well, good news, taxpayers. At their first appearance before a judge, they were represented by a court appointed lawyer. 

Trump supporter (Jakubowski, for sure). 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER, AMYOT.)

 

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The police sergeant and the industrial sprayer. 

1247. GREGORY C. YETMAN: The gentleman from New Jersey can hardly be described as a peaceful protester, or a “tourist” type, visiting the Capitol on January 6. He was, at the time of the riot, serving as a member of the New Jersey National Guard – as a police sergeant. 

Yetman admitted he was at the Capitol that day, but insisted he was not the man in the photo below, using an industrial sprayer to hit a line of police with chemical irritants. 

Authorities, however, said he was. 

On November 8, 2023, federal agents arrived at his home, found him missing, searched the premises, and surrounded nearby woods. 

The following day, the F.B.I. offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to Mr. Yetman’s arrest.

 

UPDATE: Well, the “Great Escape” didn’t last long – 48 hours, really. Yetman turned himself in, looking dirty and unkempt. Most Capitol rioters have been granted pre-trial release, unless there has been evidence that they might be a danger to the public. Yetman is now likely to sit in jail until trial. 

Yetman came prepared for trouble.

A perusal of Yetman’s Facebook page, done by journalist Ryan J. Reilly, shows he “liked” a picture of another January 6 rioter claiming he was going to jail for exercising his First Amendment rights. He also “liked” a picture of Rep. Jim Jordan, and his wife, and Rep. Matt Gaetz, and I think his wife, suggesting Polly Jordan would make a great First Lady of the House, after Jim won the speakership (he didn’t). Finally, he hit the “like” button on a post from Donald Trump himself. In that post, the famous mugshot was included, with captions reading: 

“ELECTION INTERFERENCE” and “NEVER SURRENDER!”

 

Yetman has since pleaded guilty to a felony charge, for assaulting police, which he now admits he did. 

His crimes cost him 30 months behind bars, 18 more on probation, and he his hit with a bill for $2,000. 

Trump supporter, violent.

 

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1248. William Lewis: Apparently, Rioter #1248 never got the message. Instead of bringing more effective chemical spray, a taser, or a pair of hatchets, he stands accused of spraying police lines with wasp and hornet spray. Three times! When he ran out, he threw the can at officers. Nearby, one officer would later report getting a shot of pepper spray in the mouth. 

Lewis is also said to have used what looks like a police baton to break three windows in the building, hoping to open a way for rioters to enter. 

His road to court began when a tipster contacted federal authorities in March 2022, and gave them Mr. Lewis’s phone number and address. A search warrant was granted; and phone tower records put Lewis’s phone inside the Capitol during the attack. Agents then matched Lewis’s driver’s license photo with photo’s they had of him rioting (allegedly). 

An NBC review of the suspect’s Facebook posts makes clear where Mr. Lewis stands on the political spectrum.

 

Lewis’ social media presence shows that he is a Trump supporter who disdains President Joe Biden. In late 2020, ahead of the Capitol attack, Lewis’ Facebook page featured anti-Hunter Biden memes, a celebration of the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett, reposts of both Donald Trump Jr. and then-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis, as well as praise for former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany: “Savage, Patriot, Fearless, Warrior.”

 

Could it be? 

Was Lewis crushing on McEnany and getting a MAGA boner? We leave it for the jury to decide.

Trump supporter.

Rioters on January 6 smashed a way in - Lewis with baton.

 

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1249. Troy Koen: Mr. Koen showed up for the riot wearing a black “STOP THE STEAL” shirt and carrying his favorite two flags. According to court documents, he is seen assaulting multiple police officers during the riot, and then using his flagpole, with the two flags, to shatter a window at the Capitol. 

Koen was also at the forefront as the mob overran police lines, at one point wrestling away a bicycle rack, causing one officer to be “knocked forward and dragged down onto the ground.” 

From there, he joined the biggest battle as police tried to keep hundreds of rioters, Koen one of those in the lead, from breaking through the lower tunnel entrance to the Capitol itself. Koen then used his flagpole to smash glass in a set of doors, with his fitting two flags furled. One read “TRUMP 2020.” 

The other was the Confederate battle flag. 

Finally, he disassembled his pole into two parts and used one to strike at police holding the rioters back. 

(Koen was later identified when a Texas police officer, who had cited him for a different assault, was shown footage of him during the January 6 attack.) 

Violent.

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

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1250. VALERIE SUE RUSHING: Arrested November 8, 2023 and faced four charges. She appears to be a resident of Tampa, Florida. 

She has plead guilty. Her sentence: two years on probation, and $500 in restitution. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1251. AMANDA JEAN MONGELLI: Arrested November 9, 2023 and faced four charges. She and Rushing apparently traveled to D.C., and joined the mob together. Mongelli is also a Floridian. 

She had plead guilty to a pair of charges; information still lacking or under seal. We do know, she gets placed on probation and has to pay $500 in restitution. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.) 

 

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1252. Lawrence Billiter: Like any other tourist planning to visit Washington D.C. on January 6, Mr. Billiter is said to have packed accordingly. That is, he was driving east, from North Dakota. With him, he was bringing “enough ammo too win a small war. I’m ready to link up and arrive in mass outside on the 3^rd ort 4^th.” 

On a website called “thedonald.win” he explained his motivation: 

Seeing this country tear itself apart breaks my heart and weighs heavy on my chest, nobody wants to do what we all know needs to be done, but it’s our duty to make sure this never happens to any future generations ever again. I’m willing to give up everything I have and my entire lineage to make that happen.

 

During an interview with federal agents, not long after the riot, Mr. Billiter admitted he was inside the Capitol, and said he entered because of a “herd mentality,” just following the crowd. He also admitted that he purchased an AR-15 around the same time he was posting about ammo, and said “enough” would have been 200-300 rounds. But he said he never took them to D.C., because he was “not that stupid.” He also denied being a part of any violence that day. 

Video evidence appears to give that claim the lie. Billiter is allegedly seen using a heavy  metal poll to strike at a police bicycle rack, as officers try to form a line and hold back the mob. Moments later, Billiter throws the poll at an officer – and gets a face full of chemical spray in return. For some reason, he has a large tan backpack, strapped behind. Billiter is also wearing a tactical helmet and goggles – just like any other patriot might wear when planning to show up for a peaceful protest. 

Evidence also seems to show Billiter entering the Capitol, then leaving, then entering a second time. 

Later, with the help of several other rioters, he is accused of pushing a large metal construction box into a line of officers. 

Good enough to get his “not that stupid” ass arrested. And have we mentioned? There’s STILL no evidence shown in any court that Trump won the 2020 election. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1253. PAUL ORTA JR.: Mr. Orta is added to our list on November 14, 2023, more than three years after the 2020 election – and still no proof of any significant voter fraud revealed in any court. 

In the moments before the attack unfolded, Orta is seen on film, pointing at the Capitol, insisting, “We are taking that shit today!” 

Because he’s a humble “tourist,” he has shown up wearing body armor and a black balaclava, just as this blogger has never once done in his life while touring. And, like a tourist unhinged, he helped yank away several police barricades and open a path for the mob. 

Orta was one of several individuals who traveled to D.C. on a privately-owned school bus decorated with Trump graffiti. According to court documents, on January 5, the day before the riot, that bus was searched after it was found to have an expired registration. At that time, seven individuals, including Orta, were aboard. Also:

 

Law enforcement discovered a 9mm pistol, four loaded 9mm magazines, a .22 caliber rifle, 275 rounds of .22 caliber ammunition, and a 110 round .22 caliber drum magazine aboard the bus. The owner of the bus, a resident of North Carolina, was subsequently arrested by MPD on multiple weapons charges. The driver of the bus, also a resident of North Carolina, was arrested for not having a permit to operate a motor vehicle in the District of Columbia.

 

According to Ryan J. Reilly, Orta’s name has been known to federal agents since January 25, 2021, when he turned himself in, saying he wanted to do “the right thing.” 

In May 2024, Orta takes a plea deal, and could be looking at fourteen months behind bars for his antics. He has also agreed to pay $2,000. In October, he learns he’ll be spending only six months behind bars, with an additional year on probation; and, yes, he gets nailed for $2,000 in fines and restitution. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.) 

 

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1254-1255. Eric Zeis and Justin Schulze: Friends don’t let friends drive drunk. Or go to D.C. on January 6, 2021, and join a riot. 

But Zeis and Schulze did, traveling all the way from Colorado to help secure a second term, we assume, for Donald J. Trump. 

According to court documents, Zeis and Schulze drove from their home in Colorado to Washington, D.C., to attend the former President’s speech and “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021. After the rally, the two made their way to the east side of the Capitol building, where they joined a large group of rioters that had forced United States Capitol Police (USCP) officers to retreat from their positions to the East Rotunda doors.

 

After rioters smashed windows and entered the Capitol, the two Coloradans allegedly entered at 2:25 p.m. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS NOT DEFINITIVE.)

 

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1256. Joseph Vaglica: He came, he saw, he used a photo stick (allegedly) to capture his experiences on January 6. That included material from his time at the “Stop the Steal” rally, and from his 23 minutes inside the Capitol Building. 

Video evidence would seem to place him inside, beginning around 2:25 p.m. that terrible day. 

The Youngtown, Ohio man (he lived in Florida at the time of the riot), faces a pair of misdemeanors. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION NOT KNOW, LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1257. David Daniel: It can be surprising to read about how much damage the “tourists” in Trump gear did during the riot. Daniel, 36, joins the long list of attackers who stand accused of felony assault on police, not to mention a few bonus misdemeanors. Just before 3 p.m. on January 6, Daniel helped lead a violent push against a barricaded door to the Senate Wing of the Capitol. 

Police were driven back by the weight of the mob – but Daniel got a face full of chemical irritant for his troubles. He also lost the grey stocking cap or beanie he was wearing in the melee. 

He then reportedly climbed over a pile of broken furniture to get outside, but reentered the building soon after, before exiting again shortly after. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.)

 

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1258-1259. WILLARD and COLBY PURKEL: We haven’t seen many mother-daughter teams joining the riot on January 6, but with this latest filing, we have another father-son duo. Colby filmed the break-in with his phone – to immortalize his and his father’s role in the riot. 

Their “visit” to Congress began around 3:15 p.m. that day, when police opened the doors to the Rotunda – not to let peaceful protesters in - but to push rioters already inside out. At that point the Purkels and dozens of others forced a way past badly outnumbered Capitol police. 

Phone tower records helped locate both men inside the Capitol or nearby, between 2:48 p.m. and 4:22 p.m. 

The two suspects were first visited by F.B.I. agents in October 2021, but refused to talk. Prior to the riot, the pair can be seen with a group of about twenty Trump fans, holding a sign reading: “TRUMP: Keep America First 2020.” 

They all look happy, not counting the two guys masked up, including the one with goggles and a helmet. 

The Purkels came a long way from Covington, Louisiana. They attended the “Stop the Steal” rally. Dad took plenty of pictures. Fun was had by all – which included listening to the president say the people in the audience wouldn’t have a country anymore if they didn’t stop the vote count that day. 

So off Mr. Purkel and Mr. Purkel went, to participate in an anti-democratic riot. On first entering the Capitol, the pair pushed inside past a shattered window in the door, with loud sirens blaring. Later, Willard took a selfie inside the building, and Colby can be seen leaning forward moments later, apparently so he could admire the photo. Forced out soon after, Willard and half a dozen other fools climbed atop an armored truck to better survey the action. 

Both men have since been convicted and sentenced. Colby was hit up for 21 days in a cell, and $2,000. He’ll also be on probation for a year. 

Dad got two months behind bars, nine additional months on supervised release, and must also pay $2,000. 

Trump supporters, violent (both).

 

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1260. Daniel Tocci: Mr. Tocci, from Amherst, Massachusetts, is accused of entering the Capitol at 3:18 p.m., remaining inside for only a few minutes, exiting, and then breaking a shutter off a window. He was filmed earlier in the day, at the big Trump “Stop the Steal” rally, where, for whatever reason, he was carrying a very large stick. 

He’s likely to pay a fine for his participation in the riot, and we do know he remained on Capitol grounds for at least ninety minutes. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION NOT DEFINITIVE.)

 

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1261. Ryan Orlando: Mr. Orlando does not sound like the most dangerous rioter of them all. He did, however, manage to breach the Capitol, and make his way to the floor of the Senate chamber. There he decided to gather a few souvenirs.

 

1.     From the desk of Sen. Joe Manchin – a coaster.

2.     From the desk of Sen. Susan Collins – a pen.

3.     From the desk of Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – nothing, but rifled through his papers.

 

I think he should go back to the Capitol someday and get Sen. Collins to sign Sen. Manchin’s coaster. 

We now add him to our unending list of “Stupid and/or Dangerous Americans Who Did Their Part to Overturn Democracy.” 

He has since pleaded guilty. 

Orlando, happy on January 6.

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

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“Walking into a kill box” and ready to kill. 

1262. Theo Hanson: The Nampa, Idaho man, 54, traveled a long way to riot, but also came prepared, with a helmet of some kind (it looks to this blogger like a bicyclist’s helmet) to protect his noggin’ from a good crack on the skull. 

He faces multiple charges for his participation in the riot that day, including his sterling effort to stop police from closing a large entry door to a lower part of the Congressional Building, and keep rioters from flooding inside. This was around 2:22 that day, at the very start of the break-in. 

By 2:42 p.m. that day, Hanson had allegedly shifted his position, to just outside the East Rotunda doors. There, he helped other rioters push back police who were trying to close the doors, with Hanson using his full body weight to keep the doors from fully closing, at 3:09. 

Hanson, himself, was not forced out of the Capitol until 3:33. 

And why was Mr. Hanson there to begin? 

As he explained on social media, he was in D.C. because he could not believe his hero lost the 2020 election, although there’s still no evidence proven in any court to indicated anything other than that Trump did. Hanson, however, was ready to spill blood. He was coming armed, he said, and expected gunfire. As for his weapons, he said, 

I look at them as peacekeepers and of a “last resort” of sorts. Once they come out, that genie doesn’t go back in the bottle. Where each bullet lands is my fault and mine alone.

 

My  hope is that all goes well and no one will ever knew [sic]. But instincts say we are walking into a kill box of sorts.

 

  “I don’t see any way in which this ends without an uprising.  Meanwhile, I am going to find men of mettle and honor, who are willing to organize, and fight using all channels. I am hoping to avoid the radicals, but I imagine I/we are beginning to look like ones. ‘The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time...’” he wrote.

 

He also promised in secret messages to other like-minded “patriots” that he would have two medical kits on his person, during the attack, and would be wearing a concealed vest, complete with “plate carriers.” He even noted that on his arrival in D.C., by plane, he would have to clear his firearms through security. 

Another potential rioter, “R.T.,” responded, according to court documents: 

“Copy that. If you have extra [firearms] I’ll carry for you. I have many guns but didn’t want to get flagged at the airport. I am bringing two tomahawks, knives, stun guns 110k volts, expandable baton, armor plates, armor helmet, carbon fiber knuckle globes [gloves]. I'll be the first line of defense as we will call you up for the second.” R.T. continued, “Glad to have you in the group and be shoulder to shoulder. We will see this through until it is finished.” HANSON responded, in part, “I am also ruling with the Las Vegas LEO and two special ops guys. We are looking to see what is brewing and looking to take care of some friends should a full, multi hour riot breakout.” HANSON continued, “I’m glad to be in a first wave of hand to hand should it be necessary. Being that I will likely be armed, it is prudent to pick and choose and be present to save the life of a Patriot by taking one of a criminal.

 

In various social media posts, both R.T. and Hanson later celebrated and admitted their participation in the attack, and gloried (stupidly) in their patriotism in service to a giant Trumpian lie. 

Trump supporter, ready for violence. 

 

FUN FACT: On Truth Social, on December 1, 2023, the same day Hanson was arrested, the former president (who used to say that 99.9% of cops were good) finally found a few dozen cops he hated. He “re-truthed” a post by a fan who said police who “beat the hell out of J6 protesters” should be charged, and the wonderful pro-Trump rioters should be released. 

You almost have to believe the blogger is making this up, but, nope. It’s Trump at Trump’s very best.

 

FUN FACT #2: On this day, when I post this entry (12/4/23) we are 1,126 days out from the last presidential election. On every one of those days, Trump has claimed he won a victory – sometimes even a “landslide victory.” 

Despite trying for 27,000 hours, the former president and all the lousy lawyers he has managed to hire (paying their fees with donations from his dopey supporters) have failed to prove any significant voter fraud occurred during the 2020 election.

Not one court has upheld the “Stolen Election” lie.

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1263. Brandon Heffner: We keep checking every rioter who is charged. That means we keep looking for “leftist infiltrators” who led the patriotic dopes in MAGA baseball hats and MAGA stocking caps and MAGA undies to their riotous doom. 

Almost as if all the Trump folks were hypnotized! And couldn’t stop their legs from moving, and their arms from flailing police. 

Heffner is not that liberal kind. At the time of the attack he was a “chapter leader” in the Proud Boys. Now he’s a former member of the group. (Maybe the dues were too high?) For his part he and a group of like-minded members of the mob blocked an exit door from the Capitol, so that police could not open it and use chemical spray on the attackers. We also know that Heffner showed up wearing “a black helmet and black tactical vest,” and what appeared to be eye-protecting goggles – you know, in case an F.B.I. plant in the mob “tricked” him into joining the assault. And then “tricked” him and a bunch of patriotic dunces into blocking the door so the cops could not spray them. 

He was first identified and interviewed by federal authorities in November 2021, but these cases take a great deal of time to build. 

As a right-wing bonus, Heffner was previously on December 12, 2020, also in Washington D.C., for assaulting a police officer at another pro-Trump protest. 

The F.B.I. also notes that a CHS, or “Confidential Human Source” provided information leading to Heffner’s arrest. That source was not paid, authorities note, but was reimbursed “for breakfast on one occasion.” 

Heffner, circled in yellow.

Trump supporter, right-winger, violent.

 

FUN FACT: On the very same day that Heffner was arrested, December 5, 2023, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson announced that while he thought it was important to release more footage of what happened at the Capitol on January 6, he didn’t think we should see who was involved in what happened. “We have to blur some faces of persons who participated in the events of that day,” he explained incongruously, “because we don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ.” 

What Johnson is really saying is he didn’t want online sleuths, who have been instrumental in helping track down many rioters, to have more footage they could use to track down lawbreakers. Kind of like saying, “We are going to blur the face of this guy seen walking into the bank, because later he pulls a gun on a teller and makes his getaway with $25,000.” Speaker Johnson, of  course, was one of the members of Congress who tried his hardest to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

 

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1264-1266. Sergio Herrera Jaramillo, Sebastian Reveles, and Aron Joel Sanchez: News of the arrest of the three friends is not released until December 2023. But they had been interviewed in February 2021, and all three admitted entering the Capitol Building during the riot. 

A broken window was their entry, and the time of their arrival, according to court documents, was approximately 2:24 p.m. 

At one point, Sanchez is seen, apparently discouraging another rioter from being aggressive with police. The friends then take a tour of the building, don’t appear to have caused any damage or struck any police or others, and exit after 42 minutes inside. They are not likely to spend much time in jail. 

But let’s all remember: It’s December 6, 2023, 1,128 days since the last presidential election. Team Trump still can’t prove in ANY court that there was significant voter fraud in the last presidential election. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.)

 

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1267. KYLE DOUGLAS McMAHAN: Today’s addition to the list is (when not rioting) a Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force Reserve. As is so often the case, McMahan can be seen wearing a “MAKE AMERICAN GREAT AGAIN” red hat at the riot. His is different, however, since he had written the word “GOD” in black marker above that phrase. He also fits the pro-Trump profile – having come all the way from Texas with a caravan of Trump supporters, to join in the attempt to halt democracy in its tracks. 

At times, like any other individual expecting a peaceful, patriotic protest, he switched up to a green ballistic helmet (and may have been wearing body armor under his clothing. According to the Statement of Facts in his case he can be seen initiating “four separate physical encounters with four separate officers.” 

That meant the defendant was facing a shitload of felonies and a sprinkling of misdemeanors. At one point, for “fun,” McMahan is said to be seen stopping to speak to a group of other “patriots” dressed in ballistic helmets and armor. At another point, the defendant appears to grab one officer’s hand and crush his fingers, as he attempts to push past a line of police trying to clear the Capitol Rotunda. 

After the riot, we also know McMahan searched on the internet: “can I resign from the military if I do not want to serve an illegitimate president”. 

And: “Capitol Rioter, Air Force veteran, arrested after ex-wife calls FBI”. 

In one social media exchange, McMahan describes himself as a “Proud Patriot Trump supporter.” 

For fun, Rioter #1267 also got a face full of pepper spray during the attack on the Capitol Building. 

He has now been convicted and must pay a heavy price: 19 months in prison, $2,000 in restitution, probation when he gets out, and 100 hours of community service to complete. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen, violent. 

 

FUN FACT: According to Kyle Cheney, as of December 6, 2023, the Department of Justice has issued the following statistics: 

444 rioters have been charged with assaulting police.

114 have been charged with carrying weapons.

 

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1268. DANA JEAN BELL: Ms. Bell is your type of woman if you hanker after a lady who will attack members of the free press. (Something tells me Ms. Bell is a big fan of Sean Hannity and would be aghast if he was attacked by a mob after tossing Trump softball questions during another appearance on his show.) Bell is also your type if you like clueless “patriotic” efforts to uphold the U.S. Constitution and gain Donald Trump a second term in office. 

According to court records, she can be seen inside and outside the Capitol on that disastrous day. In part, she was identified by authorities because she was “carrying a cell phone with a folio-style cover that was rose in color and consisted of an American flag backdrop and images of former President Donald Trump (one shirtless posing as the character Rocky Balboa from the movie Rocky).” 

Ironically, Bell’s first target for assault was a local anchor on Fox News in D.C. The attack was seen in a post on Twitter:

 

The video shows an angry group of rioters yelling at members of the media, calling them “traitors” and “fake news,” and telling them to “get out.” They use expletives and “flip off” the camera crew. BELL appears to move forward and reach out in an aggressive manner and attempts to push or grab at the news anchor. Notably, BELL’s distinctive telephone case can be observed in video footage capturing the assault, including in some of the still shots from that footage, depicted below.

 

When another man tried to intercede, to protect the anchor, Bell is said to have kicked him, and then she kicked the anchor for good measure. 

By 2:26 p.m. that day, Ms. Bell was inside the Capitol Building and can be seen celebrating her “patriotic” efforts to overturn the results of a fair election. She was close by when Ashli Babbitt was shot and killed, and can later be heard shouting at an MPD officer, calling him a “fucking pussy traitor,” “pussy traitor,” and a “cunt.” When not yelling, or pushing officers, Potty Mouth Bell also found time to grab the baton of an officer trying to force members of the mob out of the building. 

On October 18, 2024, she is sentenced to seventeen months in prison for her assaults on the reporter and police officers. She will also spend three years on probation, and must pay $2,000. At sentencing, her lawyer told the court that Bell had considered it her “patriotic duty” to show up in D.C. and try to block the electoral count, and now she realizes she was “duped” by Donald Trump. 

Trump supporter, she believed the election was stolen, violent.

 

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1269. Bart Gore: Sometimes it takes only a few moments to figure out what kind of people gathered in D.C. on January 6 and then rioted. Mr. Gore is definitely no “liberal,” and needed no “stirring up” by F.B.I. or government “plants” mixed in with “peaceful” Trump fans. On November 4, 2020, with the vote count still in doubt, Gore was already gearing up for action. 

In response to a social media post, he wrote:

 

I'm rapidly closing in on the 50 years of age. I have lived my life enjoying the freedom so many others gave their lives to protect. I don’t want to live in a communist country. At some point we the people (who actually believe in something) have to take a stand. We have become so tolerant and passive that the left and libs know that they can get their way through riots and lawless behavior. When do we turn the table and start dishing out what we’ve been dealt? For those of you that believe in God, what was the only sacrifice given to stay or forgive sins? BLOOD. I know violence is a last resort but controlled violence is very effective. I believe in our country and I believe in all of you that have a spine. There’s plenty of us out here. We just have to form a union of believers. It’s time for action!!

 

On December 22nd, Gore sent a private message to Facebook friend. He said he sure hoped to be in D.C. on January 6. “I’d love to be the one to capture Obama or Hillary,” we may assume he laughed. “I’d strip them naked and beat them with a belt and switch. Then I’d rest and beat them some more.” 

According to a Department of Justice press release, Gore had plenty to say, before, during, and after the riot.

 

In a subsequent series of messages via social media, Gore was asked, “You think if we go to DC we will find anywhere to stay?” Gore replied, “I was thinking about that this afternoon. I’m coming home Saturday.  We will look. I’m bringing an AR with me.” Gore later stated, “…You ready to get beat up? Lol” “I’m gonna go to dicks and get me a mouth guard so I don’t get my teeth knocked out. Lol” “…I may get a small bat and a backpack” “A few cans of wasp spray” “Dude, do you realize we may be a huge part of history? Just like in 1776. I want to do my part” and “I don't care. If it’s good enough for my brothers to be fighting, it’s good enough for me. I don’t want to live in a communist country. I’ll fight til I can’t fight anymore to keep my kids from living that way.”

 

By 2:47 p.m. that day, Gore had entered the Capitol building, even filming his movements, for the sake of history, I guess.

 

Gore later wrote of his exploits on January 6th. An individual sent Gore a message from on or around January 6-9th, stating, “What’s going on up there?” to which Gore replied, “Chaos!!” “I made it inside” “Yes. Got flash grenanded and tear gassed”. In the same message thread, an individual stated, “But boyyy I bet pelosi is sweating rn” to which Gore replied, “I hope she can’t sleep at night.”

 

On or around Jan. 12, 2021, court documents say that Gore sent messages to an individual that read, “Let’s go back to DC and pick a fight with cnn employees” “I want to go back” and “I wasn’t satisfied. I would’ve been satisfied if they had brought Nancy’s head out on a stick”.

 

Gore also suggested in another message to a friend that he would be bringing an AR-15 to Washington D.C. 

Trump supporter, right-winger, ready for violence.

 

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1270-1271. Chris Rockey and Edward Picquet: The two South Carolina men came to D.C. together, and, when it was time to riot, found themselves on the front line of the mob together. Both faced felony and misdemeanor charges, with Rockey charged specifically for assaulting a police officer during the fighting. 

Like any normal, “peaceful protester,” Rockey showed up with eye protection goggles and a military style ballistic helmet. 

After making it inside the building, the two were forced out again, but remained to fight on Capitol Hill grounds.

 

Rockey is seen on video footage taken at approximately 4:34 p.m. pushing and shoving a Metropolitan police officer, grabbing his riot shield, and hitting the officer in the face as law enforcement attempted to clear the area, the Department of Justice says.

 

Video footage allegedly shows Picquet pushing Rockey forward directly into the line of police officers.

 

In a separate incident, Rockey grabbed an officer’s baton, and then his shield, as he fought to help rioters break police lines. 

He has since pleaded guilty to assault. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTERS, NOT DEFINITIVE.)

 

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1272. KYLE CAMPBELL: The Ohio man faced several charges, related to his actions on January 6, including felony assault. 

As police battled to hold the rioters back in front of the Capitol, Campbell could be seen “pushing police officers in multiple instances throughout video footage collected” during the attack. 

According to Channel 4 News, in Columbus, Ohio, the defendant has a previous police record, though not a lengthy one. 

“Cambell was previously charged in 2015 with misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct in an unrelated local case. He pled guilty to an amended charge, according to Franklin County Municipal Court records.” 

Cleveland.com also notes:

 

According to court documents, Campbell told the FBI during an interview in February that he was “close to the police line before he was pushed into it from behind, causing the police to push him back. He stated that he was not the aggressor in this situation and moved aside after getting sprayed by police.”

 

Campbell has now pleaded guilty to a brand new felony assault charge, related to his role on January 6. His reward for rioting: 4 months in jail, 4 months on home confinement, 36 on probation, and $2,000. 

(He and a friend traveled all the way from Ohio to hear Donald Trump ramble and lie in his “Stop the Steal” speech. Ironically, when they saw many people heading for the Capitol, they changed direction, and never made it to the rally.) 

Trump supporter, violent.

 

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Punching cops for Trump. 

1273-1274. CURTIS DAVIS and Tanya Bishop: Davis, 45, and Bishop, 48, traveled all the way from Snow Hill, North Carolina to take part in the Capitol Hill attack on democracy. 

According to a press release from the Department of Justice, Davis was in serious trouble, with Bishop less so. Soon after the pair entered the Capitol, Davis could be seen in surveillance footage,

 

shoving and punching law enforcement officers who were attempting to disperse rioters. Davis then moved away from the police officers before he re-engaged and again punched law enforcement officers.

 

In other video footage, Davis is seen aggressively yelling at officers and was physically restrained by Bishop. Video footage then showed Davis as he fought with law enforcement officers. Court documents say that Davis threw punches at multiple police officers and made contact with at least one Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer. In subsequent video footage, Davis stated that he had injured the knuckles on his hand during the confrontation. Bishop is also seen on security footage as she placed her hands on and pushed police officers who were attempting to disperse rioters from the Rotunda.

 

Additional body-worn camera footage reviewed by law enforcement depicted Davis, Bishop, and other rioters inside the Capitol as they attacked and attempted to seize control of an MPD officer's baton. In this footage, Davis can be seen shoving and punching an MPD officer and seizing the officer's police baton.

 

…Body-worn camera footage showed Bishop as she resisted and refused an MPD officer's attempt to move her several times. Bishop told police, “You can’t turn on Americans,” and then proceeded to put both hands on an MPD officer’s baton before another officer pushed her away. 

 

After being forced out of the Capitol, Bishop climbed atop a law enforcement vehicle. Using a megaphone, she shouted, “Why is everybody walking the wrong way?” 

She added, “this is our once chance,” “I’m ready to go back in because this is our f**king building.” 

Mr. Davis is now a convicted felon, related to his assault on police. Ms. Bishop has also pleaded guilty of assaulting police. Davis also posted proudly on social media, showing his scraped fist: “Them knuckles right there, from one of those mother f**kers faces at the Capitol.” 

Davis is sentenced first: 24 months in jail, 36 more on probation, and he owes $2,000 in fines and restitution. 

Trump supporters, violent (both).

 

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1275. DAVID SMITHER: The young man was interviewed by federal agents in March 2021. At that time he admitted he had entered the Capitol. He said he passed “toppled barricades,” and saw police had “maced” other rioters. 

F.B.I. agents also took a picture of a red t-shirt Smither owned, which he was wearing on the day of the attack. It carried the label: “KONY 2012 INVISIBLE CHILDREN.” (The blogger had to look it up: Kony was an African warlord, accused of forcing children to serve in his “army.” Invisible Children was an organization that tried to bring attention to their plight. 

So: good sentiments for once? 

He pleads guilty to two misdemeanor charges in February 2024. He ends up on probation in May, and owes the government $1,225.  

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNKNOWN.)

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“Amateur.” 

1276. Paul Caloia: Well, you know the saying. It takes a village to build a riotous mob and do your damnedest to destroy democracy. Paul, if we may call him by his first name, is not your typical January 6er. 

Caloia is described as an “internet pornography personality,” which this blogger did not know until today was a thing. 

Just six days after the riot, the F.B.I. got its first tip from a waitress who said a man had been “bragging” on Skype about participating in the attack. 

The suspect was later turned in by high school classmates. Tipsters were checked out. A search warrant was issued for phone records. Caloia was surveilled at his home in Roseville, Michigan. It turned out, Caloia had a Twitter (now “X”) account, @CashHypnotic. The F.B.I. also discovered that he goes by various social media handles, including “God Hypnotic,” when not rioting.” Evidence against him included a video he posted in the wake of the riot, and then deleted, showing himself inside some kind of office or room in the Capitol. In that video, Mr. Hypnotic claimed police came in strong, in an attempt to drive rioters out of the building: “They came in with like, guns and shit, like ARs, and they have us face down on the ground,” he said. “Wrong room, wrong time,” he added. 

Sadly, for Hypnotic, that video was saved by others. 

In March 2023, two F.B.I. agents visited his home for an interview. One knocked on the door. The other “saw an individual matching the description and images of CALOIA approach but not open the door.” The agents knocked again several times. Finally, one inquired, “Paul?” 

“Yeah,” a man’s voice answered. But Mr. Hypnotic refused to open the door. He was in no mood for visitors. 

Despite his unwillingness to invite the agents inside, a case was built against him. Phone records placed him inside the Capitol. He was identified climbing through a window, into the building around 2:22 p.m. He entered several rooms, recorded videos of his “tour,” passed through Statuary Hall (agents mistakenly call it “Statutory Hall”), did no apparent damage, and exited, “hands up,” around 2:59. He remained on Capitol Hill grounds until at least 4:35 p.m. 

And then he went back to doing his job – we assume – on the internet. (I am definitely not going to pay to check him out.)

 

FUN FACT: When I went looking for more information, about what might have motivated him to show up for a riot, I noted that one local newspaper described the suspect as an “amateur porn ‘personality,’” which would have to sting, if you were going by the handle “GodHypnotic.” 

We can also report that he appears to be a fan of the Detroit Red Wings, an NHL hockey team. 

So, as we said, it takes a village. And the village now has a porn star. Caloia is the 25^th rioter to hail from Michigan. 

He has now pleaded guilty. As part of his sentencing hearing, he submitted a letter, admitting that what he had done “was beyond ignorant.” Then he added, “At first I blamed President Trump.” Now he says he takes full responsibility. 

Trump supporter (former?).

 

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1277. Kyle Travis Colton: The days on the calendar keep ticking off, and still no proof in any court that the 2020 election was stolen. 

In Mr. Colton’s case, his arrest was made possible in part, when, on a Delta flight leaving D.C. after the riot, while seated in 13C, he bragged about being part of the “second wave” that invaded the Capitol. 

Numerous photos appear to place Colton inside the Capitol, and also involved in a fight to keep from being pushed out of the building along with other rioters, as police began to regain control. With police forming a line to force people out, Colton allegedly joined the rioters’ efforts to push back. According to the Statement of Facts in his case, “At one point COLTON grabbed a flagpole that was being used by a rioter to assault MPD Officer K.D. COLTON gained control of the flagpole, which Officer K.D. had also grabbed, and then gave it back to this rioter, who then fled into the crowd of rioters with the flagpole.” 

So charge another fool. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER; UNCLEAR.)

 

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1278-1279. JOHNNY A. DELBRIDGE JR. and JOHNNY A. DELBRIDGE III: Dad and son were both arrested in December 2023. Both men were charged with four misdemeanor counts, and pleaded guilty. Both ended up being placed on probation for two years, and both owe $1,000. 

(MORE INFORMATION NEEDED.)

 

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1280. TONY LEE GILL: You never know what might help the F.B.I. build a case against you. In Mr. Gill’s case, even a $4.60 parking transaction for January 6, helped place him at the scene of the crime. Gill parked his car on a Washington D.C. street at 4:17 p.m., meaning he arrived late to the riot. He walked 0.7 miles to the Capitol, according to the Statement of Facts in his case. 

Gill did some chanting, once he joined the mob, and did some filming of events, and at 5 p.m. climbed through a broken window – with other rioters giving him a boost, which was, I think we can all agree, both polite and patriotic. 

Ha, ha. F**k these guys. 

Once inside, Gill watched other members of the mob bust up a Senate office, although he did not join in the festivities. He was out of the building by 5:10, and could be seen walking back to his car soon after. 

Good enough to get charged with a pair of misdemeanors, and on March 11, 2024, to admit to one. What led the man from Fort Royal, Virginia to show up in D.C. that afternoon remains to be seen. 

As for his motivation that day? It took this blogger a bit of extra digging, but Mr. Gill was clear. The day after the riot, he drafted a message on his phone defending his actions:  “Domestic Terrorist, how about American loving patriot? Hey snowflakes, we’re fighting for you too.” 

Gill also drafted a note shortly after the 2020 election. “If Trump don’t win, The World will go to Hell!” he claimed. 

We also know this. Gill ends up sentenced to spend 45 days in the slammer, and he’s charged $1,500 in fines and restitution. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1281. KIMBERLY SYLVESTER: It didn’t take long for authorities to put the pinch on Kimberly, from Auburn, Maine. Just four days after the riot, she was contacted by the F.B.I. and admitted she was inside the Capitol, and identified herself in a picture in possession of authorities. 

Sylvester claimed she entered a door that was wide open, and didn’t realize she shouldn’t be inside – but she entered at a time a loud alarm was blaring. She also claimed she left the premises quickly, but video and photo evidence placed her inside between 2:22 p.m. and 3:21 p.m. 

Mostly, the lady in the Trump stocking cap roamed around, enjoyed (we assume) all the hoopla that comes with trying to destroy the system of free elections, and did just enough to get charged with two misdemeanors. 

Or it might be four (different sources.) 

The defendant is a registered nurse. During her tour of the Capitol, she says she told police she could help with people who suffered injuries. In March 2024, she finally admits to two charges. 

For her sins, she gets a year on probation, and a $500 fine. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1282. PATRICK WOEHL: Mr. Woehl finds his way inside the Capitol at 2:24 p.m., takes a quick tour, and exits at 2:49. During his brief time inside, he appears to be taking pictures or recording on his phone. The Sacramento Bee, his California hometown paper, adds detail to his story.

 

An affidavit says FBI agents interviewed Woehl in the parking lot of his workplace on June 12, 2022, for about 10 minutes.

 

“Woehl stated that he did not hurt anyone or break anything in the Capitol on January 6, 2021,” court records say. “He claimed he only went in the Capitol because police deployed smoke bombs behind him and the only way to avoid the smoke was to go inside the building.

 

“Woehl said he did not have additional time to talk to agents that day but would meet with agents the following day.”

 

The next day, however, the suspect thought better of it, and told an F.B.I. agent who called him that he would much prefer to consult a lawyer. “Woehl reiterated that he did not hurt anyone or vandalize or break windows,” according to court records. “Woehl claimed that he did nothing wrong.” 

We later learn that he made it all the way to Nancy Pelosi’s office, where he tried to open a door to a room where Pelosi staffers had barricaded themselves to save themselves from mob attack. At one point, as he approached the Capitol that day, he commented, “there’s flash bangs and people getting pepper sprayed.” Later he shouted that the lawmakers inside were “traitors,” and yelled, “We’re storming the Capitol. This is getting hairy.” “This is a revolution,” he remarks, as if recording his thoughts and actions that bitter day. “This is what you caused. You don’t cheat and steal our votes and expect, expect nothing. We’re taking it.” 

Inside Pelosi’s office, he could be heard joking, “Where are you hiding, Nancy? Nancy, I have some ice cream for you.”

 

UPDATE: I am following up on all the rioters, as their cases are closed. I am still (sadly) looking for the elusive Antifa folks who led dopes like Mr. Woehl on. Maybe John Sullivan, Rioter #168, on our list… 

Anyway, Woehl will be invited to spend six months in jail, for his part in the riot to destroy democracy. He must also hand over $500 in restitution. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1283-1284. Christopher and Earl Jordan: The two brothers, Christopher, from Utah, and Earl, from Iowa, stand accused of assaulting police, battling against officers as they tried to force the mob back on the day of the riot. Earl is accused of elbowing one of the men in blue and knocking him off balance. He is also said to have grabbed a second officer by the throat. 

(MORE INFORMATION NEEDED.)

 

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Audibly striking a police officer three times on the helmet. 

1285. Jeremy Rodgers: Mr. Rodgers finds himself in a serious legal jam, having been charged with participating in the attack on Capitol Hill. Worst of all, it is alleged Rodgers used a “deadly or dangerous weapon” in assaulting a police officer that day. 

According to court documents, he can be seen in video and surveillance footage on January 6, wielding a flagpole.

 

Rodgers, carrying a blue flag attached to a wooden flagpole, approached a line of law enforcement officers guarding the entrance to the East Rotunda Door and then used his flagpole as a weapon, audibly striking a United States Capitol Police (USCP) Officer three times on the helmet. Court documents say that shortly after, Rodgers again struck down the flagpole twice more in the direction of the officers.

           

Court records allege that Rodgers is believed to have attempted to use his flagpole to prevent officers from closing the East Rotunda Door and entered the Capitol building through that door at approximately 2:26 p.m.  Once inside the building, court documents allege that Rodgers walked toward Statuary Hall and the House side of the building and was observed removing a railing blocking the path of the crowd behind him, stating, “come on in.”  Court documents state that Rodgers then stood aside and shouted “USA, USA” while waving people toward the House Chambers.

 

He now faces both felony and misdemeanor charges, nine in all. 

In calmer times, he ran for city council, in Midland, Michigan. He didn’t win; but he was later appointed to the city Planning Commission.

He was arrested in Florida in June 2023, but I  had not seen his story until a few days before Christmas. 

He is a graduate of Central Michigan University, with a degree in history and politics, and previously worked for several campaigns, all Republicans (which figures), including state Rep. Gary Glenn, U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, and Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, who lost the gubernatorial race to Gretchen Whitmer in 2018. 

Trump supporter, violent (allegedly)

 

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1286. Barbara Balmaseda: Florida has contributed a high percentage of rioters on January 6, now allegedly including Ms. Balmaseda. 

And, as I have often said, I keep looking for the elusive Antifa type who led the patriotic Trump dopes on to infamy that day. 

Well, most women supported Biden, and most young people, too, and Barb (can we call you “Barb”) was only 21 when she joined the “tourist group” that rampaged across Capitol Hill. 

Soooooooooo… 

Okay, nope. She’s a former intern for Senator Mark Rubio, and a GOP-strategist with “ties to high-profile Republicans in Florida and beyond.” She even worked on Gov. Ron DeSantis’s 2018 campaign. She was also one of the first members of the mob to enter the building, at 2:16 p.m., just four minutes after the windows and doors were battered in or broken. 

I don’t know about anyone else, but after looking up the stories of every fucking rioter charged, I’m beginning to think these really were Trump people, who really listened to Trump’s wild rants and really stormed the halls of Congress because they really, really, really believed we wouldn’t have a country anymore if Biden took office. 

Last I checked (blogger looks out window to be sure) we still do. I look at the calendar and see 1,147 days have passed since the last presidential election, and I’ll be darned. There’s still NO PROOF shown in any court in this land to indicate that the 2020 vote was rigged against Donald. 

 

In fact, it’s amusing to note that Rudy Giuliani just got the holy hell hammered out of him in court – by a jury of his peers. If you are the MAGA type, and not paying close attention to facts, Rudy lied about two Georgia poll workers, and said they stole tens of thousands of votes (Donald lied about them to), and cheated Donald out of a victory in that state in the last presidential election. The F.B.I. investigated. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation investigated. The Office of the Georgia Secretary of Education studied matters. And what do you know! The women stole nary a vote. Meanwhile conspiracy-thinking MAGA folks went wild with threats online, and Trump fans showed up at their homes, and talked about how they should be lynched. 

So they sued for defamation, and the jury said Rudy lied, and he owed them $148 million in damages for putting their lives at risk. 

Anyway, as far as Ms. Balmaseda is concerned, the young GOP woman is not accused of committing any violence on January 6. Nor is she accused of causing any property damage. What she is accused of doing is organizing others to go to D.C. and cause a little chaos, with maybe a few broken windows and heads for fun. 

As The Miami New Times explains:

 

The FBI affidavit states that in the time leading up to the riot, Balmaseda created and frequented a Telegram group chat which included at least ten participants, including Gabriel Garcia and other Miami-area members of the far-right Proud Boys. Balmaseda, who at one point renamed the group chat “Barby’s Security :)” and “Barby’s Security Detail,” sent roughly 900 messages to the group between November 2020 and January 2021.

On November 6, 2020, as the presidential race inched toward a conclusion, Balmaseda allegedly texted in the chat: “Y’all think Biden’s gonna steal this election?”

Three days later, after Garcia wrote in the group chat, “We are in La Carreta ready to fuck shit up again,” Balmaseda responded, “I’ll get the popcorn ready to watch y’all fuck shit up,” alongside a laughing emoji, according to the affidavit. 

 

So, you really have to ask. Did the F.B. I. plant agents in the crowd to trick these people into attacking democracy? 

Or did they do it off their own volition – having fallen for President Donald J. Trump’s endless strings of lies? 

Gabriel Garcia (Rioter #158 on our list) isn’t exactly the kind of person you’d think the Antifa folks or F.B.I. plants could “lead on.” He’s a former captain in the U.S. Army, and served bravely in combat in Iraq. Unfortunately, during the attack on Congress, he chose the wrong side. At one point, he turned the camera on himself and remarked, “We just went ahead and stormed the Capitol. It’s about to get ugly.” 

And it did. 

According to online sleuths, Balmaseda can be seen inside the Capitol, posing beside Garcia and Ethan Nordean (Rioter #170), one of the leaders of the Proud Boys. Garcia has been convicted on two felony charges, related to his actions on January 6. Nordean has also been convicted, and, as one of the leaders of the attack, sentenced to spend eighteen years in prison. 

Trump supporter, she believed the election was stolen.

 

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1287. Martin Cudo: On December 18, the Department of Justice reveals the indictment against the Minnesota man. We also learn he was turned in by an old high school classmate, who saw a picture he posted on social media, showing him inside the Capitol on January 6. 

The F.B.I. also received a tip from someone who worked with Cudo. In an interview with authorities, the suspect admitted he flew to Washington with his mother and stepfather,  to attend the “Stop the Steal” rally. Around 2:42 p.m., on January 6, he admitted he saw a rioter break a window on a fire door, reach through, and open a way inside. He followed others, and entered the Capitol. At most times, inside, Cudo’s face was covered with an American flag mask – but he couldn’t resist pulling it down at one point, to take a “selfie.” 

By 2:54 p.m. he had already been forced out of the building by a growing police response. He does not appear to have engaged in violence, nor to have damaged property. His real crime? Being stupid enough to believe President Trump’s lies about a stolen election, and how if  patriots (like Cudo!) didn’t fight hard enough they wouldn’t have a country anymore. 

Of course, Rioter #1287 wore the regulation “Trump” headgear to the riot, in his case a “45” stocking cap to keep his empty head warm on a cold January afternoon. 

Trump supporter.

 

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Chumps for Trump.

1288-1289. KAREN JANE JONES and ROBERT WALTER JONES: According to the Statement of Facts in their case, Ms. Jones bragged about being in the “first wave” of attackers on January 6, even admitting she “took a little pepper spray” in the face. 

Phone records also helped place both Mr. and Mrs. Jones inside the Capitol on that awful day. 

Determined to be there in D.C., in time to “be wild,” the couple booked a flight from Los Angeles, and later booked a hotel in Washington for three nights, January 5, 6  and 7. Wearing a “Trump” ball cap, we know that Mrs. Jones participated in an “open mic” chat on the steps of the Capitol. Mr. Jones also accessorized for the day, with Trump paraphernalia. 

Shortly after 3:01 p.m., they made it inside, milled around, talked with other like-minded fools, and exited at 3:28. 

So, charge two more chumps for Trump. 

Both have now taken plea deals. 

On September 5, 2024, Karen and Robert learn their sentences. Both are sentenced to complete 90 days of location monitoring, both will be on probation until September 5, 2027, and both must pay $3,000 in fines and restitution. 

Trump supporters.

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1290. Curtis Pulaski: Many January 6 rioters were treated to faces full of pepper spray. Curtis is the first I’ve heard of who jumped off a wall at the Capitol, landed badly, and suffered a spinal injury that sent him to the hospital the following day. And from there, his legal travails begin. 

According to documents related to his arrest,

 

PULASKI told admitting nurses that he was from Michigan, and that he sustained his injuries while he participated in the breach of the Capitol building on January 6, 2021. PULASKI specifically described scaling the wall of the building and attempting to break into the building when he fell, subsequently injuring his back. Nurses located a bulletproof vest among other items in PULASKI’s personal belongings that they described as “tactical type gear.” 

 

As with so many other rioters, who came to D.C. as “tourists,” Mr. Pulaski had a Trump stocking cap to keep his empty head warm in the frosty air, and a Trump flag to drape about his shoulders, to show the world whom he loved. 

Interviewed by federal agents just five days after the attack, Pulaski made clear. He had a purpose for being in D.C. He drove, alone, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to the nation’s capital, arriving at 7:00 a.m., and checked into a hotel. He had been to many other protests, to film and expose antifa folk for his YouTube channel. But now, on this penultimate day of riotous fun, his phone battery started dying. So he returned to his hotel – and fell asleep.

Fortunately (?) he awakened at around 3:00 p.m., and rushed back to the Capitol and began filming again. According to federal agents who spoke with him, Pulaski “saw several people attack law enforcement officers and others trying to break the windows of the Capitol building.” 

He made it inside, filmed some more, decided to leave, and saw tear gas being deployed. He told agents that many rioters, including himself, reentered the Capitol. In one video, Pulaski is seen inside a room, where another rioter rips the door off its hinges. When calls are heard for “more people” to push back police lines, Mr. Pulaski is said to join the effort down a nearby hall. He then returns to the room with the missing door and takes photographs of documents on a desk. 

Eventually, he was forced out of the building again, but became concerned about being trampled in the chaos. So he tried to jump off a high wall. “PULASKI stated that he fell a significant distance and suffered severe injuries as a result of the fall,” his charging document reads. 

Authorities also have a picture of two men carrying Pulaski after his bad landing, and then another picture of the defendant limping away. Like so many other rioters, the defendant said he traveled to D.C. to hear his hero speak. 

Trump supporter (non-acrobatic).

 

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1291. DAVID MITCHELL BATES: On July 7, 2021, F.B.I. agents, who were building a case against Mr. Bates, interviewed an acknowledged member of the Proud Boys, from West Virginia. He admitted that he had traveled to D.C. for the January 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” events – and there met up with Bates, also a member of the Boys. 

Bates could be seen inside the Capitol, in both photos and videos, but did not appear to have destroyed property or engaged in any violence. In a picture he posted of himself, prior to the attack, he posed proudly with the American flag on his right hip, and flashed, if you looked closely, the “white power symbol” for fun.

Rioters not being let in by police.

Bates: White Power patriotism.

By about 3:12 p.m. that day, he had entered the building, and by 3:17 p.m. he had taken a few photos, perhaps taking pride in his small role in an effort to overturn democracy, and was out of the building again. 

He has since pleaded guilty to a pair of misdemeanor charges. His punishment: three years on probation, $500. 

Right-winger.

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1292-1293. Michael Kenny and Thomas Kenny: No information available yet, save for the fact the two suspects are brothers. 

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1294. Brent Meldrum: If we learn anything from Mr. Meldrum’s arrest, we learn that you don’t want to turn up in a TikTok video, exiting the Capitol on January 6. (Allegedly, of course.) We do know the defendant is from Massachusetts, and was arrested on November 28, 2023. 

Tipsters in his case include someone who has known him “for years,” and a fellow employee from work. 

Meldrum is said to have entered the Capitol at 3:06 p.m., and appears to have spent much of his time looking at his phone and shooting videos of what he saw. 

He was ousted from the Capitol by 3:33, without engaging in any violence or destroying any property. 

A search of his social media accounts clearly reveals who he was (and may still be). He talked about going to D.C., in a post on January 2, 2021. The next day, he posted this on his Twitter account:

 He also responded to tweets from L. Lin Wood. In one, the crazy Georgia lawyer suggested: “It is paramount that all Americans storm DC on January 6th Individually we are weak, together we are strong like a…” 

And, on January 6: “MUST BE DONE LIST before Congress meets today: 1. Mike Pence @vp @Mike_Pence must resign & thereafter be charged with TREASON!” 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1295. Matthew Lawrence Stickney: The evidence against the young Mountlake Terrace, Washington man looks solid. Flight records show he traveled to D.C. in time for the riot. Phone records and photo and video evidence allegedly place him inside the Capitol during the attack. 

His interests in going to D.C., and his experiences, also appear to be outlined in a record of his internet searches, obtained by search warrant:

 

• how do i take my gun with me on a flight
• is weed legal in d.c.
• can i bring a gas mask on a plane
• can i bring walkie talkies on a plane
• can i carry a knife on a plane
• boy that escalated quickly (in reference to the 2004 film “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”)
• hands burning from pepper spray
• hd security cameras

 

We’ll need more information; but in the film “Anchorman,” what seems like an ordinary argument quickly turns into a brawl, with absurd weaponry involved, leaving several characters dead. 

Court records indicate that Mr. Stickney has his own “LinkedIn” page. He is allegedly seen entering the Capitol at 2:45 p.m. on January 6. For a time, he carries an American flag down the hallways, but exits the building at around 3:01 p.m., without violence, leaving his flag behind. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION NOT YET KNOWN.)

 

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1296. Troy James Terino: Mr. Terino was arrested on December 19, 2023, and it doesn’t look good for his defense. We do know the suspect later described events on January 6 as “akin to a guided tour.” 

Then he mentioned some of the tour highlights. According to federal authorities, the suspect admitted “he saw people breaking windows, and he said tear gas was deployed prior to the Capitol breach.” 

In any case, it didn’t take long for F.B.I. agents to pick up his trail. Just ten days after the attack on the Capitol, the feds interviewed a witness who had known Terino for more than 25 years. That witness “reported that TERINO said he was going to Washington, D.C. on January 5, 2021. According to Witness-1, TERINO said on January 8, 2021 that he believed the FBI may be listening to his calls and that things were ‘worse than he thought’ and ‘how bad it was.’” 

In April 2022, “Witness-1 was provided with photographs of an individual believed to be TERINO” and identified him “with 95% certainty. Witness-1 stated that TERINO’s right arm was disabled, and Witness-1 noted surprise that the arm was not in a sling in the photographs.” 

In any case, Mr. Terino is unlikely to serve any significant time in jail, if found guilty. As it now stands, he is said to be seen entering the Capitol Building at 2:58 p.m., walking down a long hall, and then exiting again at 3:06. 

Well, this blogger is still looking for proof that all these poor dopes were tricked into rioting by leftist types, and F.B.I. plants in the mob. But all we keep turning up are Trump fans, right-wing crazies, and conservatives of all kinds. Mr. Terino is not Antifa. His voter registration records show he’s affiliated with the Constitution Party of Florida, a conservative group that wants to return the federal government to what it was in 1789. You know, when the population of the country was only 4,000,000, including a dandy sprinkling of slaves.

 

UPDATE: Terino has pleaded guilty, to a pair of felonies. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1297-1302. Michael McDonald, Jim DeGraffenreid, Jesse Law, Jim Hindle, Shawn Meehan and Eileen Rice: The six “fake electors” for Nevada face two felony counts each. They are charged with submitting false electoral votes, and claiming that they were the “duly elected” voters for their state. 

The first two have already been forced to testify under a grant of limited immunity in their case. 

Trump supporters (all six).

 

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“We are nearby, armed and ready.” 

RICHARD LEMKE: Mr. Lemke was not there, in D.C., on January 6, but he was present in spirit. 

In the wake of the 2020 election, Lemke began calling for violence. “Be ready for war,” he wrote.

 

Trump has refused to cede. Evidence shows fraud occurred and the Supreme Court cases will be successful. We blockchained and watermarked ballots in 16 states. Trump will prevail. Spread this message. FAITH my fellow Republicans. Do not give up. Keep an eye out for a variety of protests, and Stop the Steal Facebook groups for updates.

 

(Sedition Hunters by Ryan J. Reilly, p. 77)

 

But the Supreme Court cases were not successful – because they lacked merit – and Trump lost. 

Moved by the increasingly angry words of President Trump, Lemke decided to show his love for America, and freedom, by making death threats aimed at fifty other Americans. While other Trump fans were battering police on the steps of the Capitol with clubs and batons and spraying them with chemicals, Lemke decided to do his battering by keyboard and phone. 

On January 6 he sent out threats to journalists, members of journalists’ families, and the president’s political foes. Loving the Constitution – but not the First Amendment – Lemke sent a journalist’s relative a message, warning, “words are putting you and your family at risk. We are nearby, armed and ready.” 

He made so many threats he was almost sure to get investigated and caught and he did. In October 2021, he plead guilty to one count of “making threatening interstate communications.” 

That was good for three years in prison, and three additional years on probation. And we know today, on December 27, 2023, that 1,149 days have passed since the last presidential election. 

No court has ever found significant fraud occurred in that election. So Mr. Lemke is sitting in prison for his service to a lie. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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Neo-Nazi in pink shoes? 

Oliver Krvaric: Mr. Krvaric may never make our official rioters’ list. But we do know, if he does, that he’s a conservative Republican in good standing, especially in the modern version of the GOP. 

In film he allegedly shot himself, he is said to be seen inside the Capitol on January 6. Oliver, or someone who may very well be Oliver, is filming video of far-right internet personality, “Baked Alaska,” Anthime Joseph Gionet (Rioter # 84 on our list), at the time. For a moment, the young man filming reveals, by mistake, that he is wearing distinctive pink Adidas Continental 80 sneakers to the riot. 

(When I check out the deal on pink 80s, I see I can still get a pair from Stock X, but they will cost $124. And only three pairs are left.)

 

 As USA Today reports, whoever it is filming the video keeps his face partially masked at all times that day.

 

But all signs point to Oliver Krvaric, a young Republican star and scion of a powerful GOP family from San Diego. Krvaric is most notable for his job at the time of the riot. …

 

On Jan. 6, 2021, Krvaric was working for the Office of Personnel Management on a short-lived Trump executive order that sought to rid federal agencies of certain diversity and inclusion training.  

 

By then, the 22-year-old had built a public persona as an up-and-coming student GOP leader. Even earlier than that, his name had been used to create an identity on a site for white supremacists.  

 

Again, Oliver may not be the man in the video – but on January 6, we do know it was that kind of crowd. And reporters did what reporters should. They tried to get the story, to hold people to account. USA Today asked Krvaric if he was in D.C. on the day of the riot. He admitted he was – although that could have been because of his job. 

Was he inside the Capitol? 

He said he was not. 

They asked about photos and video that seemed to place him inside. Suddenly, Krvaric’s memory failed – as if early dementia was beginning to set in. He said he couldn’t remember if he was inside or not. 

Reporters sent him photos and videos that allegedly showed him inside, frolicking with all the other nuts who wanted to overturn democracy. 

Young Krvaric stopped responding to request for comment at all. 

Before he clammed up, reporters also asked about a profile on “Iron March,” a now defunct neo-Nazi website that appears to have been his. The user, who posted under the same first and middle names as Krvaric, was a big Hitler fan, but said he found LGBTQ+ persons “utterly repulsive,” which is also a Hitler kind of vibe. 

USA Today tried again. Did Oliver remember ever making these posts, back in 2016, when he was eighteen years old?

 

Kvaric said he did not recall the posts. He did not deny making them, and said he did “not particularly” recognize the email address behind them.

 

“I don’t know if that’s long in the past, or – I wouldn’t recognize anything,” Krvaric said about the posts … I just don’t have a recollection.” 

 

This was fun, especially considering there was a time when young Krvaric was making all the rounds on right-wing news. Tucker Carlson invited him on as a guest, after Oliver called on President Trump to cancel all work visa for immigrants amid a “jobs crisis.”

 

(If Oliver did post on “Iron March,” we know he fit right in on Tucker’s show; because Tucker’s producer was later revealed to have neo-Nazi leanings himself.)

The report from USA Today continues:

 

Krvaric was working in D.C. at the time, and acknowledges being at Trump’s rally on Jan 6. Others close to him had also heard he was involved in the insurrection, including two former colleagues who told USA TODAY they heard [Victor] Krvaric’s younger brother bragging about Krvaric storming the Capitol. One of the former colleagues reviewed the photos from the day for USA TODAY and identified the man in the mask as Krvaric. 

 

The man in the blue coat was also photographed waving a flag connected to a far-right group Krvaric has been photographed with in the past.  

 

And then there are the distinctive shoes. A year and a half before the Jan. 6 insurrection, Krvaric appeared in photographs from a San Diego Republican Party event. On his feet in those photos: Adidas Continental 80s. Color: pink. 

 

The free press kept digging – which is what we want the free press to do. 

Even Fox News. 

The four sources cited above all requested anonymity, because all still work in local politics, in the San Diego area – courage not being a common personal quality in politics, as most of us know. 

Victor Krvaric also seemed to be suffering from early onset dementia. When reporters asked if his brother had bragged about joining the riot, Victor “declined to comment” for the story. 

Was Oliver the man in the videos? We still don’t know. A former female colleague in college said she was convinced it was him. The distinctive pink footwear narrows any pool of suspects down. We also know that Oliver was hired to work in the Trump administration only in November 2021, just in time to get prepped and ready to join in the mob attack on January 6. 

But “innocent until proven guilty” is definitely our rule.

 

The good news: Krvaric may be a young man of sterling character. And even if it turns out to be Oliver inside the Capitol, there’s no evidence that he was violent or destructive in any way. 

The bad news? 

USA Today says public data links him to an account on “Iron March.” “Oliver,” on that website, uses the handle NeoSvensk (“Svensk” meaning “Swedish” in that language). Real Oliver’s father is an immigrant from Sweden to this country, himself. The age of Oliver, who worked briefly in the Trump administration, and “Oliver” on the website, spouting some Hitler love, both match. Both versions of Oliver talk about going to college in California at the time of the posts, and both had grandmothers living in Malmö, Sweden, too. 

It's a coastal city with a population of more than 357,000, though, so there are a lot of grannies no doubt. 

We do know Online Oliver was a big fan of Donald Trump. And Online Oliver was ready to “Make America White Again.” 

Also Sweden. 

As far as young Krvaric – who worked to end a diversity program for Team Trump, we don’t yet know. 

Is he Online Oliver, too? That particular Oliver had some strong thoughts about race, as USA Today reveals:

 

“[T]he accomplishments of white Europeans and their frequency vastly and significantly outweighs anything ever produced or built by those of any other race or continent,” a typical post reads. “I have no qualms with forcibly deporting and repatriating all non-whites from Sweden,” adds another post.

 

If real Oliver is not Online Oliver, you would think he would issue a definitive statement, and uphold his reputation as a true patriot, and fan of Donald J. Trump. 

Trump supporter (real Oliver). 

 

FUN FACT: Online sleuths continue to identify rioters and what we’ll call, for now, “near-rioters.” 

We know, for example, that at least ten Arizona members of the Proud Boys showed up on January 6.

 

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1303. SPENCER OFFMAN: Initially, information was sparse, but it appeared Mr. Offman helped break down police barricades on January 6. 

Also, Mr. Offman was a liar. 

Interviewed by federal agents, in May 2021,

 

he denied being around or inside the Capitol and stated that when he witnessed individuals moving barricades and participating in violence, he realized these were not the same values that he shared and left the parking lot by the Capitol. … OFFMAN was cooperative during the interview and was open to re-contact by the FBI. The investigation was closed.

 

Then, in April 2022, a tipster provided images of the suspect…um…moving barricades himself. 

He was duly arrested and charged, and in March 2024, he pled guilty to a single charge. In the end he was sentenced to 30 days in jail, followed by six months of supervised release. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION TO BE DETERMINED.)

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1304. BENJAMIN HEFFELFINGER: The aspiring “mountain climber” from Somerset, Ohio, could be seen on January 6 climbing the exterior wall of the Capitol Building. He later entered the Capitol, but was in and out in only six minutes. 

Good enough for him to land on probation for the next two years, and have to cough up a fine of $500. 

On one right-wing website, poor Ben was listed among the “J6 political hostages.” 

Trump supporter.

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1305-1306. Tom Vournas and Leonard Lobianco: The two Florida men make our list on January 5, 2024, just one day short of the third anniversary of the Capitol Hill riot. According to their indictment, Lobianco goes by the nickname “The Riddler”  whereas his friend is called “El Greco.” Vournas is charged with spraying police with a chemical agent – and then bringing his weapon inside the Capitol. 

And, finally, we have two Antifa types… 

Oh, wait. No. Two more Proud Boys! Both men showed up for the day of “hugging and kissing” police, as President Trump says, wearing tactical vests, and at least one had a radio for communicating with all the other “tourists” dressed for war. 

For extra fun, we know Vournas is a registered Republican, and – what a cheap bastard – once donated $15 dollars to a Trump campaign. I think he should have emptied his bank account and given away every penny he had, to the man who just said, on January 6, 2024, that the riot was really led by Antifa folk and F.B.I. agents. 

That colossal liar: Donald J. Trump.

 

UPDATE (September 30, 2024): Vournas is going to spend some serious time in jail, unless Trump pardons all these criminals. He has pleaded guilty to felony assault, with a weapon, causing bodily harm. 

Trump supporter (Vournas), right-winger, violent. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER; NOT DEFINITIVE.)

Right-winger (Lobianco)

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Lemmings at the riot. 

1307. Carlos Ayala: The Maryland man is accused of carrying a flag and flagpole and jabbing it at police amid the riot, as they tried to hold back the mob at the Capitol doors. Federal authorities were first alerted to Ayala’s possible involvement in the riot on Jan. 13, 2021. 

A video shot by another person present at the Capitol, as well as phone records appear to place Ayala inside the building, and acting violently outside. 

Various video sources appear to show Ayala running toward the Capitol, wearing a hooded American flag sweatshirt, and climbing a police bicycle rack, used like a ladder by rioters to access the Upper West Terrace of the Capitol Building. In that way they flank police lines. 

According to court documents in his case,

 

In Witness 1’s footage from later in the day, AYALA’s sweatshirt hood is cinched tightly around his head, and AYALA wearing a grey 3M-style painter’s mask with large filters on each cheek. AYALA carried a distinctive black and white flag bearing the words “We the People” and “DEFEND.” Featured prominently on the flag is an M-16 style rifle. The flag was affixed to a PVC pipe flagpole. AYALA wore a “Stop the Steal” button on his sweatshirt.

 

 

Not long after, it is alleged that Ayala tried to strike officers inside the building with the end of his flag “pole,” a piece of PVC pipe, in an effort to knock a shield out of an officer’s hands. The flag was grabbed by an officer, who pulled it loose. Later, Ayala is suspected of throwing the piece of pipe. Multiple officers interviewed about their experiences at this point say members of the mob were acting aggressively and throwing multiple objects at them. 

Ayala later walked along a line of officers trying to clear the rioters from Capitol Hill, and called on them, “Join us.” 

It turns out, Mr. Ayala is a former executive for the chicken-murdering Perdue Farms, and now, in the wake of his arrest, a former member of the Maryland elections board. And if you’d like to guess, can you guess which party he represented on that board?? 

Yeah. He’s a Republican dude. 

I know I’m shocked! 

So let’s be clear. To believe that someone of this stature had to be led on, like just another right-wing, or Trump-loving lemming, to riot is the very stuff of illogic. If you’re keeping track, we have hundreds of defendants on our list who believed in QAnon conspiracy crap. Who believed the election was stolen, and wanted to come to D.C. and kill the people who didn’t actually steal it. Who wanted to hang Mike Pence, and execute Nancy Pelosi. Who wanted civil war. We had Proud Boys, by the dozens, and Oath Keepers, who had a stash of weapons at a hotel in Virginia, in case violence exploded beyond what they hoped. These were Trump’s people. 

They weren’t lemmings at all. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1308. Frank Dahlquist: Ryan J. Reilly, who has done such a great job of keeping track of the January 6 attackers, tell us who Frank is:

 

A fire chief in Montana was arrested Wednesday in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, accused of shooting chemical spray “directly into the face” of a Capitol Police officer and at the face of a Washington, D.C., police officer.

 

Frank Dahlquist – who was previously a firefighter in Washington state and advocated against vaccination mandates – faces numerous charges, including assault and obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder. He is the chief of West Valley Fire Rescue in Montana and was sworn into that role in November 2022.

 

As has often been true, cell phone records show his number “pinged” off a tower in the D.C. area on January 6. 

Later, he allegedly exulted in a text message, “It was a great day!! It got spicy but I love the taste of Freedom.” 

As for his sartorial style, Frank showed up for the riot wearing a black sweatshirt with “1776,” circled by thirteen white stars. 

A little additional checking, and I learn that Dahlquist led a fight against mask-mandates for Montana firefighters, including fire and rescue personnel. So in that happy era, when people across the land were falling sick with COVID, Dahlquist wanted emergency personnel to show up to rescue your already sick or injured self – if they wanted – unmasked. 

Then, the charging document in his case become available, and I see that Firefighter Frank is definitely facing felony assault charges. You can check out the same link if you like, and you will find that not all of the rioters on January 6, were “zero threat” as Idiot Former President Trump once said. In one photo, Frank (circled in yellow) is spraying chemicals at the back of a police officer’s head. 

At left, an office sprays another rioter.

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1309. David Homol: Feds allege “the defendant was captured swinging his flagpole multiple times at police officers as they battled rioters on the south end of the West Plaza.” His half-brother Dillon (#728 on our list) is already charged. 

After the attack, he texted his half-brother, “Today was not an antifa-inspired statement. It was totally done by angry Trump supporters with no firearms, many singing GOD bless America, Jesus saves, etc.” 

No shit. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1310. Ian Richard MacBride: For brevity, let’s just say that MacBride posted proudly on the website Donald.Win about “6 buses full of Patriots coming in hot! Let’s do this!” ... And then allegedly posted after the attack: “It was a total set-up, but I do not regret my part in occupying the building.” 

It’s amazing how many rioters went to the riot in support of Trump, and then denied the rioters were people just like themselves. In his telling police “riled us up,” meaning the people in the mob, and deployed “flashbangs, tear gas, mace, and rubber bullets.” Whereas many Trump apologists have claimed the police just let rioters waltz in like your typical tour group – albeit one intent on hanging the vice president. 

In a picture on a publicly available Instagram site, it appears that MacBride snagged a few souvenirs from his time at the riot, including an “AREA CLOSED” sign with U.S. Capitol decals. He also appears to have a “Kekistan” flag displayed on the ceiling – a flag popular with all kinds of racists. 

MacBride had strong opinions about what needed to be done to stop Trump from getting booted out of the White House.

 

For example, on December 29, 2020, MacBride commented on a later-deleted post concerning Pence’s role at the January 6th joint session, writing: “So enlighten us. What are we going to do on the 6th to change the outcome of this? Are you coming in hot, guns blazing? If not, you are not doing shit and you’re stuck relying on Pence.” On December 31, 2020, MacBride commented on a later-deleted post: “We will literally drag them out of the Capitol and shove broomsticks up their asses. Don’t fucking push us.”

 

On the day of the riot, MacBride is said to be seen carrying two flags, one for Kekistan, and a blue Trump banner. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1311. Mario Gonzalez: With rioters swarming all over scaffolding set up for the Biden inauguration to come, police were having trouble holding back the mob. Gonzalez allegedly attacked from out of the scaffolding enclosure, carrying a fire extinguisher which he used to spray the police line. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION NOT YET CLEAR.)

 

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1312-1313. JACOB HAWKINS and YESENIA JAURE: Jacob and his wife traveled overnight to D.C., by charter bus, from Michigan on January 5, 2021. They were among the first members of the mob to breach the building, were escorted out at 2:43 p.m., but soon reentered. On their second “visit” inside they managed to enter Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s staff office. 

They were charged in August 2023, and took the easy path to end their courtroom travails, pleading guilty in January 2024. Jacob gets off with two years on probation and a bill for $500. 

His lovely wife gets the same.

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTERS.)

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1314. Shawn Schaeffer: It takes a special kind of “patriot” to travel cross country, just to be in Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021, and join a riot. Mr. Schaeffer is allegedly that kind of man. He is accused of being one of those “patriots” who entered the Senate Parliamentarian’s office, which was thoroughly trashed in a bold effort to save America, although he is not charged with any trashing of the premises. 

In fact, he was only inside the building for two minutes, or so, before police forced him and other rioters/would be rioters out again. 

But at least he had a friend for the trip. The two got separated once the mob marched on the Capitol, and only Schaefer has been charged, as would seem only right. 

Like so many other dopes on January 6, Mr. Schaeffer may be a QAnon dope, a special kind of dope. His user name on Parler is “QPatriot420,” if that means what we might assume. In any case, Ian admitted to F.B.I. agents that he traveled to D.C., to hear Trump speak, and lend his support. 

He’s likely looking at probation for his role in the attack on democracy, and maybe a $500 fine. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1315. Eric Zeis: Suspect Zeis is accused of joining one of the initial pushes to force open a set of doors to the Capitol. At one point, he became trapped against the door, but at 2:26 p.m., managed to squeeze past and enter the building. 

He was definitely not “let in” by police.

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER; MORE INFORMATION NEEDED.)

 

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1316-1317. Justin LaGesse and Theodore Middendorf: After a long weekend, with Martin Luther King Day behind us, the Department of Justice is busy this week turning out fresh cases regarding the January 6, 2021, attack on democracy. The latest suspects are these two Illinois buds. 

It won’t help either man’s defense to find that LaGesse bragged on Facebook, “I made the cover of AP news on you tube from my Washington trip.” And it will help even less that he wore distinctive clothing on January 6, and his progress inside the Capitol could be traced with relative ease. 

As for Ted, on his Facebook page, he promised at one point he’d be in D.C. for all the fun. “I’ll be there,” he said, in response to a post of a picture of Donald Trump, captioned, “Fight for Trump. January 6 We’re Comin’!” 

Considering the nonsense Trump supporters still like to spew, it’s fun to note that according to the Statement of Facts in their case, the two Illinois men entered the Capitol through a broken window next to the Senate Wing Door. The friends are also tastefully attired in matching, “Fuck Antifa” t-shirts, under their coats. 

They remained inside for only eleven minutes or so. After exiting, however, LaGesse took take time out of his busy day to approach a line of Metropolitan Police Department officers and call them “fucking traitors” and “fucking communist scum.” 

Then, for extra fun, they stuck around for another hour, and watched other rioters try to breach the Capitol through the North Door. Justin and Ted then had the bright idea to use flag poles they had been carrying around to batter a window to the left of the door, striking it numerous times and damaging it in several places. “After failing to shatter the window, MIDDENDORF walked east towards another window and struck it with his flagpole one time.” 

The window both men struck, and the surrounding frame, was damaged to the tune of $41,315.25, according to the Architect of the Capitol. 

So, job well done, idiots! 

You got your dumb asses arrested on January 16, 2024. To be exact, at that time, 1,169 days had passed since the last election, and NO COURT has ever agreed that significant voter fraud occurred in 2020. 

Biden won by 7,000,000 votes, and now you two are probably going to jail in service to Trump’s lies. 

September 23, 2024: LaGesse pleads guilty to felony destruction. 

Trump supporters (both).

 

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1318. Christopher Taylor: According to a tipster, Taylor, who hails from Pennsylvania, admitted he entered the Capitol during the riot. Like a number of other rioters, Mr. Taylor appears to have entered the building, taken a few pictures, and left again without trying to pummel police officers, or smash up property. He is said to have remained inside for only eleven minutes. 

He has pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNCLEAR; WAS DRESSED IN TRUMP GEAR)

 

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1319. David Michael Gary: The feds had long had a bead on Mr. Gary, who can clearly be seen in a photo snapped inside the Capitol Building on January 6. Gary has rather distinctive whiteish hair. 

Now he also has his own mugshot. Maybe he can put it on a t-shirt, like Donald J. Trump! As for where he stood on the political spectrum, we can resolve that question quickly. On his Instagram account, on Christmas Eve 2020, he posted a picture of a “Trump 2020” hat and a bottle of “The Kraken” spiced rum, with the caption: “Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Trump Year!! #kraken #2021 #patriots #2021. 

“The Kraken,” would appear to be a reference to Trump lawyer Sidney Powell’s claim that she was going to release the mythical, ship-crushing sea creature of that name, in a lawsuit that would blow up Joe Biden’s claims of winning the popular vote. Sadly, Powell’s “Kraken” turned out to be a goldfish, floating belly up, and she got her sorry ass indicted in the Georgia election fraud case – starring Donald J. Trump, himself. Powell waved a white flag, pleaded guilty to six misdemeanors, got fined $8,700, and pretty much torched her legal career. 

She’ll be on probation until October 2029. 

As for the claim, constantly touted by Trump supporters, that the rioters were no threat at all, and in fact, were let into the Capitol, like any other group of patriots on a tour, here’s a picture of Mr. Gary, circled in red, entering the premises. 

 

In other pictures, included in the Statement of Facts regarding his case, you can see other rioters being “let in” by police, through a window, to the left of the door, which has somehow been shattered by “patriots on tour!” 

In fact, at 3:01 p.m. that day, Mr. Gary is said to be heard, celebrating what he believes is the victory of the mob. “I’m sure they had to evacuate. If we came in, they evacuated. For security. They’re going to evacuate, that’s just the rules. We breached the building … we’re gonna go. … Nobody here. It’s a vacant building.” 

In other words: Chase out the lawmakers, and no one can count all the electoral votes! In a screen shot from a video in which Gary appears, another Trump fan gets the drift for sure, responding in Trumpian-style all caps: “DO NOT LEAVE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.” 

So, Mr. Gary came, he helped drive back the cops, then he exited, by way of a broken window, and now…his dumb ass has been arrested and convicted and now he awaits sentencing.  

Trump supporter. 

 

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1320. Edward Richmond, Jr.: Just six days after the attack, Richmond was already on authorities’ radar. 

He is said to have been dressed in typical “tourist” attire: Helmet, goggles, military-grade shoulder pads, two-way radio strapped to his chest, and carrying a baton. 

This baton he used to attack officers defending the Capitol. According to one tipster, Richmond was a military veteran, and lived in Louisiana. In fact, Richmond was also identified by one other member of a group of nine persons who traveled to D.C. on January 6, to hear President Trump speak.

Dressed for war.

Richmond now stands accused of joining the battle to capture the Lower West Terrace tunnel entrance, and repeatedly using his baton to strike at officers barring the way.

Richmond with baton.

As one tipster noted, on being shown pictures of Richmond, on January 6, “he looks like he’s going to war.” 

So, another Trump fan stands accused of assault. 

We can also report that Richmond was hired to provide security on January 6, for an unnamed individual – which I am hoping will turn out to be the feloniously-inclined Roger Stone. 

(We should also note that Richmond was convicted of shooting and killing a handcuffed Iraqi prisoner in the back of the head, in 2004, and dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army.) 

Trump supporter, violent.

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1321. Andy Steven Oliva-Lopez: Nicknamed the “Blue Plaid Sprayer” by online sleuths, Oliva-Lopez was first identified more than two years ago, but the Department of Justice has been bogged down in a massive investigation. So “Blue Plaid” was not pinched until January 23, 2024.

 

As for where he stood politically, his social media footprint makes it clear. As NBC News explains:

 

With the help of facial recognition, online sleuths were able to determine that “Blue Plaid Sprayer” attended a pro-Trump “American Lives Matter” rally at the Oregon State Capitol in September 2020. A Twitter account “Primal American” that appeared to be associated with him pushed out several pro-Trump messages.

 

“This will not be over,” the account wrote on Nov. 7, 2020, reposting a Trump tweet in which the then-president falsely claimed he “WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!” The account continued boosting Trump’s tweets in the lead-up to the Jan. 6 attack.

 

“Cross the rubicon, the legions are right behind you. #CivilWar2,” the account posted in December 2020, boosting another Trump tweet. After the attack, on Jan. 7, 2021, the account retweeted a post from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.: “RT if you still have @realDonaldTrump’s back!”

 

The account also reposted a Tucker Carlson video promoting “Patriot Purge,” a pseudo-documentary about Jan. 6 that was featured on Fox Nation before Carlson and Fox News parted ways last year.

 

When not spraying police with chemicals, the suspect is a general contractor in Portland, Oregon. He can fix your bathroom, repair your deck, and build you a fence around your backyard.

 

Assuming he’s not in prison.

 

As of September 17, 2024, we know he’s likely to be out of circulation for some time, having pleaded guilty to assault charges, related to his conduct on January 6. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen, violent.

  

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1322. DAVID BRIAN HOWARD: Phone location data helped place this Frisco, Texas man inside the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Howard could then be seen that day, at times wearing a respirator, and black earmuffs. 

To my knowledge, he is the first earmuff-wearing rioter charged. 

More typically, Howard can be spotted in photos, attending the “Stop the Steal” rally, and taking photos with his phone. He enters the building at 3:01 p.m., films what he can see, and exits at 3:05 p.m., having done his mite to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. Then he can be seen reentering the building two minutes later. He makes his way farther inside, takes more videos, and out again at 3:13 p.m. 

He is not charged with any violence or property damage, so he’s likely to get probation, for being a bonehead. 

He pleads guilty in April 2024. 

His lawyer has argued for a light sentence, noting that from 2014 to 2020, Mr. Howard “bought the lies sold to him and millions of others” by Fox News. The defendant ends up being placed on probation for two years, and he’s out $500. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1323. John Michael Livingston: Livingston, 51, from Midlothian, Virginia, is charged with obstructing the official business of Congress, and other crimes. 

(ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED.)

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1324. Jason Howland: I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m starting to believe I will never find the Antifa Waldo in the January 6, 2021 crowd. The Justice Department keeps indicting rioters – and they keep turning out to be dopey, ill-informed (or violent) Trump fans. 

No MAGA fools, your guy didn’t win. 

Howland is known for leading pandemic-era protests against tyranny in the shape of surgical masks. At various times, a group he founded, “American Patriot Council,” called for the arrests of leading Michigan Democratic officials, including Governor Gretchen Whitmer. 

His full dopiness was on display in a video he shot on December 3, 2020, titled, “BAMBOOZLED,” during which he fumed about “conspiracy theories,” for example, one that holds:

 

“Joe Biden is going to be our president, that Trump lost the election.” HOWLAND goes on to state that “we didn’t lose, I’m here to encourage you, we didn’t lose, the president has a plan, we don’t know if we know what it is, we are starting to see some things, we made some uh I don’t know if they’re predictions in the past that came true, we knew Joe Biden was going to pretend to be the president and here we are.”

 

Howland is clearly an election denier, and allegedly expressed his willingness to go to D.C. and f**k democracy up! 

In one online social media post, he promises: “I’ll be there Mr. President. I hope you’ll do what it takes to save our republic. If not, the people have your back. The US will not be turned communist on our watch.” 

Later, he tweets his followers, “Get there. This is important! FIND A WAY if you’re in Michigan and going, reach out and I’ll put you in touch with bud trips or follow the APC, whatever, just get there.” 

Then he corrects to “BUS TRIPS.” 

He’s inside the Capitol Building, according to prosecutors, by 2:18 p.m. on that fateful day. He remains inside for 59 minutes, but is not accused of any violence, or damage, other than to the rule of law and the peaceful transfer of power. 

And can I just say that man needs to diet! 

Howland, left, stuck around to yell at police.

 

In fact, it’s often fun to read what the actual rioters said about what happened on January 6. On Twitter, Lauren Boebert posts: 

“We were locked in the House chamber for three hours.”

Another user responds, “Rumor is that Antifa breached the security.” 

Howland will have none of that. “Nope. Patriots did,” he exclaims. “The government no longer protects our rights.” 

Anyway, he’s now charged – and I’d wager he’ll get off with a couple of misdemeanors in the end. 

(On another occasion, we know Howland suggested that the governor of the State of Washington should “see the gallows” for imposing strict mass mandates during the pandemic.) 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen. 

 

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1325. Michael Haltom: Well, another rioter, and another Trump supporter it is! In this case we can see Haltom “touring” the Capitol, just like I would, with my wife. Assuming my wife had some irresistible urge to kick a door. 

Haltom is allegedly seen, circled in yellow, and later said to join in the “let’s damage this door” fun.

In fact, you might imagine that Haltom was fired up, because he OD’d on too much Trump. When Trump tweeted on January 6, that if Mike Pence came through, he’d get another term, Haltom is said to have responded: “Ill be in dc and ready for civil war. We are ready to break the pencil neck evil demon swamp creatures.” 

Later he adds an emphatic, “Civil war!” 

He also posted repeatedly, in the wake of the 2020 election, that victory had been stolen from the Orange Chosen One (that last phrase is the bloggers joke). 

Haltom took the time on January 4, 2021, to respond to a “Merry Christmas” post by then-Vice President Pence: “Stfu with that sa[c]chrine christmas card shi#t! Vote for trump electors or expire in infamy. You either with trump or you and mitch McConnell can go to hell!” 

Trump supporter, ready for violence, believed the election was stolen. 

 

Such “rhetoric could presage further danger to our country.” 

On the same day Haltom is arrested, Senior Judge Royce Lamberth, appointed to the federal bench by St. Ronald of Reagan lambasts purveyors of the various myths about January 6. The rioters were really peaceful. No threat at all. Actually the rioters were terrible, but they were Antifa types. The F.B.I plants made us do it – that’s why we battered dozens of cops.

And trampled one of our own to death. Good times. 

Judge Lamberth has warned, that in nearly four decades on the bench, he has never seen such “preposterous” and “destructive” information, as has been put out by certain political leaders, specifically pointing out the new line – that the January 6 prisoners are really just “hostages.” 

“In my thirty-seven years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when such meritless justifications of criminal activity have gone mainstream,” he says. 

As Politico notes, he continued:

 

“I have been shocked to watch some public figures try to rewrite history, claiming rioters behaved ‘in an orderly fashion’ like ordinary tourists, or martyrizing convicted January 6 defendants as ‘political prisoners’ or even, incredibly, ‘hostages,’” he wrote. “That is all preposterous. But the Court fears that such destructive, misguided rhetoric could presage further danger to our country.”

 

Yeah, what he said. 

In fact, Lamberth was so disgusted with the false claims posited by James Little, a January 6 defendant who had already served his sixty days, he gave him another ninety days for being an unrepentant fool. 

Said the judge:

 

“The Court cannot condone the shameless attempts by Mr. Little or anyone else to misinterpret or misrepresent what happened,” Lamberth wrote. “It cannot condone the notion that those who broke the law on January 6 did nothing wrong, or that those duly convicted with all the safeguards of the United States Constitution, including a right to trial by jury in felony cases, are political prisoners or hostages.”

 

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“Because we rushed them.” 

1326. ZYLAS HAMILTON: The cases keep coming – and still not many “touristy types” to be found. Hamilton, for example, posted after the attack, “We showed America that it doesn’t have to deal with a treasonous government. Stand up for what you believe in man. It’s important. Just don’t do it to a mf like me in person[.]” 

Like a good number of January 6 dolts, “Zee,” hung himself in part with his social media posts. According to the feds, on Facebook, he admitted,

 

“I was in the capital building.” He also wrote, “I’m safe after being maced, tear gassed and shot with a rubber bullet in the shoulder. We got in and made our statement.” When another Facebook user asked HAMILTON, “why’d they gas u and stuff!?!” he responded, “because we rushed them.”

 

Later, he posted a picture of himself, inside the Capitol, and captioned it, “Fight for your country folks…we took our capital back today.” 

In yet another exchange, a friend warns Hamilton to delete any posts, telling him he’s likely to face arrest, and twenty years in prison. Zee replies, “I'll die or do 20 years before my kids grow up in the country these people are trying to create[.]” 

A noble sentiment – although, again, Hamilton is implying a willingness to go down, guns blazing, which means he’ll die firing at other Americans. All for Trump, who lost, fair and square. 

In May 2024, he pleads guilty. In August he reaps what he sewed. Two years on probation, and $500. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1327. Marcus Smith: Smith is also not the “tourist type.” He is accused of being one of several rioters who damaged a door inside the Capitol, as they slammed against it repeatedly, trying to… 

Who knows? Find Mike Pence and string him up? 

In fact, when six or seven like-minded nitwits hit the door together, it breaks open. And now, Smith is under arrest. He later said he traveled to D.C. to make sure his voice was “heard.” The cost of the door, which had to be replaced: $21,000. 

Trump supporter.

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1328. Michael Picciuto: Kirtland, Ohio’s own Michael Picciuto is another one of those “touristy types” who just couldn’t resist the chance to be let in to the Capitol and then do some “hugging and kissing,” as President Trump so famously said.

 

Oh, no. Wait. Not what the Statement of Facts lays out in his case. Rather, we learn, that the Ohio man entered the building at 2:33 p.m.

 

At approximately 2:40 p.m., police body worn camera and open-source videos showed PICCIUTO in a hallway on the second floor on the Senate side of the Capitol building. PICCIUTO was pushed back by a line of police officers who were attempting to keep the rioters from moving deeper into the Capitol. In the video, PICCIUTO can be seen falling to the ground and then standing up again. Rather than retreat, PICCIUTO stood at the front of a newly formed line of rioters that faced police and resisted police efforts to clear the hallway. After a standoff, the rioters and police got into a physical scuffle. Police sprayed rioters with repellent, which dispersed the crowd.

 

Open-source video shows that PICCIUTO then joined a group of rioters that overwhelmed and pushed past a police line in a hallway by the Old Senate Chamber. PICCIUTO continued to resist police efforts to clear hallways and was eventually pushed into the Rotunda by police at approximately 3:04 p.m.

 

Eight minutes later, the defendant was pushed out of the building by police, along with a bunch of other “tourists.”

 

But Picciuto, allegedly, was not done. He hung around outside, touring some more.

 

At approximately 4:39 p.m., PICCIUTO resisted the officers’ attempts to clear rioters from the area, and PICCIUTO made physical contact with one officer. Another rioter separated PICCIUTO from the officer, and PICCIUTO challenged the officer to a physical fight, yelling expletives and stating “Take it off, bitch. Take the fucking armor off.”

 

Open-source videos show PICCIUTO walked to the Northeast Lawn Media Pen, where rioters had chased away members of the news media from inside the pen. At approximately 4:52 p.m., PICCIUTO can be seen breaking apart, pouring water, and stomping on media equipment belonging to the Associated Press.

 

Nothing quite says, “I’m fighting for freedom,” like attacking the free press and trying to stop democracy in its tracks. 

Violent

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

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1329. Justin McAllister: Sometimes, I look into the stories of all these rioters, and it’s like studying the workings of a cult. McAllister showed up for the riot on January 6, dressed like a monk of the MAGA faith. Hat? Yes: Labeled, “TRUMP TRAIN.” Sweatshirt? For sure: “I STAND FOR THE FLAG.” With a big, patriotic flag, of course. Trump undies? Well, no one except Justin can be sure. He was also carrying two flags of his own. One read: “JESUS IS MY SAVIOR.” The other: “TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT.” 

Well, then, WWJD? Right. Well, McAllister seemed to interpret the Bible differently, with none of that “turn the other cheek,” crap. He joined the battle to drive back police lines in front of the Capitol, then “uses both poles to strike at officers from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and he makes contact with the helmet of an MPD officer holding the line. 

After whacking a cop for Jesus, and for Trump, he briefly enters the building, then he’s out again. 

But not the wiser. On Facebook, two days later, he gets a message from a friend about how people need to keep fighting. McAllister replies, “I pray and hope we don’t have to rise up together and go further but its in our DNA like blood brothers.” 

Rise up? For what? 

Because a false idol – not a golden calf, but an orange fat ass – lost an election? On this date, January 30, 2024, with news of Mr. McAllister’s arrest, we are 

1,183 days past the last presidential election. 

Still no court in the land has validated significant voter fraud occurred in the 2020 election. That’s the cold, hard fact. 

Trump supporter; violent.

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1330. Jonathan Humphreys: If you want to avoid arrest as a result of your part in a riot, don’t dress distinctively. In a sea of people wearing military style gear or MAGA regalia, Humphreys stood out in a quality black overcoat, white dress shirt, blue striped tie, and black slacks. 

He has already admitted he was inside the Capitol; so prosecutors are simply cleaning up their case load. Humphreys can be seen entering at 2:23 p.m., through a broken window. For some reason, he had a body-worn camera attached to his coat – and appears to be filming what he is seeing that day – including a Capitol Police closed circuit camera. At 2:30 p.m., he is also seen, apparently leading a large group of rioters to the Speaker of the House Suite of Offices. 

(This is where a window will be battered and broken, and another rioter, Ashli Babbitt will try to climb through, only to be shot and killed.) 

Around 3:08 p.m., Humphreys pushed back against officers trying to clear the building, but he and most of the people around him were cleared from the Capitol a few minutes later. 

Interestingly, Humphreys told investigators that he was there that day on a security assignment.

 

During an interview with the FBI, Humphreys said he was in D.C. to work a “security contact” with his company, Humphreys National Security Company. He said he traveled to Washington with a firearm but denied having the gun on him inside the Capitol Building.

 

“Humphreys stated he had ‘plans’ in case people went inside the Capitol building, and once people started entering the Capitol building, ‘plans changed a couple times,’ but the overall goal stayed the same,” the FBI said in the complaint. “Humphreys did not wish to elaborate on what those plans were.”

 

It should be fun to find out. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNCLEAR; COULD BE VERY INTERESTING.)

 

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1331. Shannon Bitzer: Never have so many dopes offered up so much evidence to aid prosecutors, as the dopes who gathered to riot on January 6, after listening to the Head Dope, Donald D. Trump. 

Around 1:00 p.m. on that fateful day, Bitzer posed for a picture while listening to two Big Dopes, Alex Jones and Owen Shroyer, stir up the garden variety MAGA dopes, Mr. Bitzer included. 

As for his role in the riot, at around 3:09 p.m., he showed up in front of one door to the Capitol, along with other rioters, and when someone already inside opened the door, Bitzer used his right arm to bar an officer, standing outside, who was trying to close the door again. In Bitzer and a few other dopes went – at 3:11 – even though an officer told them they’d probably be arrested. So Bitzer went in, only to be driven back outside a minute later by police. According to court documents, “After being pushed out of the North Door, several people in the crowd began fighting with police officers. By 3:13 p.m., most of the officers had retreated into the North Door vestibule and were attempting to close the door while the crowd was attempting to keep the door open. The alarm could still be heard in the background.” 

Bitzer then did his part to disrupt the democratic process by picking up a metal stanchion, supporting a moveable railing, and throw it at police. And that is how your dopey ass gets arrested. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION NOT YET KNOWN; LIKELY TRUMP FAN.)

 

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1332. Lee Giobbie: Online “Sedition Hunters” have uncovered the identities of numerous defendants related to the attack on Capitol Hill. Giobbie was ID’d in part because he chose to wear a throwback Philadelphia Eagles stocking cap to the riot. That cap made him easy to identify in the mob, and facial recognition software soon turned up a picture on social media, with Giobbie wearing the same style cap during a visit to a pumpkin patch. (And can we just note here that Donald Trump has much in common, regarding looks, as your average Halloween gourd.)

 

Giobbie, federal authorities alleged, yelled “move the gates!” over a bullhorn before the barricades on the east side of the Capitol were breached. He was later recorded at the front of the mob yelling “push, push, push, push!” as they broke through another police line and then helped breach the Capitol building, pushing through the east doors leading into the rotunda, authorities said.

 

“We need something to break the door down!” Giobbie said, according to the FBI, which said that open-source video also shows Giobbie pushing against a police shield during the chaos.

 

Giobbie, authorities said, was “one of the first rioters to enter” and “aggressively pushed his way through the Rotunda Door as police were actively trying to defend it.” Inside the Capitol, Giobbie was briefly detained by an officer, and ultimately left the Capitol through a door on the west side of the building, according to the FBI and open-source evidence gathered by online sleuths. Giobbie did not immediately respond to a message left for him at his workplace.

 

When not rioting, Mr. Giobbie is a “private wealth advisor,” and you can visit his very own website. 

According to the DOJ, Giobbie was at the forefront as the mob overwhelmed the first police lines outside the Capitol. He could then be seen urging on other as they were “violently pushing against the bike rack barricades and the police. He repeatedly stated, ‘We’re going in,’ and ‘The gates have been breached.’”

 

After other rioters had pushed past police, Giobbie moved a barricade and entered the portion of the Capitol grounds that were cordoned off and restricted from public access. He then walked by police in riot gear and was one of the first rioters to the Central steps of the Capitol building as police fell back and formed a new defensive line. Giobbie then turned, faced the crowd, shouted “Stop the steal” through a bullhorn, and led chants of “USA” on the Central steps. He then faced police on the steps and shouted, “Push, push, push, push,” while standing one row back from other rioters who were pushing against the police line. Additionally, Giobbie can be seen in an open-source video pushing against other rioters who were, in turn, pushing against the police line. He then rushed by the police line toward the Rotunda Doors after the police line broke and a huge mass of rioters rushed up the Central steps. 

Near the Rotunda Doors, Giobbie shouted into the bullhorn, “We need something to break the door down!” During a confrontation with police outside the doors, a United States Capitol Police officer is seen grabbing Giobbie’s left arm. Giobbie then pushed the officer’s arm away and used his left forearm to push against the officer’s riot shield. 

Police repeatedly attempted to clear the rioters from the Rotunda Doors. In spite of that, Giobbie was one of the first rioters to breach the Capitol via the Rotunda Doors within minutes after other rioters first breached it, aggressively pushing his way through the doors as police were actively trying to defend it. 

 

So: Not touristy! Not let in by the police! Was not hugging and kissing officers! Was not not a threat! 

Was not f**king Antifa. 

Was not a f**king F.B.I. plant. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1333. Giorgi Mamulashvili: Information forthcoming. Has taken a plea deal; previously worked for the “biggest Russian speaking security and investigation agency” in the United States. See Link.

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1334. Sandra Hodges: Ms. Hodges does not deny she was inside the Capitol on Jan.6. She merely argues that she was “sucked into the building” along with the rest of the mob. Once “sucked in,” however, she enjoyed hanging out with the right-wing provocateur “Baked Alaska.” 

A lost hotel key, from a swanky D.C. establishment helped lead to her arrest. 

As for her motivation, she drove from North Carolina to D.C., just to hear Donald speak, even picking up a new, like-minded friend on the way to the Capitol. (She later claimed she could not remember her new passenger’s name.) By a little after 3 p.m., on the day of the riot, Nurse Hodges was inside the Capitol, and seated comfortably on a couch in Sen. Jeff Merkley’s hideaway office. At that point, Basked Alaska can be seen on video, pretending to call in a crime. “Hello, U.S. Senate, we have a fraudulent election I would like to report,” he says. “Yeah, we need to get our boy Donald J. Trump in office…” 

Hodges enjoyed the riotous fun, remained inside for about 40 minutes, did not try to beat up any cops, and did not personally smash up Merkley’s office. She’ll probably end up on probation. 

She has pleaded guilty. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1335. Matthew Carver: What got Mr. Carver fired up on Jan.6, enough so that he would riot with the other dopes? He fumed about the election and said the “election was clearly stolen.” 

It wasn’t. 

Now he has been arrested and charged. He is alleged to have accosted at least one police officer that day, and tried to wrest his baton from his grip. Carver has admitted as much, but has excused his conduct because…well…the stolen election and all. So, another Trump fan gets hit with charges related to the riot. 

And still no evidence in any court that the election was stolen, let alone “clearly stolen.” 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen. 

 

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1336. Terrell Andrew Roberts: Young Mr. Roberts, who worked at a Domino’s in Silver Springs, Maryland, did not have far to travel on Jan. 6, to (allegedly) join in the mayhem of the day. 

He was turned in by a fellow employee, as it turns out. 

He entered the Capitol at 3:06 p.m., through a broken window, did some pro-Trump chanting, and left the building nine minutes later. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1337. MICHAEL FOURNIER: Just five days after the attack, Fournier was IDed as a suspect. Federal authorities followed up on the tip in November 2021, and Michael’s brother confirmed that Michael had been inside the Capitol. He was in the door at 3:02 p.m., blocked along with other rioters by police in riot gear at 3:06 p.m., and at 3:09 p.m. he was handed an (unidentified) Capitol-property painting by another member of the mob. At 3:11 p.m., however, he was no longer holding the painting, and soon exited. He spent at least an hour outside. 

We list his political affiliation as “unknown,” below; but like hundreds of members of the mob that day, Mr. Fournier came garbed – at least for Halloween – as a Trump supporter in good standing. 

He was also accused of putting both hands on a police officer during the attack. (He has since agreed to plead guilty.)

 

UPDATE: The price of sin for this man from Portland, Maine: 30 days in a lockup, and $1,000 in fines and restitution. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNKNOWN.)

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1338. Kevin Alstrup: Not every rioter charged with crimes on January 6 is a State Department diplomatic security officer. 

But Mr. Alstrup is. 

Evidence showed him inside the Capitol, on video shot by that right-wing provocateur known as “Baked Alaska.” Also, cellphone data put, if not Alstrup, at least Alstrup’s phone inside the building. In the wake of his arrest, he was ordered not to possess firearms, except while on duty at the Department of State – assuming he managed to keep his job until trial. 

At one point, he was seen taking pictures or video with his phone, of a rioter about to enter through a broken window – while at the same time that rioter captures Alstrup, and the scene inside. Alstrup does not appear to have been engaged in any violence or destructive behavior that day. 

He has agreed to plead guilty. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNKNOWN.)

 

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1339-1340. Seth and Cepane Sarty: The two brothers from Georgia are accused of fighting with police during the riot. 

I think we can all agree – based on court documents – that the Sarty brothers were not “let into” the Capitol by police. Nor, once inside, did they act like ordinary tourists:

 

According to court documents, the Sarty brothers were present on the Capitol grounds and inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. The two entered the Capitol building via the Senate Wing Door at approximately 2:21 p.m., less than 10 minutes after the initial breach in the area. The brothers then made their way to the Crypt and toward the Memorial Door, gathering with a group of rioters confronting a police line. By 2:32 p.m., the group of rioters, including the Sarty brothers, had broken through the police line and gained access to the House side of the building.

 

The brothers then made their way to and entered the office suite of the Speaker of the House. The two then entered the Rotunda and soon exited after coming in contact with a chemical agent. The brothers briefly exited the Capitol via the Rotunda doors only to return and re-enter the building at 3:04 p.m. The defendants then made their way back into the Rotunda and encountered a police line of law enforcement officers from the Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. Capitol Police attempting to clear the area. The brothers then made their way to the front of the police line. Police then began a push to clear rioters from the Rotunda and were actively resisted and obstructed by the rioters, including Cepane and Seth.

 

At about 3:09 p.m., the brothers stood at the front of the mob of rioters resisting police and began assaulting officers. Body-worn camera and Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage capture the pair shoving officers and temporarily driving them back. Court documents say that for the next nineteen seconds, Seth and Cepane continued to fight with police, preventing the police from clearing the Rotunda of rioters. Police then deployed a chemical riot control agent.

 

In fact, it appears that Cepane, at one point, took a shot of mace in the face. The two brothers then exited, as explained above, reentered not long after, and this time both took mace in the face. 

(POLITICAL AFFILIATION UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.)

 

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Get his man a job at Office Depot! 

1341. DANIEL HARRINGTON: More than any other rioter, Mr. Harrington seems to have been surprisingly interested in office supplies during the attack on Capitol Hill. He can be seen in a hallway that day, rifling through a desk. Hey, a stapler! He pockets that. What! A tape dispenser. He also pockets that. Scissors? I’d like those, too. Then he finds two coasters – souvenirs of his visit to D.C., one might suppose. He keeps one and tosses the other down the hall to another approaching rioter – or “tourist,” as Team Trump dopes like to claim. 

Harrington told at least one tipster – who then turned him in to the F.B.I. – that he went to D.C. to attend the Trump rally, bragged that he entered Nancy Pelosi’s office, where he is said to be seen standing on a desk, and later said he was involved in a physical altercation with police, involving shoving. 

On April 30, 2024, he agrees to a plea deal. In August, he gets hit up for 45 day in jail, with six months of probation added, and a fine of $500. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1342. Aaron Sauer: It took a long time, by Mr. Sauer, yet another member of the Proud Boys, has finally been charged with participating in the attack on Capitol Hill. It is alleged that he traveled to D.C. in company with Dominic Pezzola (#135 on our list). Just twelve days after the riot, Sauer’s residence was searched. Authorities turned up a backpack, similar to one he allegedly wore to the riot. 

Inside: cannisters of pepper spray and bear spray. 

Federal agents also recovered tactical gear, and Proud Boy “business cards,” identifying Sauer as “Proud Roni.” 

And, like any ordinary “tourist,” Sauer is alleged to have worn Kevlar gloves and a bulletproof vest to the riot.

Two days before the attack, evidence shows that Mr. Sauer searched online for “Know Your Unconventional Warfare Campaign Principles.” He also searched for “BulletSafe” bullet-proof vests – and appears to have worn such a vest on January 6. Also, on January 4, he warned: “If they don’t fix this then we’ll never have another fair election. We’ll not back down. Do or die.” 

He was primed to fight – because he had fallen for Donald Trump’s lies. 

And the day after the attack, he wrote, “Yeah. We were the front line for storming the cap. Fought through five police blockades. Took some.” 

In fact, twice on the day of the riot, it is alleged that Sauer sprayed police lines with some kind of chemical agent. He now faces an impressive array of nine federal charges, both felonies and misdemeanors. 

Trump supporter, violent, believed the election was stolen.

 

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1343-1344. Kelly Lynn Fontaine and Brian Dula: It took some time to track down these two alleged rioters, but a tip to authorities in March 2022 opened the door to their arrest. Fontaine, according to a tipster, had bragged about being inside the Capitol on January 6. 

Information acquired from the airlines showed that the two had flown to D.C. on January 5; and a search of Fontaine’s social media revealed a post, explaining why they wanted to go. On December 20, 2020. The following picture was added to her Facebook feed: 

 

Here we also see the happy couple, headed for D.C., by plane, on January 5:

 

 

At any rate, on the day of the riot, at 2:42 p.m., a window was broken in the Senate Parliamentarian’s Door, the door was thrown open, and members of the mob began pouring through. 

Fontaine and Dula allegedly joined the crowd. They entered at 2:55, according to prosecutors, took pictures, strolled through the halls, and excited at 3:06. Just a pair of Illinois dopes – in love – and now charged with misdemeanor offenses for their walk-on role in an attempt to usurp the results of a presidential election. 

Good job, fools. 

Trump supporters (both).

 

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1345. Matthew Stallings: Who doesn’t come to D.C., to see the cherry trees blossom in April, to visit the Smithsonian on a sunny summer day, or go spray police defending Capitol Hill on a chill January afternoon in 2021. 

Well, not Mr. Stallings, allegedly. 

Evidence against him seems damning – including video of him battling in the lower tunnel entrance, where violence was probably the worst of all. At one point, he is said to empty an entire cannister of chemical spray at police. Then he throws the empty at them. We also find that he was wearing a tactical style military helmet, and a tan-colored tactical vest, along with a 3M brand respirator. 

As he himself says, at one point, “we planned to come and take back our Capitol.” 

So: 

Trump supporter, violent.

 

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1346. Christopher Finney: When I first began compiling this list, it was easy to pin down almost all the rioters, regarding where they stood. Most had a social media presence, and said exactly who they were. 

Zero members of Antifa, for example. Only one clear left-leaning individual. 

Other than that? Just a bunch of right-wing nuts, and MAGA fools, the latter dangerous mainly in the aggregate, as they tried to thwart the counting of legitimate electoral votes. 

Finney’s arrest comes late in the game, on February 8, 2024; but he was clear about what he was doing in D.C. that day, and why he was there. First, you might notice that he shows up wearing body armor and googles. Then, in a recording he made that day, he explains to another person in the crowd, “We’re gonna storm the Capitol. They’re not gonna keep us outta there. We’re gonna make sure that this is done correct and that Donald Trump is still our president.” 

A closer look, by prosecutors, reveals that Finney is actually wearing “a protective plate carrier,” that he has brought along “white plastic flex cuffs,” and “a hand-held radio. Plus, there’s a “silver cannister similar to a container for chemical spray.” 

In fact, it was while executing a search warrant, in the case of Edward Jacob Lang, that federal authorities got their first lead regarding Mr. Finney. Ever the good, patriotic citizen, Finney was identified in part based on an interaction he had with police in June 2022, when he was involved in an accident, refused to take a breath test, and got hauled off to jail in the process. Clues began piling up, including a video in which the suspect announces, “I, Chris Finney, am a proud western chauvinist and I refuse for [sic] helping create the modern world.” 

So: We have another Proud Boy! 

More to the point of his arrest, on January 6, he can be seen promising, “We’re gonna be here all day. We’re gonna storm the Capitol. We’re gonna do this correct. We’re not gonna back down, stand down, we the people will not be silent anymore.” 

Certainly, Trump fans have fastened onto the idea that the rioters weren’t really rioting, and that they were like touring lambs. But the rioters, like Finney, continue to make clear who they were. In another video he recorded he sounds gleeful, as the mob overwhelms police barriers. 

As prosecutors add,

 

In a series of recordings, FINNEY continued to express outrage that the police were detaining rioters and attempting to control the crowd with pepper spray, and later with flash grenades, calling such measures “pathetic” and using expletives. He also noted the arrival of “ the riot squad coming down” and stated that officers were “trying to disperse us.” …

 

FINNEY also recorded himself in front of the northwest scaffolding, stating, “So, we’re right up front now. They’re shooting paint balls at us. They’re shooting shit at—watch out! Watch out for the mace! [pointing at an MPD officer] [after coughing] We’ve all been sprayed. We can’t breathe, but we’re still movin’ forward. My face is on fire right now. … It hurts so bad right now, but we’re not gonna stop. We’re gonna keep movin’ forward …” As a siren is heard on his recording, FINNEY exclaimed, “I think we have people in!”

 

At another point, our Proud Boy sees rioters “breaking windows, and shit,” but adds “that’s not right.”

 

Then, more excitedly: “This is 1776, all over again.”

 

Eventually, he joins the mob as it overwhelms police defenses, and he enters the building along with hundreds of others. Like most, he is eventually driven out again, but he’s not ready to surrender. “From what I heard, Biden was certified; that’s bullshit. We’re not going to allow it. So, I love you guys. We’re gonna keep on fighting. We’re here. We’re not gonna give up. Be safe, everyone.” 

In fact, Finney sticks around long enough to join the fight to take control of the lower tunnel entrance. He gets forced back when police deploy chemical agents, but has the bad sense to record other rioters, as the battle continues. 

As the Statement of Facts in his case notes,

 

His recording shows members of the crowd attacking officers, including: a person who throws an object resembling the broken piece of furniture shown in Image 22; an individual striking multiple times at officers with a baseball bat; and another individual making off with an officer’s riot shield. The recording also shows a long wooden pole passed in front of FINNEY as he faces the archway, and FINNEY’s gloved hand assisting passage of the pole closer to the police line, as shown in Image 26. The recording captures a voice saying, “Pass it up, pass it up.”

 

The pole is, in fact, passed forward, and Finney keeps recording, as other objects are hurled at officers, and a rioter jabs at police with the pole. “Additional rioters beat officers with a bat and a riot shield.”

 

Or: as Donald Trump claimed recently: Finney and the others were “zero threat” that day.

 

Finney has now pleaded guilty to assault. 

Trump supporter, prepared for violence,

believed the election was stolen.

 

In this picture, rioters are held at gunpoint,
after they reach the third floor of the Capitol Building.
Members of Congress are nearly trapped at this point.

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1347. Thomas Edward Blackwood Jr.: The suspect walked into the Capitol at 2:55 p.m. on the day of the debacle, but was “surrounded by police” and forced out the door, seven minutes later. 

So he headed for another entrance, again entered, and this time spent half an hour inside. He was easy to pick out of the mob that day because he was wearing a University of Alabama jacket. 

When interviewed by federal agents about his actions, Mr. Blackwood admitted entering, with his female friend, “N.B.,” who has also been charged. He said he and his lady friend attended Trump’s speech on January 6, and then marched to the Capitol, and entered the first time. According to court documents,

 

When BLACKWOOD saw individuals inside offices and other individuals breaking windows, he decided that he and N.B. needed to leave. BLACKWOOD said he had been in the U.S. Capitol previously because he was a lobbyist, so he knew the direction they needed to go to leave the building.

 

That was good enough for Blackwood to get charged with two federal crimes, both misdemeanors. 

He has since pleaded guilty. 

Trump supporter.

 

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Bloody rags. 

1348. Mason Porter: Mr. Porter was invited by friends to travel to D.C. on January 5, 2021, and he agreed to go. Like so many rioters, on the day of the attack, he attended the “Stop the Steal” rally and got his head filled with nonsense. 

At 2:47 p.m. that day he’s inside the building. He takes a few pictures with his phone, and out of the Capitol he goes at 3:07. (He does admit he swiped an ink pen off a desk during his tour.)

 

In his interview with the FBI, PORTER stated that he didn’t observe any violence, but did see bloody rags outside of the Capitol building. During an interview, PORTER told the FBI that he wasn’t there to do anything wrong, but he realized that it was wrong once he was inside the Capitol building.

 

The day after the riot, Porter tried to justify his participation in the attack, posting on Facebook:

 

“It's funny that people are ok living in fear of losing their constitutional rights and freedoms. People take action and use their constitutional right to fight against the corruption and destruction and the future of our country is some how a bad thing.

 

…

 

Our forefather gave us the 2nd amendment because they knew power the government was gonna have. And if corrupted they knew that violence and the 2nd ammendment [sic] would be the only defense against it. Love it or hate it this is America its brick and mortar foundation was built with an understanding of this happening. I don't feel shame. Note even close! There was no violence on ourside [sic] yesterday and we were UNARMED and still took the capital building. Imagine what could happen if we exercised our second amendment to the fullest. That fear is why the media is twisting the narrative in this. They knew they are vulnerable now.”

 

Sure. Imagine that your choice for president loses the vote by seven million. But your choice can’t accept defeat – because he’s a warped individual. So he lies about the election being stolen.

 

And you go to D.C. to participate in a riot. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

  

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1349. Larry Freligh: Mr. Freligh is seen inside the Capitol on January 6. More information needed, but in one photo, another rioter walks past Freligh wearing a shirt that reads: “Stomp my flag. I’ll stomp your ass.” 

He is accused of trying to kick in doors, to reach Nancy Pelosi’s office. 

Freligh has admitted being inside the Capitol, and told authorities he and a friend, William Wright Watson, drove all day and all night on January 5, to be in D.C. to hear their hero, Donald J. Trump, speak. He also admitted to seeing rioters get hit with tear gas that day, and further admitted that he was listening to Alex Jones – which probably killed a few more brain cells. Once inside the Capitol, he said he saw other members of the mob kicking doors “and committing other destructive or violent acts.” 

He was in and out of the building once, when police pushed rioters out, then reentered and scuffled with officers as they tried to keep the mob out. Finally, an officer “forcibly” grabbed Mr. Freligh, and “ejected him from the building.” Freligh then flipped off the police defending the Capitol, and outside, when the doors were locked, gave them a swift kick. At some point, he or Watson managed to gain control of a police cannister of mace, which they took home later as a souvenir. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1350. JUDY FRAIZE: On January 6, as she moved through the Capitol, Ms. Fraize assured a police officer, “Blue lives matter.” 

Later, she told another officer, “We gotta take our country back.” 

A sweet sentiment that day, considering all the mayhem that was perpetrated in the name of Donald J. Trump. 

Ms. Fraize was inside the building for 37 minutes, busy taking pictures and making videos to memorialize events. She came from Dallas to hear Donald Trump speak, and got herself arrested, like all the other fools. A judge places her on probation for a year, and orders her to pay a $500 fine. 

Trump supporter.

 

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1351-1352. Matthew and Andrew Valentin: For some reason, the two brothers from Pennsylvania couldn’t just wait for the police to let them into the Capitol. 

Court documents related to their plea deal – including admitting to felony-level violence, describe their actions:

 

At approximately 2:28 p.m., the crowd of rioters assembled on the West Plaza, including the Valentin brothers, rushed the police line. Body-worn camera footage showed the Valentin brothers pushing a bike rack barricade into the police line during the mele. At one point, Matthew Valentin reached his hand through the bike rack barricade and grabbed a U.S. Capitol Police Officer.

 

After the crowd rushed the line, police fell back and formed a new protective line on the south side of the West Plaza. As members of the mob continued to advance on and assault police, Andrew Valentin took out a cellphone and appeared to have recorded the scene. At about 2:33 p.m., both brothers approached the reformed police line. Matthew held a baton in one hand and a spray canister in the other. Less than one minute later, Matthew sprayed what appeared to be a chemical irritant into the line of officers. Law enforcement officers then retreated from the West Plaza, and Matthew took out his cell phone to record the scene.

 

The brothers then made their way to the Upper West Terrace at approximately 2:50 p.m. and approached another line of police officers and Matthew grabbed an officer’s baton. Law enforcement later cleared the crowd from this area, and the brothers returned to the West Plaza. Here, at approximately 5:12 p.m., Andrew Valentin is seen on body-worn camera footage throwing a chair at a line of police officers. Court documents say that the chair struck the shield of a Montgomery County Police Officer.

 

In one video, filmed the day of the riot, Matthew describes himself as “Matthew from MAGAsylvania.”

 

UPDATE (September 30, 2024): According to their plea agreement, Matthew from MAGAstupid could get three years in prison, or a little more. Andrew, with his can of chemical spray could get 63 months behind bars, and he’s sure to serve more time in jail than Trump did in the White House. As per my rules, I originally listed the two rioters as “Political affiliation unknown.” 

Nope. More Trump supporters. More fools who believed his lies. 

Trump supporters, violent.

 

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Mr. Potty Mouth! 

1353. James Weeks: Mr. Weeks is accused of forcing his way through a doorway police were endeavoring to defend, and eventually striking an officer. 

Also: What a potty mouth! 

It is alleged that Weeks pointed at one officer, wielding a baton against members of the mob, and yelled, “I’m gonna shove it up your ass! I’m gonna shove that up your ass, you fat fuck! I’m gonna fuck you up!” 

Once he forced himself to the front line of the mob, he is accused of striking a second officer. 

He’s another rioter who helped break windows, too, and showed up with a can of pepper spray at the riot.

(LIKELY TRUMP FAN.)

 

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Urine in a bottle! 

1354. Mitchell Bosch: We know that certain themes run strong when we look at the January 6 defendants as a group. QAnon fools are well represented. We have a solid base of white supremacists, too. There are scores of Proud Boys, and Oath Keepers aren’t far behind. There are hundreds who said on social media platforms that they were sure the election was stolen. 

And far too many talked civil war – to right that imagined wrong. Today, 1,198 days after the 2020 election, still no court in the land has upheld evidence of serious voter fraud. But Trump lovers don’t care. 

Bosch represents another thread – the angry, mask and vaccine hater. Arrested on Valentine’s Day 2024, we learn he has been arrested before. He showed up for an anti-vaxxer protest at Burger King and got arrested. He enjoyed himself so much, he protested at an Applebee’s, and got arrested. 

Then at the Cheesecake Factory. 

And got arrested. 

(Did this dope never cook at home?) 

Now we learn that he’s charged with assaulting police defending the Capitol, and other crimes, for his role in the January 6 riot.  According to case documents, Bosch “can be seen in multiple instances” in videos from that day, “pushing directly against the officers, assisting other rioters in pushing against officers, and encouraging other rioters to oppose the police.” At one point Bosch is said to be heard yelling “hold the line!” as the mob struggles to break into the building. 

So – for the thousandth time – we debunk the idea that these rioters were “led on” by a bunch of leftists, or F.B.I. agents dressed in MAGA disguise. 

In fact, Bosch later told investigators that there were not enough “men like him around” that would challenge leadership. 

Bosch ran for city council in New York – as a Republican. In fact, he also got arrested at the Museum of Natural History in January 2022. Once again, he was protesting vaccine mandates. 

To clinch this story, at one point, Bosch posted this startling admission on social media. “I literally had to urinate inside a bottle inside the Museum of Natural History,” Bosch grumbled. 

I don’t even want to know why. 

Trump supporter, allegedly violent.

 

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1355. Thomas J. Method: The Method Man from Massachusetts was clear about what he was going to be doing on January 6. As he explained in a video he posted the day before,

 

Hopefully the strength in numbers and this movement will get more Senators on board, and we can over overthrow this  fraud like I have never seen before in my life. … They are going to have metal detectors. The Antifas not going to be in their colors. They are going to be in plain cloths but so is the Secret Service and the security. Hopefully, Biden don’t get in. I don’t care what happens as long as Trump maintains his presidency. I have a feeling it’s going to be mayhem, chaos, and pandemonium.

 

In interviews with investigators, Method has admitted he was inside the Capitol, but says he was there for only ten minutes. Had he known there would be violence, he claimed he would not have entered. 

He seems not to have assaulted any cops, nor damaged any property, so he’s just a fool who fell for Trump’s lies. He has agreed to a plea deal; and I’d predict he gets probation and a fine. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1356. CAMERON C. CLAPP: Mr. Clapp is the first known amputee (right arm) charged with joining the mob attack on January 6. At around 3:34 p.m. that day, Clapp, clasping a small American flag with his mechanical hand, entered the premises. A formidable police line was blocking the entry where so many rioters had gained access during the day. So Clapp was shooed right back out at 3:36. 

In a video shot soon after, he is heard saying, “I made it in but there’s [pause] nobody’s in, like everyone’s leaving so [pause] I did my part. I’m . . . satisfied[.]” 

A little more digging, and I learn that Clapp was hit by a train when he was a teen, and lost both legs, as well as his arm. Prior to the riot, he made money as an actor and a motivational speaker.

 

As the Daily Beast explains,

 

He eventually learned to walk with advanced prosthetics and was hailed as an inspiration, running marathons and mentoring other amputees, including soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He also found work in Hollywood, appearing in shows like My Name Is Earl and Workaholics.

 

So, kudos for that, at least. His tour of the federal courts ends with a guilty plea, a year on probation, an order to complete 100 hours of community service, and a bill for $500 in restitution. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1357-1359. Daniel Hatcher, Brandon Mackie and Nathan Mackie: The two brothers from Texas, and Daniel, their hunting buddy from Arkansas, appear to be low-hanging fruit in this massive investigation. They traveled far from home to hear Donald speak on January 6. They stayed in a short-term rental together – and let’s hope they found time to see some of the greatest American monuments and museums. Let’s also hope they enjoyed Donald Trump’s “fight like hell” speech. Because they only managed to get inside the Capitol for two minutes. 

Once they complete their journey through the federal courts, it’s likely they’ll get hit with probation and fines. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTERS.)

 

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1360. David Medina: You would think, by August 23, 2023, that suspects in the riot might be more careful on social media. 

Apparently, Mr. Medina is a dumb ass. When someone tagged him in a post on X, including a picture inside the Capitol, and asked, “Is this you?” he replied, “yes.” In fact, He still believes the election was stolen. 

“Grow a pair,” he says of those who are afraid to say so. 

On Twitter (now “X”). Medina identified himself as a “political consultant/activist,” with a plug for “Anna Kasachev for State Representative.” You would be correct if you were to guess her party: Republican. 

In fact, evidence appears to show Medina – I guess, in his “activist” mode – taking the sign that used to hang above the door to Speaker Pelosi’s office, and slamming it against a wall until it shatters. Here, a few other excited fools celebrate the victory of patriots vs. signage.

(Medina is circled, left.) 

Cost of that sign: $870.

 

It also appears that Mr. Medina may have stolen a large ceremonial flag, with flagpole, from the Capitol. 

At one point, Medina speaks directly to a reporter on video, and explains, “We were normal good, law-abiding citizens and you guys [the government] did this to us. We want our country back.”

 

FUN FACT: The day after the riot, Medina was in excuse-making mode, already. He allegedly posts a video, giving his version of what happened that day: “So as these guys break into the Capitol, obviously the doors are wide open. I walk in and I am screaming 1776, cause its powerful man. It’s a powerful move, a powerful time.” Medina continues, “ . . . we weren’t you know, breaking windows, we weren’t breaking stuff. Ummm, I know someone had torn down Speaker Pelosi’s wooden sign above her door and there was like fragments of it like on the ground and I just took a piece and I just kinda broke it in half. It felt so good.”

 

FUN FACT #2: In a December text message to a friend – or possibly a cousin – Medina allegedly says, “We’ve been softened for years to prepare for this. With what’s going on with governor’s telling us who we can and can’t have in our houses we should be storming the capitol building and our governor’s houses armed and ready to take over.” 

His friend replies to one message that it’s time for “Martial Law[.]” 

Medina responds, “We need a war bro[.]” 

(Yeah. What could go wrong with that?)

 

Other messages from Medina or his friend, include, 

Medina: “War or mass military operation.” And “I will die for my country.” 

Friend: “I will die for my children.” 

Medina: “The proud boys are currently beating the fuck out of BLM right now in DC so that kinda gives me hope[.]” 

His friend, speaking of what he expects when they reach D.C.: “It’s going to be insane there[.]” 

Medina: “It really is. The Final STAND[.]” 

His friend: “I have no problem dying[.]” 

Dying for one’s children, of course, implies a willingness to kill others, who might have children, and to do it all for this Bone Spurs Coward: 

Cult-like picture from a Trump fan.

 Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen (and still does.)

 

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1361. Barry Toth: Often, the rioters tell us exactly what happened on January 6, blowing most right-wing excuses to bits. 

Mr. Toth shouted into a megaphone that day: “Everybody, I just stormed the fucking Capitol Building and helped kick down the chamber door. I got a gun pointed at my head, I’ve been tear gassed, and I am [ unintelligible] up and I have the biggest fucking hardon in my goddamn life. I am proud of each and every single one of you. We showed these people this is [unintelligible]. Everybody, they’ve stopped the vote.” 

After this, Toth leads all the dopes in a rendition of the National Anthem. I think we can safely say, no one in the crowd knelt out of “disrespect” for the flag. Partly because many rioters were still busy using American flags on poles to hammer police over their heads. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1362. Charles Himber: Almost every day, we have a new name to add to our list. February 19, 2024, it’s Mr. Himber’s turn. As for why he was going to Washington D.C. and what he did on the day of the riot, his social media posts give us a clear idea. On Jan. 5, he posted on Facebook, “Headed to Washington D.C. . . . . Donald Trump is your President.” 

As for January 6: “Storm in Capitol Hill is a go…drain the swamp manually.” 

As for defending himself in court, it won’t help that he also posted on January 6: “We’re in. Making history.” 

Now: Making bail. 

(Like any other “tourist” that day, Himber wore a tactical vest, and could be seen with like-minded Trump fans, giving the White Power sign. Specifically, he is charged with joining a push to force entry to the Capitol, just as police were forcing another group of “tourists” out the door. After being driven back, Himber had fun climbing atop an armored car and shouting to the mob.) 

On July 31, 2024, Himber takes a plea deal and gets a felony to his name. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1363-1364. Daniel and Jaimee Avery: The Phoenix, Arizona couple was arrested on February 8, 2024, and charged with participating in the mass attack on American democracy. They initially faced four charges, each; but they plead guilty in May 2024, to a pair each. 

With their cases still pending, the day after Trump wins the 2020 election, the defense attorney for asks for a delay in her case. “It would create a gross disparity for Ms. Avery to spend even a day in jail when the man who played a pivotal role in organizing and instigating the events of January 6 will now never face consequences for his role in it,” he tells the judge. 

Yeah. He means Trump. 

Trump supporters.

 

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1365. ROBERT COLELLO: Mr. Colello and “Person 1” came to D.C. on January 6, to hear Donald Trump speak. 

They listened. Then they heeded his call. They marched to the Capitol, like lemmings decked out in MAGA gear. Colello scaled a wall outside, and helped others follow. Then he and Person 1 entered the building at 2:37 p.m., only to be greeted with tear gas. They were out again, sixty seconds later. Good enough to merit misdemeanor charges. Well, not “Person 1,” it would appear. 

Robert has agreed to a plea deal. 

And it works, more or less: He gets probation, and must complete 50 hours of community service, plus pay a fine of $500. 

Trump supporter – Colello.

 

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1366. Andrew Carvajal: At first glance, the latest suspect added to our list looks like the performer Carrot Top. His long red hair probably helped authorities track him down, too. The California man is seen talking to police officers (which is legal), and entering the Capitol around 2:44 p.m. on Jan. 6, which isn’t. Not long after, he and a number of other rioters confront a line of police and begin chanting, “Stop the Steal,” but before Carvajal can really join in he appears to get a snort of tear gas or some other chemical defensive spray, and is reduced to coughing. 

Later, he is heard to yell at officers – like any other “tourist,” or person “let in by police,” who was “hugging and kissing” the defenders that day, and “zero threat,” as former President Trump described them. 

“Is your job worth your life?” Carvajal demanded. 

He can later be seen pouring water into the eyes of an older woman, whom he appears to know, who has clearly been hit in the face with mace. To that point, the young man is probably looking at misdemeanor charges. But he soon joins an effort by the mob to push back against a line of police trying to push everyone out of the Capitol Rotunda. Carvajal is engaged in the pushing for at least fourteen minutes. By 3:20 p.m., he had been forced outside – and it again appears he has been sprayed in the face. When interviewed by federal agents, he confirmed that he traveled to D.C. “to support then-President Trump,” and that while he was at the “Stop the Steal” rally, the president “stated everyone was going to walk to the U.S. Capitol and CARVAJAL followed.” 

And now he faces charges.

Carvajal got hit with pepper spray.

Trump supporter.

 

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1367. Robert Coppotelli: In what may have been the easiest bust of the whole January 6 investigation, Mr. Coppotelli was identified mostly because he wore his work jacket during the riot. 

According to Jordan Fischer’s report, the jacket included the “‘Coppotelli Heavy Equipment Sales & Services’ logo and the phone number of the business.” A business phone number on the jacket was registered to the address in Toms River, New Jersey, where Mr. Coppotelli lives. 

He was in and out of the Capitol in twelve minutes, and faces four misdemeanor charges. 

He has already pled guilty to two of the four charges. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1368. Kim Eugene Decker II: The Pennsylvania gentleman finally ends up on our list, charged with both felonies and misdemeanors, related to the events of January 6, 2021. A Department of Justice memo describes his actions that day:

 

On the east side of the Capitol grounds, a mass of rioters, including Decker, undertook several attempts to breach the established police line and bike rack barrier. Decker can be seen in several open-source images and video footage leaning and pushing against the barrier. At approximately 1:59 p.m., rioters successfully breached the barrier, pushing the bike racks and United States Capitol Police (USCP) officers out of the way and moving towards the east side of the Capitol building. Decker was one of the first rioters to proceed through the gap in the barrier.

 

Court documents say that Decker repeatedly ignored attempts by USCP officers to halt his progress toward the Capitol building and ultimately made his way to the Capitol steps with a large contingent of rioters. Here, Decker and the mob were temporarily stopped by a line of USCP officers on the steps. However, the police line was eventually overrun by rioters, including Decker. The group then ascended the stairs to the landing around the Columbus Doors of the Capitol.

           

Decker is then seen on closed-circuit television footage, taken from inside the Capitol building, entering via the east side Rotunda Doors at approximately 2:45 p.m. with a large group of rioters. Decker then moved throughout the building, momentarily stopping to photograph or record his surroundings. Decker exited the building at about 2:52 p.m. via the Columbus Doors.

 

So, if nothing else, can we all at least agree these f**king rioters weren’t all let in by Capitol Police. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER; NOT DEFINITIVELY KNOWN.)

 

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1369. Cleophus Dulaney: Mr. Dulaney, a resident of Columbus, Ohio, is a rarity in any MAGA mob. An African American, his race alone made him easy to track down, despite the chaos of January 6. 

It won’t help his defense in court to find that he posted on social media that he was at the forefront of the mob, although his post reads like he typed it with a triple layer of mittens on both hands, after having had too many beers. “I was at the front and the capital police initiated the violence by throwing,” he says, “need some grenades until the crowd indiscriminately pepper spray I am Meis and rubber bullets Costco shot that’s when I’m in the crowd change the food.” 

Dulaney is accused of helping knock down police barricades during the initial stages of the attack. At one point he allegedly helped wrench a metal barrier out of the hands of police. That rack was then used to force back officers attempting to defend the Capitol, although Dulaney appears to stand back, and mostly watch. 

Dulaney did have a private account on Parler, a haven for persons of conservative, pro-Trump views. 

At first, I couldn’t be sure where he stood on the political spectrum. Then I learned that he ran for a seat in Congress, as a Republican. 

He didn’t win though.  

Trump supporter.

Dulaney, circled in red.

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1370. Chris Alfonso: It took almost no time for tipsters to turn Mr. Alfonso in, with the feds getting tips about his presence inside the Capitol the day after the riot, and again on January 8, 2021. He was interviewed by federal agents just five days after the attack, and admitted he was “near” the Capitol, but never went inside. He was then warned that lying to the F.B.I. in the course of an interview is also a crime. 

Meanwhile, friends of the defendant kept turning him in, and evidence began to build, allegedly proving that he did go inside. Phone tracking data, and video evidence from his phone appears to place the defendant inside the Capitol during the riot. Evidence also puts him inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. In one message, someone refers to Chris as “my little patriot,” which is kind of sweet. 

In a fascist sort of way. 

(LIKELY TRUMP SUPPORTER.)

 

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1371-1372. Andrew Joshua Johnson and Whitney Johnson: The Florida duo might have dreamed about escaping justice. (The F.B.I. had not been tipped off to their presence inside the Capitol until late June 2023. But on February 23, 2024, the feds came knocking and the dunces were placed under arrest. Andrew is said to have shouted at police, during the riot, calling them “Nazi stormtroopers,” and shouting at them to arrest the “fucking criminals” inside the building. 

Such as lawmakers prepared to finalize the 2020 vote. 

For some reason, Andrew is allegedly seen, inside the building, with a handful of white zip ties, in case…you know…he might catch Mike Pence. 

As you might expect, court records indicate that Mr. and Mrs. Johnson dressed in MAGA gear for the riot. That they attended Trump’ speech before the riot. And that Mr. Johnson had so much fun listening, that he would sound an air horn after comments Trump made, that he and his wife enjoyed. By 2:45 p.m. that day, it is said that the Johnsons had breached the Capitol. Andrew remained inside for at least 36 minutes. Whitney entered at 3:02, took pictures with her phone, and exited after fifteen minutes. Andrew remained inside, however, and joined other rioters as they tried to push back a police line inside the Capitol Rotunda. “At 3:10 and 3:11 p.m., he can be seen physically resisting as multiple police officers attempt to push him forward.” 

Whitney, in her own way, decided that shouting expletives at officers, and hitting one with an open hand, was good “tourist” behavior. It appears she may have been sprayed with chemical irritants at some point, and on body camera footage her husband can be seen pushing back against police as they force him out of the building. “Fuck you, this is my house,” he shouts at one point. 

Now his house, and Mrs. Johnson’s next house may be a jail. 

Trump supporters (both). 

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“I’m getting food then fighting.”

1373. MILES ADKINS: Once again, we have a new defendant to add to our list – and he’s not a left-leaning Antifa type. Nor is he an F.B.I. plant, leading the poor dumb MAGA lemmings on to riot and arrest. 

Adkins is a school board member from Frederick County, Virginia, and he’s run into a bit of trouble with the law before. In June 2023, he was arrested for a DUI, but refused to take a breath test. That led to a pair of misdemeanor charges, but Mike thought resigning as a board member – just because he could have run into a school bus full of kids, while drinking and driving – was all about opponents trying to smear a good man. 

For even more fun, he was fined on a charge of public intoxication in April 2022, and found guilty in 2014 of leaving the scene of an accident. 

Also, Adkins told reporters, when his name first emerged as a possible suspect in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, that only dastardly political foes would say that he joined the attack on democracy. Those foes include four other board members, whose pictures Adkins included in a social media post, with Hitler moustaches and devils’ horns, back in COVID days, when they voted to continue a mask mandate in the schools. 

It definitely did not help his defense to know that he sent messages to a friend, prior to the riot, about driving up from Front Royal, to be in D.C. in time to hear Trump speak. Or that he posted pictures of himself inside the Capitol, or that he admitted in an interview with the F.B.I. that he did enter – but only in the most peaceful way possible. He did admit he saw other rioters “scuffling with police and heard loud noises that he believed were flashbangs detonations” outside the building. 

Mr. Adkins further noted that he had visited D.C. on previous occasions, acting at the time as an escort for individuals associated with the Oath Keepers. For even more fun, Adkins texted with a friend on January 6: 

Friend: I heard antifa took the capital was that us 

Adkins: Us 

Friend: Really I herd thay We’re causing trouble there 

Adkins: Nope, I was inside

 

In fact, he was – at 2:15 p.m. that day – among the first Trump loving fools to bust in a few windows and doors. Ever the good Samaritan, Adkins even helped another rioter enter through a shattered window, eight minutes later. 

He remained inside for over an hour, did a little dancing at one point for fun, and finally exited, excitedly yelling, “Let’s go get a beer, let’s go get a beer.” 

(Alcohol seems to be kind of a trend with this particular school board member – who also admitted he drank a Coors and a shot – a “fireball” inside the Capitol on the day he did his part to overturn results of a fair election.) 

In the wake of the riot, Adkins was still the texting fool. A little after 10 p.m., a friend asked if he was going home yet. “No I still need to fight antifa” he replied, and then added, “I’m getting food then fighting”. 

In the end, he got hit for twelve days behind bars, and will spend two full years on probation, plus he owes fines and restitution. 

We should also note that his lawyer claimed, in mitigation, that Mr. Adkins had been duped by right-wing newscasters, and the president, who had convinced him the election was stolen. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen,

ready for violence.

 

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1374. Kenneth Giusini: Philadelphia’s own 67-year-old contribution to the January 6 riot is Mr. G. According to court records, he was not allowed into the Capitol, nor did he spend his time there “kissing and hugging” police, as former President Trump likes to claim rioters did.

 

According to allegations in court documents, law enforcement authorities reviewed surveillance footage from the U.S. Capitol building that showed Giusini entered the Capitol via the north door at approximately 3:10 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021. Inside the building, a line of officers were in the hallway blocking rioters, including Giusini, from further entering the Capitol. Giusini stood in the hallway apparently filming officers for over one minute before officers were able to push the rioters, including Giusini, back out of the north door.

 

Outside the building, body-worn camera footage shows officers clearing rioters out of the North Door at approximately 3:12 p.m. [he] -is seen present in the area of the North Portico. As officers attempt to clear the rioters, Giusini is seen approaching the doorway and shoving an officer. Another police officer then removes Giusini from the area. However, Giusini returned and continued to use his shoulder to push against police before being removed again.

 

Kudos, too. Mr. Giusini is the first rioter I have seen who wore a hooded sweatshirt (dark blue) with Trump’s signature scrawl printed in large white script. Above and beyond, MAGA! 

He has pleaded guilty to assault. 

(PROBABLY A TRUMP SUPPORTER; MORE INFORMATION NEEDED.)

 

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1375. Thomas Paul Osborne: Not much info available yet. We do know:

 

Thomas Paul Osborne, 40, of Lakeland, Florida, is charged in an indictment filed in the District of Columbia with a felony offense of civil disorder and misdemeanor offenses of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building or grounds.

 

He made his initial court appearance on February 22, 2024, and we can assume the meter for legal expenses clicked on at that time. 

(PROBABLY A TRUMP FAN; MORE INFO NEEDED.)

 

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1376. Matthew James Melsen: Mr. Melsen is accused of battling police trying to defend a line of bicycle racks deployed to impede the forward push of the mob. Melsen was sporting a “Make America Great” hat on January 6, and stands accused of reaching over the racks and pushing an officer. The officer responded by knocking Melsen back, but the defendant allegedly “charged again” and “with both hands outstretched” pushed the officer in the chest. 

A little before 4 p.m., that day, Melsen joined the fray in the lower tunnel entrance to the Capitol, where so much violence occurred.

 

At approximately 3:55 p.m., a MPD officer climbed up on a ledge on the side of the tunnel and attempted to stop a rioter (“Rioter 1”) from climbing into the tunnel and on top of officers by poking Rioter 1 with a long stick. Rioter 1 grabbed the stick and tried to pull it away from the officer. [Melsen] also grabbed the stick and held onto it with the other rioters until the stick broke. Rioter 1 then used the broken part of the stick to forcefully strike the officers’ shields several times while yelling “LET US IN!”

 

When another officer also tried to climb on the ledge and use his baton to stop Rioter 1’s assault, Melsen grabbed that officer’s baton. Melsen later remained on Capitol Hill grounds until almost dark. 

When interviewed by F.B.I. agents, the suspect admitted going to D.C. to hear President Trump speak, and to protest the election. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen, violent, allegedly.

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1377. PETER NAVARRO: I almost forgot to include Mr. Navarro, Trump’s White House Economic Advisor. He refused to respond to a congressional subpoena, regarding information about the January 6 riots. He appealed, and appealed, and appealed some more. Finally, a jury convicted him, and a judge sentenced him to four months in prison. He currently faces a threat of contempt of court unless he turns over documents the judge has requested. 

Navarro famously created a 36-page document that “showed” there was no way Donald Trump could have lost the 2020 election. 

Trump supporter (obviously), 

he believed the election was stolen (or claimed he did).

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1378. Steve Baker: We’ve had 37 months to find the elusive leftist types who led the January 6 mob on. So far, nada. (We do have one man, John Sullivan, #165, who fits the narrative on the right. 

“Hey, those despicable people weren’t ours!” 

Baker says he supported the rioter “100%,” and said so while writing for The Blaze, and working for…Glenn Beck. 

True, he faces only misdemeanor charges, so it’s unlikely he’ll spend much time in the slammer. Still, these people who keep getting arrested keep proving that the right-wing story of January 6 is shot through with nonsense and lies. 

According to the charging documents in his case, as explained by NBC, it’s clear where Baker’s sympathies lay:

 

“Look out your windows bitches, look what’s coming,” Baker allegedly said as he recorded himself approaching the Capitol on Jan. 6.

 

“They got Pelosi’s office and, you know, it couldn’t happen to a better deserving b***h,” Baker said in a video after the attack, according to the FBI affidavit.

 

“The only thing I regret is that I didn’t, like, steal their computers because God knows what I could’ve found on their computers if I’d done that,” Baker said [afterward], according to the affidavit.

 

“Do I approve of what happened today?” Baker said in another interview on Jan. 6, according to the FBI filing. “I approve 100%.”

 

In fact, after Ashli Babbitt was shot and killed, Baker said he might “have just seen the first shot fired in this war.” 

So Babbitt is long dead, a life wasted. And we are 1,214 days past the 2020 election. And if Baker were to go looking for a court that has found evidence of significant voter fraud in that contest, he’d end up where the blogger has. 

NO EVIDENCE proven in any court. 

“Rigged” voting machines shown to be as illusive to find as Big Foot and Nessie, out together on a date, in dozens of recounts, from 2020, 2021 (state elections) 2022, and 2023 (state elections again). 

So, add Baker to our ever lengthening list of dopes. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

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Busloads of dopes! 

1379. Lin Marie Carey: The Naples, Florida rioter (alleged) was clear about why she was in D.C. on January 6. 

As NBC News reports,

 

Carey can be heard stating, “I’m putting my goggles on. I think they’re going to try to tear gas us,” in a video she filmed while walking into the East side doors of the Capitol. According to reports, she also recorded herself yelling, “We want Trump,” “Taking back our house!” and “Stop the Steal!” at least eight times.

 

Inside the U.S. Capitol, Carey recorded another video of her saying, “We overtook the Capitol” and “We simply wanted to take our house back.” She added, “We want our republic back. We will not allow the Chinese to overtake the United States of America. We want to talk to Pelosi, we want to talk to Schumer, we want to talk to Pence.”

 

As for what kind of people showed up to attack the Capitol, Ms. Carey admitted to F.B.I. agents that she paid $115 to take a chartered bus to D.C., to hear Trump speak. She further noted that she knew four or five people from her church group who were going, and maybe 95 people, from two busses. 

So: busloads of dopes! 

Trump supporter, she believed the election was stolen.

 

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1380. Howard Raymond Freelove: Like many of the rioters, Freelove had multiple social media accounts, including one on Parler, a favorite of right-wing thinkers. In one post, he showed himself driving to D.C., from Chula Vista, California, so he could “march on the sixth.”

 

And, of course, he attended Trump’s rally that day, and wore a red “TRUMP” baseball cap to the riot. Evidence shows rioters pushing police out of the way, around 2:25 p.m. and forcing a way inside the Capitol Rotunda. Freelove, distinctive in his white beard, is said to enter around 2:43.

 

His actions do not appear to have been violent or destructive. He visits Statuary Hall, appears to take pictures on his phone. Then he returns to the Rotunda and sits on a bench for ten minutes. At 3:06 p.m., he’s out the door.

 

Trump supporter.

 

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1381. Patrick Duffy: The arrests keep coming. Mr. Duffy traveled to D.C. from Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He listened to Trump speak in the hour leading up to the riot. Later, he marched down to the Capitol in company with Alex Jones. A man with a megaphone can be heard at this point, shouting, “We’re coming for all you commie traitors in Congress that have stabbed us in the back.” 

As is so often the case, we know because these people tell us. Duffy is MAGA all the way. Previous to the attack on January 6, he also traveled to D.C. for the “Million MAGA March” on November 14, 2020. On that earlier occasion, he heard a Jones speech, which he described as, “Definitely Fire.” 

At the Capitol, on January 6, when the police wouldn’t allow rioters in, Duffy allegedly helped rip away one officer’s shield. Three outmanned officers were trying to bar a door, but they were overwhelmed by the mob. Later a line of officers inside blocked a hall near the Senate chamber. Duffy and other rioters were hit with chemical spray. 

Trump supporter, allegedly violent.

 

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1382. Kayla Reifschneider: Rioters get caught in a variety of ways, but the tip-off to Kayla’s arrest? She posted on social media that she might have broken her foot during the riot. “How?” someone asked. 

“Kicked a cnn camera,” Reifschneider replied. 

When not kicking cameras for freedom, the young woman identified herself as part of the “PATRIOTS45MAGA Gang.” In the wake of the riot, she urged others in a group chat to start deleting evidence from their social media footprints. At one point, she became angry, and said someone in the chat was a “rat.” 

“Whoever is a rat in this chat is going to get fucking fucked up,” she promised. By January 19, 2021, she had left the Patriots 45 group. 

As for her experiences on January 6, she’s just one of hundreds of rioters to destroy the entire myth that they were harmless tourist types, and no threat to democracy whatsoever. While listening to Trump’s speech that day, she said a man walked by and told her, “We’re going to storm the Capitol at 1 PM.” She left the speakers’ area soon after, but says she went for something to eat. 

Later, she headed for the Capitol where she “saw rioters breaking glass” and a “scrimmage line” between police and rioters. After that she told F.B.I. agents that she left the area. She also admitted that prior to leaving California for D.C., she gave a stun gun and pepper spray to “Person 2” to take to the capital. 

Trump supporter.

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1383-1385. Clayton Hildebrand, Evan Hunt and Michael Sposite: The two Ohioans, and one Michigander (Sposite) are not accused of committing any violence – although they were among the first to breach the Capitol during the riot. They entered the Capitol by 2:17 p.m., undeterred by clouds of chemical spray. They were out again within minutes. 

And why were they there? In a social media post, on December 22, 2020, Hunt urged others to come to D.C. to save America – and (I am adding this, myself) Trump’s fat orange ass. 

Hunt, who faces one felony charge, wrote:

 

Patriots, I cannot emphasize how important it is that you call your senators and representatives in congress and tell them not to confirm the electors from this fraudulent elections….Also, if you can in any way possible, be in Washington DC on Jan. 6 and be LOUD that We The People will not surrender our Republic to this fraud and tyranny they are trying to put us under.

 

So they came, the kind of rioted, the believed stupid shit, pushed by the Liar-in-Chief, and now, except for Hunt, they’ll probably get probation and fines of some sort. 

Hildebrand is first to plead guilty, to a single misdemeanor charge. 

Sposite has also pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor; other charges are not resolved. 

Trump supporters (all three).

Believed the election was stolen (Hunt, for sure.)

 

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1386-1387. Donald Lee Moss and James Behymer: As is so often the case, Moss and Behymer were in a fighting frame of mind on January 6. Both battled with police to try to gain control of their batons. 

The Department of Justice gives a more complete description. At this point, a group of fifteen police officers confronts a mob, which is rapidly increasing in size, in front of the Capitol Building.

     

At approximately 2:01 p.m., body-worn camera video footage shows two men, later identified as defendants Moss and Behymer briefly speaking to each other and pointing at the officers before approaching. Officers then directed the two men move back, but they refused. Behymer raised his right arm with a closed fist and repeatedly shouted, “USA! USA! USA!” At the same time, Moss pointed towards the U.S. Capitol building and shouted, “[Unintelligible]. This is our f—ing house!” A few seconds later, an officer extended their hand and touched Behymer’s right arm, and attempted to keep him back. Moss then forcefully shoved the officer’s hand off of Behymer. After Moss shoved the officer’s arm, he shouted, “[Unintelligible] . . .your f—ing hand off of him!” and “Keep your f—ing hand off of him!”

 

Behymer then shoved another officer’s arm as that officer attempted to keep Behymer and other rioters away from the surrounded MPD officers. After Behymer pushed the second officer’s arm, Moss pointed at the second officer and shouted for the third time, “Keep your f—ing hand off of him!” Behymer then raised his fist in the air and again shouted, “USA! USA! USA!”

 

Court documents say that Moss and Behymer continued to engage with police. In one instance, Moss swung his right arm downward and struck and [sic] officer’s hand and baton and in another, forcefully pushed an MPD officer from behind. Behymer repeatedly physical[ly] confronted police and grabbed at their hands and batons.

 

The two men then managed to get inside the building, and before exiting, Moss is said to be seen carrying a chair, and placing it beneath a retractable door, so that other rioters can enter. 

As of October 10, 2024, both men have pleaded guilty, to one charge of assaulting police, each. 

Violent.

(LIKELY TRUMP FANS.)

 

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“Curb stomp crew all in!!!” 

1388. David Scott Kuntz: Here we have another rioter –who is not some left-leaning “commie.” When questioned by federal agents, Kuntz self-identified, as the Associated Press notes, as “an adherent of the “Three Percenters” militia movement and said he belonged to a militia group called the Grey Ghost Partisan Kentucky Rangers. 

In a deposition given to congressional investigators, looking into the events of January 6, the defendant explains that he was not working at the time of the deposition, but had previously been a sheriff’s deputy. Asked what first attracted him to the group, he said, in part, it was fellowship, and “good hangouts in the mountains.” Shooting, camping, rappelling, all that stuff. On one occasion, he tells investigators that he and other members of the group went to Louisville, to protect property – a gas station, a pawn shop, hotels – to make sure BLM types didn’t burn them down. 

Really, it’s interesting reading (if you’re retired like me, and have time), all the different right-wing groups Kuntz is asked about. He has associated with the Oath Keepers, he says, but not the “Reaper Crew.” Is he part of a “militia,” he’s asked. He says yes. What is the role of a militia? “Just – just like people who guard the Constitution and believe in people’s rights,” he says. 

Kurtz answers the questions honestly, it seems – admits he was in D.C. on November 14, for another pro-Trump rally. Then on page 31 of the deposition, Kuntz is asked about a Facebook post he made. “Okay. And somebody named Deep Talker replies to your post, saying: ‘Let me know when you need some real pipe hitting boys.’ And your reply: ‘Deep Talker, Hell yeah, its about time to act, buddy.’” 

Kuntz explains away that exchange, saying he was probably making fun of Angry Viking. 

Next, we learn he went to D.C. again on December 12. Kuntz admits that he wrote, of that trip, “we half to stand together to fight this bull shit that is going on buddy.” But then says he’s not sure what he meant. 

“You don’t remember wanting to stand up against the, you know, 2020 election results and try to get President Trump another term in office?” 

“No. No, I don’t.” 

Kuntz then says he can’t recall ever having a Telegram page – but investigators have messages that show he’s telling others to join him on his Telegram page. 

By the time we hit page 40, I’m surprised neither Mr. Kurtz nor his lawyer is pleading the Fifth, or asking his client to do so. I get to page 60, and just give up. Kurtz is asked why he posted the following: “We The People now have a detailed, long-term plan of action that includes taking you out of D.C. forever. Criminals masquerading as public servants, YOU ARE GOING DOWN.” 

Kurtz can’t remember why he posted what he did, or what he was thinking, or even on which planet he resides. 

By page 72 (I have started skimming quickly), the alleged rioter (as we now know) is pleading the Fifth, finally. Then he’s asked if he intended to go back to D.C. on Inauguration Day. He says yes, but doesn’t remember why. To visit the Smithsonian, maybe? And what did he think about right-wing militia groups talking about going to the Biden swearing in, armed? 

So, now he’s officially charged with participating in the attack on Capitol Hill. Prior to the riot, according to court documents, he messaged his right-wing pals, “No more fucken games guy’s you are in this 100% or your out and be a couch keyboard patriot we go in numbers they will not be able to do shit to us you must not be scared and be ready to not go home[.]” 

“You must choose, is it war, or do we allow marshall law?” 

In another message exchange, a like-minded “patriot” tells Kurtz, he’s ready to fight on January 6, and January 20, if necessary. “Ooh Rah. Curb stomp crew all in!!!” 

So, what we have again is another: 

Trump supporter, right-winger, ready for violence. 

 

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1389. Lance Ligocki: The Illinois man is accused of repeatedly swinging a pole, with  a Trump flag attached, at police, during the battle at the mouth of the tunnel entrance. And if you don’t think these people are in a kind of cult, Mr. Ligocki will at the very least make you ponder the equation. As so many rioters did, he chronicled events on social media both on the day of the attack, and in the aftermath.  His alleged posts include: 

“Best advice I can give you from yesterday is get a full face gas mask.” 

“Trump is a lone Wolf, Pence is a snake and we the people are being silenced” 

“We couldn’t be stopped. They shot that un armed woman out of fear and they mased a woman so many times in the face she Suffocated to death” 

“Everyone I seen is ready to fight. No one wants to talk anymore. I see a civil war of some sort coming” 

Trump supporter, allegedly violent.

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“Civil war is coming.”

1390. Jordan Berk: Let’s say you are a fan of a person running for the presidency, but the candidate you favor loses by several million votes. Do you: 

A)    Accept the results, and work to help candidates you like win the midterm elections two years later.

B)     Vow to get your friends to vote, and not sit on the sidelines, as so many Americans do.

C)    Decide that the best way to save freedom in America is to sign on for a civil war – in America.

 

If you are Mr. Berk, like a shocking number of Trump fans, you answer “C.” You are thinking that killing other Americans is a very fine idea indeed. 

On November 4, 2020, with votes still being counted across the nation, in a Telegram chat group called Patriots 45, Berk texted, “So are we getting this election stolen from us or what?” 

Having fallen for the lie that the election was stolen, on November 16, another individual in the chat group warns, “Civil war is coming folks.” 

Berk allegedly responds, “Nah it’s here.” 

So, off Berk went to D.C. to riot and maybe open fire on others, because Trump told him to – something like that. 

In fact, like Martin Luther King, Jr., he had a dream – albeit a dystopian one. “I envision 20 million patriots driving to D.C. to storm the gates,” he posted on social media at one point, “if they call if for Joe.” 

He has since pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor. 

Trump supporter, he believed the election was stolen.

 

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1391. NICHOLAS ORTT: We have seen a surge in arrests recently, with authorities seemingly focused on the most serious cases. Mr. Ortt, for example, could be seen on the day of disaster, charging a line of police and fighting with officers in an attempt to grab their batons. 

As for who he was, and why he was there, rioting that day? He had on regulation MAGA gear, a “TRUMP” baseball hat, with an American flag brim. He came to D.C. to hear Donald speak. 

Or should we say, “bark?” 

In fact, Ortt was the first rioter to fight his way past police lines in the area in front of the Capitol that day. 

In May 2024, he pleaded guilty to assaulting a law enforcement officer; in June his problems compounded, when he was pinched driving drunk, on a suspended license, and refused to take a breathalyzer test. 

Authorities promptly moved to have him locked up until trial, since he had violated the conditions of his release, related to his earlier assault plea. 

In September 2024, he is sentenced to 27 months in prison, 36 additional months on probation, and hit with a bill for $2,000. 

Ortt (yellow circle) and others battle police.

Trump supporter, violent. 

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1392-1393. JOSEPH JULIUS LAPOINT and Nicole Marie Joyner: The lovely couple was brought down early on, when a relative of Lapoint let the F.B.I. know that they had probably been inside the Capitol. 

They aren’t charged with smashing anything, or trying to kill any of the police officers that day. So that’s good (I guess). Phone records and a picture of Lapoint, standing on a window ledge inside a Senate office, S145, made a strong case against them. In fact, we know that on the first anniversary of the attack on Capitol Hill, Joseph posted proudly, but stupidly, on social media: “HAD A BLAST...one year ago, me & babe stormed the Capitol w/ the rest of America.” 

Like many right-wing types, Joyner had an account on Parler – and posted after the riot, saying she saw Antifa types there that day. 

Whether or not she saw the hobgoblins she said she saw, we know she commented in response to the following post: “They were escorted by police I saw it my self.” 

 

Not sure why court documents posted online in their case are black and white; but for now they’ll suffice. Joyner is said to have had pink and blonde hair, which probably helped law enforcement track her participation in the riot. I would predict they get probation and a fine. At the time of the riot, and possibly still, Joyner and Lapoint were a couple. So call January 6, a “date?” 

UPDATE: I was wrong, in Lapoint’s case. He gets 19 days in a cell, a year to enjoy on probation, and must pay $500. 

Trump supporters, both.

CLAIMED TO SEE ANTIFA (Joyner)

 

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1394. Robert Ciottoni: Well, we now know. Ciottoni is accused of knocking over velvet rope barriers in Statuary Hall during the riot. He was formally charged on March 7, 2024, 1,220 days after the last presidential election. 

Still no proof ever upheld in any court that the 2020 election was rigged. And I’m posting this on March 13. All these chuckleheads are in trouble, legally, because they fell for the Liar-in-Chief’s claims. 

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