Jan 6 Breach of the Capitol: Consequences & Repercussions III

[essentialsaltes]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A woman with ties to Oregon and Southwest Washington was arrested last week and accused of participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

 

[essentialsaltes]

but their text messages

Secret Service deleted J6 text messages after investigators demanded them: DHS inspector general

"The Secret Service erased text messages from January 5 and January 6, 2021, according to a letter given to the January 6 committee and reviewed by The Intercept. The letter was originally sent by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General to the House and Senate homeland security committees. Though the Secret Service maintains that the text messages were lost as a result of a 'device-replacement program,' the letter says the erasure took place shortly after oversight officials requested the agency’s electronic communications," The Intercept reported Thursday.

 

[Pommer]

but their text messages

Secret Service deleted J6 text messages after investigators demanded them: DHS inspector general

"The Secret Service erased text messages from January 5 and January 6, 2021, according to a letter given to the January 6 committee and reviewed by The Intercept. The letter was originally sent by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General to the House and Senate homeland security committees. Though the Secret Service maintains that the text messages were lost as a result of a 'device-replacement program,' the letter says the erasure took place shortly after oversight officials requested the agency’s electronic communications," The Intercept reported Thursday.

This could be a thread unto itself, we will have to wait and see if the devices used uploaded any messages into “the cloud”, that may be retrieved by the service-provider.

 

[Whyayeman]

Another 'the dog ate my homework' excuse.

Nobody believes that one even when it is true!

 

[wing2000]

And the Department of Justice requested that the first defendant from the January 6 insurrection to be convicted at trial, Guy Reffitt, be sentenced to 15 years in prison. This is an upward adjustment of sentencing guidelines because the department is asking the judge to consider Reffitt’s actions as terrorism, since the offense for which he was convicted “was calculated to influence or affect the conduct of government by intimidation or coercion, or to retaliate against government conduct.”

Reffitt was a leader of the Texas Three Percenters militia gang, which calls for “rebellion” against the federal government. He came to Washington, D.C., for January 6. He attacked U.S. Capitol Police officers and encouraged others to do so before entering the Capitol armed with a handgun, where he targeted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and then–Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

July 15, 2022

 

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John Eastman loses emergency request to protect his phone data from DOJ investigators

 

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The defendants, Cody Mattice, 29, of Greece, N.Y., and James Mault, 30, of Brockport, N.Y., both wept as they stood before Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell and asked for leniency [they each got 44 months]

Mattice’s attorney said his client is “uneducated and unsophisticated,” adding that he’s often “swept up with what’s on the internet”

 

[Pommer]

John Eastman loses emergency request to protect his phone data from DOJ investigators

Gee, there might be incriminating data on that phone? Unless he just raised objections to DOJ using data from that phone in their investigations, on principle?
Yeah, that’s probably it, principle.

 

[Pommer]

The defendants, Cody Mattice, 29, of Greece, N.Y., and James Mault, 30, of Brockport, N.Y., both wept as they stood before Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell and asked for leniency [they each got 44 months]

Mattice’s attorney said his client is “uneducated and unsophisticated,” adding that he’s often “swept up with what’s on the internet”

In forma pauperis & Non compos mentis?

“I’m too unsophisticated to make wise choices” might not be the best defense?

 

[essentialsaltes]

Report: Conservative Newsmax peddles Jan. 6 misinformation

Newsmax has broadcast at least 40 false claims or conspiracy theories about the attack since June, when a House committee began televising its evidence about the role former President Donald Trump and his allies played in the day’s events, according to NewsGuard, a tech firm that monitors misinformation.

 

[essentialsaltes]

but their text messages

Secret Service deleted J6 text messages after investigators demanded them: DHS inspector general

The U.S. Secret Service has determined it has no new texts to provide Congress relevant to its Jan. 6 investigation, and that any other texts its agents exchanged around the time of the 2021 attack on the Capitol were purged, according to a senior official briefed on the matter.

Also, the National Archives on Tuesday sought more information on “the potential unauthorized deletion” of agency text messages. The U.S. government’s chief record-keeper asked the Secret Service to report back to the Archives within 30 days about the deletion of any records, including describing what was purged and the circumstances of how the documentation was lost.

[Previously, Secret Service spokesman] Guglielmi acknowledged that some data on the phones had been lost in the changeover but emphasized that “none of the texts” the OIG was seeking were missing.

It's still not entirely clear whether this is 'the final answer'.

 

[Pommer]

The U.S. Secret Service has determined it has no new texts to provide Congress relevant to its Jan. 6 investigation, and that any other texts its agents exchanged around the time of the 2021 attack on the Capitol were purged, according to a senior official briefed on the matter.

Also, the National Archives on Tuesday sought more information on “the potential unauthorized deletion” of agency text messages. The U.S. government’s chief record-keeper asked the Secret Service to report back to the Archives within 30 days about the deletion of any records, including describing what was purged and the circumstances of how the documentation was lost.

[Previously, Secret Service spokesman] Guglielmi acknowledged that some data on the phones had been lost in the changeover but emphasized that “none of the texts” the OIG was seeking were missing.

It's still not entirely clear whether this is 'the final answer'.

The NSA is still functional, yes?

 

[essentialsaltes]

The NSA is still functional, yes?

The NSA would never spy on American citizens!

 

[TLK Valentine]

Help me out here -- I saw this on Twitter and I want to see if I got the timeline correct:

2:12 PM -- VP Pence is rushed off the Senate floor as the rioters close in.

2:24 PM -- Donald Tweets:"Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!"

At this point, nobody knows exactly where Pence is, but the presumption is that he is still somewhere either in the Capitol or on the Capitol grounds -- now with quite the bulls-eye on his back, thanks in part to Donald's aforementioned tweet.

3:36 PM -- Kayleigh McEnany tweets that Donald has called in the National Guard to the Capitol.

Thanks to the committee hearings, we now know this to be a lie. The National Guard was called in, but it was Pence, not Donald, who called them. Donald ordered McEnany to put out the (false) tweet giving himself the credit for calling in the NG.

(Technically, Pence was usurping presidential authority by calling in the NG himself, but personally, I'll let it slide under the circumstances)

4:08 PM -- Pence, still on the Capitol grounds, calls Christopher Miller to tell him that the Capitol is still not secure, and asking for a timeline to secure the building.

By this time, it's obvious that although the Capitol is, as Pence said, not secure, its security is inevitable, with the presence of Capitol Police and National Guardsmen, as well as reports of incoming NG reinforcements from Maryland and Virginia. For all intents and purposes, it's clear the "insurrection" has failed. The rioters have not seized Pence or any other HVTs, and they cannot hold the capitol.

Presumably, Miller informed Donald of all this after getting off the phone with Pence.

4:17 PM -- Donald releases his prerecorded "We love you. You're very special. Now go home," video, effectively ordering the Capitol rioters to stand down.

That sound about right?

 

[essentialsaltes]

Help me out here -- I saw this on Twitter and I want to see if I got the timeline correct:

Checking against NPR

You/NPR

2:12 PM / shortly after 2
2:24 PM / 2:24
3:36 PM / 3:36 [the name should be McEnany]
4:08 PM / not mentioned (AP has it at 4:08, but it is Christopher Miller at DoD, not Stephen - which makes the implied link to informing Trump a little less clear.)
4:17 PM / 4:17

 

[TLK Valentine]

Checking against NPR

You/NPR

2:12 PM / shortly after 2
2:24 PM / 2:24
3:36 PM / 3:36 [the name should be McEnany]
4:08 PM / not mentioned (AP has it at 4:08, but it is Christopher Miller at DoD, not Stephen - which makes the implied link to informing Trump a little less clear.)
4:17 PM / 4:17

Thanks! Correcting my post now.

 

[essentialsaltes]

The U.S. Secret Service has determined it has no new texts to provide Congress relevant to its Jan. 6 investigation, and that any other texts its agents exchanged around the time of the 2021 attack on the Capitol were purged, according to a senior official briefed on the matter.

The Secret Service was only able to provide a single text exchange to the DHS inspector general who had requested a month's worth of records for 24 Secret Service personnel, according to a letter to the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, whose details were first reported by CNN.

"The Secret Service submitted the responsive records it identified, namely, a text message conversation from former US Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund to former Secret Service Uniformed Division Chief Thomas Sullivan requesting assistance on January 6, 2021, and advised the agency did not have any further records responsive to the DHS OIG's request for text messages," Assistant Director Ronald Rowe wrote in the letter to the January 6 committee.

"The Secret Service continues to engage in extensive efforts to further assess whether any relevant text messages sent or received by 24 individuals identified by the DHS OIG were lost due to the Intune migration and, if so, whether such texts are recoverable," Rowe wrote.

 

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Bipartisan group of senators cuts deal to change election laws in response to January 6 attack

According to a fact sheet on the legislation, the proposal dealing with the vice president's role would make clear that the responsibility is "solely ministerial and that he or she does not have any power to solely determine, accept, reject, or otherwise adjudicate disputes over electors."

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia said the bill would make it harder to overturn an election when a joint session of Congress convenes to certify a presidential election.

"Anything we can do and show to the American public that we realize how serious that day was, and that we're going to do all we can to prevent a repeat of January 6th, is a step in the right direction," he said.

 

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'Loudmouth' Capitol riot defendant had a rough day at his Jan. 6 jury trial
Matthew Bledsoe, who scaled a wall before entering the Capitol through a door with broken glass panels, tried to convince jurors that he thought he was allowed inside.

When prosecutors confronted him with a text he sent to his wife, saying it was "good" that someone planted bombs near the Capitol, Bledsoe said he really didn't mean "good." He also claimed he didn't really mean it when he wrote that he "stormed the Capitol."

In an attempt to explain why he climbed a wall to get to the Capitol, Bledsoe said his home in Tennessee was "quite a bit different" than D.C., and that he climbed walls back home regularly.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Judge Carl Nichols issued a series of rulings on motions preparing for the trial Monday that largely did not go Bannon’s way, including knocking out several potential defenses he had raised.

Bannon's lawyer presented no defense.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Trump ally Steve Bannon did not call any witnesses and declined to testify himself in his contempt of Congress trial on Thursday and instead argued the judge should just acquit him, saying prosecutors hadn’t proven their case.

You may recall that Bannon promised to "go medieval" on the court. I didn't think he meant a vow of silence.