Jan 6 Breach of the Capitol: Consequences & Repercussions III

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Mother and son who aided in theft of Pelosi's laptop on Jan. 6 are sentenced​

Maryann Mooney-Rondon and her son, Rafael Rondon, were arrested in October 2021 after they were identified by online "Sedition Hunters" who have aided in hundreds of cases against Capitol rioters.

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb sentenced Rondon to 18 months of home incarceration and Mooney-Rondon to 12 months of home incarceration.

[Rafael] later told the FBI that he wished he had taken a photo of a rioter on the Senate dais, because "that [poop] was [doggone] hilarious."

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[Hans Blaster]

Mother and son who aided in theft of Pelosi's laptop on Jan. 6 are sentenced​

Maryann Mooney-Rondon and her son, Rafael Rondon, were arrested in October 2021 after they were identified by online "Sedition Hunters" who have aided in hundreds of cases against Capitol rioters.

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb sentenced Rondon to 18 months of home incarceration and Mooney-Rondon to 12 months of home incarceration.

[Rafael] later told the FBI that he wished he had taken a photo of a rioter on the Senate dais, because "that [poop] was [doggone] hilarious."

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Tagged online before arrest as "AirheadBoy" and "AirheadLady" because the pair of them stole inflatable "escape hoods" inteded to provide protection for Congress against airborne attacks (gas, bio) and wore them when they exited the Capitol.

 

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Covington [LA] father, son charged in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach​

According to a release from the United States Department of Justice, 51-year-old Willard Purkel Jr., and his son, 27-year-old Colby Purkel, were charged with felony civil disorder. [and other tourism/misdemeanor charges]

 

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Jan. 6 Defendant Opens Fire at Cops Making Welfare Check on Him after he Fails to Turn Himself in​

A Texas man facing charges over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot fired on local deputies as they tried to perform a welfare check the day he was scheduled to surrender to the FBI, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. Nathan Pelham, 40, was arrested in connection with the shooting earlier this week and charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Proud Boy Jan. 6 defendant who shot at law enforcement is sentenced to 2 years in prison​

Nathan Pelham, of Texas, pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade of the Northern District of Texas imposed the sentence, according to court records.

 

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Olympic gold medalist swimmer Klete Keller sentenced to 36 months of probation for role in Capitol riot​

Federal prosecutors had recommended 10 months in prison.

Keller, 41, was also sentenced to six months of home detention and will have to perform 10 hours of community service every month.

[from his letter of apology:] "On January 6, 2021, I unlawfully entered the United States Capitol Building and demonstrated without permission. I am ashamed to admit that I wanted to interrupt and influence Congress's certification of the Electoral College vote."

[He pleaded guilty more than 2 years ago.]

 

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Ex-police chief who spread Jan. 6 conspiracy theories sentenced to 11 years in Capitol riot case​

Alan Hostetter, who was found to have carried a hatchet during the Capitol attack, cited Vivek Ramaswamy's suggestion at Wednesday's GOP debate that Jan. 6 was an "inside job."

A former California police chief who called for the execution of Donald Trump's political enemies, joined the U.S. Capitol attack and then spread conspiracy theories about Jan. 6 was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison on Thursday.

Alan Hostetter was found guilty in July on charges of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, entering or remaining on restricted grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon and disorderly or disruptive conduct on restricted grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon.

Hostetter said during the hearing that ... the death of Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt was faked.

After the hearing, Babbitt’s mother Micki Witthoeft confronted Hostetter in the hallway. Witthoeft ... told Hostetter that her daughter was, in fact, dead.

“I assure you she is dead,” she said. “What the [bleep] is it you're trying to say?”

“Was she cremated?” Hostetter asked.

“You need help,” she replied. “Arrogant [poop].”

 

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A Texas woman's distinctive cellphone case — featuring a mocked-up image of Donald Trump as the iconic Sylvester Stallone character Rocky Balboa — helped investigators identify her as an alleged Jan. 6 rioter, federal authorities said Thursday.

Footage from the riot allegedly showed Bell assaulting a local Fox television reporter outside the Capitol and kicking a member of the reporter’s news team who tried to calm her down in “the posterior area,” according to the affidavit.

“At one point, she can be heard on body-worn camera footage appearing to call an MPD officer a '[doggone] [kitty] traitor,’ … and a ‘[C-word],’” the court documents state.

Bell was hit with six charges, including assaulting law enforcement, federal prosecutors said.

 

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FBI arrests an 'internet pornography personality' on Jan. 6 charges​

DOJ

On January 12, 2021, the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center (NTOC) received a tip from an individual (“Witness 1”) regarding an internet pornography personality using the name “God Hypnotic.” Witness 1 stated in the report to the FBI that God Hypnotic was “bragging” on Skype about his participation in the January 6, 2021 riots and that God Hypnotic had described being inside the Capitol building during that Skype chat.

Separately, the FBI received a tip from a confidential source containing public photographs of Twitter user @CashHypnotic. The source believed that the user of the @CashHypnotic Twitter account resembled an individual who was present in the Capitol

I believe that the individual in the video is CALOIA, based on his appearance, voice, and clothing.

 

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Ramaswamy Repeatedly Interrupts Abby Phillip While Standing by Claim January 6 Was an ‘Inside Job’ During CNN Town Hall​

I can tell you now, having gone somewhat deep in this, it’s not ['crazy talk/fringe conspiracy theory']. I mean, the reality is this. We do have a government first of all, we have to acknowledge that has lied to us systematically over the last several years about the origin of Covid-19, about the Hunter Biden laptop that we were told was false by 51 CIA experts and otherwise, before we now know that it was true. You could go straight down the list, the Trump-Russia disinformation collusion hoax, all of it. Now we come to January 6th. The reality is we know that there were federal law enforcement agents in that field. We don’t know how many. I think it’s shameful.

 

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Proud Boy Who Threw Rock At Capitol Doors On Jan. 6 Sentenced To 5 Years​

Anthony Sargent, 47, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a felony charge of civil disorder and six misdemeanor charges including engaging in physical violence in a restricted building and disorderly conduct.

 

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J.R. Majewski, the Air Force veteran who won the GOP primary for Ohio's new 9th Congressional District, was a January 6 rally participant [but not a Capitol breacher] and has repeatedly shared pro-█████ material -- including a video showing him painting his lawn to say Trump 2020 with "█" replacing the zeros.

Before running for Congress, Majewski was best known as the Trump supporter who painted his front lawn into a 19,000-square-foot Trump 2020 sign.

He also lied about certain parts of his military experience and lost in 2022. He's running again in 2024, but the Ohio GOP is trying to push another candidate in the primary, but...

House GOP reeling after a top recruit blasts Trump on tape​

In a must-win Ohio race, one Republican candidate is facing allegations of stolen valor — and now another is inviting the former president’s wrath by bashing him.

The GOP is eager to block J.R. Majewski from winning its nomination to challenge veteran Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur. Majewski lost his previous bid for Congress last year, after a news report on his military records indicated he lied about combat duty in Afghanistan.

Republicans turned to former state legislator Craig Riedel to beat Majewski in this cycle’s primary. But last week, an audio tape surfaced of Riedel calling Donald Trump “arrogant” and vowing not to endorse the former president. Now the primary looks poised to become a referendum on which is worse in today’s GOP: criticizing Trump or allegedly lying about one’s military valor.

 

[Godsunworthyservant]

The January 6 insurrectionists believed that the 2020 election was rigged. She was caught attempting to rig the election. Surely this adds some credence to the mob's actions?

You know what's kinda ironic? These folks crimes involved photographing and later posting online the passwords to the county's election systems. The alleged mastermind behind this crime is Belinda's boss, Tina Peters. She has been indicted on 10 charges from the incident. She is currently scheduled to go to trial in Feb 2024. Tina Peters is a Republican, a hard core Trump supporter and an outspoken election denier. She was elected in 2018 and her department was mired in political strife soon after she took office. Nearly two dozen employees left the department, with some alleging vote-counting errors, missed election deadlines, and a toxic work environment. In March 2020, workers discovered that a ballot drop-box right outside the main entrance of the elections office contained 574 uncounted ballots from the November 2019 election. The password incident for which she has been indicted and to which Belinda Knisley pleaded occurred in 2021, so she wasn't caught trying to rig the election since her actions in this case were after the election. It was during a time when the breach of the Capitol was all everyone was talking about and it's alleged by some that she did it to bolster the claims that the election had been stolen by showing that such breaches could occur. Does that add any credence to the mobs actions? Or is it just another example of how low someone will stoop to prove a point when something they believe is not true?

 

[Pommer]

He also lied about certain parts of his military experience and lost in 2022. He's running again in 2024, but the Ohio GOP is trying to push another candidate in the primary, but...

House GOP reeling after a top recruit blasts Trump on tape​

In a must-win Ohio race, one Republican candidate is facing allegations of stolen valor — and now another is inviting the former president’s wrath by bashing him.

The GOP is eager to block J.R. Majewski from winning its nomination to challenge veteran Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur. Majewski lost his previous bid for Congress last year, after a news report on his military records indicated he lied about combat duty in Afghanistan.

Republicans turned to former state legislator Craig Riedel to beat Majewski in this cycle’s primary. But last week, an audio tape surfaced of Riedel calling Donald Trump “arrogant” and vowing not to endorse the former president. Now the primary looks poised to become a referendum on which is worse in today’s GOP: criticizing Trump or allegedly lying about one’s military valor.

Supporting the “fake” troops isn’t the deal-breaker for many GOP voters, one might think.

 

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Some of this was already known, but...​

Inspector General of Dept of Interior: Organizers of Jan. 6 rally withheld information that would have changed security plans​

The organizers of the rally that preceded the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S Capitol actively concealed information from the National Park Service that would have materially changed the security plans at the event, according to a new report from the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Interior Department.

During a Dec. 29 phone call with a park ranger, event planners explicitly said that WFAF [Women for America First] did not plan to march to the Capitol on Jan. 6, the report said. Permits revised as late as Jan. 5 stated that WFAF would "not conduct an organized march from the Ellipse at the conclusion of the rally."

"POTUS expectations are intimate and then send everyone over to the Capitol," White House liaison texted a WFAF contractor on Jan. 3, according to the report.

"This stays only between us, we are having a second stage at the Supreme Court again after the ellipse. POTUS is going to have us march there/the Capitol ... It can also not get out about the march because I will be in trouble with the national park service and all the agencies but POTUS is going to just call for it 'unexpectedly,'" a WFAF representative texted on Jan. 4 to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who was a potential speaker at the event.

"We asked [the WFAF representative] repeatedly if she was going to do a march ... So, um, basically she lied to all of us," the permit specialist told investigators, per the report.

The report also said that while law enforcement screened 28,000 people to enter the event -- finding items like knives, pepper spray, gas masks, body armor, and tasers -- other people avoided the screening and lingered on the National Mall with prohibited items including an AR-15 assault rifle and a pitchfork.

 

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Proud Boys leader admits plan to storm Capitol and will testify against others
Charles Donohoe pleaded guilty to conspiracy and acknowledged the intention to stop the electoral college vote

The conspiracy charge Donohoe pleaded to carries a sentencing range of 97 to 121 months, but credit for acceptance of responsibility and entering an early plea reduced his sentencing range from 70 to 87 months.

Proud Boy who cooperated with U.S. gets 3 years in Jan. 6 attack​

U.S. prosecutors urged judge to send ‘message’ to deter political violence, encourage future cooperation as Charles Donohoe gets fraction of Enrique Tarrio’s 22-year seditious conspiracy sentence​

(Chesebro nods approvingly)

A handpicked lieutenant to Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarriowas sentenced Tuesday to 40 months of incarceration and will be released soon from prison after cooperating with federal prosecutors against co-conspirators convicted of plotting to keep Donald Trump in office through violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Details of Donohoe’s cooperation were redacted in a government sentencing memo requesting leniency.

 

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Jan. 6 rioter nabbed in Bumble dating app sting pleads guilty to assaulting officers​

Andrew Taake was turned in by a Bumble user who used the dating app to try to elicit confessions from Donald Trump supporters who took part in the Capitol attack.

On Wednesday, one of the Bumble users she turned in to the FBI pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers with chemical spray and a metal whip.

Taake, a self-employed handyman who owned a pressure-washing business, had a felony record, but authorities found multiple guns at his home when they took him into custody. Taake was on bond in a separate case when he stormed the Capitol, with a pending charge for soliciting a minor online

The woman referred to as "Witness 1” in Taake's FBI affidavit has previously recalled how "comically minimal ego-stroking" from her led Trump supporters to give her information about their activities on Jan. 6.

“I felt a bit of ‘civic duty’ I guess, but truthfully, I was mostly just mad and thinking, [bleep] these guys,” she said, speaking anonymously for fear of online reprisal.

/Not all heroes wear capes.
/Not a drag queen.

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Previously in "comically minimal ego-stroking"

 

[public hermit]

Jan. 6 rioter nabbed in Bumble dating app sting pleads guilty to assaulting officers​

Andrew Taake was turned in by a Bumble user who used the dating app to try to elicit confessions from Donald Trump supporters who took part in the Capitol attack.

On Wednesday, one of the Bumble users she turned in to the FBI pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers with chemical spray and a metal whip.

Taake, a self-employed handyman who owned a pressure-washing business, had a felony record, but authorities found multiple guns at his home when they took him into custody. Taake was on bond in a separate case when he stormed the Capitol, with a pending charge for soliciting a minor online

The woman referred to as "Witness 1” in Taake's FBI affidavit has previously recalled how "comically minimal ego-stroking" from her led Trump supporters to give her information about their activities on Jan. 6.

“I felt a bit of ‘civic duty’ I guess, but truthfully, I was mostly just mad and thinking, [bleep] these guys,” she said, speaking anonymously for fear of online reprisal.

/Not all heroes wear capes.
/Not a drag queen.

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Previously in "comically minimal ego-stroking"

From the beginning, the whole riot seemed to be the revolution of morons and nincompoops. These can be dangerous morons, mind you, but morons nonetheless. Time has proven that to be just the case.

 

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From the beginning, the whole riot seemed to be the revolution of morons and nincompoops. These can be dangerous morons, mind you, but morons nonetheless. Time has proven that to be just the case.

“When Trump sends his people to the Capitol, he's not sending his best. They're not that ight-bray. He's sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with them. They’re bringing crime. They’re bringing violence. And some, I assume, are good people.”​

 

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High school classmate's tip leads to Lakeville man, 43, being charged with role in Jan. 6 riot​

Martin James Cudo, 43, was charged with illegal entry of the Capitol with the intent to impede or disrupt the U.S. House of Representatives as it was about to formally accept the election of Joe Biden as president over incumbent Donald Trump.

The criminal complaint against Cudo said the classmate's tip included a selfie that Cudo posted shortly after the insurrection showing him in the Capitol.

Questioned in the Twin Cities by the FBI one week after the riot, Cudo was shown the photo and "confirmed that he was the individual" depicted, the complaint continued.

[And now, finally, the charge.]

Last month, Victoria C. White, 41, of Rochester, who pleaded guilty to one felony count of interfering with law enforcement on Jan. 6, was sentenced to 10 days in prison. White's sentence also included three months of home confinement and two years of supervised release.

 

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Jan. 6 rioters the far right claimed were antifa keep getting unmasked as Trump supporters​

"Suspected ANTIFA trying to break windows at the Capitol," wrote one Jan. 6 participant on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in recent weeks, posting an old video that showed two black-clad men smashing at a window near the lower west tunnel, where some of the worst violence took place on Jan. 6.

This allegation wasn't entirely new. Video of the same two men had been circulated before, with claims that the black-clad duo were left-wing agitators. The rumors about the two men and other secret undercover antifa operatives began spreading on Jan. 6 itself, and were boosted by figures like Rep. Matt Gaetz. Some of the misinformation appears to have originated because other Jan. 6 participants who charged up the inauguration platform themselves appeared to believe that anyone wearing black — or anyone who would smash windows — were de facto members of antifa and couldn't possibly be Trump supporters.

One of the men was arrested just last month: William Lewis, a 57-year-old from Illinois who was charged with felony counts of assaulting officers and civil disorder. Lewis was wearing mostly black and used "what appears to be a baton" to smash in a Capitol window, the FBI charges. Lewis also deployed what appeared to be a can of wasp and hornet spray at officers on three separate occasions on Jan. 6, authorities charge. An NBC News review of Lewis' social media presence shows that he is a Trump supporter who disdains President Joe Biden.

The other black-clad man isn't antifa either. He's Jonathan Munafo — a man known as a "Front Row Joe" because he camped out to get prime viewing spots at Trump rallies all across the country in the lead-up to Jan. 6. [He got 33 months in prison for Jan 6 activities.]

[Another 'ANTIFA'] was previously charged for threatening a Democratic official in his home state, his Facebook profile currently features the words "MAGA 4 EVER GOD SAVE OUR REPUBLIC "

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“I was going to be super hard and go punch a antifa terrorist in the face. And I end up being the terrorist," former West Virginia Councilman Eric Barber, later sentenced to 45 days in prison, said in his FBI interview. "Plot twist, huh?”