READ BOLDED PORTIONS BELOW FOR FUNNY STORIES OF HOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING CAUGHT

Their total lack of concern over getting caught and their friends' willingness to turn them in has helped authorities charge about 150 people as of Monday with federal crimes. But even with the help from the rioters themselves, investigators must still work rigorously to link the images to the vandalism and suspects to the acts on Jan. 6 in order to prove their case in court. And because so few were arrested at the scene, the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service have been forced to send agents to track suspects down.

"Just because you've left the D.C. region, you can still expect a knock on the door if we find out that you were part of criminal activity inside the Capitol," Steven D'Antuono, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington office, said earlier this month. "Bottom line the FBI is not sparing any resources in this investigation."

In the last few weeks, the FBI has received more than 200,000 photos and video tips related to the riot. Investigators have put up billboards in several states with photos of wanted rioters. Working on tips from co-workers, acquaintances and friends, agents have tracked down driver's license photos to match their faces with those captured on camera in the building. In some cases, authorities got records from Facebook or Twitter to connect their social media accounts to their email addresses or phone numbers. In others, agents used records from license plate readers to confirm their travels.

More than 800 are believed to have made their way into the Capitol, although it's likely not everyone will be tracked down and charged with a crime. Federal prosecutors are focusing on the most critical cases and the most egregious examples of wrongdoing. And they must weigh manpower, cost and evidence when charging rioters.
A special group of prosecutors is examining whether to bring sedition charges against the rioters, which carry up to 20 years in prison. One trio was charged with conspiracy; most have been charged with crimes like unlawful entry and disorderly conduct.

Many rioters posted selfies inside the Capitol to their social media accounts, gave interviews to news outlets describing their experience and readily admitted when questioned by federal investigators that they were there. One man created a Facebook album titled "Who's House? OUR HOUSE" filled with photos of himself and others on Capitol grounds, officials said.

"They might have thought, like so many people that work with Trump, that if the president tells me to do it, it's not breaking the law," said Michael Gerhardt, an expert on impeachment and professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Others made blunders, like a Houston police officer, who denied he went into the Capitol, then agreed to let agents look at the pictures on his phone. Inside his deleted photos folder were pictures and videos, including selfies he took inside the building, authorities said.

Another man was wearing a court-ordered GPS monitor after a burglary conviction that tracked his every movement inside the building.

A retired firefighter from Long Island, New York, texted a video of himself in the Capitol rotunda to his girlfriend's brother, saying he was "at the tip of the spear," officials said. The brother happened to be a federal agent with the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service, who turned the video over to the FBI. A lawyer for the man, Thomas Fee, said that he "was not part of any attempt to take over the U.S. Capitol" and that "the allegation is that he merely walked through an open door into the Capitol nothing more."

Another man who was inside the Capitol was willing to rat out another rioter who stole House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern and emailed the video to an FBI agent, even signing his own name to it. "Hello Nice FBI Lady," he wrote, "Here are the links to the videos. Looks like Podium Guy is in one of them, less the podium. Let me know if you need anything else."

In another case, a man was on a flight leaving D.C. two days after the riot when he kept shouting "Trump 2020!" and was kicked off. An airport police officer saw the man get off the plane and the man was booked on another flight. Forty-five minutes later, the officer was watching a video on Instagram and recognized the man in a group of rioters. The man, who was wearing the same shirt as the day he stormed the Capitol, was arrested at the airport, authorities said.

Even defense attorneys have acknowledged that the evidence poses a problem for them.
"I'm not a magician," said an attorney for the man seen in a photo carrying Pelosi's lectern. "We've got a photograph of our client in what appears to be inside a federal building or inside the Capitol with government property."

concordtom said:

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READ BOLDED PORTIONS BELOW FOR FUNNY STORIES OF HOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING CAUGHT

Their total lack of concern over getting caught and their friends' willingness to turn them in has helped authorities charge about 150 people as of Monday with federal crimes. But even with the help from the rioters themselves, investigators must still work rigorously to link the images to the vandalism and suspects to the acts on Jan. 6 in order to prove their case in court. And because so few were arrested at the scene, the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service have been forced to send agents to track suspects down.

"Just because you've left the D.C. region, you can still expect a knock on the door if we find out that you were part of criminal activity inside the Capitol," Steven D'Antuono, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington office, said earlier this month. "Bottom line the FBI is not sparing any resources in this investigation."

In the last few weeks, the FBI has received more than 200,000 photos and video tips related to the riot. Investigators have put up billboards in several states with photos of wanted rioters. Working on tips from co-workers, acquaintances and friends, agents have tracked down driver's license photos to match their faces with those captured on camera in the building. In some cases, authorities got records from Facebook or Twitter to connect their social media accounts to their email addresses or phone numbers. In others, agents used records from license plate readers to confirm their travels.

More than 800 are believed to have made their way into the Capitol, although it's likely not everyone will be tracked down and charged with a crime. Federal prosecutors are focusing on the most critical cases and the most egregious examples of wrongdoing. And they must weigh manpower, cost and evidence when charging rioters.
A special group of prosecutors is examining whether to bring sedition charges against the rioters, which carry up to 20 years in prison. One trio was charged with conspiracy; most have been charged with crimes like unlawful entry and disorderly conduct.

Many rioters posted selfies inside the Capitol to their social media accounts, gave interviews to news outlets describing their experience and readily admitted when questioned by federal investigators that they were there. One man created a Facebook album titled "Who's House? OUR HOUSE" filled with photos of himself and others on Capitol grounds, officials said.

"They might have thought, like so many people that work with Trump, that if the president tells me to do it, it's not breaking the law," said Michael Gerhardt, an expert on impeachment and professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Others made blunders, like a Houston police officer, who denied he went into the Capitol, then agreed to let agents look at the pictures on his phone. Inside his deleted photos folder were pictures and videos, including selfies he took inside the building, authorities said.

Another man was wearing a court-ordered GPS monitor after a burglary conviction that tracked his every movement inside the building.

A retired firefighter from Long Island, New York, texted a video of himself in the Capitol rotunda to his girlfriend's brother, saying he was "at the tip of the spear," officials said. The brother happened to be a federal agent with the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service, who turned the video over to the FBI. A lawyer for the man, Thomas Fee, said that he "was not part of any attempt to take over the U.S. Capitol" and that "the allegation is that he merely walked through an open door into the Capitol nothing more."

Another man who was inside the Capitol was willing to rat out another rioter who stole House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern and emailed the video to an FBI agent, even signing his own name to it. "Hello Nice FBI Lady," he wrote, "Here are the links to the videos. Looks like Podium Guy is in one of them, less the podium. Let me know if you need anything else."

In another case, a man was on a flight leaving D.C. two days after the riot when he kept shouting "Trump 2020!" and was kicked off. An airport police officer saw the man get off the plane and the man was booked on another flight. Forty-five minutes later, the officer was watching a video on Instagram and recognized the man in a group of rioters. The man, who was wearing the same shirt as the day he stormed the Capitol, was arrested at the airport, authorities said.

Even defense attorneys have acknowledged that the evidence poses a problem for them.
"I'm not a magician," said an attorney for the man seen in a photo carrying Pelosi's lectern. "We've got a photograph of our client in what appears to be inside a federal building or inside the Capitol with government property."

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Holy Toledo

going4roses said:

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concordtom said:

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READ BOLDED PORTIONS BELOW FOR FUNNY STORIES OF HOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING CAUGHT

Their total lack of concern over getting caught and their friends' willingness to turn them in has helped authorities charge about 150 people as of Monday with federal crimes. But even with the help from the rioters themselves, investigators must still work rigorously to link the images to the vandalism and suspects to the acts on Jan. 6 in order to prove their case in court. And because so few were arrested at the scene, the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service have been forced to send agents to track suspects down.

"Just because you've left the D.C. region, you can still expect a knock on the door if we find out that you were part of criminal activity inside the Capitol," Steven D'Antuono, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington office, said earlier this month. "Bottom line the FBI is not sparing any resources in this investigation."

In the last few weeks, the FBI has received more than 200,000 photos and video tips related to the riot. Investigators have put up billboards in several states with photos of wanted rioters. Working on tips from co-workers, acquaintances and friends, agents have tracked down driver's license photos to match their faces with those captured on camera in the building. In some cases, authorities got records from Facebook or Twitter to connect their social media accounts to their email addresses or phone numbers. In others, agents used records from license plate readers to confirm their travels.

More than 800 are believed to have made their way into the Capitol, although it's likely not everyone will be tracked down and charged with a crime. Federal prosecutors are focusing on the most critical cases and the most egregious examples of wrongdoing. And they must weigh manpower, cost and evidence when charging rioters.
A special group of prosecutors is examining whether to bring sedition charges against the rioters, which carry up to 20 years in prison. One trio was charged with conspiracy; most have been charged with crimes like unlawful entry and disorderly conduct.

Many rioters posted selfies inside the Capitol to their social media accounts, gave interviews to news outlets describing their experience and readily admitted when questioned by federal investigators that they were there. One man created a Facebook album titled "Who's House? OUR HOUSE" filled with photos of himself and others on Capitol grounds, officials said.

"They might have thought, like so many people that work with Trump, that if the president tells me to do it, it's not breaking the law," said Michael Gerhardt, an expert on impeachment and professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Others made blunders, like a Houston police officer, who denied he went into the Capitol, then agreed to let agents look at the pictures on his phone. Inside his deleted photos folder were pictures and videos, including selfies he took inside the building, authorities said.

Another man was wearing a court-ordered GPS monitor after a burglary conviction that tracked his every movement inside the building.

A retired firefighter from Long Island, New York, texted a video of himself in the Capitol rotunda to his girlfriend's brother, saying he was "at the tip of the spear," officials said. The brother happened to be a federal agent with the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service, who turned the video over to the FBI. A lawyer for the man, Thomas Fee, said that he "was not part of any attempt to take over the U.S. Capitol" and that "the allegation is that he merely walked through an open door into the Capitol nothing more."

Another man who was inside the Capitol was willing to rat out another rioter who stole House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern and emailed the video to an FBI agent, even signing his own name to it. "Hello Nice FBI Lady," he wrote, "Here are the links to the videos. Looks like Podium Guy is in one of them, less the podium. Let me know if you need anything else."

In another case, a man was on a flight leaving D.C. two days after the riot when he kept shouting "Trump 2020!" and was kicked off. An airport police officer saw the man get off the plane and the man was booked on another flight. Forty-five minutes later, the officer was watching a video on Instagram and recognized the man in a group of rioters. The man, who was wearing the same shirt as the day he stormed the Capitol, was arrested at the airport, authorities said.

Even defense attorneys have acknowledged that the evidence poses a problem for them.
"I'm not a magician," said an attorney for the man seen in a photo carrying Pelosi's lectern. "We've got a photograph of our client in what appears to be inside a federal building or inside the Capitol with government property."

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Holy Toledo

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This is like those stories from Darwin about the Galapagos. When a predator, or humans, are first introduced to the ecosystem, the animals don't have any instinctual fear.

Here we have an intrepid group of idiots created from generations of white privilege. They couldn't conceive of being punished for this activity. Some were surprised and dismayed to see the police treating them like Black (lives matters) protesters. They expected the police to be on their side welcoming their insurrection. The crazier thing is that they weren't entirely wrong.

It will be very interesting to compare the sentencing requests and results from the people who vandalized the capitol and the protests this summer that caused Trump to spuriously create an EO that he has since claimed would impose a 10 year sentence.

Unit2Sucks said:

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going4roses said:

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concordtom said:

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READ BOLDED PORTIONS BELOW FOR FUNNY STORIES OF HOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING CAUGHT

Their total lack of concern over getting caught and their friends' willingness to turn them in has helped authorities charge about 150 people as of Monday with federal crimes. But even with the help from the rioters themselves, investigators must still work rigorously to link the images to the vandalism and suspects to the acts on Jan. 6 in order to prove their case in court. And because so few were arrested at the scene, the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service have been forced to send agents to track suspects down.

"Just because you've left the D.C. region, you can still expect a knock on the door if we find out that you were part of criminal activity inside the Capitol," Steven D'Antuono, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington office, said earlier this month. "Bottom line the FBI is not sparing any resources in this investigation."

In the last few weeks, the FBI has received more than 200,000 photos and video tips related to the riot. Investigators have put up billboards in several states with photos of wanted rioters. Working on tips from co-workers, acquaintances and friends, agents have tracked down driver's license photos to match their faces with those captured on camera in the building. In some cases, authorities got records from Facebook or Twitter to connect their social media accounts to their email addresses or phone numbers. In others, agents used records from license plate readers to confirm their travels.

More than 800 are believed to have made their way into the Capitol, although it's likely not everyone will be tracked down and charged with a crime. Federal prosecutors are focusing on the most critical cases and the most egregious examples of wrongdoing. And they must weigh manpower, cost and evidence when charging rioters.
A special group of prosecutors is examining whether to bring sedition charges against the rioters, which carry up to 20 years in prison. One trio was charged with conspiracy; most have been charged with crimes like unlawful entry and disorderly conduct.

Many rioters posted selfies inside the Capitol to their social media accounts, gave interviews to news outlets describing their experience and readily admitted when questioned by federal investigators that they were there. One man created a Facebook album titled "Who's House? OUR HOUSE" filled with photos of himself and others on Capitol grounds, officials said.

"They might have thought, like so many people that work with Trump, that if the president tells me to do it, it's not breaking the law," said Michael Gerhardt, an expert on impeachment and professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Others made blunders, like a Houston police officer, who denied he went into the Capitol, then agreed to let agents look at the pictures on his phone. Inside his deleted photos folder were pictures and videos, including selfies he took inside the building, authorities said.

Another man was wearing a court-ordered GPS monitor after a burglary conviction that tracked his every movement inside the building.

A retired firefighter from Long Island, New York, texted a video of himself in the Capitol rotunda to his girlfriend's brother, saying he was "at the tip of the spear," officials said. The brother happened to be a federal agent with the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service, who turned the video over to the FBI. A lawyer for the man, Thomas Fee, said that he "was not part of any attempt to take over the U.S. Capitol" and that "the allegation is that he merely walked through an open door into the Capitol nothing more."

Another man who was inside the Capitol was willing to rat out another rioter who stole House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern and emailed the video to an FBI agent, even signing his own name to it. "Hello Nice FBI Lady," he wrote, "Here are the links to the videos. Looks like Podium Guy is in one of them, less the podium. Let me know if you need anything else."

In another case, a man was on a flight leaving D.C. two days after the riot when he kept shouting "Trump 2020!" and was kicked off. An airport police officer saw the man get off the plane and the man was booked on another flight. Forty-five minutes later, the officer was watching a video on Instagram and recognized the man in a group of rioters. The man, who was wearing the same shirt as the day he stormed the Capitol, was arrested at the airport, authorities said.

Even defense attorneys have acknowledged that the evidence poses a problem for them.
"I'm not a magician," said an attorney for the man seen in a photo carrying Pelosi's lectern. "We've got a photograph of our client in what appears to be inside a federal building or inside the Capitol with government property."

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Holy Toledo

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This is like those stories from Darwin about the Galapagos. When a predator, or humans, are first introduced to the ecosystem, the animals don't have any instinctual fear.

Here we have an intrepid group of idiots created from generations of white privilege. They couldn't conceive of being punished for this activity. Some were surprised and dismayed to see the police treating them like Black (lives matters) protesters. They expected the police to be on their side welcoming their insurrection. The crazier thing is that they weren't entirely wrong.

It will be very interesting to compare the sentencing requests and results from the people who vandalized the capitol and the protests this summer that caused Trump to spuriously create an EO that he has since claimed would impose a 10 year sentence.

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No rocket scientists here in Bay Point either. On our morning walk yesterday my wife and I saw a small army of FBI agents going in and out of a single family home in one of our better neighborhoods. When we got home we did some searching on the internets. Turns out the homeowner was being arrested for threatening a New York congressman with social media posts and emails. I'm heartened at the enforcement of the 'ignorance of the law is no defense' lawlessness. I hope it continues.

Well, this is one way to compromise Proud Boys leadership. This guy would be well advised to go to ground ASAP. The Whitey Bulger of the Alt Right.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was an FBI informant



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/27/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-fbi-informant?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

bearister said:

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Well, this is one way to compromise Proud Boys leadership. This guy would be well advised to go to ground ASAP. The Whitey Bulger of the Alt Right.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was an FBI informant



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/27/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-fbi-informant?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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Wowza. I like the "I don't recall any of this" defense.

Honestly guys, I don't recall being an FBI informant. Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't. I mean, who can really keep track of all this stuff?

To be fair, just the other day I found some stories about how I had briefly served as a secret agent against the Soviets during the cold war. Then this guy with a gold finger sent his henchman who had a bowler hat with a razor blade in the brim after me. Had totally slipped my mind. Could happen to anyone.

Some of the rioters who stormed the Capitol did not even vote in the 2020 election.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/us/capitol-rioters-non-voters-invs/

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Aside from the obvious answer (Hell no!!!), wouldn't she be on the no fly list?

She'd need to fly really high to get over that wall!

Big C said:

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She'd need to fly really high to get over that wall!

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You misspelled big beautiful wall that her Mexican hotel taxes will pay for.

going4roses said:

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Anybody know if this document is correct/accurate

If there is any truth to this who should be held accountable?

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That's what the term SELF-DELUSION is for.

They've all been brainwashed, and Radical Right Wing media is to blame: FoxNews, OAN, Newsmax, Rush Limbaugh, etc.

Holy kaka

MinotStateBeav said:

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Remember this picture next time your politicians send your kids to war.

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This post should be recalled when we do an end-of-year vote on dumbest post of 2021.