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  • FBI raids Hollywood home of NCIS and S.W.A.T. actor who was inside US Capitol during MAGA riot on January 6

    06/13/2021 1:45:22 PM PDT · by algore · 106 replies
    Some 20 armed agents in tactical gear raided LA-area home of Siaka Massaquoi Address also lists another man, Brian Burks, 42, who was briefly detained Raid took place before 6am in North Hollywood on Friday, LA Times reported Massaquoi was photographed near US Capitol during MAGA riot on January 6 Actor who appeared in NCIS: Los Angeles and S.W.A.T. denies any wrongdoing He was also photographed at an anti-vaccine protest near Dodger Stadium that forced authorities to temporarily shut down the site as a precaution. Massaquoi is an ardent supporter of Donald Trump and Republican politics. His social media account...
  • Jan. 6 riot caused $1.5 million in damage to Capitol — and U.S. prosecutors want defendants to pay

    06/03/2021 4:22:38 PM PDT · by Responsibility2nd · 106 replies
    Wapo ^ | Spencer S Hsu
    U.S. prosecutors this week put a price tag on damage to the U.S. Capitol from the Jan. 6 breach — $1.5 million so far — and for the first time are asking defendants to cover some of the bill in plea offers, prosecutors and defense lawyers said. The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington cited the damage estimate Wednesday in court and in plea papers filed in the case of Paul Hodgkins, 38. The Tampa crane operator pleaded guilty to one felony count of obstructing an official proceeding of Congress and faces sentencing July 19 in Washington. “Your client acknowledges that...
  • Defense Secretary: Media’s Anti-Trump Hysteria Kept Troops From Stopping Jan. 6 Riot Faster

    05/13/2021 8:14:04 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 12 replies
    The Federalist ^ | May 13, 2021 | Rebecca Heinrichs
    Corporate media’s irresponsible and dishonest ‘reporting’ during the Trump administration had an adverse impact on officials’ decisions—and to tragic effect.When President Trump’s acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller testified before Congress on May 12, he provided important context about why he made the decisions about troop deployments, which at the time, seemed to many Americans obviously too little, too late. First, it is important to note Miller has been a straight shooter from the beginning. Referring to the speech Trump gave on Jan. 6, 2021, Miller told Vice News in March, “Would anybody have marched on the Capitol, and tried...
  • FBI director vows to make Capitol rioters accountable(barf alert)

    03/03/2021 8:20:23 PM PST · by Ennis85 · 44 replies
    Reuters ^ | March 3rd 2021 | Sarah N Lynch
    <p>FBI DIRECTOR Chris Wray yesterday accused supporters of Donald Trump, who carried out a deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol, of domestic terrorism. He has vowed to hold them accountable.</p><p>It was Mr Wray’s first testimony in Congress since the attack – a failed bid to block Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s November election victory – was carried out by supporters of then-president Trump who, in a speech near the White House, encouraged them to march to the Capitol in protest.</p>