Tag Archives: FBI

Riot Suspect Nabbed Thanks To Mommy’s FB Posts

The Huffington Post reports: The FBI has arrested a supporter of former President Donald Trump who sprayed cops with pepper spray, smashed out a window and broke into the U.S. Capitol before he went to basic training for the U.S. Air Force. Aiden Bilyard was arrested in Raleigh, North Carolina, according to court records. He faces a host of charges, …

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Cultist CO Clerk Appears On Zoom With Militia Member

The Colorado Newsline reports: Tina Peters, the Mesa County clerk who is under criminal investigation for her alleged involvement in a security breach of election systems in her own office, appeared on a video call last week with supporters of the Three Percenter militia. The video was posted Thursday on the America’s Mom Facebook page, which is operated by Sherronna …

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Organizer Of Buses To DC Gets Sentenced To 60 Days

The Huffington Post reports: A Jan. 6 defendant who prosecutors say had a “front-row seat” to the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to 60 days in prison on Monday. Frank Scavo, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in September, organized buses that took about 200 people to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. His plea agreement included …

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Rioter Who Tased Cop Tries To Recant His Confession

The Huffington Post reports: Daniel Rodriguez, a pro-Trump extremist who electroshocked Metropolitan Police Officer Mike Fanone on Jan. 6, was in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday trying to get his videotaped confession to the FBI tossed on the grounds that special agents engaged in “coercive questioning” and that Rodriguez wasn’t properly advised of his rights. After the FBI …

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Hackers Compromise FBI’s External Email System

Bloomberg News reports: Hackers compromised the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s external email system on Saturday. The hackers sent out tens of thousands of emails from an FBI email account warning about a possible cyberattack, according to the Spamhaus Project, which tracks spam and related cyber threats. The FBI said it, along with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, is “aware …

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Ex-Marine Who Brought Son To Riot Gets 60 Days

Courthouse News reports: A federal judge took prosecutors at their recommendation Friday in giving a two-month prison stint to a former Marine who filmed the Capitol insurrection on his GoPro and then refused to hand over his footage. Boyd Allen Camper told FBI agents that the GoPro was in a place that can’t be found — a description that drew …

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“Molotov Cocktail” Rioter Pleads Guilty To Two Felonies

The Huffington Post reports: A fanatical Donald Trump supporter who parked his truck full of weapons in Washington on Jan. 6 and then joined in the Capitol mob while carrying firearms because he believed the then-president’s lies about a stolen election pleaded guilty to two counts on Friday. Lonnie Coffman of Alabama, an Army veteran who served two tours during …

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Restaurant Review Helps Feds Collar DC Riot Suspect

Denver’s CBS News affiliate reports: Thomas Patrick Hamner was arrested Tuesday, according to court documents, and charged with federal counts of civil disorder; assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon or inflicting bodily injury; and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds. Videos show the man alleged to be Hamner fighting with Capitol and Metropolitan …

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Rioter Who Scaled Capitol Wall Sentenced To Probation

Law & Crime reports: A Minnesota man who scaled a wall to get into the Capitol and threatened to return after being kicked out of the building on Jan. 6 has been sentenced to 60 days of home confinement and two years of probation. Jordan Stotts, 32, pleaded guilty in July to a misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing …

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Federal Memo: PA Drone Meant To Disrupt Power Grid

CNN reports: A drone that crashed near a Pennsylvania power substation last year was likely meant to damage or disrupt the electric equipment, according to a federal law enforcement bulletin obtained by CNN. The July 2020 incident is the first known case of a “modified unmanned aircraft system likely being used in the United States to specifically target energy infrastructure,” …

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CA Man Charged With Assaulting Cops At Capitol Riot

The Los Angeles Daily News reports: Federal agents arrested an Orange County man Monday who they said was seen fighting with police officers on the steps and in a tunnel behind the inaugural platform of the U.S. Capitol Building during the Jan. 6 attack by thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump.  Federal documents show Kim Michael Sorgente was taken …

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AL Man Charged With Pepper Spraying Capitol Police

Law & Crime reports: Joining a long list of accused Jan. 6 assailants, an Alabama man has been charged with pepper spraying officers and throwing a metal rod at them during the siege of the U.S. Capitol. Christian Matthew Manley, a 26-year-old from Birmingham, was arrested far away from his home on Tuesday: in Anchorage, Alaska, where he made his …

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UPDATE: GOP Rep Indicted For Lying To The FBI

ABC News reports: U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska expects to be charged with lying to the FBI while federal agents were investigating campaign contributions funneled to him from a Nigerian billionaire, the nine-term Republican said as he proclaimed his innocence and promised to fight the charges. In a YouTube video posted Monday night, Fortenberry said he was “shocked” and …

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Feds Raid DC Home Of Russian Billionaire Manafort Ally

NBC News reports: FBI agents on Tuesday swarmed the home of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in Washington, D.C., an agency spokesperson confirmed to NBC News. The reason for their presence wasn’t immediately clear. The spokesperson said the agency is conducting “law enforcement activity at the home” but wouldn’t elaborate. The investigation is being led by federal investigators in New York …

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Right Wing Radio Host Arrested For Thefts During Riot

Law & Crime reports: A right-wing radio host stole the baseball cap worn by a U.S. Capitol Police officer who defended Congress on Jan. 6 and wore it during a live stream of one of his broadcasts, federal authorities claimed in court papers released on Monday. Three witnesses who worked at his media outlet allegedly told the FBI that he …

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Rioter Sobbed To FBI: “I’m A Fucking Piece Of Shit”

The Huffington Post reports: Daniel “D.J.” Rodriguez, the Donald Trump fanatic who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and was arrested for electroshocking D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Mike Fanone a month after he was identified in a HuffPost story, spilled his guts to the FBI after his arrest, repeatedly crying as he told special agents he was a “fucking …

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Texas Florist Becomes 100th Rioter To Plead Guilty

Law & Crime reports: A Texas woman and florist accepted a plea deal on Wednesday over her participation on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Jenny Louise Cudd originally made headlines when she requested a bail accommodation from the court in order to travel to Mexico for a pre-planned business trip. That request was eventually granted. Per the …

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Rioter Representing Himself Admits To Two Felonies

Washington DC’s CBS News affiliate reports: Before his bond hearing began Tuesday, a federal judge warned Brandon Fellows he could be opening himself up to perjury – or even obstruction of justice – charges if he testified on his own behalf, and that he would likely be going back to jail, regardless. Two hours later, the judge’s warning turned out …

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FBI Raids Philadelphia Home Of Proud Boys Leader

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: The FBI raided the home of the vice president of the Proud Boys’ Philadelphia chapter on Friday, seizing his computer, phone, and other electronics to gather information on the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol, his lawyer said Monday. Aaron Whallon Wolkind, 37, woke up around 4 a.m. Friday to more than a dozen federal …

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Two Cousins Charged With Assaulting Cops At DC Riot

The Huffington Post reports: The FBI has arrested two cousins who attacked police officers during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and were identified by online sleuths, illustrating once again how independent investigators are aiding the federal investigation into the attack inspired by former President Donald Trump. Tommy Smith, known as #MississippiFlagGuy, and Donnie Wren, known as #KingstonAsh, were arrested this …

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