Extremists

Mediaite reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell appeared on Flashpoint days after visiting Donald Trump at the White House with an apparent plan for the ex-president to declare martial law and keep the office from President Joe Biden. “Please sue me, Dominion,” Lindell said. He proceeded to mock the threat while saying “it’s like the old mafia days when I used …

Gothamist reports: A Manhattan pickup artist with an interest in the far-right Qanon conspiracy was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly participating in the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. Samuel Fisher, an Upper East Side resident who appears to run a sparsely-watched YouTube channel devoted to “help[ing] men get high value girls,” was taken into custody at …

New York City’s ABC News affiliate reports: Federal prosecutors have charged another person from our area with participating in the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, this time a man who said he traveled to Washington, D.C., with former members of the NYPD and the Proud Boys. The FBI said Christopher Kelly, of New York, posted photos of himself …

The Washington Post reports: Proud Boys organizer Joseph Randall Biggs was arrested in Florida on Wednesday after the FBI alleged that members of the far-right nationalist group appeared equipped with walkie-talkie-style communication devices and earpieces that could enable “real-time communication” during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Biggs, 37, of Florida, “did aid, abet, counsel, command, induce, …

The Daily Beast reports: A Beverly Hills doctor who’s publicly criticized the coronavirus vaccine and advocated for hydroxychloroquine as a treatment against the deadly virus has been arrested in connection with the Capitol riots. Dr. Simone Gold, 55, was among three Los Angeles residents who were arrested on Monday. Gold garnered national attention in July when she organized a press …

The Hartford Courant reports: A 23-year old man from Ridgefield has accused of being part of a group that violently assaulted a police officer during what federal authorities describe as a coordinated effort to break through one of the U.S. Capitol entrances during the violent attack on the Congress on January 6. Patrick Edward McCaughey III is accused of being …

The Washington Post reports: Followers of the extremist ideology QAnon saw their hopes once again dashed Wednesday as President Trump left Washington on the final day of his presidency, without any of the climactic scenes of violence and salvation that the sprawling set of conspiracy theories had preached for years would come. As Trump boarded Air Force One for his …

The Washington Post reports: “I think it was a terrorist attack on the Capitol, and it was despicable, and anyone who committed acts of violence should be fully prosecuted and should go jail for a long time,” Cruz told the Washington Examiner when asked about the young men who went through his desk. Video shot by a New Yorker reporter …

Los Angeles’s CBS News affiliate reports: Gina Bisignano, 52, was taken into custody by FBI agents at around 7 a.m. Tuesday at her apartment in the 300 block of North Palm Drive in Beverly Hills, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller confirmed to CBSLA. Bisignano owns Gina’s Eyelashes And Skincare. Last week, Bisignano confirmed to the Beverly Hills Courier that she traveled …

Media Matters reports: In a previously unreported interaction, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) agreed with a 2018 Facebook comment that the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was actually a “false flag” planned event. In a separate Facebook post in 2018, Greene also claimed: “I am told that Nancy Pelosi tells Hillary Clinton several …

The Associated Press reports: Two U.S. Army National Guard members are being removed from the security mission to secure Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. A U.S. Army official and a senior U.S. intelligence official say the two National Guard members have been found to have ties to fringe right group militias. No plot against Biden was found. The Army official and …

Mass Live reports: Suzanne Ianni, 59, of Natick, and Mark G. Sahady, of Malden, were taken into custody without incident at their respective homes, the FBI said on Tuesday. They are expected for initial appearances in U.S. District Court in Boston on Tuesday. Ianni and Sahady are each charged with knowingly and entering or remaining in any restricted building or …

NBC New York reports: Another man in New York has been arrested by federal authorities after he allegedly threatened to murder or incited others to murder members of Congress, according to the criminal complaint obtained by News 4 Tuesday. The man, identified as Brendan Hunt, was arrested in Queens following a raid by the FBI — but he wasn’t at …

The Washington Post reports: U.S. authorities have leveled the first conspiracy charge against an apparent leader of an extremist group in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, arresting an alleged Oath Keeper who is accused of plotting to disrupt the electoral vote confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory and proposing further assaults on state capitols. Thomas Edward Caldwell, …

The New York Post reports: A self-proclaimed white supremacist from Maryland who was on parole for burglary has been arrested in connection with the riots at the US Capitol after his ankle monitor placed him at the scene of the unrest, officials said. Bryan Betancur “has made statements to law enforcement officers that he is a member of several white …

The Washington Post reports: The FBI privately warned law enforcement agencies Monday that far-right extremists have discussed posing as National Guard members in Washington and others have reviewed maps of vulnerable spots in the city — signs of potential efforts to disrupt Wednesday’s inauguration, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Washington Post. The document, a summary of threats …

Philadelphia’s ABC News affiliate reports: Federal authorities arrested a woman whose former romantic partner says she took a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. Riley June Williams was arrested Monday, according to a Justice Department official. It’s not yet known when her initial court appearance will be. Pelosi’s deputy …

NBC News reports: Jenna Ryan says it all began with an invitation from a “very cute guy” on Facebook: Would she join him on a private plane to the Jan. 6 Trump rally in Washington, D.C.? The decision was easy. Ryan, a Dallas-area real estate agent, is single, loves President Donald Trump and believes the discredited claim that the election …

The New York Daily News reports: A retired FDNY firefighter from Long Island is facing charges for storming the U.S. Capitol after sending a selfie to a friend from inside the building’s famed rotunda, the Daily News has learned. Thomas Fee, 53, of Freeport, told the friend he was at the “tip of the spear” during the deadly Jan. 6 …

Politico reports: The Pentagon has authorized hundreds of active-duty troops to support enhanced security measures related to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, as local law enforcement continues to track threats of violence in the nation’s capital in the days leading up to the ceremony, according to two defense officials. The 750 active-duty personnel deployed this week include service members with expertise …