January 6th legal proceedings and investigations megathread

[NewYorkExpress]

Documents unveiled in Enrique Tarrio's indictment reveal a plan to storm, occupy the Capitol and six other related buildings.

A document found by federal prosecutors in the possession of a far-right leader contained a detailed plan to surveil and storm government buildings around the Capitol on Jan. 6 last year, people familiar with the document said on Monday.

The document, titled “1776 Returns,” was cited by prosecutors last week in charging the far-right leader, Enrique Tarrio, the former head of the Proud Boys extremist group, with conspiracy. The indictment of Mr. Tarrio described the document in general terms, but the people familiar with it added substantial new details about the scope and complexity of the plan it set out for directing an effort to occupy six House and Senate office buildings and the Supreme Court last Jan. 6.

The document does not specifically mention an attack on the Capitol building itself. But in targeting high-profile government buildings in the immediate area and in the detailed timeline it set out, the plan closely resembles what actually unfolded when the Capitol was stormed by a pro-Trump mob intent on disrupting congressional certification of President Biden’s Electoral College victory.

Many questions remain about the document, including who wrote it and how it made its way to Mr. Tarrio, according to prosecutors, on Dec. 30, 2020, as President Donald J. Trump was engaged in a series of overlapping schemes to keep himself in power. The people familiar with the document said other evidence the government has gathered suggests that it may have been provided to Mr. Tarrio by one of his girlfriends at the time.

Prosecutors have not accused Mr. Tarrio of using the document to guide the actions of the Proud Boys who played a central role in the Capitol attack. Nor do the charges against him offer any evidence that he shared the document with his five co-defendants: Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Charles Donohoe and Dominic Pezzola.

But the document could help explain why prosecutors chose to charge Mr. Tarrio with conspiracy, even though he was not at the Capitol during the attack. And it appears to be the first time that prosecutors have sought to use evidence of a specific written plan to storm and occupy government buildings in their wide-ranging investigation into the attack and what led up to it.

Mr. Tarrio’s lawyer, Nayib Hassan, declined to comment.

Broken into five parts — Infiltrate, Execution, Distract, Occupy and Sit-In — the nine-page document recommends recruiting at least 50 people to enter each of the seven government buildings and advises protesters to appear “unsuspecting” and to “not look tactical,” the people familiar with it said.

After ensuring that crowds at the buildings are “full and ready to go,” the document suggests that “leads and seconds” should enter and open doors for others to go in, “causing trouble” to distract security guards, if necessary.

Should the crowds fail to gain entrance to the buildings quickly, the document suggests pulling fire alarms at nearby stores, hotels and museums to further distract guards or the police, the people said. It then says protesters should occupy the buildings and conduct sit-ins, even recommending slogans for people to chant, like “We the people” and “No Trump, No America.”



The document also makes suggestions for the days leading up to Jan. 6, the people said, advising protesters to “scope out” road closures near the seven target buildings. On the morning of the protest, they added, the document suggests having “scouts” drive around the buildings to look for “roadblocks.”

While much of the document is marked for “internal” use, the people said, it contains a section, known as the “Patriot Plan,” that appears to have been meant for public distribution. This part of the document suggests that crowds begin to gather at the seven buildings at 1 p.m. on Jan. 6, the people familiar with it said. Thirty minutes later, the public part of the plan calls for the crowds to await a “signal from lead” and then to “storm” the buildings.

[NewYorkExpress]

The Republican Chairwoman of Taylor County, Georgia was arrested on March 11 in connection to the attempted coup on 1/6/2021.

One of the Georgians arrested last week on charges of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot is a local Republican Party official, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.

Mandy Robinson-Hand and her husband, Charles Hand III, were arrested Friday by the FBI and charged with four misdemeanors related to their alleged entry into the Capitol alongside hundreds of others in the pro-Trump crowd. Robinson-Hand is listed as chairwoman of the Taylor County Republican Party on the website of the Georgia Republican Party and her Facebook page shows she was involved in local politics in the Middle Georgia county.

The evening before her March 11 arrest, Robinson-Hand advertised a political fundraiser for congressional candidate Wayne Johnson on her Facebook page.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

The Republican Chairwoman of Taylor County, Georgia was arrested on March 11 in connection to the attempted coup on 1/6/2021.

One of the Georgians arrested last week on charges of participating in the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot is a local Republican Party official, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.

Mandy Robinson-Hand and her husband, Charles Hand III, were arrested Friday by the FBI and charged with four misdemeanors related to their alleged entry into the Capitol alongside hundreds of others in the pro-Trump crowd. Robinson-Hand is listed as chairwoman of the Taylor County Republican Party on the website of the Georgia Republican Party and her Facebook page shows she was involved in local politics in the Middle Georgia county.

The evening before her March 11 arrest, Robinson-Hand advertised a political fundraiser for congressional candidate Wayne Johnson on her Facebook page.

4 misdemeanors and let go on a ROR.  Terrifying couple.

[Joe Republic]

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1505339812575858696

[ProudModerate2]

FBI offers $15,000 reward for information on January 6 defendant's whereabouts.

https://us.cnn.com/2022/03/25/politics/jonathan-daniel-pollock-fbi-reward-january-6/index.html

[Inmate Trump]

There needs to be some kind of investigation as to why so many radical extremists support the Republican Party.

Sure, there are weirdos on both sides. But only one side organizes violent takeovers of the government.

So we need to be looking into why these types of people are drawn in masse to the GOP, how many of them exist, what kind of weaponry they possess, and which politicians provide them aid and comfort.

[ProudModerate2]

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1505339812575858696

This new flag is horrific and shameful.
It brings nothing but disgrace and mockery to the true soldiers that were prisoners-of-war.
For those who created this flag or fly it, you can go f*** yourself.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Garland hasn't said anything since Jan on the Insurrectionists this is saf

[Hindsight was 2020]

https://mobile.twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1508474671183892487

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1508529931302625295

Nuclear Elmo is probably at Defcon 2.

[Badger]

https://mobile.twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1508474671183892487

  An awesome line in the ruling's conclusion.  "This was a coup in search of a legal theory."

 I'm sure 90 plus percent of republicans will continue to call this a nothing Burger or the like though.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1508593319605161985

[Roll Roons]

The Eastman news is huge for sure, but this also seems pretty important:
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1508565179784704002

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1508762244158525442

[NewYorkExpress]

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1508762244158525442

So, basically, he's obstructing justice again.

[Anti Democrat Democrat Club]

Merrick Garland do your f**king job challenge

[Mr. Matt]

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1508762244158525442

Presidential phone gaps, hating on Russia, Family Feud the most popular game show, are we in a time warp to the 1970s right now?

[Badger]

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1508762244158525442

 Trump obstructing Justice and refusing to comply with court orders orders?? My God, it's not like he has a history Of such activities going back literally 40 years!

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1508762244158525442

So, basically, he's obstructing justice again.

Dude, Trump using his cell phone is old old news. 

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/988515867980943360

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Revealed: Trump used White House phone for call on January 6 that was not on official log

Donald Trump used an official White House phone to place at least one call during the Capitol attack on January 6 last year that should have been reflected in the internal presidential call log from that day but was not, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

The former president called the phone of a Republican senator, Mike Lee, with a number recorded as 202-395-0000, a placeholder number that shows up when a call is incoming from a number of White House department phones, the sources said.

The number corresponds to an official White House phone and the call was placed by Donald Trump himself, which means the call should have been recorded in the internal presidential call log that was turned over to the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack.
Trump with John Bolton in July 2019. Bolton said the pair discussed how burner phones were deployed by people as a way of avoiding scrutiny of their calls.
Trump discussed ‘burner phones’ several times, John Bolton says
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Trump’s call to Lee was reported at the time, as well as its omission from the call log, by the Washington Post and CBS. But the origin of the call as coming from an official White House phone, which has not been previously reported, raises the prospect of tampering or deletion by Trump White House officials.

Anything the January 6th committee may have gotten from the White House should be presumed to be doctored. Adverse inference alone makes Trump and all his co-conspirators (before and after the fact) guilty of treason.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Good thread by a former federal prosecutor.  Click to read the whole thing.

https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1509612133130121220

[Shaula🏳️‍⚧️]

Lol we all know where all this stuff is heading.

1. The Jan 6 commission will get shut down once Republicans win in the midterms
2. DOJ won't prosecute Trump
3. Trump may get into some legal trouble, but he won't go to jail or have any big consequences
4. Trump wins in 2024 and pardons everyone who did get legal consequences from what they did relating to Jan 6

[emailking]

Republicans probably do take the House, but DOJ will keep going, and it's way too early to know what will happen in 2024. Also, 3 can't happen if 2 does.

[Roll Roons]

Jared apparently testified for over six hours and committee member Elaine Luria indicated that his testimony was useful.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Republicans probably do take the House, but DOJ will keep going, and it's way too early to know what will happen in 2024. Also, 3 can't happen if 2 does.

Yes, I'm always amused by people who confidently predict what's going to happen in an election that's more than two years away.  Things change fast in politics!  Consider the following predictions at the same point in some previous presidential cycles:

On April 1, 2018: The 2020 election would be held in the middle of a world-ravaging pandemic.  Donald Trump would lose his reelection bid to the supposedly retired Joe Biden.  Georgia would not only vote for Biden, but elect two Democratic Senators.

On April 1, 2014: Donald Trump, a controversial businessman with no political experience, would be elected President in 2016.

On April 1, 2006: Little-known freshman Senator Barack Obama would be elected easily in 2008 during a global financial crisis.

On April 1, 1990: George H.W. Bush would lose his reelection bid resoundingly to Bill Clinton, an undistinguished small-state governor with plenty of personal baggage.

Etc...