Security Officials: Capitol Riot a ‘Coordinated Attack Planned Weeks in Advance’
A group of top law enforcement officials has testified to Congress that the riot at the U.S. Capitol building was a “coordinated attack” that was “planned” well in advance of January 6.
Security officials in charge of the response gave testimony at a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday.
Several officials testified that evidence shows the storming of the building was “coordinated,” not a spur-of-the-moment attack, and was planned “days if not weeks ahead” of the Jan. 6th riot
The Senate called law enforcement to testify before the committee hearing that seeks to dissect the events leading up to the Capitol riot.
The hearing also aims to determine how dozens of protesters were able to break through the Capitol’s guarded front doors and get within inches of working lawmakers.
Since the assault, Democrats have been attempting to blame President Donald Trump for the attack, claiming he “incited” the violence.
Democrats have been pushing the theory that President Trump, who appeared at a “Stop the Steal” rally the morning of January 6th, “incited” the crowd to march to the U.S. Capitol and disrupt a planned vote to certify the results of the Electoral College.
Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, former Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger, former House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving, and Metropolitan Police Department acting chief Robert Contee all testified that they witnessed incidents on January 6th that made it clear the attack was “planned” and “coordinated” days if not weeks ahead of January 6th, according to The Daily Wire.
Continued: https://neonnettle.com/news/14330-security-officials-capitol-riot-a-coordinated-attack-planned-weeks-in-advance- By: Jay Greenberg |@NeonNettle on 24th February 2021 @ 3.00pm
Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick’s Mother: ‘He Wasn’t Hit on the Head’ on Jan. 6
The mother of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick said her son was not beaten with a fire extinguisher by a mob on Jan. 6, saying he likely suffered a stroke instead—refuting reports from the New York Times and other outlets claiming otherwise.
“He wasn’t hit on the head, no. We think he had a stroke, but we don’t know anything for sure,” Gladys Sicknick told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview on Feb. 22. “We’d love to know what happened.”
The NY Times, CNN, and NBC updated their reports weeks after the Jan. 6 breach to assert that Sicknick was not killed by a fire extinguisher. Originally, the NY Times reported, based on anonymous sources, that Sicknick was beaten to death.
According to the NY Times’ update in February, “New information has emerged regarding the death of the Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick that questions the initial cause of his death provided by officials close to the Capitol Police.” However, there were reports of new information emerging about the circumstances of Sicknick’s death around the same time the NY Times published its report on Jan. 8.
The allegation Sicknick was killed by a protester was cited during the House impeachment managers’ presentations and arguments that former President Donald Trump should be convicted in the Senate impeachment trial over his speech on Jan. 6. Since the Capitol breach, some pundits and elected officials have cited Sicknick’s death while pushing claims that new domestic terrorism laws are needed.
Sicknick’s brother also disputed the reports about his death in early January. “[Officer Sicknick] texted me last night and said, ‘I got pepper-sprayed twice,’ and he was in good shape,” his brother, Ken Sicknick, said to news outlets last month, appearing to dispute key details of the original NY Times report.
Medical examiners have not released an official report on Sicknick’s cause of death. An autopsy report also was not released.
Continued: https://www.theepochtimes.com/capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknicks-mother-he-wasnt-hit-on-the-head-by-trump-supporter_3707914.html?utm_source=pushengage By: BY JACK PHILLIPS February 23, 2021 Updated: February 23, 2021
BLOOD MONEY: CNN, NBC, Etc Paid BLM/Antifa Activist Who Broke Into Capitol On Jan 6 $77,000
John Sullivan – the founder of a left-wing activist group – received $77,000 from various media outlets including CNN and NBC for his footage of Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt being shot at the U.S. Capitol.
Facing criminal charges for his involvement in the riots, Sullivan was forced to disclose payments he received for the footage of Babbit being fatally shot by a Capitol police officer.
Among the media companies that paid Sullivan were CNN, NBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), and Left/Right Productions. CNN and NBC each paid $35,000, ABC paid $2,500, and Left/Right Productions paid $5,000.
“Defendant is legitimately self-employed as a documentarian and it is oppressive to require that he not be allowed to continue his primary area of employment for an extended period of time,” Sullivan’s lawyer reasoned in a court filing where Sullivan requested to be allowed to continue using Facebook and Twitter.
Continued: https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/media-paid-sullivan-for-capitol-footage/ By: Natalie Winters February 17, 2021
UPDATED: Trial Pending – Charges
Sullivan, 26, was arrested in Tooele County on Jan. 14. He is charged in a six-count federal indictment with obstruction of an official proceeding; civil disorder; entering and remaining in a restricted building; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.
A federal magistrate judge in Utah restricted his internet and social media use and barred him from working for Insurgence USA, a social justice group he founded that calls itself anti-fascist and protests police brutality.
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/2/17/22287763/activist-capitol-riot-video-sold-nbc-cnn-35k-each-john-sullivan-federal-charges
Ex-NYPD cop beat police officer with flag pole at Capitol riot: feds
A former NYPD cop once assigned to guard City Hall and Gracie Mansion was arrested for allegedly beating a police officer with a pole at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, prosecutors and police sources said Tuesday.
Thomas Webster, 54, a 20-year NYPD veteran who also served in the Marine Corps, turned himself into the FBI Monday in Hudson Valley and made an initial court appearance in White Plains federal court Tuesday.
At the hearing, Assistant US Attorney Ben Gianforti said Webster was captured on video beating a Metropolitan Police officer with a flag pole during the uprising at the Capitol building that day.
Webster, who was seething in rage, was calling the police officer a “f—king piece of s—t” and a “Commie motherf—ker,” the prosecutor said.
Judge Andrew Krause said he was shocked by the evidence against Webster.
Continued: https://nypost.com/2021/02/23/ex-nypd-cop-took-part-in-violence-at-capitol-riot-feds-say/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=832978 By: By Ben Feuerherd and Larry Celona February 23, 2021 | 3:04pm | Updated
Dems Want Mayor Bowser – Who REFUSED Troops For Jan 6 – To Have Full ‘Commander-In-Chief’ Powers In DC.
Senate Democrats introduced legislation to designate the Mayor of Washington D.C. as the Commander in Chief of the National Guard – despite reports Mayor Muriel Bowser refused to deploy the troops ahead of January 6th and during violent Black Lives Matter and Antifa riots.
The January bill – District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act – seeks to “extend to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority over the National Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors of the several States.”
Appearing to be in response to the events on January 6th at the U.S. Capitol, the bill amends the D.C. Official Code by striking the term ‘‘President of the United States’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the District of Columbia’’ instead.
What’s more, the act would also replace the use of the term ‘‘the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard’’ both places it appears” and instead “insert ‘‘the Mayor of the District of Columbia.”
The changes would give Bowser authority over “consent for relocation of units,” “issuance of supplies,” “appointment of fiscal officers,” and more.
The changes, however, are misguided, as D.C.’s current mayor appears to have refused then-President Trump’s requests for thousands of National Guard troops ahead of January 6th.
And when violent protests hit the city in the summer of 2020, Bowser spoke out against deploying the force to restore law and order to Washington
Continued: https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/dc-mayor-national-guard-power/ By: Natalie Winter – February 23, 2021
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