1/6 Insurrection Investigation

[Rick Plant]

Republicans were previously posing for pictures with the now freshly indicted "Proud Boy" leader Enrique Tarrio. They are all connected with each other in their attempted coup to seize power. Tarrio was just indicted for seditious conspiracy. The GOP conspiracy was to steal the election from the American people.   

   

Enrique Tarrio, other Proud Boys indicted on seditious conspiracy charges
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/enrique-tarrio-proud-boys-indicted-seditious-conspiracy-charges-rcna32199

[Rick Plant]

DC chiropractor arrested in Jan. 6 riot after body camera showed him grappling with officer who later took his own life



A Washington, D.C., chiropractor was arrested Wednesday on charges related to his actions during the U.S. Capitol riot.

David Walls-Kaufman, of the Capitol Hill Chiropractic Center, was taken into custody the day before the House Select Committee was scheduled to begin presenting evidence of Donald Trump's involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection, reported NBC News.

Walls-Kaufman was charged with misdemeanor counts of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.

The FBI affidavit shows surveillance photos of Walls-Kaufman taken from nine different security cameras inside the Capitol and from 20 police body cameras, and he was identified by online sleuths in August from images and videos recorded during the riot.

Walls-Kaufman was seen at the front of the mob outside the Speaker's Lobby, where rioter Ashli Babbitt was shot and killed by police as she jumped through a broken window as lawmakers fled.

Body camera footage shows the chiropractor grabbing a baton held by the late D.C. Metropolitan police officer Jeffrey Smith, who was later struck in the head with a metal pole and punched in the face, and the officer took his life days later -- and police ruled the death as taking place in the line of duty.

Smith's widow has already sued Walls-Kaufman, whose Facebook page shows posts about a number of election-related conspiracy theories.

https://www.rawstory.com/david-walls-kaufman/

[Rick Plant]

Donnie is proud of his coup attempt and Republicans are trying their hardest to attack and  downplay the January 6th Committee Investigation. Marjorie Taylor Greene is defending the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol, beat police officers to a pulp, and attempted to kill members of Congress.

Republicans are running scared, as they should be, because they are complicit in this coup attempt either by pushing "The Big Election Fraud Lie" that helped incite this insurrection riot, conspiring with Trump to steal the election from the American people, or having ties and involvement with Proud Boys and Oath Keepers militia leaders who are now indicted for seditious conspiracy.

All of these Republican traitors deserve prison for treason, and when this is all said and done, that's where they will end up. These seditious Republicans committed the worst crime that a person can commit, and that is treason. Criminal Donald will finally be held accountable for his crimes.

Yes, this was a GOP conspiracy to keep a criminal mobster in power and to end our democracy. These January 6th Committee Hearings will reveal the truth about what the Republicans did to destroy America.           

Trump says Jan. 6 was the 'greatest movement in the history of our Country' -- hours before House hearings begin
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-capitol-riot-2657483351/

Ted Cruz pilloried for saying January 6 hearings are 'idiocy' and 'designed to be theater'
https://www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-pilloried-for-saying-january-6th-hearings-are-idiocy-and-designed-to-be-theater/

Jake Tapper slams Kevin McCarthy for blaming America for Trump’s failed coup attempt
https://www.rawstory.com/jake-tapper-kevin-mccarthy/

Marjorie Taylor Greene repeats debunked conspiracy theory on the House floor in Jan. 6 prebuttal
https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-ray-epps/

GOP tries to undermine Jan. 6 hearings before they even begin with claims of 'altered evidence'
https://www.rawstory.com/altered-evidence-jan-6/

[Rick Plant]

'The world is watching': Read excerpts of opening statements from the Jan. 6 committee's public hearing

The chairman of the House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol released a public statement ahead of the first prime-time hearing.

"We can't sweep what happened under the rug," said Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS). "The American people deserve answers."

Of the failed insurrection, he said, "this scheme was an attempt to under the will of the people."

"So tonight, and over the next few weeks, we're going to remind you of the reality of what happened that day. But our work must do much more than just look backwards. Because our democracy remains in danger. The conspiracy to thwart the will of the people is not over. There are those in this country who thirst for power but have no love or respect for what makes America great," he said.

"January 6th and the lies that led to insurrection have put two and a half centuries of constitutional democracy at risk. The world is watching what we do here," he said.

"We must confront the truth with candor, resolve, and determination. We need to show that we are worthy of the gifts that are the birthright of every American," Thompson said.

[Rick Plant]

Jan. 6 Committee Chair Bennie Thompson: 'We can prove everything'

Washington, D.C. -- Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the chair of the House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 attacks, revealed to Raw Story in an interview today that a main goal of Thursday evening's public hearing is to tell the story of what happened and why.

For officials on the committee, it isn't merely the physical attack on the U.S. Capitol, the militia groups that participated, or the overall efforts by allies of former President Donald Trump to overthrow the election, it's also about an effort that began even before the 2020 election to find ways to change the results.

"Some of it they've never heard before," Thompson explained of the story the committee intends to tell. "And the fact that we prove everything that we present."

Proof of what has been uncovered isn't a concern, Thompson told Raw Story. They've put in the necessary time to ensure witnesses have been checked and rechecked to ensure that their statements match with others. There were over 1,000 people who spoke to the House committee in total.

Thompson said that everyone, with exception of members of Congress, has cooperated. He's talking about the Republicans who were called before the committee after some of the information became public about their conversations with former President Donald Trump. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) was among those who fumbled when asked about his conversations with Trump on Jan. 6. When he was called before the committee, Jordan said that he would only appear if the committee provided him with millions of documents.

In the opening statement Thompson released to the press, he intends to being the proceeding by saying, "Jan. 6th and the lies that led to insurrection have put two and a half centuries of constitutional democracy at risk. The world is watching what we do here. We must confront the truth with candor, resolve, and determination. We need to show that we are worthy of the gifts that are the birthright of every American."

https://www.rawstory.com/january-6-thompson-proof/

[Rick Plant]

Capitol police officer says "It was carnage, it was chaos" during Jan. 6 public hearing testimony


Caroline Edwards, a U.S. Capitol Police officer injured in the Jan. 6 riot, speaks during a hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 9, 2022

A U.S. Capitol Police officer described the Jan. 6, 2021, attack as a bloodied "war scene" as she watched injured colleagues try to push back rioters from the Capitol building. Caroline Edwards, believed to be the first law enforcement officer injured by the rioters that day, testified Thursday to the House committee investigating the attack.

"What I saw was just a war scene," she said. "It was something like I had seen out of the movies. I could not believe my eyes. There were officers on the ground. They were bleeding. They were throwing up. I saw friends with blood all over their faces. I was slipping in people's blood. I was catching people as they fell. It was carnage. It was chaos."

"Never in my wildest dreams did I think that as a police officer and as a law enforcement officer, I would find myself in the middle of a battle," she continued. "I am trained to detain a couple of subjects and handle a crowd, but I'm not combat trained. And that day, it was just hours of hand-to-hand combat."

The committee showed video of Edwards holding onto a bike rack as rioters pushed her back toward concrete steps, where she fell and hit her head and was knocked unconscious. She suffered a traumatic brain injury, but once she regained consciousness, she continued to defend the Capitol building and help her colleagues who had been sprayed with chemicals.

One of those colleagues was Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died from two strokes the day after the attack.

"All of a sudden, I see movement to the left of me. I turned, and it was Officer Sicknick with his head in his hands and he was ghostly pale, which I figured at that point, he had been sprayed and I was concerned. My cop alarm bells went off. Because if you get sprayed with pepper spray, you're going to turn red. He turned just about as pale as this sheet of paper," she said.

Edwards said she was sprayed in the eyes as well with a chemical, and then was teargassed. Her injuries from that day have prevented her from returning to her position with the first responder unit.

Sicknick's partner, Sandra Garza, attended Thursday's hearing and was accompanied by law enforcement officers who also responded to the attack and previously gave emotional testimony in July about the physical and psychological injuries they sustained.

At that hearing in July, former D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who also attended Thursday's hearing, how was dragged into the crowd, tased and beaten until he was unconscious. He suffered a mild heart attack and brain injury. He has since resigned from the police department.

Five law enforcement officers have died in connection with the riot. At least 140 law enforcement members were assaulted that day and about 255 rioters have been charged with assaulting or impeding officers, according to the Justice Department.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-hearing-capitol-police-officer-caroline-edwards-testifies/

[Rick Plant]

‘What happened tonight was historic’: Bob Woodward says Jan. 6 committee ‘has it cold’

Legendary journalist Robert Woodward said that the case was made against Donald Trump by the House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Woodward was interviewed by CNN's Anderson Cooper following the select committee's first prime-time hearing.

"Was there anything really new tonight? For minds that are already made up, was there anything new that would convince people to look at this in a new light?" Cooper asked.

"Oh, yes," Woodward replied.

"I think what happened tonight was historic. I think it's a brilliant, truly brilliant presentation by Benny Thompson and by Liz Cheney. Listen to the detail and the — they have it, they have it cold as best I can tell and from my own reporting," he said.

Woodward compared tonight's hearing to a Senate hearing that took place exactly 68 years earlier.

"I also think this committee has done kind of the equivalent of what happened in the famous Army-McCarthy hearing when Joe McCarthy was accused by a lawyer in a very memorable way saying you have -- do you have no shame," Woodward said. "This committee has essentially said, to Donald Trump, do you have no shame?"

Watch below:

[Rick Plant]

Of course this traitor is afraid of what he knows and what he was involved in. It was revealed by Liz Cheney last night during the January 6th Hearing that Scott Perry and multiple GOP members of Congress were seeking pardons from Criminal Donald. You don't seek a pardon unless you know you're guilty of a serious crime.   

Exclusive: Congresswoman explains why Rep. Scott Perry is 'mighty afraid' of Jan. 6 committee



WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) spoke to Raw Story after the first hour of the House Select Committee's Thursday night hearing before the public. Dean was among the impeachment managers for the House in the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump.

She explained that she was crying a lot about what has been shown in the committee hearing thus far.

"It sucks," she confessed. "It's incredibly sad. I'm so sad for our country. I'm not sad for me. We're reliving, of course, what we went through, but I'm just so damn sad for our country. So many people were lied to — to the extent of coming and attacking police, lawmakers, the seat of our democracy. I'm just, I'm so sad for our country."

When asked about Republican attempts to whitewash the Jan. 6 attacks, Dean said that there's no way that they can whitewash it, particularly after seeing those videos.

"Look at people being beaten by American flags, flagpoles with Trump flags," she continued. "There's no whitewashing this."

She went on to say that the way that Republicans claim to be supportive of police is just as absurd given their refusal to support the supplemental bill for Capitol Police after their injuries.

"They're not pro-police," she said.

Dean then explained that what doesn't make sense is what a former member of Congress, Mark Meadows, was saying and doing and that he refused to help protect the vice president and his own former colleagues.

"Can you imagine, how many hours the president did not do a single thing to save us? Can you imagine Ronald Reagan — if a single member of Congress — if his own vice president was threatened — No. 1, he'd be whisked away to a secure space. Not Donald Trump. No. 2, he would have been impeached so quickly for spending hours watching and doing nothing."

She closed by saying that while the Congressional body isn't something that can charge and convict a former president, they can do one important thing: "tell the truth."

"These aren't alternative facts," she said. "These are facts. They are telling the American people the facts. The Department of Justice will do their job. Different states will do criminal investigations and indictments, including Georgia, where the president said...'I just need you to find 11,780 votes.' And I remember a gasp from a Senator in that moment. He will be indicted for that. This is all closing in on the former president. Then we have a job to do as Congress. We have to do like Congress did after Watergate. We have to do reforms."

She then cited some of the Republicans she serves with, like Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) who is refusing to cooperate with the committee. He was the one who put Eastman in touch with President Trump, she explained. "Then fearfully seeks a pardon? And of course, you know he's not cooperating with the 1/6 committee. What's he afraid of? I said on the day that it happened if I have one inch of information that will help you in this committee, and understand what the hell happened here, I'm here. I volunteered. I don't have that valuable a set of information. Scott Perry has valuable information. And he's mighty afraid."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-indictment-scott-perry/