1/6 Insurrection Investigation

[Rick Plant]

Authorities nab Jan. 6 suspect who is accused of 'grabbing and throwing' a police officer



Just as other participants in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are being sentenced, authorities have arrested another.

Rockne Earles, of New Mexico, was arrested on Tuesday on felony charges for his role in disrupting the congressional session meant to count the electoral votes for the 2020 presidential election, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.

The Justice Department further said that Earles, who was hit with the felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers and civil disorder, can be seen on video "grabbing and throwing a U.S. Capitol Police Officer."

Earles was reportedly also charged with misdemeanors, including entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.

The victim officer seen being thrown in the video was purportedly concussed and out of work for 45 days due to that incident and other injuries stemming from the rioters on that day.

Law enforcement officials say Earles was physically inside the U.S. Capitol between around 2:17 P.M. and 2:44 P.M. on Jan. 6, 2021. He is one of more than 1,000 individuals to be arrested in the sprawling probe stemming from crimes that occurred during the breach.

The news comes shortly after the same U.S. Attorney's Office announced that the rioter who donned a "Jack Skellington" onesie during the breach was sentenced to six years in prison for assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon. That man, Josiah Kenyon, was also sentenced to 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay more than $43,000 in restitution for damages, prosecutors said.

https://www.rawstory.com/authorities-nab-yet-another-jan-6-rioter-accused-of-assaulting-officer/

[Rick Plant]

Sentencing today in Capitol riot case of Robert Dennis of Texas. Justice Dept seeks 64-months prison arguing his "aggressive actions included grabbing (officer) by the neck, toppling (officer) to the ground & punching & kicking (officer) & those who tried to restrain Dennis".

[Rick Plant]

Judge sentenced Jan 6th defendant Josiah Kenyon of Nevada to 6 years in prison.

Feds said "Kenyon used a table leg with a protruding nail to strike an officer in the leg & then to strike a 2nd officer on the head such that...weapon became lodged in the officer’s face shield & helmet".

[Rick Plant]

Hitler-loving Jan. 6 rioter sentenced to 3-years in prison



A Jan. 6 rioter who has praised Adolf Hitler and expressed support for Nazi ideology was sentenced to three years in prison this Thursday for possessing unregistered firearm silencers, The Washington Post reported.

U.S. District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff said that Hatchet M. Speed, 41, betrayed “everything he pledged to protect” and posed a danger to society due to his extremist views.

“It is difficult to understand how anyone could conclude that the Unabomber and Eric Rudolph and Hitler could be a positive influence on anyone, much less role models worthy of admiration and emulation,” said Nachmanoff, referring to the high-profile historical figures Speed was obsessed with.

“You served your country honorably until you went down the path that led you here,” the judge told Speed, who is a former Navy reservist who held a top-secret security clearance. “So why? Why?”

Speed initially faced charges of illegal entry, disorderly conduct and parading in the U.S. Capitol.

In March of 2022, Speed met with an FBI undercover agent who was presented to him as “a like-minded individual." In his conversations with the undercover agent, Speed described his participation in the riot.

“SPEED explained that he had hoped that more and more people would have shown up,” the report stated. “It should have gotten to the point where Nancy Pelosi should have resigned out of fear for her life. That’s what should have happened.” Speed also observed that “there are too many Americans that have this idea that we have to be peaceful all costs,” the FBI stated.

At his sentencing hearing Thursday, a prosecutor cited Speed’s involvement with the Proud Boys and his statements to the undercover agent.

“He talked about studying Eric Rudolph’s and the Unabomber’s manifestos to come up with a better game plan than they had,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas W. Traxler said. “He talked about wiping out the Jewish population.”

Read the full report at The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/04/13/hatchet-speed-jan6-nazi-sympathizer-sentenced/

[Rick Plant]

Sentencing today in Jan 6th case of Vince Gillespie, who's accused of assaulting police & yanking officer toward mob & of boasting "We were very close. We were almost overpowering them... That’s what I would hope they would do. Take it over, take it over. Own it for a few days."

[Rick Plant]

Sentencing in Capitol riot case of Logan Barnhart of Michigan. Feds seek 5+ years prison arguing "Barnhart grabbed an officer’s neck and torso and dragged him in a prone position from the police line, out of the Archway, and down a set of stairs into the violent mob".

Judge: "prison is needed in this case to ensure general deterrence to others."

Judge Contreras says lawmakers were forced to hide until they could be safely evacuated. Judge says Trump and Trump allies “bear a lot of responsibility for what happened that day.”

Judge R Contreras sentences Logan Barnhart of Michigan to 3 years in prison in Capitol riot case, in which Barnhart was accused of dragging police officer into riotous mob.

And $2,000 restitution and $3,688 fine (projected cost of a month in federal prison)

[Rick Plant]

Only a guilty man would try to block testimony.

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe testifies to grand jury in January 6 probe

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe testified before a federal grand jury Thursday in Washington, DC, as part of the special counsel's criminal probe into the aftermath of the 2020 election.

Former President Donald Trump had sought to block testimony from Ratcliffe and other top officials from his administration, but courts have rejected his executive privilege claims.

The investigation led by special counsel Jack Smith has focused on January 6, 2021, and other efforts to overturn the presidential election.

Ratcliffe is likely of interest to investigators because he personally told Trump and his allies that there was no evidence of foreign election interference or widespread fraud.

https://www.weny.com/story/48716650/former-director-of-national-intelligence-john-ratcliffe-testifies-to-grand-jury-in-january-6-probe

[Michael T. Griffith]

The recently released surveillance footage of the 1/6 "insurrection" debunks much of the Democratic narrative on the subject. Kudos to Tucker Carlson for reviewing key parts of this footage on his show and calling out the 1/6 subcommittee for suppressing it.