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Federal prosecutors, for the first time, described the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol as part of a broad, ongoing “insurrection movement,” powered by Qanon adherents and others who intend to capture and kill lawmakers. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/15/feds-edge-closer-to-sedition-charge-459573
The description was lodged in a Thursday filing attempting to deny bail to the so-called “Q Shaman,” Jacob Chansley. My late-night thread on this with more details: https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1349948737175638016
But more importantly, read the filing itself — and juxtapose it with the president’s initial response to the ongoing attack, while insurrectionists were beating police and attempting a government overthrow —“We love you.” https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.azd.1258007/gov.uscourts.azd.1258007.5.0.pdf
AND: Prosecutors seem to have some kind of handle on the Qanon money trail, which they said helped the “Q Shaman” travel “off-the-grid” and “fundraise rapidly through unconventional means.” https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/15/feds-edge-closer-to-sedition-charge-459573
Don’t miss @joshgerstein’s story on how lawmakers themselves could be on the hook for seditious conspiracy charges if they showed rioters around the Capitol or aided them while having a reasonable understanding of their goals/capabilities. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/14/lawmakers-capitol-attackers-legal-459519
And it appears the president’s current personal attorney — one of the only lawyers actively defending him — is pushing the false/debunked notion that antifa was behind the Jan. 6 riots.
