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New from me: Prosecutors have charged an alleged Colorado militia member, Robert Gieswein, which The Daily Beast has been tracking since he appeared in photos of the riot at the Capitol. https://www.thedailybeast.com/baseball-bat-wielding-militiaman-robert-gieswein-charged-over-capitol-riot
The FBI says Gieswein "appears to be affiliated with the radical militia group known as the Three Percenters." Working with @jsrailton, we found similar evidence. Here's a picture of Gieswein from his now-deleted Facebook page posing in front of CO Rep Lauren Boebert's bar
Gieswein, kneeling with the rifle. is flashing the Three Percenter hand signs in front of Beobert's bar in this picture from November 2019.
One of the ways we were able to identify Gieswein was from the distinctive "Woodland Wild Dogs" patch he wore on his chest. If you check website registrations, you can find that Gieswein registered websites for the group as well as "Rocky Mountain Oathkeepers"
And to tie it in further, Gieswein also put the Woodland Wild Dogs logo on his FB page.
There was also an Instagram account (again, now deleted) in the name of the "Woodland Wild Dogs" that appeared to show Gieswein and associated camping, shooting, and doing tactical exercises
Gieswein was easily trackable at the Capitol thanks to a series of distinctive patches other than the Woodland Wild Dogs one.
You can see him kneeling and looking injured on the night of Jan 5 after involvement in an apparent scuffle in this picture taken by Shannon Stapleton of Reuters https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/A-Washington-plusieurs-arrestations-apres-une-manifestation-pro-Trump-1719559 https://www.instagram.com/zanderavery/?hl=en
This photo by @Jacquelyn_M of AP was incredibly helpful in identifying him via his patch https://www.shutterstock.com/es/editorial/image-editorial/electoral-college-protests-washington-united-states-05-jan-2021-11681512w
You can see him throughout the assault at the capitol wielding a baseball bat in this photo by Amy Harris https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/trump-supporters-protest-certification-of-presidentelect-biden-washington-usa-06-jan-2021-11695563bh
In this photo by @kentnish, his helmet is visible at rioters shove a barrier into Capitol police
And as the FBI affidavit notes, his helmet is once again visible at Dominic "Spazzo" Pezzola allegedly smashes through a Capitol window with a police shield
He also joins the other rioters for that infamous confrontation with police inside the Capitol. Standing here again next to "Spazzo"
Gieswein appeared to be active in local gun rights protests in Woodland Park prior to the riot. He posted about at least one on his deleted Facebook page.
He's also quoted in this story about doing an open carry counter-protest when local students staged a "march for our lives" protest in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324061258/http://www.koaa.com/story/37798794/march-for-our-lives-events-in-southern-colorado-open-carry-walk-in-woodland-park
Quick typo correct: November 2018*. Small gadget, big slippery thumbs https://twitter.com/arawnsley/status/1350989745405513734
This is your daily dose of bizarre https://twitter.com/arictoler/status/1350990627035631618
