NEW: Rob Minuta guarded Roger Stone Jan 6th...& was later seen at #Capitol siege..

Now we know he has a history of escorting Trump allies like Flynn & Alex Jones. Also seen in December w/indicted Proud Boy #Spazzo.

THREAD
By @arawnsley
Link: https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-far-right-militia-member-provided-muscle-for-roger-stone-alex-jones-and-former-trump-aide-michael-flynn?ref=home

2/ As @arawnsley highlights, Rob Minuta's NY tattoo business opened in defiance of COVID regulations in May.

#Oathkeepers leader Elmer Stuart Rhodes leader drove with a group all the way from Texas to show support.

https://twitter.com/sjacks26/status/1266718903817863168

3/ Rob Minuta has... some choice posts in the #Oathkeepers, Forum, found in a leak posted by @UR_Ninja last year.

And a public history of anti-vaccine positions, per @ChrisMcKenna845 @recordonline

Source: https://www.recordonline.com/news/20190623/vaccine-law-puts-pressure-on-local-families

4/ @arawnsley's story builds on great reporting yesterday by
@ABC's @mattmosk @OliviaRubinABC @ajdukakis @gallagherfergal @KFaulders & @bensiegel

Stone is saying he had 'no advance knowledge of the insurrection' - @GMA

https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1358076366810476547

5. The other half of this story? The teams of talented volunteers looking for needles in the #capitol footage haystack... keep finding needles!

https://twitter.com/jsrailton/status/1357793396191072256

6. Reminder: good reporting like this happens when people are careful and NEVER tweet unconfirmed names.

If you feel strong certainty about a specific identity, the @FBI has a tip line: https://fbi.gov/capitolbuilding  https://twitter.com/jsrailton/status/1350946605646675973