1/6 Insurrection Investigation

[Rick Plant]

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison on Jan. 6 charges

Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right group known as the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, receiving by far the longest sentence in a Jan. 6 case to date.

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[Rick Plant]

Justice Dept to seek 9-years prison in Jan 6 case of Barry Ramey of Florida.

They argue Ramey used pepper spray against police, has history of threats & violence, had ties to Proud Boys & tried to intimidate FBI agent.

Feds say Ramey contributed to collapse of Jan 6 police line.






Check That VIN Number’: Federal Agent Busted Suspected Proud Boy Who Allegedly Sent Menacing Texts to Him During Jan. 6 Investigation

Apr 21st, 2022

An alleged member of the Proud Boys accused of assaulting police officers with chemical spray during the melee outside the Capitol building on Jan. 6 was busted by the very federal agent he allegedly tried to intimidate through menacing text messages.

Barry Bennet Ramey, 38, of Plantation, Florida, is accused of deploying chemical spray from a can on at least two police officers trying to hold off the crowd of Donald Trump supporters trying to break into the Capitol building that day.

“According to a review of video footage posted on ProPublica’s Parler repository, Florida resident, Barry Bennett Ramey was observed assaulting law enforcement officers by spraying them with an unknown orange substance that is consistent with pepper spray,” the FBI affidavit in support of Ramey’s arrest says.

“Specifically, at approximately 0:27 of the video, Ramey is observed spraying a USCP Officer (Victim Officer 1) in the eyes. This assault resulted in Victim Officer 1 losing ground against the crowd and having to back away up the stairs,” the affidavit says. Ramey is seen spraying a second Capitol Police officer seconds later, according to the filing.

Investigators said that Ramey’s name appears on a “master list” of Proud Boys members. Several members of the so-called “Western chauvinist” extremist group have been identified in connection with the Capitol attack, including Enrique Tarrio, the group’s leader now charged with conspiracy, obstruction, and destruction of federal property.

Hundreds of Trump supporters angry about Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential win overran police at the Capitol and stormed the building on Jan. 6, forcing legislators to evacuate and temporarily stopping Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote.

Since then, prosecutors have arrested nearly 800 people in connection with the Capitol breach, and while many suspects have cooperated with federal investigators, Ramey does not appear to be one of them.

According to the affidavit, Ramey appears to have tried to intimidate the investigating agent through texts and a phone call.

As the filing describes:

On February 11, 2022, your affiant left his business card with a close associate of Ramey during an attempted interview. Your affiant’s business card contained your affiant’s work cell phone number and identified him as an FBI Special Agent. Subsequent to the attempted interview, on February 12, 2022, your affiant received a phone call from an individual who claimed to be Ramey’s attorney and who said that Ramey contacted him because Ramey had been informed that the FBI was asking about him.

On April 8, 2022, your affiant received a phone call on his work cell phone from telephone number [redacted]. When your affiant answered the call, your affiant recognized the voice of the male individual on the phone as consistent with the voice of Barry Bennett Ramey. Your affiant had recently listened to Ramey speak at length on a YouTube video. “Is this [redacted] And you still live at [your affiant’s home address].” Your affiant replied, “Who is this?” The caller then immediately terminated the phone call. Shortly thereafter, your affiant received a text message from the same number [redacted] which included the VIN number for a vehicle previously owned by your affiant without any other text. Your affiant replied via text message, “?” Your affiant then received the following text message from the same number, “Check that VIN number.”.

The FBI’s investigation revealed that service provider for the incoming calls and texts “generally does not have retail subscriber/end user information on file.” From this, the affidavit says, “it can reasonably be inferred that Ramey had obtained your affiant’s contact information via the business card left with Ramey’s associate and that Ramey called and sent a text to your affiant[.]”

Ramey was arrested Thursday. He is charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon, civil disorder, engaging in physical violence in a restricted buildings or grounds with a dangerous weapon, and other offenses, the DOJ announced.

Ramey will make his initial court appearance in Florida on Friday.

Read the statement of facts attached to the complaint against Ramey in link below.

https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-breach/check-that-vin-number-federal-agent-busted-suspected-proud-boy-who-allegedly-sent-menacing-texts-to-him-during-jan-6-investigation/

[Rick Plant]

The case against a DC police lieutenant accused of helping Proud Boys is growing increasingly 'terrifying'

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced earlier this month that District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Lt. Shane Lamond had been indicted on four federal criminal charges: one for obstruction of justice, three for making false statements. DOJ prosecutors allege that Lamond shared police information with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and tipped him off about a case against him: the one in which he was arrested for his part in burning a Black Lives Matter sign that had been stolen from an African-American church in late 2020.

Lamond's arrest follows Tarrio's conviction in a separate case. Tarrio, along with three other members of the Proud Boys, was found guilty of seditious conspiracy for his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol Building.

In an article published on May 26, Politico's Michael Schaffer emphasizes that the allegations against Lamond are especially troubling in light of his position in the MPD.

"The indicted officer is not some random beat cop," Schaffer notes. "A 24-year veteran of the department, Lamond led the Intelligence Branch of the department’s Homeland Security unit until last year, when he was suspended after coming under investigation. That investigation culminated in a May 19 obstruction of justice indictment for allegedly lying to investigators who were looking into the relationship with Tarrio…. According to prosecutors, Lamond and Tarrio communicated 500 times beginning in 2019, often via chummy exchanges."

Michael Fanone, a former MPD officer who was violently attacked by Donald Trump supporters inside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, has been sounding the alarm about far-right extremists working for police departments.

Fanone, now a CNN contributor, told Politico, "I think that most law enforcement agencies in this country are scrambling to maintain the officers they have and recruit new ones to replace the hundreds that they've lost. The last thing that they're worried about is coming up with a comprehensive screening process for domestic extremism.”

Schaffer warns that "the idea of even a small number of domestic extremists" being on the MPD "ought to be terrifying."

Civil rights attorney Mara Verheyden-Hilliard told Politico, "You'd be hard-pressed to think of a city where this is a more critical issue than Washington, D.C. What happens the next time we go on the January 6 path, which we all know could happen? What happens if there's this festering group within the MPD that haven't been weeded out? It's very dangerous.”

Read More Here: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/05/26/dc-police-extremism-lamond-00098893

[Rick Plant]

WATCH: Video presentation of key findings from House investigation | Jan. 6 final meeting

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., introduced a video presentation on Dec. 19 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its final findings to the public.

Before presenting the video, Thompson said “it’s important to remember what we’ve learned and, critically, exactly what happened at the United States Capitol on January 6th.” He noted that the presentation would include “some of the key evidence” collected during the investigation.

The compilation included footage from the Capitol insurrection and video testimony from White House staff and advisors, state elections officials, leaders at the Department of Justice and other key witnesses called over the course of the committee's hearings.

It was divided into labeled sections that asserted former President Donald Trump knew he lost the election, that he pressured state officials, the Department of Justice and former Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election results and that Trump summoned the mob that carried out the insurrection.

[Rick Plant]

Court has unsealed another new Jan 6 case.

Feds allege Ulises Wilkinson entered Senate chamber while amid mob.   Charging document he says "told officers that he had been invited to join the Proud Boys at one point around the time of the rallies leading up to Jan 6,. but refused".

[Rick Plant]

Jan. 6 rioter who wanted Pelosi brought out to mob is sentenced to 2 years

Pauline Bauer was near the speaker’s office and said “we’re coming in if you don’t bring her out here.” She also fought police, officials said.



She was convicted at a bench trial — meaning before a judge rather than a jury — in January on charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building and other counts.

An attorney listed as representing her did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Prosecutors said Bauer was part of a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was formally counting the electoral votes affirming Trump’s loss.

Trump and his supporters had spread lies about the 2020 election, and Trump falsely said that then-Vice President Mike Pence could halt the proceedings. Pence refused, saying he had no authority to do so.

Bauer had also pushed a Washington police officer during a confrontation and was physically removed from the area by officers in riot gear, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Bauer’s attorney argued for a period of supervision without additional imprisonment, writing in a sentencing memorandum that she regrets and takes responsibility for her actions and poses no threat to society.

Prosecutors sought 78 months in prison, or 6½ years, according to the government’s sentencing memo.

They argued that Bauer threatened to kill Pelosi of California, the Democratic House speaker at the time, yelling “They’re criminals. They need to hang,” and threatening to hang Pelosi by name.

In addition to the prison time, Bauer was sentenced to 24 months' supervised release and a $2,000 fine, the U.S. attorney's office said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jan-6-rioter-wanted-pelosi-brought-mob-sentenced-2-years-rcna86961



Woman who wanted Nancy Pelosi to "hang" on Jan. 6 sentenced



A 55-year-old Pennsylvania woman who said she wanted to "hang" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced Tuesday to more than two years behind bars.

Pauline Bauer was sentenced to 27 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release and fined $2,000 for her conviction on charges including obstructing an official proceeding, entering and remaining in a restricted building and disorderly or disruptive conduct in a Capitol building.

Prosecutors said that on Jan. 6, as she was close to Pelosi's office, Bauer yelled, "They're criminals. They need to hang. Bring Nancy Pelosi out here now. We want to hang that f****** b****." Prosecutors also introduced body camera footage showing Bauer about 30 feet from Pelosi's office, saying, "Bring her out. Bring her out here. We're coming in if you don't bring her out here." When a Washington, D.C., police officer tried to push Bauer from the vicinity, Bauer pushed the officer back, according to prosecutors.

Bauer was a part of the crowd that forced the U.S. Capitol Police to retreat up the stairs, before she was eventually escorted out of the building, the federal government said.

More than 1,000 people have been arrested on charges related to the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021, in the largest criminal investigation in the Justice Department's history. And over 300 defendants have been charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement, according to the Justice Department.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-woman-who-threatened-to-hang-nancy-pelosi-sentenced/

[Rick Plant]

In letter today seeking leniency for convicted Jan 6 defendant Noah Bacon, a supporter writes to judge that she doubts Bacon was "intending to commit insurrection...and said Trump's words & encouragement at rally impacted Bacon, who was "naive and impressionable".