And they are proud of it...For all we know, a hapless vending machine supplier or two may have been "in the Capitol" when Trump goons attacked on January 6, but the hundreds of violent extremists who have been identified, arrested, and are being prosecuted are the proper focus.Death Angel said:Antifa was in the Capitol
Six California men, four of whom identify as members of "Three Percenter" militias, an anti-government extremist group, have been indicted for conspiring to obstruct congressional proceedings on January 6, the Justice Department announced.The indictment, which was unsealed Thursday, alleges the group coordinated travel to D.C. with a stated intention to "fight," heeding President Trump's call to protest the results of the presidential election. Some defendants wore tactical gear and at least one, prosecutors said, carried a knife while he pushed past a police line on Capitol grounds.They are the third militia or extremist group to be cited in a conspiracy case connected to the Capitol riot. Already, federal prosecutors have indicted 16 alleged Oath Keepers in a single conspiracy case, and 15 alleged members or affiliates of the Proud Boys have been charged in four separate conspiracy cases. The DOJ has previously charged at least four other rioters who they said were affiliated with the Three Percenters.Were any Rotarians in the vicinity as well ? I would not be surprised.
Let's not be distracted from what is pertinent.
* It should be acknowledged that not all Trump goons who attacked Congress in a failed attempt to prevent it from carrying out its Constitutional responsibility were members of rightist extremist groups:
... In the video, [Jeffrey] Sabol vaulted over a railing and appeared to drag a defenseless cop down a set of stairs...
... According to the indictment, Sabol wrested a baton from a second D.C. police officer who had been knocked down by another rioter outside the Capitol’s western terrace entrance, which would be the site of Joe Biden’s inauguration two weeks later. The officer later needed staples to close a wound on his head. Before being dragged into the mob by Sabol and others, prosecutors say, these officers had tried to reach a woman who died amid the throng.Sabol, 51, is a geophysicist from Kittredge, Colorado, a small town in the mountains outside Denver. In the weeks after the insurrection, he became one of the approximately 465 people charged so far for their participation in the January 6 insurrection. Sabol faces eight counts, several of them felonies, including the assault of police officers. He and four other defendants named in the same indictment are accused of participating in some of the day’s worst violence, which took place around 4:30 p.m. and resulted in several officers being stripped of their protective gear, dragged, stomped on, and attacked with crutches and a flagpole.