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Added on the 12/01/2021 18:29:02 - Copyright : Wochit
On January, 6th, the far-right personality known as 'Baked Alaska' live-streamed the Capitol riots. The FBI used his feed on the DLive platform to nab multiple rioters and has asked members of the public to watch the footage to help them identify others. With the help of the public, more than 125 arrests have been made. And now, 'Baked Alaska' himself has been arrested, too. Newser reports Tim Gionet, as he's legally known, was nabbed by the FBI in Houston on Saturday. During the siege, he could be heard encouraging other protesters not to leave, cursing and exclaiming “We are in the Capitol Building, 1776 will commence again."
NBC News reports that the FBI is probing whether foreign actors provided funding any of the Capitol Hill riot groups. According to a report by Bitcoin experts last week, $500,000 was transferred to US far-right groups and individuals. Business Insider reports the bitcoin was transferred by a now deceased French national about a month ahead of the riots.
Following the violent attack on the US Capitol, federal officials launched the most extensive counterterrorism probe since September 11, 2001. Meanwhile, the heads of the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security--and the President himself--have remained essentially silent. But according to CNN, the Federal Bureau of Investigation means business. And FBI Director Christopher Wray doesn't mind saying so. Wray says the agency is monitoring 'extensive' online chatter about future protests and warned the men and women who wreaked havoc on the Capitol. We know who you are, if you're out there and FBI agents are coming to find you. Christopher Wray Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation The insurrection was fueled by President Donald Trump's lies about his definitive election loss. It also exposed the reach of baseless conspiracy theories that have radicalized Americans to the point that they laid siege to their own Capitol.
The assault on the Capitol was done "at the encouragement of the President of the United States," says Bennie Thompson, the head of a congressional panel investigating last year's deadly Capitol riot, in presenting his initial findings on Donald Trump's role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. SOUNDBITE
Guy Reffitt, of Wylie, Texas, was arrested by the FBI on Sunday in connection to the January 6 US Capitol riot. He's one of the hundreds across the country being rounded up for participating in the violent insurrection. But according to a charging affidavit, the 48-year-old oil worker extended his hatred of the government to his own children. The member of the far-right extremist group 'Texas Freedom Force' threatened to kill his son and daughter if they told the FBI he had taken part in the riot. If you turn me in, you're a traitor and you know what happens to traitors … traitors get shot. Guy Reffitt Business Insider reports Riffitt separately told his daughter he'd 'put a bullet' through her phone if she posted about him on social media.