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Added on the 16/01/2021 14:40:53 - 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.
The FBI is considering adding those who attacked the US Capitol last week to the federal no-fly list. When a person checks in for a flight, his or her reservation information is checked against the TSA's Secure Flight database. The procedure includes determining whether the traveler is on the no-fly list or selectee list. On Tuesday, congressional leaders called to keep rioters off planes after they said they remained mostly in the dark from the agencies that oversee the list. Much of how the lists work, including what qualifies a person for inclusion and how many people are listed, is classified as sensitive security information. The no-fly list began in the wake of the 9/11 attacks when the FBI provided the FAA a list of 125 people who should not be allowed on planes.
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.