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• We spent 4 years researching those that stormed the Capitol on Jan6, 2021, collecting and archiving data and we continuing monitoring their activities. We are also monitoring the rise of extremism in the US

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Feb 25

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has officially announced they are "Trumps' lawyers"

The US Attorneys office is supposed to serve as both the local and the federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 12

He just likes having his name in the news

Jan 6. Capitol riot ‘Lectern Guy’ sues Manatee County officials over wetlands lawsuit

Johnson’s lawsuit claims that county leaders destroyed a “public asset.”

www.bradenton.com

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 12

Lang says he decided to run for office in Florida instead of his native New York because he's “much more accepted here.”

“They love the Jan. Sixers,” he says.

Meet the January 6 Rioter Running for Marco Rubio's U.S. Senate Seat

Lang was caught on video hitting police officers with a baseball bat while storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

www.miaminewtimes.com

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 11

Edward Kelley #ParaSnooper pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 insurrection who also was convicted of plotting to kill federal agents investigating him is still legally liable for the plot

Trump’s January 6 pardon doesn’t cover FBI murder plot conviction, judge rules

Judge denies Edward Kelley’s motion to dismiss separate charges of plotting to kill federal agents investigating him

www.theguardian.com

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 7

We all know where he was!

"Pete Marocco did not directly answer questions about his whereabouts that day, saying he had only come to discuss the issue of USAID."

'Tense exchange': Trump official reportedly pressed on whether he was in Capitol on Jan. 6

President Donald Trump's appointee in charge of the U.S. Agency for International Development repeatedly declined in a closed-door hearing to answer House Democrats' questions about whether he was ins...

www.rawstory.com

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 6

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 6

The photo was by the man who brought a gun to the Capitol on Jan 6

"And in a separate instance, a former Jan. 6 defendant posted on social media about attending a Senate confirmation hearing for FBI Director Kash Patel, including a photo of lawmakers inside a Senate committee room."

Jan. 6 defendants returning to Capitol sparks concern from lawmakers - Roll Call

Some members of Congress have raised concerns over Capitol Hill appearances from figures associated with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

rollcall.com

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 5

I'm gonna go with....yeah thats a bit excessive

Judicial Watch: DC Police Department Wants over $1.5 Million for January 6 Police Bodycam Footage - Judicial Watch

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department wants to charge the non-profit over $1,570,500 for local police bodycam footage of the January 6 pr...

www.judicialwatch.org

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 5

You have 15 seconds.

What's in the backpack? A knife, a gun, a bomb? Maybe nothing.

You have seconds to make a decision!

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 5

Its just unreal

After months of fighting the suit brought by the husband of the retired Air Force veteran shot dead by a United States Capitol Police officer as she entered the Speaker’s Lobby off the House floor, Justice changed its tune last month, according to a new court filing.

Justice signals settlement in $30M Ashli Babbitt ‘wrongful death’ suit - Judicial Watch

While Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton would not discuss the talks, he told Secrets, “All we want is justice and we hope the Justice Department under President Trump would share that goal ultimatel...

www.judicialwatch.org

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 5

It's not the ones that at least faced some justice that stay with me...

It's the ones that got away without ever being known.

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 4

He had not been arrested for his J6 crime, don't ask me I don't know, he was identified very very early and nothing happened

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 4

Joshua Lee Atwood was known to #SeditionHunters as #LeadPipeGuy because of one of the many weapons he used against officers on #Jan6 seditionhunters.org/229-afo/

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 4

One of those very fine people that Trump pardoned for #jan6 Joshua Atwood.

After you've stormed the Capitol whats wrong with adding a little stabbing to your resume

Case continued for pardoned Jan. 6 rioter accused of stabbing local 'Crazy Donkey' restaurant owner in 2023

NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. — A man from Burgettstown, pardoned by President Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, appeared in a Hancock County courtroom for a status hearing related to a…

www.wtrf.com

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 4

The DOJ has become a shitshow

Courts push back on DOJ’s effort to expand reach of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon

What did President Donald Trump intend, and when did he intend it?

www.politico.com

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 4

"These are hardened white supremacists who want to see a white ethno-state created somewhere in the United States," said Jeff Tischauser, the senior researcher who tracks Patriot Front and other hate groups for the Southern Poverty Law Center.

'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the influential hate group that's expanding in Tennessee

They are the largest hate group in America, wrapping themselves in the red-white-and-blue of the flag, marching into the middle of American cities and claiming to be patriots.

www.newschannel5.com

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 3

Two of the sources said James Dennehy, a highly respected leader, was given a choice to resign or be fired. He was eligible for retirement and has officially retired.

Top FBI official forced out after criticizing Trump pursuit of agents who investigated Jan. 6

James Dennehy, the head of the FBI's New York office, is out one month after he urged colleagues to “dig in” after the new administration requested the names of all agents who worked on Capitol riot c...

www.nbcnews.com

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 3

The OAG alleged the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers violated two provisions of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 which deal with conspiracy against the federal government.

DC to drop its Jan. 6 civil suit against Proud Boys, Oath Keepers

Attorney General Brian Schwalb's office says his office needs to commit its resources elsewhere.

www.wusa9.com

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 3

According to the Justice Department, Shry's voicemail message "threatened to kill anyone who went after former President Trump." The charging documents in Shry's case allege she referred to Chutkan as a "slave (epithet)" in the message.

Trump supporter faces possible prison time in case associated with Jan. 6

Abigail Shry, who pleaded guilty to threatening the judge handling President Trump's Jan. 6 criminal case, is scheduled to be sentenced on May 5.

www.cbsnews.com

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Mar 2

We survived 248 years without an "official language."

Apparently its a miracle we survived this long

Trump signs executive order making English the official language of the U.S.

In the nearly 250-year history of the United States, English had never been designated as the nation's official language.

www.npr.org

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Feb 28

SURPRISE....said no one

Russian and Chinese spies are targeting fired US federal workers: Report

The foreign adversaries are reportedly ‘aggressively targeting’ fired federal workers

www.independent.co.uk

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Feb 28

Seriously??? It's police bodycam footage and they are calling it bullying???

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Feb 28

Lessons in how to weaponize the justice department

"Those demoted include one prosecutor who had overseen all cases arising from the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and at least two who had worked on the trials of members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers militia"

Prosecutors in Washington Demoted in Retribution Push by Trump Ally

Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia, took the action against federal prosecutors who had been involved in Jan. 6 cases.

www.nytimes.com

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Feb 28

Dressed in an "ICE" jacket and "Make America Great Again" hat, Brandon Fellows jokes about scaring undocumented immigrants

cbs6albany.com

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Feb 28

Bodycam footage

Public Release of Officer Involved Shooting from 1/26/2025

YouTube video by Jasper County Sheriff's Office - Indiana

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SeditionHunters @seditionhunters.bsky.social · Feb 28

The Jasper County Sheriff's Office released body-worn camera footage of the police shooting death of Matthew Huttle, 42, who had been pardoned only days before his death for his actions at the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.

'I can't go to jail': Body cam catches moments before Indiana deputy shoots Jan. 6 defendant

The video, which is nearly 11 minutes long, erupts into chaos in its final seconds after Matthew Huttle runs from a sheriff's deputy.

www.indystar.com

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