In a statement shared online, the FBI asks the public to help identify the domestic terrorists who broke into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday:
“The FBI is seeking information that will assist in identifying individuals who are actively instigating violence in Washington, D.C. The FBI is accepting tips and digital media depicting rioting and violence in the U.S. Capitol Building and surrounding area in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021.”
They can start with Derrick Evans, a newly-elected Republican member of West Virginia’s House of Delegates. He bragged about the deed, and there are videos.
Since most of the rioters wore no facemasks, it shouldn’t be hard to find other insurrectionists. On Thursday morning, former Obama speechwriter Cody Keenan suggested that questing G-Men should look in the breakfast bar of the Hyatt Regency, two blocks from FBI headquarters. Reporters had been interviewing the seditionists in the Hyatt lobby for days.
Updates:
“US Capitol Building Riot: Justice Dept. Pursues at Least 150 Suspects,” Katie Benner and Adam Goldman, New York Times
“Who were they? Records reveal Trump fans who stormed Capitol,” Michael Biesecker,
Michael Kunzelman, Gillian Flaccus, and Jim Mustian, Associated Press
“‘Trump said I could’: One possible legal defense for accused rioters,” Teri Kanefield and Mark Reichel, Washington Post
More:
“West Virginia delegate records himself storming U.S. Capitol,” Cuneyt Dil, Associated Press
“W.Va. delegate, just sworn in, was among the mob storming U.S. Capitol,” Brad McElhinny, W.Va. MetroNews
“Remove House of Delegates Member Derrick Evans for Terrorism,” Change.org petition
Related:
Online FBI Tip Form
“13 federal criminal laws that the pro-Trump mob may have violated, explained,” Ian Millhiser, Vox
“People at the US Capitol riot are being identified and losing their jobs,” AJ Willingham and Carma Hassan, CNN
Ill-Wind-Blows-Someone-Good Department:
“Trump Supporters Gave D.C. Hotel Business Shot In The Arm Before Capitol Insurrection,” Jon Banister, Bisnow
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January 8, 2021 at 11:52 pm
We can’t help if you don’t show us the photos you have of individual insurrectionists. if you really want the public’s help, you need to post those photos online.
January 9, 2021 at 6:46 pm
The FBI has posted a series of posters, as has the DC Police Department. The FBI is even posted wanted photos at bus shelters in the DC metro area.
I’ll be posting more about photo ID efforts next week.