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AP: Feds: Capitol mob aimed to ‘assassinate’ elected officials

PHOENIX (AP) — The pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials,” federal prosecutors said in court documents.

The remarks came in a motion prosecutors filed late Thursday in the case against Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man who took part in the insurrection while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns.

Prosecutors say that after Chansley climbed up to the dais where Vice President Mike Pence had been presiding moments earlier, Chansley wrote a threatening note to Pence that said: “It’s only a matter of time, justice is coming.”

Pence and other congressional leaders had been ushered out of the chamber by the Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police before the rioters stormed into the room.

“Strong evidence, including Chansley’s own words and actions at the Capitol, supports that the intent of the Capitol rioters was to capture and assassinate elected officials in the United States Government,” prosecutors wrote in their memo urging the judge to keep Chansley behind bars.

Gerald Williams, Chansley’s attorney, didn’t return a phone call and email Friday morning seeking comment. A detention hearing is scheduled in his case for later Friday.

The FBI has been investigating whether any of the rioters had plots to kidnap members of Congress and hold them hostage, focusing particularly on the men seen carrying plastic zip tie handcuffs and pepper spray. Prosecutors raised a similar prospect on Friday in the case of a former Air Force officer who they alleged carried plastic zip-tie handcuffs because he intended “to take hostages.” But so far, the Justice Department has not publicly released any specific evidence on the plots or explained how the rioters planned to carry them out.

Chansley, who calls himself the “QAnon Shaman” and has long been a fixture at Trump rallies, surrendered to the FBI field office in Phoenix on Saturday. News photos show him at the riot shirtless, with his face painted and wearing a fur hat with horns, carrying a U.S. flag attached to a wooden pole topped with a spear.

QAnon is an apocalyptic and convoluted conspiracy theory spread largely through the internet and promoted by some right-wing extremists.

Chansley told investigators he came to the Capitol “at the request of the president that all ‘patriots’ come to D.C. on January 6, 2021.”

An indictment unsealed Tuesday in Washington him with civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, disorderly conduct in a restricted building, and demonstrating in a Capitol building.

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by Anonymousreply 24January 16, 2021 2:26 AM

HOW MANY FUCKING THREADS DO WE NEED ABOUT ALL THIS?!!?!

by Anonymousreply 1January 15, 2021 4:30 PM

I agree, R2, and all the Trump ones in the past day or two. I FF then block.. There are going to be a lot of lost people with empty lives once Trump is out of office.

by Anonymousreply 2January 15, 2021 4:36 PM

Why are you responding to/agreeing with yourself, r2?

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by Anonymousreply 3January 15, 2021 4:43 PM

Now I know what the Trump trolls are doing these days: complaining that there's too much news about Trump and people shouldn't be paying attention to it.

Sorry, assholes, I'm gonna pay attention to the fact that Trump incited an insurrection that was intended to kill members of Congress. There is new information in this article with evidence about the insurrectionists' intent, and it's good that there's a new thread on it, instead of burying it elsewhere.

Just pathetic that you're FFing people who are posting legitimate news, though.

by Anonymousreply 4January 15, 2021 4:48 PM

R4 we have like 37 threads with this story posted already

by Anonymousreply 5January 15, 2021 4:53 PM

R5 Where? At least link them.

by Anonymousreply 6January 15, 2021 4:59 PM

R1 - As many as necessary until SOMETHING FINALLY HAPPENS TO THESE TRAITORS.

P.S. No one is forcing you to open/read/comment on any given thread, so SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!

by Anonymousreply 7January 15, 2021 5:04 PM

News conference momentarily:

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by Anonymousreply 8January 15, 2021 5:10 PM

R8 Anything new?

by Anonymousreply 9January 15, 2021 5:20 PM

Presser has started

by Anonymousreply 10January 15, 2021 5:20 PM

Listening now r9

by Anonymousreply 11January 15, 2021 5:20 PM

R11 Let us know.

by Anonymousreply 12January 15, 2021 5:22 PM

Close to 100 open cases; most federal felony charges

by Anonymousreply 13January 15, 2021 5:34 PM

Lock Them Up!

by Anonymousreply 14January 15, 2021 5:37 PM

Not much new to report. Someone at the end asked about precautions leading up to the inauguration and they didn't even address her question

by Anonymousreply 15January 15, 2021 5:41 PM

R15 Terrible.

by Anonymousreply 16January 15, 2021 6:35 PM

DOJ link here for updates regarding investigation/prosecution of the insurrectionists....

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by Anonymousreply 17January 15, 2021 7:35 PM

Thank you r17

by Anonymousreply 18January 15, 2021 7:42 PM

This site updates as arrests are made:

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by Anonymousreply 19January 15, 2021 10:20 PM

I've been watching FOX off and on today... can't believe the way they are spinning this entire mess. Fuck I hate FOX!

by Anonymousreply 20January 15, 2021 10:39 PM

Can you give some specifics, r20? (Just curious and don't have cable)

by Anonymousreply 21January 15, 2021 10:43 PM

R21 I haven’t watched Fox but I assume they’re taking turns blaming it on ANTIFA, China, Hunter’s laptop, and Hillary.

by Anonymousreply 22January 15, 2021 10:45 PM

R21 The Five, Lou Dobbs, just a couple of the shows I watched bits and pieces of today. They are spinning everything back around as psycho, radical left-wing socialist Dems being to blame for everything going down/going wrong in DC. It usually takes FOX a couple of days to get completely organized on how they want to approach and then report anything that initially makes Trump look bad or to blame. For the first few days they went on a 24/7 tirade about freedom of speech and twitter issues because they needed time to get their spin down. Just pull up Lou Dobbs show on the FOX.com or YouTube from today. You don't need cable TV if you have an internet connection. There was too much to get into and I don't want to be incorrectly re-spinning something that was said. These assholes are going to create more anger and violence, bottom line. They love to keep falling back on Obama and Hillary as well. You'd have thought the Dems were ransacking the Capitol rather than the TrumpTurds. I don't know how we stop the proliferation of fake news... REAL fake news... and get back to just reporting the facts (or a reasonable version of the facts). I'm angry at the fact that right-wing 'news' orgs continue to try to incite violence by spreading false information. Nothing will change or get better until this BS ends.

by Anonymousreply 23January 15, 2021 11:54 PM

Unfortunately they'll all be tried in front of Federal judges, many of whom are Trump appointees.

by Anonymousreply 24January 16, 2021 2:26 AM
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