ABC: Rioter planned attack with militia, wanted to trap lawmakers and 'turn on gas': Prosecutors

[SheltieLover]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/capitol-rioter-allegedly-posted-pelosis-office-instagram-arrested/story?id=75324078

The man, allegedly a member of the Oath Keepers, was charged with conspiracy.

ByLuke Barr,Julia Jacobo,Aaron Katersky, andAlexander Mallin
January 19, 2021, 5:34 PM
• 14 min read

The Justice Department has filed its first conspiracy charges from the Capitol riot against a Virginia man who they allege was an apparent leader of a group of militia members who were part of the mob that stormed the building.

Thomas Edward Caldwell is identified in an FBI affidavit as a member of the Oath Keepers. An agent alleges that he helped organize a group of eight to 10 of his fellow members to storm the Capitol with the intention of disrupting the counting of the Electoral College vote.

Much more at link.

[servermsh]

1. Hopefully groups like the Oath Keepers finally get taken down. They are a terrorist group n/t

[SheltieLover]

12. Yes they are!

I'd never heard of this group.

Who knew?

[struggle4progress]

2. Nothing says "Patriotic American Nazi" like planning to gas people you disagree with

[SheltieLover]

13. No kidding!

I cannot even imagine what FBI is learning but not releasing!

[Quixote1818]

3. The Oath Keepers steered clear of the recent Michigan protest. I bet they knew about this

It's probably the real reason they didn't go.

[SheltieLover]

14. Yikes!

I'd never heard of them.

[marmar]

4. In addition to being seditionist assholes, these people are really twisted, sadistic monsters.

[SheltieLover]

15. They sure are!

[Ilsa]

5. The more the FBI investigates,

the more deadly and widespread the plotting appears to be.

This attorney in Georgia has been vocal on social media about killing communists and democrats:

Another one:
Court docs: Georgia attorney threatened lives ahead of Capitol riots, was first to kick in Pelosi's door
William McCall Calhoun Jr., was arrested Jan. 15 and charged with his participation in the riot.

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Calhoun's use of social media is how the Federal Bureau of Investigation was alerted to him. According to an affidavit filed by the FBI agent assigned to the case, a concerned citizen called and was able to provide information he shared on Facebook, Twitter and Parler. They said he was an attorney in town.
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He bragged in the post that he was among the “the first of us who got upstairs kicked in Nancy Pelosi’s office door and pushed down the hall toward her inner sanctum” and that if the Speaker was around, she "probably would have been torn into little pieces."

He explains that they pushed through the police barricades, entered the building, began yelling names and "stormed upstairs ... looking for members of Congress."
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[SheltieLover]

9. An attorney!

You are correct, the more they investigate, the uglier these plots appear to be!

I hope judge did not release this terrorist!

Ty for sharing!

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. I beg to differ. A "rioter" didn't plan this. A TERRORIST did.

[SheltieLover]

10. I agree 100,000,000%!

This was not a riot! This was a conspiracy to murder US govt officials to overthrow o7r government!

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. Hope your tomorrow is FANTASTIC!!

Wifey and I are going to celebrate here tomorrow nite with a nice steak!!

[SheltieLover]

21. Ty, Ferret!

I just took some steaks out of freezer for tomorrow!

Happy inauguration day to you & Mrs!

[csziggy]

26. I'm calling them insurrectionists

Since their main goal was to over turn the legitimate government.

[dalton99a]

7. "We need to do this at the local level"

Other texts reveal the extensive planning and even potential attacks that he and other members of the Oath Keepers were mounting leading up to the riots.

On Jan. 1, Caldwell allegedly messaged an individual recommending a room at the Comfort Inn Ballston in Arlington, Virginia, saying, "This is a good location and would allow us to hunt at night if we wanted to."

After the riot, Caldwell allegedly posted a Facebook message stating, "Us storming the castle. Please share. Sharon was right with me! I am such an instigator!" the affidavit states. He later wrote, "We need to do this at the local level. Lets storm the capitol in Ohio. Tell me when!"

[SheltieLover]

11. Omg!

"Hunt at night"

Ty for sharing!

Imagine what FBI is learning but not sharing!

[Blue Owl]

8. K&R for visibility

[SheltieLover]

16. Ty, Blue Owl!

[Blue Owl]

18. You're welcome, TY for the informative post...

And cheers to TOMORROW!!!

[SheltieLover]

22. Happy Inauguration Day!]

[Initech]

17. Lock all of their sorry asses up!!!

[SheltieLover]

23. Imho, every single one should be charged witg cop's murder!

At the very least!

[TheBlackAdder]

19. Which one played Lee Marvin's role, which one Charles Bronson's, and the rest were Telly Savalas.

[SheltieLover]

24. Dunno

But I hope they are never released!

[TheBlackAdder]

25. One thing's for sure, they ain't The Dirty Dozen

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[SheltieLover]

27. Nope!

I think it would be fabulous to sentence them to a perpetual boot camp-type prison experience. No weapons or explosives.

Heavy back packs & lots of marching, till their feet bleed.

For life. No parole!