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Ex-girlfriend leads FBI to Capitol riot suspect who called her a 'moron' in a text, feds say
nbcnews.com ^ | Feb. 25, 2021 | David K. Li

Posted on 02/25/2021 11:38:21 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

A woman turned in her ex-boyfriend to the FBI after he took a break during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to berate her in a text message, authorities said.

According to an affidavit by FBI Special Agent Christopher Dillon, Richard Michetti's one-time girlfriend gave authorities a series of texts that led to his arrest, including a 4:26 p.m. missive that read, "If you can't see the election was stolen, you're a moron."

The Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, man appeared in federal court in Philadelphia on Tuesday and was placed under house arrest until trial.

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1 posted on 02/25/2021 11:38:21 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“Sir, we understand that you exercised your right to freely assemble?”
“Ummm. Yeah.”
“We also believe that you exercised your right to free speech, both in the capitol at a political rally, and also with an ex-girlfriend. Is this true, sir?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, you’re looking at some hard time, buddy. 10 to 20 in the slammer, would be my guess, but we’ll let the judge make the final determination.”


2 posted on 02/25/2021 11:42:41 AM PST by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“placed under house arrest until trial.”

Trial for what?

Saying the election was stolen?


3 posted on 02/25/2021 11:43:42 AM PST by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

TTIUWOP

Just sayin’


4 posted on 02/25/2021 11:45:00 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Authorities seem to be taking the exact opposite approach that they take when leftists riot. When leftists riot, few are arrested, charges are dropped against most who are arrested, and most who are convicted get relatively light sentences, often involving no jail time. For example, NONE of the more than 200 people arrested for rioting in DC during Trump's inauguration were ever convicted, and no one saw a single day of jail time. Most simply had the charges dropped; the few who went to trial were acquitted by friendly DC juries.

But with the January 6th DC riot, they are spending weeks analyzing film to identify as many people as possible, and bringing charges against anyone who was even in the building, including many who may have been let in by DC police after the actual rioting was over.
5 posted on 02/25/2021 11:52:58 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Berlin_Freeper

How did the ex-girlfriend know he went into the Capitol building and wasn’t just one of the hundreds of thousands of people in the crowd who didn’t go in the building?


6 posted on 02/25/2021 11:54:15 AM PST by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“A man who picked up a publicly listed phone number for Michetti initially identified himself as the suspect, asked for money to pay legal fees and said, “I think what’s being done is horrible.”

The Feds may not convict him, but his legal bills will destroy him.


7 posted on 02/25/2021 11:56:50 AM PST by Meatspace
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To: Berlin_Freeper
I saw on the local Seattle news yesterday that six Seattle police officers are under investigation simply for being in DC on January 6th. The story said that there is currently no evidence any of them did anything illegal, but the investigation is expected to last two or three MONTHS. In other words, they are so intent on punishing Trump supporters that they are going to pore over film for three months to see if any of the officers were inside the capitol.

Seattle's police chief - an obese slob who is an embarrassment to his profession - said he will not tolerate anyone who supports extremist views. He doesn't seem to understand that the entire city council supports extremist views, and coddled BLM rioters all summer long, even allowing them to take over part of the city for three weeks.
8 posted on 02/25/2021 11:58:56 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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“How did the ex-girlfriend know he went into the Capitol...?”

“Court documents show several pictures of Michetti in a Chicago White Sox baseball cap, inside the U.S. Capitol...”


9 posted on 02/25/2021 11:59:12 AM PST by Meatspace
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To: Berlin_Freeper

When it’s over for one, it’s over for two. Don’t communicate with ex-girlfriends, it almost always leads to trouble. Wish her well and walk away, it didn’t work out, yes there were good times, even great times, but that was yesterday, your future lies before you, not behind.


10 posted on 02/25/2021 12:02:26 PM PST by Knocker (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

And this kids, is why females are not allowed in the mafia.


11 posted on 02/25/2021 12:05:01 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Yep, moron brains at work.


12 posted on 02/25/2021 12:09:43 PM PST by Democrat = party of treason
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Obviously the woman couldn’t handle the truth.


13 posted on 02/25/2021 12:18:38 PM PST by ratzoe
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To: ifinnegan

He will probably be convicted of misdemeanor trespassing and sentenced to a year in prison and a $1 million dollar fine.


14 posted on 02/25/2021 12:18:41 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“Hell hath no fury like the wrath of a woman scorned.” Billy Shakespeare


15 posted on 02/25/2021 1:20:45 PM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Steve_Seattle

I would like to know who opened what appeared to be fire exit or at least seldom used doors where the loud alarm was going off. They did not appear to be broken. They probably need to be opened from the inside. There are cameras everywhere in the Capitol. So who opened those doors? I’ve seen many videos of people walking in but not the exact moment when the doors were opened.


16 posted on 02/25/2021 1:26:56 PM PST by Freee-dame
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I think the moral of this story is not to call your wife or girlfriend a moron.


17 posted on 02/25/2021 1:44:24 PM PST by FormerFRLurker
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To: Freee-dame

I did see a video of an elected democrat - a congressman, I believe - opening a one-way exit door and holding it for a waiting group of black garbed, black backpacked “civilians” to enter. He then walked around to another door and re-entered the building.

Sorry, I can’t remember where, but I think it was twitter, which means it’s probably long removed.

The Capitol police and Nancy Pelosi probably have the tapes.


18 posted on 02/25/2021 2:06:41 PM PST by Mazey (Missing the soft green hills of Western PA)
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“He will probably be convicted of misdemeanor trespassing and sentenced to a year in prison and a $1 million dollar fine.”

Exactly.

Such a railroad.


19 posted on 02/25/2021 2:20:41 PM PST by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Mazey
I did see a video of an elected democrat - a congressman, I believe - opening a one-way exit door and holding it for a waiting group of black garbed, black backpacked “civilians” to enter. He then walked around to another door and re-entered the building.

just wow! Maybe the massive shut downs by Twitter were to delete things like this.

Trump supporters who brought things like pepper spray may have been responding to threats from groups like AntiFA or “Shut Down DC” , especially as they were leaving the mall near dark.

I have not heard a single Republican politician or right leaning commentator mention that President Trump is the biggest loser in having the meetings of the house and senate disrupted. Evidence of voter irregularities was about to be brought forth to the public and read into the Congressional record. Now they are on record nowhere. PDJT is the last person who would have wanted an incursion into the Capitol.

20 posted on 02/25/2021 2:31:45 PM PST by Freee-dame
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