The curious case of the BLM-loving Capitol riot provocateur who was paid $35k each by CNN and NBC

American Thinker ^ | 05/24,2021 | Thomas Lifson

[SeekAndFind]

Well, this isn’t going to help the corporate media narrative that “insurrectionists” inspired by President Trump’s rhetoric tried to overthrow democracy at the Capitol. Yesterday on ABC’s This Week George Will said, “I would like to see January 6th as burned into the American mind as firmly as 9/11,” and I don’t think he meant as an example of agents provocateurs creating false flag incidents to discredit their political rivals.

But thanks to a court filing that has escaped corporate media notice, we now know that the Justice Department has seized over $60,000 from the bank accounts of John Earle Sullivan, who sold video he took of activities that day, including of the murder of Ashli Babbitt, under the theory that it was the fruit of a criminal act.

Tooele County Sheriff via the Washington Times

Rowan Scarborough reports for the Washington Times:

Assistant U.S. Attorney Candice C. Wong said that Mr. Sullivan received $90,875 for rights to his widely posted self-narrated video. (snip)

It included the stark scene of Ashli Babbitt being fatally shot by an unidentified Capitol Police officer as protesters tried to smash their way into the House Speaker’s Lobby. Of that sum, the government has seized $62,813, the court filing said. The seizure was authorized by two sealed warrants signed in April by a judge magistrate. 

Mr. Sullivan, a Utah resident active on social media under the name “Jayden X” as a Black Lives Matter supporter and leader of Insurgence USA, bragged afterward that filming the Babbitt killing would earn him “millions of dollars” in video rights.

Mr. Sullivan, 26, is the lone left-wing activist identified to date amid a sea of some 800 Trump supporters who invaded after President Trump delivered his “Stop the Steal” rally speech.

[The Free Engineer]

If he was paid by CNN to go in there and cause trouble then CNN are the insurrectionists.

Hope those hearings get started soon so the CNN journo’s he was working with can be called to testify.

[realcleanguy]

I remember early on this guy was identified as part of Antifa and BLM, and no one said anything on the big news medias. And I always thought his videos that were being broadcasted would eventually come back badly to him

[Responsibility2nd]

The best way to understand this is....

Asset Forfeiture.

I’m guessing the authorities determined this money was earned in connection with committing a crime and so therefore is subject to being snatched.

[glimmerman70]

Let’s see how much air time that gets. Does pelosi know about it, she wants a whole team to investigate it. So there you go.

[KSCITYBOY]

btt

[BrexitBen]

George Will may WANT “ January 6th burned into the U.S. mind like 9/11 “ .

But George, in your fervor to impress your fellow leftists on ABC, you forgot that well over 3,000 human beings lost their lives on 9-11.

On January 6th, only one person was murdered, and that was by a Capitol Hill policeman against an unarmed demonstrator.

George Will has become embarrassingly pathetic.

[Responsibility2nd]

Everything would have been fine if only his videos - now sent down the memory hole - had not shown the Antifa/FBI actors in a bad light that day.

[lodi90]

Interesting how New York State can assault Trump and anybody associated with him but a supposed red state like Utah can’t even do a basic criminal investigation of this dirt bag and his associates. One side wants to win. The other does not.

[PMAS]

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[Texas Fossil]

This is aimed at silencing coverage he shot, which proved Antifa’s presence at the capital building on Jan 6, 2021.

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Dean C PhD #StopTheSteal @deanbc1

https://twitter.com/deanbc1/status/1347911303822790657

Raw footage from Capitol on Jan. 6.
It was an ANTIFA set-up but fortunately an alert Patriot exposed them as they were dropped off in bus loads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWlv-Bil_2I

[Norseman]

According to the article this guy, who was inside the capitol building and openly inciting the people to cause trouble, is now out on bail while Trump supporters who were in the building are now being held in jail without bail.

It just gets more and more ridiculous, this two-sided justice system that’s developed.

[minnesota_bound]

Protesters did not smash anything.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Protesters did not smash anything.

Actually there was some damage, but minimal. The video where Ashley Babbit was shot showed protesters banging on the closed glass door and smashing some glass.

It is however NOTHING compared to the Antifa and BLM rioters in Minneapolis or Portland did ( looting and burning ).

[Yardstick]

The video where Ashley Babbit was shot showed protesters banging on the closed glass door and smashing some glass.
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Do you know if they’ve identified the guys in the video doing the banging and smashing?

[Osage Orange]

Ditto that