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Fact Check: Was Antifa Protester Pictured at Capitol on January 6?
Newsweek ^ | 07/28/2023 | Tom Norton

Posted on 08/12/2023 8:48:13 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Investigators are still hunting for suspects seen at the January 6 Capitol attack two-and-a-half years ago, despite more than 1,000 arrests that include more than 350 people charged with "assaulting or impeding law enforcement".

The riot has become a fractious topic for many conservatives, some of whom have decried the manner in which those who entered the Capitol building have since been treated.

The riot began following a pro-Trump rally near the Capitol, with the crowd typically described as Trump-supporting.

Yet a recent tweet by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, suggested that an associate of the left-wing movement Antifa was also involved.

The Claim

A tweet by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, posted on July 25, 2023, viewed 283,000 times, shared another post juxtaposing photos captioned "ANTIFA attacking police in Portland" and "ANTIFA attacking on J6."

The photo said to be from January 6 shows a person in a black helmet, holding a baton in what looked like a violent gesture. The opposite picture, from a protest in Portland, Oregon, shows a group of people wearing black helmets.

Greene tweeted: "Interesting how the DOJ hasn't spent their resources on prosecuting Antifa. Anyway. Try that in a small town.."

There have been numerous claims since January 6 that Antifa was a part of or infiltrated the crowd that stormed the U.S. Capitol.

The FBI told reporters there had been "no indication" that Antifa was disguised among the crowd when asked two days after the riot about such theories.

FBI Director Christopher Wray echoed that on March 2, 2021, stating: "We have not seen, to date, any evidence of anarchist violent extremist or people who subscribe to Antifa in connection with Jan. 6."

Some claims have already been debunked.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: Spok

Newsweek = ComSymps


41 posted on 08/13/2023 2:10:29 AM PDT by 4Liberty (Dems loot & riot -called "protesting" by media. Repub's protest -called "looting & rioting" by media)
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To: MileHi

Antifa = ANTI FIRST AMENDMENT.


42 posted on 08/13/2023 2:49:48 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: Eagles6

I always thought that dude with the horns was antifa...


43 posted on 08/13/2023 3:11:14 AM PDT by sit-rep
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To: Eagles6

Nickle and dime we know who was there and we know how mnay and we know it was a setup


44 posted on 08/13/2023 3:17:18 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Eagles6

If I remember correctly, the “QAnon Shaman” was in photos with 2 or 3 guys that had been identified as ANTIFA.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/capitol-riot-qanon-shaman-organic-food-jail-religious-beliefs

If you scroll down the article, there’s a picture with him and two other guys, talking to a Capitol cop. I’m pretty sure I remember reading that the guys to his left and right had been id’d as ANTIFA folks.

Not to be too judgmental, the guy in the yellow t-shirt, with all the tats, doesn’t seem to me to represent the MAGA crowd.


45 posted on 08/13/2023 3:43:59 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: SeekAndFind

Federal authorities don’t identify all the federal agents in the crowd either.


46 posted on 08/13/2023 4:08:42 AM PDT by arthurus (covfefe l+-i)
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To: Eagles6
"We have not seen, to date, any evidence of anarchist violent extremist or people who subscribe to Antifa in connection with Jan. 6."

You'll never find what you're not looking for, Mr. McGoo.

47 posted on 08/13/2023 4:19:50 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: knarf

BTTT


48 posted on 08/13/2023 4:20:42 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Yes. Debunked is a favorite tactic of the left. An accusation is denied by a partisan and then called debunked. Recall that Joe said at the debate reports of Hunter’s laptop have been debunked. Trump said, by who?

Bank. Any accusation labeled debunked is true.


49 posted on 08/13/2023 4:25:40 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: Eagles6

When news broke on what was happening inside the Capitol, I recall some video being shown from inside. It showed men dressed in Antifa garb climbing up a staircase in the Capitol. There’s also a media photo of a man in Antifa dress trying to climb up into the gallery of the Senate chamber.


50 posted on 08/13/2023 4:29:40 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: A strike

Two organizations that can no longer be trusted.


51 posted on 08/13/2023 4:32:24 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Eagles6

Several of them. The pictures of them have been scrubbed from the internet by Google and others. So it never happened.


52 posted on 08/13/2023 4:35:16 AM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Praise Hashem, for his restoration of all things! )
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To: SeekAndFind

FBI report

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3925364/posts


53 posted on 08/13/2023 4:37:02 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sullivan was next to Ashli Babbitt when she was shot, he was urging her on, and tellingher to go throyuh the Senate Chamber window.Thats when she took a rpimd inthe neck f0red by a cowardy Wshington DC unercover police officer who had a history of mishandling firearms.He was exhonerated instead of being charged with murder.

Sullivan was an agent provocateur that got Babbitt killed.


54 posted on 08/13/2023 4:38:47 AM PDT by Candor7 (( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!)<img src=""width=500></img>)
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To: SeekAndFind

Anti-Trump Capitol rioter sold footage for $35K to NBC and CNN: court papers
New York Post ^ | February 17, 2021 | Ben Feuerherd
Posted on 2/17/2021, 11:14:50 PM by nickcarraway

Accused Capitol rioter John Sullivan sold video footage he recorded at the Jan. 6 siege to NBC and CNN for $35,000 each, according to new court papers.

The news came as prosecutors on Tuesday tried to ban the Utah provocateur — a self-styled anti-Trump activist who they allege infiltrates protests to cause chaos and record video footage — from accessing social media, according to Politico.

Sullivan maintains that he is a journalist for his website Insurgence USA — and his defense attorney filed invoices for the $35,000 that NBC News and CNN each apparently paid for rights to use the videos.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


55 posted on 08/13/2023 4:38:51 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: SeekAndFind

John Earle Sullivan aka Jayden X aka ... founder of Insurgence USA
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3934253/posts


56 posted on 08/13/2023 4:42:07 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bingo.


57 posted on 08/13/2023 4:44:17 AM PDT by sauropod (I will stand for truth even if I stand alone.)
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To: Eagles6

NEVER use the words “fact” and “Newsweek” in the same sentence.


58 posted on 08/13/2023 5:09:12 AM PDT by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: Candor7

If I remember correctly, Bidenskyyyyy gave the cowardly “cop” a medal. Jo Jo the Pedophile clown loves to give criminal, anti-Americans medals.


59 posted on 08/13/2023 5:15:47 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("There's no cryin' in baseball and there's no ethics in politics!" )
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To: piasa; SeekAndFind
John Earle Sullivan aka Jayden X aka ... founder of Insurgence USA

I think you're drowning poor SAF with Sullivan's antifa history.

60 posted on 08/13/2023 5:23:06 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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