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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.

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To: Eagles6

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.”


There’s your proof antifa was fully involved


61 posted on 08/13/2023 6:04:18 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Sirius Lee

RE: I think you’re drowning poor SAF with Sullivan’s antifa history.

Oh, by all means, drown me some more. I want info, the more, the better. :)


62 posted on 08/13/2023 6:20:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Sirius Lee; piasa

RE: I think you’re drowning poor SAF with Sullivan’s antifa history.

Oh, by all means, drown me some more. I want info, the more, the better. :)


63 posted on 08/13/2023 6:21:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

So the FBI had their operatives dressed in typical Antifa garb, helmets, etc. Epps even stated that the violence was started by Antifans. Chaff and countermeasures.

Something to ponder — is it remotely plausible that NO Antifans were present on J6? Don’t they always turn up at Trump events to protest, cause trouble, and rumble with Trump supporters?


64 posted on 08/13/2023 7:56:49 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Eagles6
OLD NEWS..

Wasn't John Sullivan the one who videoed Ashlii Babbits murder? He was placed COINCIDENTALLY close to the murder, capturing both of the handgun and her murder in the same take.. HOW COINCIDENTAL of him to be there, eh? He was with a CNN reporter too, can't remember her name..

Babbit was SET-UP FOR THE MURDER so CNN would have the money shot during the Fedsurrection. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. Hearkens back to when CNN WAS ON-SITE PRIOR TO THE SWAT INVASION AT ROGER STONE'S HOUSE..

65 posted on 08/13/2023 9:34:02 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: SeekAndFind
"BLM has openly disavowed him."

If you're just gonna quote wiki, Sinky, quote the salient part:

" John Sullivan founded "Insurgence USA", a group participating in protests against police violence.[5][12] Sullivan was accused of exploiting the racial justice movement for self-gain. The Salt Lake Tribune observed that Sullivan had been selling merchandise and indulging in self-promotion on many websites; his Insurgence USA website sells protest-related gear, such as black clothing, gloves, and gas masks, branded "bloc gear collective"

Soo, he pimps Antifa clothing, labels Insurgence USA "anti-fascist", but somehow he's not ANTIFA. What a f-cking joke.

66 posted on 08/13/2023 10:03:21 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
Yep, Her name was Jade something.

Why wasn’t she arrested?

Sullivan May have been arrested but given no punishment.

Presently living in Europe.

67 posted on 08/13/2023 1:28:53 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Eagles6

There were hundreds of youtubes about j6 all over the internet for about two weeks after J6. Antifa was all over the grounds. antifa was cracking the windows and doors.

all the j6 youtubes were taken down

none of the antifa people were prosecuted.


68 posted on 08/13/2023 8:12:58 PM PDT by ckilmer (ui)
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To: DeplorablePaul

Bingo.


69 posted on 08/13/2023 9:14:35 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: ckilmer

‘Cause they were working for the fbi / DNC / Deep State.


70 posted on 08/14/2023 1:57:29 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Sorry.
The riot began before Cruz could come to the podium.
Trump was still speaking when epps told Samsell to push on the barricades


71 posted on 08/29/2023 8:59:06 PM PDT by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism )
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To: Eagles6

After Babbit was shot the people who were behind her crouched on the stairwell and started switching out the vlothing they were wearing


72 posted on 08/29/2023 9:03:58 PM PDT by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism )
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To: Eagles6

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utahs-john-sullivan-convicted-of-jan-6-crimes-report-says


Revealed: Both CNN and MSNBC Paid the Antifa Leader $35,000 for His Video of the Riots He Encouraged and Took Part In
Ace of Spades ^ | 2/17/2021 | Ace
Posted on 2/17/2021, 1:55:04 PM by Mount Athos

“Burn this mother down,” he encouraged his fellow rioters, and then talked a cop into letting them into the Capitol.

Which is supposedly the greatest crime of the past two centuries. Worse than the Holocaust, really.

He was a professional coaching raw amateurs about how to riot.

He was an architect of “the terror” Jake Tapper and the slightly-less-partisan AOC say happened that day.

And CNN, and MSNBC, paid him a lot of money for that terror.

They are terror-financiers.

Maybe some drone strikes are needed?

By the way, Politico claims the political affiliation of this Black Lives Matter activist is “murky,” because their Black Lives Matter pals say he’s not one of them.

Of course they say that. And of course Politico repeats, without skepticism, the media’s paramilitary forces.

(Excerpt) Read more at ace.mu.nu ...


73 posted on 11/20/2023 10:34:39 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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