Armed Oath Keeper Allies Waited In VA Hotel, Ready To Deploy At ‘Moment’s Notice,’ Feds Say | Talking Points Memo

Multiple affiliates of the Oath Keepers, and multiple cases that appeared to contain firearms, made the trip to a Virginia hotel in advance of the Jan. 6 attack on Congress, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday.


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[“The details about the purported ‘quick reaction force’ set up in a hotel in Arlington, Virginia were the most extensive that federal prosecutors have revealed to date about their knowledge of an alleged force ready and waiting to join the Capitol attack.”]

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Did they wait at the pool with umbrella drinks?

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Somehow I think we’re finally getting a picture of why almost all the bridges were shut down around Inauguration Day. Suspect this is the source of their concerns that folks might regroup again for the hop across the river.

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Armed Oath Keeper Allies Waited In VA Hotel, Ready To Deploy At ‘Moment’s Notice,’ Feds Say

If this doesn’t equate to sedition charges for these morons, I don’t know what does.

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shows not just Mr. Harrelson, but other individuals who were affiliated with the Oath Keepers, including Person Three and others, carrying up and down from the lobby and back, multiple different items that look similar to this — large carrying cases that appear to be consistent with rifle cases.”

How did they make sure the right boys went home with the right guns? I mean, it’s not like summer camp where it doesn’t matter if some guys’ underwear gets mixed up.

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Cmon, doesn’t everyone travel with long guns when they head to DC in the middle of winter for some off-season tourism? Just a coincidence that everyone stashed their “rifles” in the same room with the same guy. No conspiracy here, nope nope nope.

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Judge Mehta forgot to add that this clown needs to stay in jail because he’s nucking futs.

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Meh, they just did that for better security. Having one guy watch all the guns made sure that the cleaning folks didn’t “borrow” anyone’s stash while they were out partying in D.C.

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This will piss some people off

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Odd phrasing. Used to be we put folks like that up for awards and medals. Now they’re lucky if we don’t throw them in prison or what.

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Probably glued the “do not disturb” sign to the doorknob. How’s the cleaning staff gonna react to one guy with half a dozen rifles in the room?

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Namely the entire Party Formerly Known as Republican, seeing as they hate the Capitol Police as much as their debased base does.

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Particularly that one evil officer who not only saved Romney’s ass, but also led those poor innocent invaders away from Pence’s hiding place.

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Hence the name, Momentmen.

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The drip, drip, drip of evidence is starting to form a pond.

I can’t wait to see the lake. Some pretty significant people are going to be swimming, or sinking, I think.

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Gee they should have asked themselves why Trump wasn’t giving them a discounted rate, after all he has a hotel close to the action.

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On the same day that Ted Cruz is questioning the nominee for the DOJ civil rights division accusing her of engaging in the “celebrating” and “lionizing” of “cop killers”.

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“You go on ahead, Cletus. Just call me if you need any help.”

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They stayed at a Comfort Inn. “We’ll leave the tiki torches on for you”.

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