Feds Raid Philly Proud Boys Leader’s Home In Capitol Attack Probe | Talking Points Memo

The FBI raided the home of 37-year-old Aaron Whallon-Wolkind, the vice president of the far-right group Proud Boys’ chapter in Philadelphia, last week, according to a new court filing in the criminal case of Philadelphia Proud Boys president Zach Rehl.


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Agents “moved a single chair in the middle of a room like an interrogation scene from a war movie” in Whallon-Wolkind’s home to “interrogate” the extremist, Moseley wrote, but he refused to speak without advice from an attorney. The feds left with the seized materials.

At least he knows.

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"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." – Voltaire

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The excessive verbiage of that motion is indicative of the accused’s counsel being a total loser and jackass.

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That’s generally what a raid is, folks. But now they have the evidence, so I hope this guy has a gofundme up and running to pay for this Captain Obvious-style attorney.

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This lame lawyer wants to feed the ‘Feds are fascists’ line. ‘Projection’ propaganda is so so boring.

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But, for some, incredibly effective.

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How strange. I thought they were trying to help him find the remote to his DVR.

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It would be yet more remarkable if they were trying to find evidence they did have on Rehl.

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Waiting for the raid on Mar a Lago.

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Indeed. That’s generally why these kinds of thing are done by the FBI.

“The goal” of the FBI’s raid was “to find evidence they don’t have on Rehl,” Moseley wrote.

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Good. More like this, please; just keep working your way up the ladder.

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If they already had the evidence why would they bother entering the stinky and roach and bedbug infested shack where nazies usually live?

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Don’t hang by the neck, waiting… :wink:

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Or perhaps a “blutfahne.”

The Blutfahne (pronounced [bluːtˈfaːnə]), or Blood Flag , is a Nazi Party swastika flag that was carried during the attempted coup d’etat Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, Germany on 9 November 1923, during which it became soaked in the blood of one of the SA men who died. It subsequently became one of the most revered objects of the NSDAP. It was used in ceremonies in which new flags for party organizations were consecrated by the Blood Flag when touched by it.

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Aaron Whallon-Wolkind, the vice president of the far-right group Proud Boys’ chapter in Philadelphia

Why does it seem like everyone in the pound boys has an executive title? Don’t they have any grunts?

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Feds Raid Philly Proud Boys Leader’s Home

Now you’re talkin’!

Make it Close & Personal and he’ll not forget.

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Not necessarily. “Parallel construction”, where the prosecution seeks to find alternative proof of evidence so they don’t have to reveal an informant, or national secret, or spying capability, is a thing.

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Waiting for the raid on Mar a Lago.

“Holy Cow!”

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Interesting point! (If not as much fun to crack wise about.)

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