Oath Keeper Edward Vallejo Brought Weapons Cache For Jan. 6, Feds Say

One of the Oath Keepers charged in a seditious conspiracy for allegedly planning to disrupt the transfer of power on Jan. 6 had a cache of supplies and weapons with him in a hotel in Virginia, prosecutors said Tuesday. 


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no ed no shower fun for you yet
no ed not yet
welcome to prison ed

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Last month, they noted, he wrote: “I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU … you will NEVER achieve ‘vaccine equality’ as long as I, and others like me, are alive! … I will DIE first, and that’s only when I run out of AMMUNITION!”

So Ed thinks he can just blow the virus away?

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“Just a tourist.” Yeah, sure, pull the other one.

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This guy spent the entire day of January 6 stuffed in a Comfort Inn with 30 days of food and a phone with texting capability? Sounds pretty normal.

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Watching Fox, don’t forget that part. :laughing:

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Comfort Inn? the poor man
he’s suffered enough already.

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Well, isn’t that what all tourists to DC do? Perfectly normal!

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I hear the Willard is nicer, but I don’t know what is offered on their breakfast buffet.

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There is more than one loose screw in this one.

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Well, if they blew enough hosts away, I guess.

But of course they’d have to go after their own to actually make a difference.

On second thought…maybe not a bad strategy. :thinking:

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Surveillance video stills from the hotel included in the government’s filing Tuesday purported to show Vallejo (left) in the process of wheeling in “bags and large bins of weapons, ammunition, and essential supplies to last 30 days.”

Is that really enough French vanilla coffee creamer?

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“Who amongst us…?”

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“I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU … you will NEVER achieve ‘vaccine equality’ as long as I, and others like me, are alive! … I will DIE first, and that’s only when I run out of AMMUNITION!”

Dear planet Earth, how will you eradicate your scourge of the ‘armed and stupid’?

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Was the QRF quartering in the La Quinta Inn lobby, having commandeered the bagel trays? When was check-out time?

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Every time I read about these cosplaying clowns, I think about that scene at the end of Dog Day Afternoon; Sonny and Sal think they have all of the angles figured, but they are amateurs, not even playing the same game as the FBI.

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nah, that’s why they went to Olive Garden,…

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“QRF standing by at hotel,” he allegedly wrote to a group chat. “Just say the word…”

“Stand back and stand by.”

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All that I can add to that is “Wyoming?”

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A couple of relate pieces

The Capitol riot’s youngest defendant, 19-year-old Bruno Cua, is raising money for his legal fees through a Christian fundraising platform, GiveSendGo, the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Cua, from Milton, Georgia, has raised over $20,000 from supporters, who have left messages like, “Proud of you, Bruno!” and “Keep up the Good fight of Faith. God is still on the throne.” Other benefactors have deemed the teen a persecuted Christian. Cua is accused of stomping through the Senate floor, assaulting a Capitol Police officer, and posting “They know they cannot control us if we are armed and dangerous!” on Parler. He is out on bond on a litany of criminal charges, and his family is said to have already depleted their bank accounts trying to defend him. He claims he needs to raise $350,000.

A 63-year-old Arizona man charged with seditious conspiracy for his role in the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol said he returned to the scene the next morning for “recon” as Congress was completing its delayed election certification, according to court documents. Edward Vallejo, who prosecutors say told others he was “waiting for orders from [Oath Keeper founder] Stewart Rhodes,” is accused of playing a central role in the far-right paramilitary group’s attempt to thwart the transfer of power to Joe Biden. In a court filing late Tuesday calling for Vallejo to be detained ahead of trial, prosecutors say he continued to plot against the federal government even after the violence of Jan. 6 ended. The next morning, he allegedly messaged other members of the group in a Signal chat: “We are going to probe their defense line right now 6 am they should let us in. We’ll see.” He and other members of a “quick reaction force” he led were apparently also prepared to wage battle in the city for weeks. Ahead of the Jan. 6 riot, Vallejo and others “wheeled in bags and large bins of weapons, ammunition, and essential supplies to last 30 days,” prosecutors wrote.

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