One of the military veterans charged in the deadly Capitol insurrection earlier this year previously served as a crew chief on Marine Helicopter Squadron One, the presidential helicopter unit that requires top-secret security clearance.
One of the military veterans charged in the deadly Capitol insurrection earlier this year previously served as a crew chief on Marine Helicopter Squadron One
Well, that’s just dandy.
Trump recruited him to do a job for the insurrection while they were both at work? That is dandy. No need to connect the dots. They hatched the plan together on government time.
So a former marine who last served in 2009 doing aircraft maintenance went off the deep end some eleven years later. I don’t see this as newsworthy, though his service oaths may merit a mention at his sentencing.
But kneeling during the national anthem would be disrespectful to him.
Trump incited insurrection. Those who pledged fidelity to him followed his lead.
“A Tan Jacket!?!?” Throw the bum in jail and throw away the key!!
Assuming he only recently “went off the deep end,” I could agree.
Exactly. There are some 18 million veterans in America. That some of them would have ended up in a riot in no way means that it’s indicative of some mass conspiracy.
Agree – and I did not see that implication in the article, either.
“Andries was not a pilot, but served a presidential helicopter crew chief and worked on aircraft maintenance.”
Served a crew chief or served as crew chief?
Some people collect coins
Some, stamps
I am in the process of collecting Trump-in-trouble items
As intimated by O’Donnell in an interview with Laurence Tribe…this fucker (and hundreds of others) can sue Trump
Maybe he always helped himself.
I was thinking about this guy’s oath and oathkeeper’s interpretation of their oaths makes me wonder about an IQ test before demanding oaths
After reading this I couldn’t help but think of this scene.
But he was an “inspired believer” so that makes him a victim of believing right? Gives you an indication of how many members of the armed forces are into white supremacy/nationalism and/or extremist dotardian ideology. This guy gave off some indication of his political extremism while serving and because of that was rewarded with the top secret clearance and access to Marine One would be my guess. Served during Dim Son’s reign of error looks like.
Well since he had a security clearance for his Marine job, I wonder what has he been up to employment wise since leaving the service? And would that employment need a security clearance?
No, only throw away the key if in one of the jacket pockets there’s a jar of Grey Poupon.
In that photo the Capital Cop is calming standing there with his hands behind his back. What’s up with that do you suppose? How many cap cops were just okay with the marauding insurrectionists storming the halls of congress?