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According to the FBI, more than 100 people have been arrested for the siege of the Capitol, including ‘liberal activists’, a Confederate flag bearer.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said in his first public comment since the January 6 violent siege of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Trump on Thursday that law enforcement officers have arrested more than 100 people in connection with the assault and are aware of an extensive amount of online chats “ahead of the inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20. Most of those arrested so far were far-right militants, non-service police, retired military personnel, GOP officials, QAnon- supporters and white supremacists.For example, the man photographed with a Confederate battle flag by the Capitol, Kevin Seefried, and his son, Hunter Seefried, surrendered to the FBI in Delaware on Thursday, the Justice Department said. of Getty Images. Sullivan told him on Thursday, “says Politico,” the first person to be charged who was apparently active in liberal affairs. ” rfilm has claimed that he only followed the rioters as a ‘journalist’, but the FBI said that his own video shows that he is an amplifier for the lawlessness and even an active participant. Trump supporters, including Rudy Giuliani, and conservative media have pointed to Sullivan’s arrest to bolster their counter-factual claim that “antifa” or Black Lives Matter was actually behind the assault on the Capitol. But ‘even before his arrest, left-wing activists described the concern in the community, some time ago, that Sullivan was a provocateur who worked with others, including his brother James, who had ties to the Proud Boys, and’ running a pro-Trump organization. , “Marcy Wheeler notes at EmptyWheel.> Pic.twitter.com/oRri9hyHGv >> – New York City Antifa (@NYCAntifa) January 7, 2021” Sullivan’s presence in the Capitol, and his previous record of anti-Trump activism, was the focus of insane attention in the right-wing media, “reports Robert Mackey at The Intercept, while” left-wing organizers liked to point out that they put Sullivan out of their ranks months ago. “Since the adoption of the nom ‘guerre’ Activist John ‘last summer, Mackey says, Johnson has been blacklisted by’ left-wing organizers associated with Black Lives Matter and anti-fascism in Utah, California and the Northwest Pacific ‘. says he’s either ‘a judge’. -wing infiltrator or a dangerous naive amateur. ‘More stories from theweek.com Do Democrats Realize the Danger They Are? has