One insurrectionist needed a Russian interpreter

[Wicked Blue]

Washington Post article
Dozens arrested after mob storms Capitol; officials vow that more will be charged
Third paragraph down:

One person arrested was charged with possessing a “military style automatic weapon” and 11 molotov cocktails, prosecutors said. Another defendant was charged with assaulting a police officer with a hockey stick. Yet another, who needed a Russian interpreter, told a judge, “I don’t know what unlawful entry you are referring to.” (my boldface)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/capitol-siege-arrests/2021/01/07/661292a2-5105-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html

[Renew Deal]

1. Great. So how many white Russian spies got into the building?

[2naSalit]

26. First question on my mind.

And I expect that erik prince had a hand in this along with flynn and other players in the last election fraud. You know, all those assholes who just got pardoned and their friends.

[safeinOhio]

30. No doubt.

As Hillary said, "All roads lead to Putin".

[2naSalit]

33. I think that was Speaker Pelosi...

Who said that but you could have heard that from HRC as well, they're both hip to the stench on this shit.

[ShazzieB]

37. Yes, that was Nancy all right!

‘All roads lead to Putin’: Pelosi questions Trump’s loyalty in White House clash
By Mike DeBonis and Seung Min Kim

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/pelosi-recalls-clash-with-trump-says-she-was-probably-telling-him-that-all-roads-lead-to-putin/2019/10/17/fdbde8d2-f0f2-11e9-8693-f487e46784aa_story.html

It definitely sounds like something Hillary could have said, through.

[bdamomma]

75. I bet

they had a hand in it, even Penguin Roger Stone was pardoned.

Flynn he was calling for marital law, to him it was no big deal. Where the hell is he????

[BusyBeingBest]

59. Probably the ones who were effective in sneaking in to steal laptops,

thumb drives, papers, files, etc. and then sneaking back out through the chaos while America's Dumbfuck Bubba Squad took selfies in Nancy's chair.

[BrightKnight]

62. It's just a full disk encryption brick if you don't have the backdoor.

I'm willing to bet Russians have access to a backdoor.

It could be Trump loyalists accessing the laptops. It could be like the Nixon break in on steroids.

[Chainfire]

69. In all fairness, a Russian spy would be speaking better English than I do.....

[onetexan]

2. OMG as one of the ex-military leaders have said on msnbc, God knows how many of these seditionists

are foreign operatives, and the sensitive documents they stole from the Congressional offices

[Zoonart]

9. Malcom Nance said it too.

He said you were dreaming if you did not think Russians were in that mob. Russian trolls have been lighting up these traitor forums for years.
He has said it over and over again. Trump is a Russian asset.

[judesedit]

24. Exactly. As are other rethugs and possibly a couple dems

They're a bunch of traitors that should go in front of Dumpy's firing squad. Him last, so he can watch his demise coming. That sounds horrible, I know. And I am an old peace, love, dove, dope hippie. Not that I do anything, but smoke and have a couple beers now and then...now. But never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I'd ever hear myself saying this stuff. My ex used to call me "Save the world, Welsh" lol. That should tell you I've always been a bleeding heart. Always for the underdog. Not since the Hump. He brings out the evil in everyone. So can't wait til he's gone. And I mean gone.

[Zoonart]

25. I hear you...

and lots of thoughts have been expressing make me a VERY bad Buddhist. LOL.

[housecat]

36. not Dems but Dinos

[2naSalit]

27. I'm not one for capitol punishment...

But in this case, I would be okay with that POS being hung for treason.

[Zoonart]

35. Neither am I.

I have always held the belief that capitol punishment does not belong in a Democracy. The state should not have the right to execute a citizen.

However, this may be a war, and there are different rules for treason.

[bluedigger]

44. I prefer a more traditional remedy.

Blindfolds and cigarettes at dawn in the Rose Garden.

[2naSalit]

49. I think it should be without a large gathering...

But certainly wouldn't want his fetid blood soiling the ground permanently at our house. Let it bet someplace trashy, like him.

[bluedigger]

50. I like the idea of it being done there as a reminder to those who follow.

No statue necessary, but a plaque would be nice.

[2naSalit]

51. I think he

Has left a nasty mark on the nation such that plaques are not warranted. He deserves no recognition for anything but his crimes. Proper articulation of the history of this time should be sufficient. But I understand your sentiment.

[bluedigger]

52. Nah, you can't erase history, good or bad.

That being said, a burial in the desert, followed by running a few thousand horses over the grave, seems like a good idea.

[2naSalit]

53. Has to have...

A latrine placed above it for public health and safety purposes, but yeah, some unpleasant location to remind us is a good idea. I mean, aesthetics and all.

[bluedigger]

55. How about the first pee, er, tee, at Trump Doral?

[2naSalit]

56. Oh, now you've got me started...

I like the Doral idea! It's a pretty shitty place already* and could turn out to be his presidential library too! But only allow for expanded plumbing capacity and no other touch-ups/maintenance so as to provide the essence of continued neglect into perpetuity.



*A friend of mine played golf there last year, was invited by a friend of his, and told me it was a miserable place to golf being directly under the flight path for the airport next door.

[brewens]

73. Lined up at Trumps border wall. n/t

[Wicked Blue]

11. I heard that on CNN too, and it scared me nt

[Dustlawyer]

40. The computers were left on so anyone with a thumb drive could copy the contents.

[CottonBear]

3. I'm sure there were many foreign spies and agents embedded in the mob.

It was the perfect shit storm opportunity to gain access to digital devices, paperwork and confidential information.

[safeinOhio]

34. If not embedded in the mob,

In the background running the show.

[lapfog_1]

4. One of the national security pundits

on MSNBC said that if you think that Russia wouldn't have tried to sneak more than a few spies into the crowds to get into the capitol buildings... you are naive.

[Harker]

5. A Senator's laptop was stolen.

Time for a sweeping reset.

[DFW]

14. If so, it is now being decoded and taken apart by the GRU in Moscow

Transported by diplomatic pouch. I'd say the chances of recovery are zero.

Any idea which Senator?

[MissB]

17. It was Merkley of oregon

[Harker]

18. Sen. Merkley of OR. n/t

[klook]

68. He said this evening on MSNBC that it had been recovered

thanks to electronic tracking, and that due to password protection & encryption he felt it hadn’t been compromised. Hope that’s correct.

[bdamomma]

76. oh God

me too. Russia has to pay, first their Russian asset must leave, so is tRump not resigning, Pence then could pardon him, but he would or would not be held for his federal crimes is that correct????

He is a danger, he should not be out and about, where's Guiliani in all of this????

[58Sunliner]

6. No wonder Russia said the insurrection was an internal affair.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Trump's recruitment of foreign agents and agitators.

The CIA and NSA should be all over this. We hope.

[Wicked Blue]

12. As long as they aren't compromised nt

[Demsrule86]

46. We need to clean house and get the bad actors put in by Trump out.

[sop]

8. Trump let the Russians hack into our most sensitive state secrets during the last year,

now he let them ransack Congress. Some may call this treason, Trump calls it debt forgiveness.

[ret5hd]

10. As I said during the "siege":

https://democraticunderground.com/100214826292

[Wicked Blue]

13. +1

[DFW]

15. If one of the invaders needed a Russian interpreter

Then the whole building needs to be swept for bugs and computer hacks. the argument that they were all "patriots" goes out the window unless the interpretation of "Patriot" includes people loyal to the Kremlin.

[Wicked Blue]

16. You are right

Where there is one cockroach, there are many more

[LaMouffette]

23. Not to mention sanitized for Covid!

[dalton99a]

19. Kick

[lonely bird]

20. Let's keep our eyes on the ball while proving we can walk and chew gum at the same time

I have no doubt that Russia was involved. That needs to be investigated. At the same time there was a shitload of good ol’ ‘Murican assholes involved in this.

Investigate both. And while we are at it, time to purge the police and military of anti-government and racist thugs.

[CrispyQ]

74. This:

Investigate both. And while we are at it, time to purge the police and military of anti-government and racist thugs.

And new, stricter vetting procedures for incoming military & law enforcement officers.

[JT45242]

21. Months of IT security

EVERY Laptop, Every server. Every smart phone.

Will be need to be swept for malware. Wiped clean. And reinstalled.

538 offices just of voting folks...with aides, support staff, etc. Not including security computers, cameras. Probbaly over 10,000 individual IT devices that should not be used until ALL of them are cleaned.

This will have crazy ramifications... just imagine what could be hacked out of Senate Intel, Armed Services committe members computers.

I shudder at the cost of this work in manpower and dollars.

The risk cannot be underestimated.

[2naSalit]

28. +1

[yaesu]

41. And the most sensitive areas need to be swept for RF listening devices which are extremely

difficult to see & detect in this day & age, especially if they are passive devices.

[Botany]

22. So Trump had Putin's agents helping out in his attack on the US Capitol?

Why is Trump still in office? He is a Russian agent.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

67. But her emails!

Why is trump not facing a firing squad?

[dustyscamp]

29. This Fat russian guy was there

&t=1075s

[Hugin]

31. Looks like another invasion-by-vacation similar to Ukraine.

If it turns out to be the case. Well, there may be more than sanctions.

[tinrobot]

32. If Russia helped, it tilts the needle from sedition to treason.

[Demsrule86]

43. It does...isn't it fortunate that Trump got firing squads back...just in the nick of time.

[3825-87867]

38. Uh Oh!

Wonder if he will fall off a 5 story building in the next few days or weeks? Or at least fall off a one story balcony or prison top bunk 5 or 6 times if necessary?

Of course, we can't rule out "food poisoning."

Can you say "Epstein?"

[Demsrule86]

45. He should probably consider not wearing 'briefs' and going commando.

[Kid Berwyn]

39. Russian? Gee. Whodathunkit?

[American Welshman]

42. Russia is Not Sending Us Its Best Provocateurs!

Sad.

[C Moon]

47. Putin, get yourself ready for Biden and Pelosi. nt

[lostnfound]

48. Daughter has selfies with Roger Stone and Ted Cruz, mom speaks no English

From Oregon.
I’ll put a link in a minute.

[LeftInTX]

61. Link?

[MissB]

71. I assume that the person referenced is this one

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/01/young-republicans-of-oregon-leader-arrested-during-us-capitol-insurrection.html

But not entirely sure.

[LeftInTX]

72. Yes. It was her mom

Thx!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

54. Seems unlikely Russia would have anyone there that couldn't speak good English.

More likely to be very average American-looking type and maybe even 100% bubba type. Any of those participants could have been compromised for money.

The Russian influence we should worry most about is their non-stop intrusion into social media where they've been known to instigate violence in American cities by posing as American patriots on Facebook or Twitter. They also influence people with videos on YouTube.

Why would they risk getting arrested in America when they can do most of their dirty work on MAGAts using a keyboard in Moscow?

KY

[bluedigger]

57. The Russian mob is the Kremlin's ground game here now.

And blackmail is their favorite form of leverage. They'd be crazy to miss the opportunity.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

58. Blackmail over sex and drug activities mostly, I would guess.

With cops, politicians, business executives and entertainers being highly vulnerable.

Loan sharking is probably pretty lucrative right now as well.

[Wicked Blue]

65. The guy could have pretended to not speak English nt

[meadowlander]

66. The real life spies that "The Americans" is based on famously still had heavy accents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegals_Program

"Vladimir and Lidiya Guryev (Richard and Cynthia Murphy)

Professor Nina Khrushcheva, who served as Vladimir's faculty adviser at The New School for three years starting in 2002, said in July 2010 that she found it difficult to figure out the purported Philadelphia native: "I was always puzzled by the inconsistency between a completely American name and completely Russian behaviour. [...] He had a thick Russian accent and an incredibly unhappy Russian personality.""

"Mikhail Kutsik and Nataliya Pereverzeva (Michael Zottoli and Patricia Mills)

He claimed to be American but had a thick accent and she claimed to be Canadian but neighbors said she sounded Yugoslavian."

I don't think the GRU's language program is as polished as we assume it is.

Also you can "speak English" to the extent that you can order a pizza and tell the taxi where to go but maybe not want to defend yourself from treason and sedition charges in your second language.

[DeSmet]

60. It may not be what they stole

but what they planted while there. Sweep the computers and offices for spyware.

[BrightKnight]

63. Yeah, I would wipe and replace everything. Phones, PCs, printers, data ports...

Need to to a thorough scan for bugs. You have to assume the worst.

[meadowlander]

64. "I am only here to admire famous monuments. Including Capitol building with 173 steps."

[Chainfire]

70. There are punishments that are worse than death for people like Trump.

I would like to see him living broke and friendless, standing on a street corner, in rags, ranting about "fraud" while people cross the street to avoid him. That would also have the benefit of allowing us to retain our moral standards. Trump is an old man. Like most old men, he has probably come to acceptance that his mortality is a fact, rather than theory. Were he shot at dawn, he would forever be a cult hero. Being inconsequential and ignored would be much more painful and lasting than a bullet.

I don't want him see him dead. I want to see him punished.