Paramilitant communications under close scrutiny in Capitol riot investigation, court records show

[DonViejo]

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By Katelyn Polantz and David Shortell, CNN

Updated 7:25 AM ET, Fri February 12, 2021

(CNN) - Secret communications cited in court records are revealing just how aggressively federal prosecutors are working to understand the paramilitary extremists who played a role in the US Capitol insurrection.

Two court filings Thursday in the Justice Department's efforts to keep in jail affiliates of the Oath Keepers, an extremist militant group, rely heavily on text messages and other communications between extremists.

Investigators have now cited direct quotes from the walkie-talkie app Zello as paramilitants coached each other -- talking about "executing citizen's arrests" and "everything we f--king trained for" -- inside the Capitol. They've found a text message from an alleged organizer among the Oath Keepers discussing an idea to bring weapons into Washington, DC, on a boat crossing the Potomac River. And they've acknowledged finding planning materials, including bomb-making documents, in multiple defendants' cases.

Extensive searches of homes, private messages and other data trails by investigators aren't unusual in criminal cases, though the number of arrests and criminal cases following the Capitol riots has become an almost unmatched dragnet among major federal national security investigations -- the sort of sprawling nationwide investigation that hasn't occurred since after September 11, 2001.

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[Delphinus]

1. Thanks!

I had not heard about this.

[The Blue Flower]

2. The rocks will be thoroughly turned over

These traitors have opened the door to deep investigation of all the connections, which will be the silver lining in this fetid cloud.