Capitol rioters scramble to trash photos and social media posts showing they were part of mob...

[DonViejo]

Capitol rioters scramble to trash photos and social media posts showing they were part of mob: report

BY CAMERON JENKINS - 02/13/21 11:55 AM EST

Dozens of Capitol rioters who previously proudly documented their involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection for social media are now scrambling to delete photos and posts pointing to their presence at the Capitol on that day, according to CNN.

The news outlet reported that FBI affidavits and court documents reveal that nearly 30 previously identified rioters have allegedly attempted to get rid of evidence on their social media profiles and have also destroyed physical evidence.

Several rioters have reportedly smashed their phones, wiped hard drives and deleted photos. One man allegedly stole a police officer's body camera and another woman had her children delete photos off of their phones, moves that could result in additional charges, CNN noted.

"If the Justice Department has made a specific factual allegation in a court filing of any type, then you can bet they have that factual assertion amply backed up," CNN legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, told the outlet.

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[cwydro]

1. Too funny.

Even if not caught now, they’ll forever be looking over their shoulders.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. A post on the Internet is like herpes - even if you can't see it, it never goes away

and it can come back to make you very uncomfortable.

[Sogo]

6. LOL!!

[Mike 03]

3. Oooooh. Isn't it a tad bit late for this?

[Midnightwalk]

4. Much better to disguise themselves

Just photoshop on a fake beard, change the nose a little, maybe change the hair color.

Or they can do that to themselves.

That’ll work better than just deleting the pictures. At least we’ll all get a laugh. It won’t work any worse.

[MagickMuffin]

5. Good Luck with that

There are videos everywhere and you know the FBI has them and doing analysis on them, documenting everything. I have been doing this as well. Downloaded videos to hard drive, and going through frame by frame thing notes.

These people will be identified and if they are shown to have had been there holding up their phones and now those phones ie evidence then yep they are in for a whole new world of hurt.

And all for THE BIG LIE!

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Proud Patriots, Huh?

There were smug & proud when they thought they were going to get away with it.
Not so smug, not so proud now.
Also, they were never patriots!
0 for 3.
Oops!

[sdfernando]

8. Watching the insurrection I was struck by how many had their phones out

documenting their illegal acts. Live streaming and posting on their twitter & facebook pages. These people are, what can I say....NOT SMART! Once you put something on the interwebs...it is there forever! Its never going away just because you think you deleted it.

1st off, if I were ever to do some stupid sh!% like that I would have a full on ski mask under a covid mask, googles, gloves. Need to cover my eyes and ears as those are critical to facial recognition.
2nd, I would wear clothes I never had worn before, maybe purchased from a 2nd hand shop and paid for in cash only.
3rd, my cell phone would have been left at home and I might have a burner phone just for emergencies, also paid for in cash only.
I certainly WOULDN'T document my illegal acts! GOD HOW STOOOPID!!
4th, afterwards I would have to find a good way to dispose of all of this stuff so it wouldn't be found.

Even with all that I couldn't be sure I wouldn't be identified and caught....because this video surveillance EVERYWHERE!!! and you think there is less in the nation's capitol? That is the one place I would assume every single street corner is surveilled.

[tanyev]

9. I know, right?

Covid gave them the ultimate excuse to wear masks and hide their faces, but they’re so determined to defy mask-wearing that most of them are easily identifiable in pictures and video. Idjits.