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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 08:44 AM Apr 2021

Prosecutors: Oath Keepers appeared to stash Jan. 6 firearms at suburban Comfort Inn


Monday’s filing suggests prosecutors are increasingly confident that the group stashed some weaponry at a hotel in Ballston, Va.

By KYLE CHENEY

04/13/2021 06:01 AM EDT

Members of the Oath Keepers, the paramilitary extremists who played a central role in storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, appeared to stash firearms at a Comfort Inn in Arlington, Va., prosecutors indicated in a late Monday court filing.

The Justice Department has long pointed to private messages shared by Oath Keepers leaders alluding to a so-called quick reaction force — a cache of weaponry stowed outside of Washington — that they could have called upon had the Jan. 6 violence escalated even further. But until now, prosecutors have presented minimal evidence about the specific location of this QRF — or even whether it truly existed or was just tough talk.

Monday’s filing, part of an effort to prevent the pretrial release of Oath Keeper Kenneth Harrelson, suggests prosecutors are increasingly confident that the group stashed some weaponry at a hotel in Ballston, a suburban Virginia neighborhood roughly 15 minutes from the Capitol building.

“We get that QRF hotel address yet?” Harrelson asked in a group signal chat on Jan. 5.

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Prosecutors: Oath Keepers appeared to stash Jan. 6 firearms at suburban Comfort Inn (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2021 OP
Comfort Inn How nice they could get a nice complentary breakfast with their treason. Botany Apr 2021 #1
If they don't go to prison, maybe the bacon will kill them Clash City Rocker Apr 2021 #2
The waffles, fruit, o.j., coffee, and link sausage are OK Botany Apr 2021 #3
Gravy SEALS EYESORE 9001 Apr 2021 #4
You are too funny Generic Other Apr 2021 #5

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
5. You are too funny
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 05:13 PM
Apr 2021

Lots of these vets remind me of that old TV show "F-Troop." They are more than a bit out of shape. My dad was retired military, and did PT every morning until his 50s. He said they didn't need doughboys after WW1.

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