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reACTIONary

(5,770 posts) Sun Oct 3, 2021, 10:34 AM Oct 2021

Former Special Forces soldier and onetime congressional candidate arrested in Capitol riot case

Congress was days away from certifying the 2020 election results when Jeremy Brown, a retired Special Forces soldier and onetime Congressional candidate, offered others a ride to the U.S. Capitol in an RV he dubbed “GROUND FORCE ONE.”

“Plenty of Gun Ports left to fill,” he wrote on encrypted chat app Signal, according to federal court documents. “We can pick you up.”

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Former Special Forces soldier and onetime congressional candidate arrested in Capitol riot case (Original Post) reACTIONary Oct 2021 OP

Taxpayers paid for his training and his salary, and now his retirement and benefits. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #1

It looks like some of the guilty pleads are... reACTIONary Oct 2021 #2

Irish_Dem

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1. Taxpayers paid for his training and his salary, and now his retirement and benefits.

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Sun Oct 3, 2021, 10:42 AM

Oct 2021

He shows his appreciation by overthrowing a legal election and threatening/intimidating members of congress.

reACTIONary

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2. It looks like some of the guilty pleads are...

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Sun Oct 3, 2021, 10:47 AM

Oct 2021

.... paying off.

Investigators got details about his activities from a defendant who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding.

This defendant used a ride-share meet him to prepare for the trip to Washington — which was backed up by records from the ride-share company. He and others had discussed travel plans and “rendezvous points” in the week leading up to the insurrection.

It looks like the initial charges are preliminary, and they are going after a charge of conspiracy.

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