A Judge Banned This Cop Rioter From Owning Guns. He Secretly Bought 34, FBI Says. [View all]

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I wonder who bankrolled him and why. That's a lot of fire power.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/virginia-cop-thomas-robertson-accused-of-buying-34-guns-after-capitol-riot-arrest?ref=home


A Judge Banned This Cop Rioter From Owning Guns. He Secretly Bought 34, FBI Says.
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Thomas Robertson disguised some of the gun purchases as payments for “wedding photos,” according to an FBI search warrant affidavit filed Friday.
Justin Rohrlich
Updated Jul. 02, 2021 8:33PM ET / Published Jul. 02, 2021 3:37PM ET


A former cop accused of taking part in the Capitol riot was granted a pre-trial release in the weeks after his arrest, on the condition that he not own any guns.

But in the months since, he has secretly bought at least 34 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition—including armor-penetrating rounds—and tried to disguise some of the payments as being for “wedding photos,” according to an FBI search warrant affidavit filed Friday.

Now prosecutors are asking a judge to revoke Thomas Robertson’s bail, and arrest him for violating his pretrial release conditions for the second time in six months.

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It continues: “Defendant Robertson’s extensive and flagrant violations of the terms of his release order, including numerous violations of the federal firearms laws, strongly support revocation of his pretrial release in this case. This conduct, coupled with his calls for future violence, shows that no condition or combination of conditions can adequately protect the public from the defendant, and warrants immediate action by the court through the issuance of an arrest warrant.”

Robertson is due back in court on Aug. 3.