As we already know, from last Tuesday:
As the Washington Post reported Friday, the most specific claim of possible GOP lawmaker links to the insurrectionist mob "came from Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), who said in a Facebook Live broadcast Tuesday that she saw another member of the House giving a 'reconnaissance' tour of the Capitol to groups one day before the Jan. 6 attempted insurrection that left one police officer and four rioters dead."
Boebert is the less intelligent, less well-spoken, further to the looney-right Sarah Palin.
And I think her arrest is imminent.
We have confirmation from an unnamed source.
Name misspelling notwithstanding………
That’s one confirmation.
They’re zeroing in on Boebert. She’d better serve herself to resign. The problem is, that along with a growing number of the Democratic House and Senate caucuses, Ms. Boebert is still denying it. But these Trumpists think they’re invincible, like Trump always has.
‘Tain’t true
No wonder her Comms guy resigned yesterday. Who would want to be her mouthpiece, while she’s tried for sedition?
Just one more confirmation, by an eye-witness, and she’s toast.
And this doesn’t look contrary to her giving a pre-tour of the attack site:
(anyone wondering about the time stamps on those tweets, remember, Lauren Boebert’s device is likely still on Mountain Time. So 11:17am in CO is 1:17pm in DC)
Although, it is confirmed that Boebert was tweeting out the location of Speaker Pelosi, AS THE INSURRECTION WAS HAPPENING
"I can say with 100% confidence I didn't give any Capitol tours to anyone last week," said Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on Friday. "Any Republicans out there who want to join us in answering this question?"
Sen. Brian Schatz, Democrat of Hawaii, was the one who initiated it.
"Ok, I will start," Schatz tweeted Friday evening. "I didn't give any Capitol tours to anyone last week."
"Neither did I," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) responded shortly after. "Me neither," tweeted back Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.). "Same here! And neither did my staff!" said Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.).
"If, in fact, it is found that members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection, if they aided and abetted the crime, there may have to be actions taken beyond the Congress in terms of prosecution for that." —House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
As the Washington Post reported Friday, the most specific claim of possible GOP lawmaker links to the insurrectionist mob "came from Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), who said in a Facebook Live broadcast Tuesday that she saw another member of the House giving a 'reconnaissance' tour of the Capitol to groups one day before the Jan. 6 attempted insurrection that left one police officer and four rioters dead."
A second witness, but no 2nd positive identification of Rep. Boebert, as of yet. And it’s no longer the “most specific claim.”
But a Congressional investigation is already underway:
That claim, bolstered by other members who say they witnessed something similar, prompted calls this week for an official probe into the matter. In an interview with NPR on Thursday, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) said the accusations of guided tours by lawmakers or their staff the day before the insurrectionist effort
"is all going to be considered" in a probe that is now underway, "including anybody that may have been on the inside, including members of Congress."
Not sure yet which committee Ryan’s on that is investigating.
But here are his committees:
Committees
House Appropriations Committee
More here (from yesterday), including an interview with Tim.
Sunday, Jan 17, 2021 · 4:23:37 PM +00:00 · AlyoshaKaramazov
Umbrella Technologies CEO Thomas Carnevale explains how law enforcement will likely leverage technology to ID the Capitol Hill attackers.
Surprisingly, the media so far is not reporting the insurmountable evidence that will be reviewable by law enforcement based on the video recordings from the congressional video surveillance systems.
As of Thursday night, 82 people have been arrested in connection with the violent mob that overran the U.S. Capitol, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The majority of these arrests were for curfew violations; however, it is not a stretch to say that law enforcement agencies will be able to identify and charge hundreds or thousands more.
I am confident that if the video surveillance recordings are utilized to their fullest extent, the puzzle pieces will come together. Law enforcement agencies will understand the criminal activity that occurred within the Capitol building and be able to identify individual perpetrators. The video recordings will also provide primary evidence in the trials to convict the individuals who assaulted our democratic institutions and vandalized federal property.
The video surveillance systems located throughout the Capitol building do not use cheap residential security cameras. The equipment that monitors the high traffic and priority spaces is top-of-the-line. The consumer equivalents of these security cameras offer 4K HD video resolution capable of identifying individuals with a level of detail, efficiency and accuracy that was unthinkable a few years ago. There isn’t a fuzzy picture that needs to be “enhanced, enhanced, enhanced”; this is likely a security camera feed with HD resolution.
Sunday, Jan 17, 2021 · 5:39:40 PM +00:00 · AlyoshaKaramazov
To answer questions down-thread about Capitol security. YES there are surveillance cameras inside the Capitol building. They were even hacked in 2017.:
U.S. Capitol Camera Hack shows the Importance of Network Security
U.S. Capitol Camera Hack is something to take notice of. In 2017, two hackers gained control of the video surveillance cameras that monitor the U.S. Capitol a week before Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, according to a recent The Wall Street Journal report that covers authorities’ pursuit of the hackers. This serves as a reminder to commercial real estate owners to have a reliable in-building wireless network that’s secure.
The White House Security
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Secret Service had been alerted that hackers had seized control of a majority of the cameras that watch over the U.S. capital —eight days before the inauguration. The computer screens in the command center where police monitor the camera feeds read, “YOUR DOCUMENTS, PHOTOS, DATABASES AND OTHER IMPORTANT FILES HAVE BEEN ENCRYPTED!” instead of displaying the regular streaming videos. The hackers demanded $68,000 in Bitcoin in change for surveillance system control.
The attack took place from an apartment in Romania. Alexandru Isvanca and Eveline Cismaru sent thousands of ransomware-embedded emails with an attachment disguised as an invoice. One of the emails went to the Washington, DC police department. A recipient opened the attachment and it locked up the camera system. Secret Service agents had to take numerous Internet-connected devices offline. This included common office resources, such as elevators, fire alarms and thermostats. In total, the ransomware disabled 126 of the 186 computers that linked to the cameras. Fortunately, authorities got the cameras working again three days before the inauguration.
“Physical systems that are dependent upon networked infrastructure are especially vulnerable,” Assistant Director of the Secret Service Office of Investigations Michael D’Ambrosio told The Wall Street Journal when asked about the incident.
