After making their film debut on video for a reporter with Finland’s second-largest newspaper, two Los Angeles brothers were snagged by FBI agents back at home. Here’s how the LA Times reported these insurrectionists’ downfall:
"The day after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, an anonymous tipster from Finland alerted the FBI to a video on a Finnish newspaper 's website. It showed a man with a bloody forehead outside the Capitol building wearing a black ballistic vest and an American flag as a cape.”
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"It's clear that this election is stolen, there's just so much overwhelming evidence, and the establishment, the media, big tech are just completely ignoring all of it — and we're here to show them we're not having it," Kevin Cordon told Finnish reporter Mikko Marttinen in the video. "We're not just going to take this laying down."
The brothers were presumably not laying down Tuesday when charged with "violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and other crimes stemming from the assault on the Capitol," according to the Times.
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According to FBI agent Shane Anderson, who penned the brothers’ criminal indictment, the initial tip to US law enforcement came from Finland. After weeks of sleuthing, FBI agents followed up with search warrants for phone and flight records.
"Verizon records obtained through a search warrant showed that Kevin Cordon's phone number connected to a cell site that serves the interior of the Capitol building, the complaint said.
"And flight records showed that the Cordon brothers bought tickets on a Jan. 5 red-eye from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington, then returned on Jan. 7. Surveillance video from a United Airlines boarding area at LAX showed a man resembling Kevin Cordon wearing an American flag cape, according to the FBI agent."
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As we’ve all now learned, a trail of bread crumbs, courtesy of the men’s own social media accounts, sealed their fate. Now the fellows are out on $50,000 bonds, wearing ankle bracelet monitoring devices and liberated of their 2nd Amendment weaponry.
Saturday, Mar 13, 2021 · 3:41:54 PM +00:00 · MKSinSA
Almost forgot my PvtJarHead brother’s departure plea:
If you have information about a deplorable who’s “not going to take this laying down” for actions at the Capitol Riot on January 6th, call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or leave a tip online. You may also submit relevant photos and videos to the FBI here.