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Mike 03

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13. In terms of the "Reconnaissance Tours", Boebert's name has come up
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 11:39 AM
Feb 2021
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert gave Capitol tour to ‘large’ group before the riots, Democratic lawmaker says

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/19/lauren-boebert-tour-capitol-riots/

Amid a push to investigate whether any GOP lawmakers aided rioters at the Capitol, several Democrats last week accused an unnamed House Republican of leading groups on “reconnaissance” tours of the building before the Jan. 6 attack.

Now, two Democratic lawmakers say they personally saw one Republican — Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado — with a “large” group in a tunnel connected to the Capitol days before the attempted insurrection that left four rioters and one police officer dead.

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) said on Monday that he and Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) had both seen Boebert in the tunnel outside the Cannon House Office Building with a group sometime in the three days before the riots. He said he didn’t know who was in the group or if anyone with Boebert later participated in the attack.


There may be others; I haven't seen anyone else named yet. I don't doubt for a second that the FBI is on this.

I'm hopeful that solid prosecutorial work pans out. Harker Feb 2021 #1
Whoever did that was assuming the bad guys would win, and they'd get away with it. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #5
"Oops" is right. Harker Feb 2021 #14
I think it will be technically easy to nail them. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #15
I expect you're right. Harker Feb 2021 #20
Wow, I hadn't heard this... yikes... secondwind Feb 2021 #2
She wasn't the only one giving guided tours FoxNewsSucks Feb 2021 #4
The other thing that I missed..... essaynnc Feb 2021 #3
We saw samples from Capitol security cameras yesterday. Extremely clear imagery. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #6
We may not have seen the security tapes, butyou can be sure the FBI has. That's th kind of info napi21 Feb 2021 #7
Well said. I'll bet the fbi already knows, but we'll be the last to know. lindysalsagal Feb 2021 #12
In terms of the "Reconnaissance Tours", Boebert's name has come up Mike 03 Feb 2021 #13
I'm Not Holding My Breath That ANY Of Them Will Be Held To Account sfstaxprep Feb 2021 #8
+1 CentralMass Feb 2021 #10
Sadly, you're probably right. FoxNewsSucks Feb 2021 #17
It Ties In With My Belief That This Country Is Pretty Well Fucked Going Forward sfstaxprep Feb 2021 #19
Rioters in the crowd were giving real time updated bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #9
It remains to be seen exactly who was the frump team member who was the point person lindysalsagal Feb 2021 #11
Stone, Flynn and Bannon seem like more likely candidates IMO. Mike 03 Feb 2021 #16
Right. I speak from no authority, but I wonder if stone, bannon and flynn know too much to be the pa lindysalsagal Feb 2021 #18
You're right IMO that Don Jr. definitely incited this and loved every minute of it. Mike 03 Feb 2021 #21
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