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The FBI needs to put you on their payroll since you are doing their investigation for them. What is it going to take before seditious conspiracy charges can be levied?

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Seth - Not sure what to do with this info, but Ali Alexander is active on the Clubhouse app (https://www.clubhouse.com/@alialexander), usually in rooms about Bitclout and other blockchain related topics. In fact, he is scheduled to be on a panel tonight at 8PM EST called "Bitclout New Extension @CloutFaves".

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OMG. Seth, you did it again. what would we do without you?

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WTF! Why aren’t they arrested?

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FBI Wray needs to go.

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A few thoughts: The encrypted phone sting led by the FBI (and the AFP) was utterly IMMENSE! I definitely feel it in my bones that plenty of insurrectionist data was captured in this way. I feel certain at least one Trump child has been recorded in this sting, and if that's the case, then it is a logical assumption that more (higher-up) conspirators have been caught, and I'm so very hopeful that Ali A is one of them. I just wonder, and would love some thoughts from commenters here, considering Ali was 99% certain to be the (failed) pipe-bomber, how would the FBI want to play this? Use him as a honeypot unbeknownst to Ali himself? Tell him his only way to avoid life in prison is to entrap others? I mean, it's pretty hard to just overlook attempted bombings, even if you do want others to flip. Perhaps they would negotiate for reduced sentencing? If I were one of the co-conspirators, I would want to offload Ali immediately if only to save myself. I am hopeful that the delay in his overt capture is that somehow he is being used. A useful idiot, but this time perhaps, useful to the good guys.

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Great reporting, thank you. Arrests are coming soon, I’m hopeful.

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Drip drip drip. Each day more information about the Jan 5th and Jan 6th insurrection come out thanks to you Seth!

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It is infuriating Ali Alexander is not in FBI custody.

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just a guess, but I have a feeling that a lot is going to happen while Biden is overseas.

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It sounds like Alexander can connect more dots than most and probably knows he's worth more dead than alive.

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Who are the suspected two senators - Cruz and ? I must have missed something.

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Maybe he was using one of the FBI's encrypted phones and that's why they haven't nabbed him yet. I prefer to think it's something like that :-)

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I was looking through the Finchem texts, and I think the first one is with Paul Gosar not Ali Alexander. The first window actually names Gosar and the subsequent ones mention his chief of staff Tom Van Flein. It seems like Finchem was gathering signatures from Arizona house members backing fake electors, and Gosar was distributing them to Mike Pence and Republican Senetors for support. Note how both the Pennsylvania and Arizona congresses sent similar letters, and those were the ones challenged. I think this reveals their legislative strategy. They were waiting for all Republican State Congresses in swing states to write petitions backing fake Trump electors. This would explain why Giuliani was calling Sen Tuberville to stall for time. I suspect that this work might have been taking place in the Willard war room.

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American terrorists take advantage of our free speech laws. They incite other people do terrorist acts. This is called stochastic terrorism. The incitement has to happen right before the violent act.

I don't agree that the FBI doesn't want to catch the ringleaders, but our free speech laws complicate this goal. Below are some quotes from a Feb. 20, 2021 article titled "U.S. investigating possible ties between Roger Stone, Alex Jones and Capitol rioters."

"The Justice Department and the FBI are investigating whether high-profile right-wing figures — including Roger Stone and Alex Jones — may have played a role in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach as part of a broader look into the mind-set of those who committed violence and their apparent paths to radicalization, according to people familiar with the investigation."

Because of the free speech laws, ringleaders may not be arrested:

"The investigation into potential ties between key figures in the riot and those who promoted former president Donald Trump’s false assertions that the election was stolen from him does not mean those who may have influenced rioters will face criminal charges, particularly given U.S. case law surrounding incitement and free speech, the people said. Officials at this stage said they are principally seeking to understand what the rioters were thinking — and who may have influenced beliefs — which could be critical to showing their intentions at trial."

"However, investigators also want to determine whether anyone who influenced them bears enough responsibility to justify potential criminal charges, such as conspiracy or aiding the effort, the officials said. That prospect is still distant and uncertain, they emphasized."

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I've been wondering about this Aly guy. Thanks for tracking down his participation!

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