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g. On January 2, 2021, CALDWELL wrote to CROWL, “Check with Cap. I
recommended the following hotel to her which STILL has rooms
(unbelieveble).” CALDWELL then sent a link to the Comfort Inn Ballston, the
same hotel that he recommended to others on January 1. CALDWELL
continued, “Sharon and I are setting up shop there. Paul has a room and is
bringing someone. He will be the quick reaction force. Its going to be cold. We
need a place to spend the night before minimum. Stewie never contacted me so
Sharon and I are going our way. I will probably do pre-strike on the 5th though
there are things going on that day. Maybe can do some night hunting.
Oathkeeper friends from North Carolina are taking commercial buses up early
in the morning on the 6th and back same night. Paul will have the goodies in
case things go bad and we need to get heavy.”
h. On January 3, 2021, WATKINS sent CROWL a Facebook message stating,
“Running a bit behind. I’ll txt when I’m back at the bar. Getting supplies for
DC.”
i. On January 4, 2021, CROWL wrote a message that stated, “Sorry Brother, been
busy planning for this week. Lemme give you a holler later tonight. We are
enroute to DC right now for a few days on an Oathkeepers Op.”
j. On January 5, 2021, an individual wrote CROWL a Facebook message that
stated: “One more thing. Keep eyes on people with Red MAGA hats worn
backwards. Saw a report that they were going to infiltrate crowd tomorrow.”
CROWL replied: “Thanks Brother, but we are WAY ahead on that. We have
infiltrators in Their ranks. We are doing the W.H. in the am and early afternoon,
rest up at the Hotel, then headed back out tomorrow night ‘tifa’ hunt’in. We
expect good hunting.”
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k. On January 6, 2021, while at the Capitol, CALDWELL received the following
Facebook message: “All members are in the tunnels under capital seal them in .
Turn on gas”. When CALDWELL posted a Facebook message that read,
“Inside,” he received the following messages, among others: “Tom take that
bitch over”; “Tom all legislators are down in the Tunnels 3floors down”; “Do
like we had to do when I was in the core start tearing oit florrs go from top to
bottom”; and “Go through back house chamber doors facing N left down hallway
down steps.”
l. On January 7, 2021, the day after the incursion, CALDWELL wrote to CROWL,
“Did you like the pictures of us storming the castle? I tried calling Cap a lot but
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I believe that CALDWELL’s use of the word “tifa” is a reference to antifa. According to
the Anti-Defamation league, antifa is a loosely organized anti-fascist protest movement that, in
some instances, has engaged in violent confrontations. See https://www.adl.org/antifa (last
accessed January 19, 2021).
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