I'm gonna have to see some documentation.... (Gimenez report of 1/6)

[Nevilledog]

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Jim Acosta
@Acosta
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May 21, 2021
NEW: A top aide to Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-FL says he spoke with both the Capitol Police and the FBI on the morning of January 6th after overhearing a man in tactical gear talk about storming the FBI building just hours before the deadly insurrection.

Alex Ferro, chief of staff to the Florida GOP congressman, says he heard the comments as he and Gimenez were standing inside the lobby of the Hyatt Regency near Capitol Hill.

Gimenez, who was staying at the hotel as an incoming freshman lawmaker, alluded to the moment during an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett Wednesday evening.

Here's the moment flagged by @atrupar

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Rep. Carlos Gimenez about January 6: "I don't think [Trump] incited the events that happened. I know for a fact that I saw people in my hotel room that were saying they were gonna do something at 2 o'clock, & that happened at 9 o'clock in the morning"

Who was in his hotel room?

[Ms. Toad]

1. Does he really think the incitement started at the rally on 1/6? n/t

[soothsayer]

2. Who were these people in his hotel room? Seems like a good place to start

[underpants]

3. I'm glad there's no Four Seasons in DC

[struggle4progress]

4. "When we were all singing about hanging Mike Pence from a sour apple tree,

I noticed that some of my companions seemed a bit strange"