"He dressed as press to storm the capital"--- A white nationalist scum.

[Grasswire2]

[link:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matthew-purse-white-nationalist-capitol-rioter_n_6179807de4b010d933196210?uc|

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Yet months later in July, after being arrested and charged for being part of the horde that invaded the Capitol building, Purse once again tried to pass himself off as a journalist, telling The Associated Press he was in the Capitol as “part of a legitimate news organization,” which he declined to name. “The record will show I was not there in any illegal capacity,” he said.

But HuffPost has learned the name of Purse’s “legitimate news organization.” It’s called Happening Center, and it is an unabashedly white nationalist website which hosts livestreams and a private message forum. It gained thousands of followers throughout the political tumult of 2020. Videos and social media posts produced by Happening Center — archived and preserved by anonymous anti-fascist researchers — show it at times embracing outright neo-Nazism and praising mass murderers.

Of all the characters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, Purse could prove to be one of the most malevolent. The horrifying extent of his extremism has gone unreported.........

more at link

[Aristus]

1. Since the burden of proof is on the prosecution,

the prosecutors should call the Capitol press office and see if they issued press credentials to this hammerhead, in the name of his "legitimate news organization" white supremacy group. If the press office can produce no press credentials, throw that MF under the jail...

[SMC22307]

2. K&R