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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts)
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 07:59 PM Aug 2022

'I'm storming the capital haha': Trump supporter boasted of Jan. 6 actions to coworker who immediate

immediately turned him in

The United States Department of Justice has unsealed a criminal complaint against a Colorado native named Weston Sobotka who bragged to a coworker about storming the United States Capitol -- only to be turned in by that same worker.

According to the DOJ's filing, Sobotka sent the coworker text messages that included a photo of himself inside the Capitol on January 6, 2021 along with the caption, "I'm storming the capital (sic) haha."

Days after receiving the text, the coworker talked with law enforcement officials and gave them access to Sobotka's self-incriminating messages.

Law enforcement officials then received a message from a second tipster who told them that "Weston Sobotka was one of the individuals who stormed into the Capitol building" and further state that "he worked on one of my construction sites and showed photos from his phone of when he was inside."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-m-storming-the-capital-haha-trump-supporter-boasted-of-jan-6-actions-to-coworker-who-immediately-turned-him-in/ar-AA113ln3

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'I'm storming the capital haha': Trump supporter boasted of Jan. 6 actions to coworker who immediate (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2022 OP
Hey Sobotka, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Demovictory9 Aug 2022 #2
There's always a (sic) involved with these morons. CanonRay Aug 2022 #3
They're coming to take you away, haha. tanyev Aug 2022 #4
Then you have this clown, a cop. badhair77 Aug 2022 #5
disgusting Skittles Aug 2022 #6
They live in a right-wing bubble. tblue37 Aug 2022 #13
yes, a VERY common affliction with racists Skittles Aug 2022 #16
+1, uponit7771 Aug 2022 #17
Lock him up and throw away the key. Justice matters. Aug 2022 #7
Smile, dude! edbermac Aug 2022 #8
i love it when they are stupid. Ray Bruns Aug 2022 #10
Traitors be traitors. Like cockroaches. Martin68 Aug 2022 #9
These people, thankfully, aren't bright EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #11
DAMN YOU SOBOTKA!!! CatWoman Aug 2022 #12
Just another dumb shit who didn't realize he was incriminating himself. patphil Aug 2022 #14
haha lambchopp59 Aug 2022 #15

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,385 posts)
1. Hey Sobotka,
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 08:03 PM
Aug 2022

you sure were proud of "storming the Capitol", you even shared it with someone who thought it wasn't funny at all, in fact, your sorry ass was turned in by that same person you shared it with.

Are you so proud now? Are you bragging about now?

Response to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #1)

badhair77

(4,218 posts)
5. Then you have this clown, a cop.
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 08:40 PM
Aug 2022

He’s had a hearing but I don’t know any further procedures. Last fall he was allowed to go to deer camp, out of his local area. He wasn’t fired but his police chief did resign because he knew the guy was going.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/pennsylvania-police-officer-joseph-fischer-charged-in-capitol-riots

Skittles

(153,164 posts)
6. disgusting
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 08:53 PM
Aug 2022

hilarious they didn't seem to realize not everyone supports them overrunning the Capitol - says a lot about their critical thinking skills

tblue37

(65,393 posts)
13. They live in a right-wing bubble.
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 10:12 PM
Aug 2022
Everyone they interact with shares their beliefs, so they assume they are in the majority.

Skittles

(153,164 posts)
16. yes, a VERY common affliction with racists
Thu Aug 25, 2022, 01:12 AM
Aug 2022

they find out the hard way when they assume I am racist like them.....yes INDEED

EnergizedLib

(1,895 posts)
11. These people, thankfully, aren't bright
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 09:43 PM
Aug 2022

Shouldn’t it occur to these people that if they had the gumption to try overthrow democracy that it’s also not a good idea (for their sake, not the country’s) to blab to people about it?

patphil

(6,180 posts)
14. Just another dumb shit who didn't realize he was incriminating himself.
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 10:22 PM
Aug 2022

It's like a bank robber taking a selfie inside the vault, and then posting it.
These guys are just plain stupid!

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
15. haha
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 10:46 PM
Aug 2022

Such wit.
Another of the puerile club: just about anyone prominently displaying "let's go brandon" or gems like the "fauci ouchie", and of course the ilk that completely covers their vehicle with "Trump" stickers, unexceptionally with some insulting, racist or otherwise threatening message, often scrawled on the vehicle nearly illegible and misspelled.
I wonder those whose display show such depth of emotional disturbance really believe they're convincing anyone of anything.

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