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RandySF

(58,884 posts)
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 05:19 PM Oct 2022

Are Joe and Kamala safe?

Staff of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigative committee has been briefed on multiple phone calls in 2020 between an agent in the Secret Service’s protective intelligence division and members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia group, NBC News reported Friday.

The House select committee on Friday requested from the Secret Service all records related to communications between the agency and the Oath Keepers, including any contacts leading up to and after the violent Jan. 6, 2021, invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, NBC reported.

The briefing to committee staff and subsequent records request was spurred by recent testimony at the ongoing federal criminal trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, who is accused with other defendants of seditious conspiracy.

Rhodes and his co-defendants are accused of plotting to stop the lawful transfer of power from former President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden.

Former North Carolina Oath Keepers leader John Zimmerman earlier this month testified about seeing Rhodes speaking on the telephone with a person who Zimmerman believed to be a Secret Service agent about what weapons group members could carry at an upcoming rally by Trump in September 2020.



https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/14/jan-6-probe-sees-contacts-between-secret-service-oath-keepers.html

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pwb

(11,275 posts)
3. The rooftops have protections all around
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 05:24 PM
Oct 2022

would be my guess. Allow the use of deadly force for any future attacks? Easy.

Mr.Bill

(24,300 posts)
4. My understanding of the situation
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 05:24 PM
Oct 2022

is that Biden's SS detail is made up of agents that protected him when he was VP, and he knows and trusts them. Not sure about Harris' detail, but I'm sure Joe is aware and keeping her safe, also.

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PufPuf23

(8,785 posts)
6. The repercussions could be severe if Biden and Harris are not safe.
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 05:29 PM
Oct 2022

There is so much potential bad shit happening now.

Keep calm everyone. Notice the successes.

emulatorloo

(44,130 posts)
7. Calls between Secret Service and Oath Keepers? That is a hell of a bombshell. Would you mind
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 05:29 PM
Oct 2022

changing your thread title to the article’s title?

Jan. 6 Capitol riot probe briefed on multiple calls between Secret Service and Oath Keepers, NBC News reports

Or would you like me to just post a separate thread on the article?

On Edit: brooklynite posted the article in a thread. https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142981701

LonePirate

(13,424 posts)
8. Yes, barring an inside job that would make the JFK conspiracies seem like a children's book.
Fri Oct 14, 2022, 05:37 PM
Oct 2022

Unfortunately, there is an above 0% (still very small) chance of that happening, especially if some "spontaneous" MAGA led event were to occur.

Those MAGA traitors have infested every branch and area within our government so continued vigilance, competence and luck are still needed to keep POTUS and VPOTUS safe.

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