FBI arrests Jan. 6 rioter IDed with help of facial recognition and a throwback Eagles hat
Source: NBC News
Jan. 31, 2024, 2:11 PM EST
WASHINGTON A New Jersey man who wore a throwback Philadelphia Eagles beanie to the Jan. 6 riot was arrested by the FBI this week after online "sedition hunters" identified him with the help of facial recognition and Facebook photos from a 2020 family trip to the pumpkin patch.
Lee Giobbie, a 40-year-old financial adviser from Eastampton, New Jersey, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with several federal crimes, including felony charges of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding. Giobbie, federal authorities alleged, yelled "move the gates!" over a bullhorn before the barricades on the east side of the Capitol were breached. He was later recorded at the front of the mob yelling "push, push, push, push! as they broke through another police line and then helped breach the Capitol building, pushing through the east doors leading into the rotunda, authorities said.
"We need something to break the door down!" Giobbie said, according to the FBI, which said that open-source video also shows Giobbie pushing against a police shield during the chaos.
Giobbie, authorities said, was "one of the first rioters to enter" and "aggressively pushed his way through the Rotunda Door as police were actively trying to defend it." Inside the Capitol, Giobbie was briefly detained by an officer, and ultimately left the Capitol through a door on the west side of the building, according to the FBI and open-source evidence gathered by online sleuths. Giobbie did not immediately respond to a message left for him at his workplace.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/fbi-arrests-jan-6-rioter-facial-recognition-philadelphia-eagles-hat-rcna136589
bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)It's not like they weren't getting theirs.
TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)Seems like a lot of real estate agents and the like, too. Interesting that they could take the time off to go wreak havoc.
COL Mustard
(5,899 posts)Commissioned workers have a hard time taking time off, because time = money.
Marthe48
(16,966 posts)What the traitors are doing is throwing the game board off the table because they are ahead, want to win more and don't want to play by the rules.
3Hotdogs
(12,390 posts)Heinz Corporation, for after the November election?
Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)Lets see who wants to hire them when the truth comes out.
Harker
(14,020 posts)The football in its talons was a huge improvement over the swastika.
BumRushDaShow
(129,064 posts)They did wear the Kelly Green throwback jerseys a couple times the past season.
Harker
(14,020 posts)I'm a throwback, myself, and was a Bears fan when the 'C' on the helmet was solid white.
I haven't seen a game since Nick Foles, though.
Down to ice hockey now.
BumRushDaShow
(129,064 posts)Harker
(14,020 posts)Nice moves!
duhneece
(4,113 posts)But still having to look over your shoulder just in case they finally come arrest you.
And they finally did.
My guess is that hell lose his job next, poor baby. 😂
Deuxcents
(16,235 posts)brush
(53,784 posts)Off to jail. Life interrupted, turned upside down and sideways.
Treason has consequences.
Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)But when it happens, it can be a real bitch! Especially for loud-mouthed insurrectionists!
COL Mustard
(5,899 posts)I hope they arrest all these bastards before it expires.
orangecrush
(19,570 posts)Enjoy prison!
niyad
(113,325 posts)have been identified because of distinctive clothing or headgear?? I mean, you wear a balaklava to conceal your face, but then wear a hat, or jacket, or patch, that only a few dozen, or even a few hundred, people have. dummmmmmmmmmm
One of my favourite descriptors in some novel I read was, "he had the sort of face one could not remember even while looking at it."
Prairie Gates
(1,010 posts)So so dumb, it turns out. Hard fought lessons learned in the struggle against US police forces. For many of these MAGAts, it was their first protest. They literally didn't know what they were doing.
Your number one piece of evidence that this wasn't Antifa? Anarchists, like Disco Stu, don't advertise.
NJCher
(35,680 posts)Of him at a pumpkin patch.
Reading between the lines, he was no doubt hanging out with Charlie Brown, waiting for the great pumpkin. The guy obviously has a penchant for big orange things. Cant control himself.
republianmushroom
(13,597 posts)We shall see if you membership is approved by a jury.
fierywoman
(7,684 posts)something like a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
BumRushDaShow
(129,064 posts)They have been relentless and from what I read in a recent article, they have identified numerous perps some time ago and forwarded them, and those are still being investigated (generally they would need to be tracked down to their current residences/locations and those local offices have to work on the paperwork to arrest them, which obviously introduces delay).
fierywoman
(7,684 posts)brush
(53,784 posts)Love the term "online sleuths." Just rolls off the tongue.
Pas-de-Calais
(9,904 posts)RedSpartan
(1,693 posts)That was quick. Enjoy prison, traitor. He probably thinks Trump will pay for his defense and pardon him.
Edit: Found him on Pinterest. Wife and two young kids. And of COURSE he's a Christofascist:
https://www.pinterest.com/giobbie/
brush
(53,784 posts)After all this time I know he thought he was scott-free.
NBachers
(17,117 posts)Ishoutandscream2
(6,662 posts)He found the perfect opportunity on Jan 6.
BumRushDaShow
(129,064 posts)so not a true "Fluffian".