80 ‘Suspicious Actors’ and ’Material Witnesses’ Under Scrutiny by Jan. 6 Defense Attorneys

80 ‘Suspicious Actors’ and ’Material Witnesses’ Under Scrutiny by Jan. 6 Defense Attorneys
Attorney Brad Geyer seeks information on unidentified "suspicious actors" at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Brad Geyer/Graphic via The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Defense attorneys are seeking to identify and investigate 80 “suspicious actors” and material witnesses, some of whom allegedly ran an entrapment operation against the Oath Keepers on Jan. 6, 2021, and committed crimes including the removal of security fencing, breaching police lines, attacking officers, and inciting crowds to storm into the U.S. Capitol.

In a motion (pdf) and supplement (pdf) filed after 11 p.m. on May 5 in federal court in Washington, attorney Brad Geyer listed 80 people, some of whom he said could be government agents or provocateurs. The people are seen in video footage operating in a coordinated fashion across the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, the attorney alleged.
Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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