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WATCH: QAnon-loving Capitol rioter thought JFK Jr would be 'sworn in' as Trump's vice president on Jan 6
March 05, 2021
An Idaho woman who participated in the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 has been arrested and was "taken into custody without incident" by officers with Homeland Security Investigations, the Boise Police Department, and members of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, KTVB reports.
Yvonne St Cyr, 53, has been charged with "Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority and Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds" -- both misdemeanors.
<p>In a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/yvonnestcyr/videos/10225243071652689/" target="_blank">video posted to Facebook</a> five days before the Capitol attack, St Cyr says that she heard that then-Vice President Mike Pence had resigned -- a claim that is blatantly false. </p><p>"If Pence resigned, what if JFK Jr. is gonna be sworn in as the vice president on [Jan. 6], and I will be there to see it and you can all pound sand because I am telling you, he is alive," she said, referring to former President John F. Kennedy's son, who died in a plane crash in 1999.</p><p><br/></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-html5_video">
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</p><p><br/></p><p>St Cyr faces up to a year and six months in prison.</p><p>"In the live-streamed video, St Cyr filmed the destruction of an office window from within the Capitol and continued to record herself standing in the window and shouting at the crowd located on the west side of the Capitol grounds," FBI Special Agent Matthew Gano wrote in a criminal complaint.</p><p>In a live video that appears to have been recorded following the riot at the Capitol, St Cyr talks about breaching the Capitol building and her belief in the QAnon conspiracy theory.</p><p>"That election was stolen, 100%, without a doubt. There's tons of evidence," she says in the video. "That's why we stormed the Capitol, because we didn't lose, they stole this election. And if we don't fight then we lose everything."</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-html5_video">
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White House press secretary slams reporter who masked Trump attack: ‘We don’t take our advice or counsel from former President Trump’
March 05, 2021
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Friday defended President Joe Biden's immigration policies that are working to reverse former President Trump's "immoral" and "inhumane" acts against migrant children, and criticized a reporter who tried to mask an attack from the ex-president by referring to them as "a lot of Americans."
Speaking about unaccompanied immigrant children coming to the U.S. southern border, a reporter told Psaki that "a lot of Americans are saying that, you know, the surges are happening under President Biden's watch, after he reversed some previous policies."
<p>"Does the administration take any accountability for what's happening?" the reporter asked.</p><p>"Who are the Americans?" Psaki knowingly pressed.</p><p>"Well, I know you don't want to answer to him but, the former president just released a statement saying that the Biden administration must act immediately to end the border nightmare that they have unleashed on our nation."</p><p>"Former President Trump?" Psaki asked.</p><p>"Yes," the reporter, caught in obfuscation, replied.</p><p>"We don't take our advice or counsel from former President Trump on immigration policy which was not only inhumane, but ineffective over the last four years," Psaki declared. "We're going to chart our own path forward, and that includes treating children with humanity and respect and ensuring they're safe when they cross our borders."</p><p>WATCH:</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1367905067932778504" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1367905067932778504&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Fr%2Fentryeditor%2F2650929413%23&theme=light&widgetsVersion=e1ffbdb%3A1614796141937&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 551px; height: 625px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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Thundering silence from GOP after top donor charged with biggest tax fraud scheme in history: report
March 05, 2021
While Republicans have had lots to say about Mr. Potato Head and Dr. Seuss, they've been silent on GOP donor Bob Brockman, according to a new report by CNBC.
"The billionaire accused of running the biggest tax fraud scheme in U.S. history was a prolific donor to Republican groups and causes. The leaders of those organizations have kept quiet on the federal charges against him," CNBC's Brian Schwartz reported Friday.
<p>Brockman was charged with running a $2 billion tax fraud scheme that took place over 20 years through offshore bank accounts.</p><p>"Brockman's most recent contributions to Republican committees came in 2017, ahead of the Congressional midterm elections the following year, according to Federal Election Commission records. Representatives of the organizations that are still active did not respond when asked whether they plan to refund or give the total amount of contributions away to charity in the wake of the allegations. The 2017 contributions had yet to be reported in the media," CNBC reported.</p><p>"In 2017, Brockman donated over $80,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee, the political campaign organization for House Republicans. Republicans went on to lose the House to Democrats, with Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., becoming speaker," CNBC explained. "The FEC records showing the NRCC contributions do not list Reynolds & Reynolds as Brockman's employer, but the Texas address matches the location listed on other contributions Brockman has made. The mailing address is also listed on a business registration form for Reynolds & Reynolds reviewed by CNBC. The form, signed in April before Brockman was charged, lists him as the CEO."</p><p>Max Steele, the spokesperson from for the Democratic super PAC American Bridge, predicted the GOP organizations would not return Brockman's contributions.</p><p>"Congressional Republicans spent the last four years gutting IRS enforcement and cutting taxes for billionaires while being bankrolled by the biggest tax cheat in American history," Steele told CNBC. "While they should return or donate the money, we know they won't. After all, how can a party blindly loyal to Donald Trump afford to oppose billionaires committing tax fraud?"</p>
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