Man charged in Capitol riot worked for FBI, lawyer says

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A man, who authorities say is the leader of a far-right militia group and led extremists during the Capitol Hill riot, has held a top-secret security clearance for decades and previously worked for the FBI, his attorney says.

, who authorities believe holds a leadership role in the extremist group, worked as a section chief for the FBI from 2009 to 2010 after retiring from the Navy, his lawyer, Thomas Plofchan, wrote in a motion urging the judge to release him from jail while he awaits trial.

Most section chiefs within the FBI rise through the ranks of the bureau and it is unclear whether Caldwell would’ve been directly hired for that position or whether he held any other positions with the bureau. The FBI did not immediately comment Monday evening and Caldwell’s lawyer didn’t immediately answer questions about his client’s work.

Charging documents show messages between Caldwell and the others about arranging hotel rooms in the Washington area in the days before the siege. In one Facebook message from to Caldwell, one the others says: “Will probably call you tomorrow … mainly because … I like to know wtf plan is. You are the man COMMANDER.”

 

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Why are they saying right wing extremists? Call them what they are- terrorists

Seriously? And they couldn't pull this off?

RepRaskin More info for your trial.

Seguramente por unos cuantos 'dólares' pensó que estaba haciendo lo 'correcto' traicionando la memoria de sus próceres o fundadores, falta que caigan los demás cómplices.

I would hope that the FBIWFO are secretly investigating Lindsey and the other senators involved. 🤔

He job before was to protect America wonder why he now has taken this route authorities should focus on how was he radicalize or do they need to improve how they vet FBI employees.

these idiots need to get better hobbies

Dam another Donald Trump security clearance.

The more the truth comes to light the scarier it gets...

😲😲😲😲

The war of the future is not against countries, ethnicities and religions who've done nothin' against us; but to keep these inside terrorists, nurtured and sheltered by the State, under control in a casket where they belong

More silliness we are on a definite Witch Hunt

As I said earlier, Insurrection sedition and treason has already infiltrated all vital positions of our local, state and governmental agencies. We are the fallen Roman Empire. We can change the outcome but it requires behavioral corrections. Find them All and Prosecute. We must.

Isnt he the one who said when he saw members of congress 'cowering in fear' that 'it was the most American thing' he had ever seen?

So? He doesn’t work for the fbi anymore, but there are still people who are working at the fbi and are ideologues

Double agent..: secret kgb agent who work for fbi

Former FBI? How interesting

One might note the impeachment touches on one aspect of the insurrection, of incitement. The ties to extremists will surface and be fettered out. That sets the next stage of personal litigations against Trump. Win or lose he faces overwhelming odds!

Does this not make him a double agent? Like a spy ratting out his country's secrets

In the end the 'Deep State' is just another alt-right projection. They're embedded in government and abusing their positions and just assume the other side are too. I wonder if the Right has a pizza parlor somewhere where they actually eat and abuse children and worship satan?

Let’s see how far his security clearance goes when he is in front of Biden. Biden will spit him out

Even top news agencies embarrassing themselves with this ridiculous story.

The white supremacy runs deep

This is a serious problem. Time to do another vetting round maybe? CapitolRiots

Here's Lyndsey meeting with proud boys organizer Joe Biggs prior to the insurrection. Maybe the enemy is in the House and has been for some time!

:)))) вотс, вотс, вотс...

Move over Midas touch. There was a new wannabe king with a foot-in-mouth version. There is nothing that Trump touches that doesn't eventually stink.

Shouldn't be difficult to verify.

Of course. They don't want us to get to the bottom of this because they are the ones at the bottom of this!

Of course.

How many more people like him are working for the FBI? Vet them and remove them ASAP.

Lol it's Q

We can assume a movie will come out about these happenings within the next 10 years!

Not the first, not the last. Donald Trump achieved the highest office achievable with votes.

Well didn’t he know he was busting in a senior citizen’s home

No mentioning of antifa members involved?

EndWhiteSupremacy FBInvestigateGOP

Well isn't that special.

Wow

About 5 years ago, I first read about Dominionism among officers in the Air Force. Tip of the iceberg.

sarahkendzior A security clearance for decades means he had access to top information during Democratic administrations too. Any wonder they are rushing the impeachment trial through with no witnesses? Lotta things don't add up about the Capitol invasion.

eyemagistus Holy hell...

leahmcelrath Makes the betrayal that much worse

Sounds about right

donk_enby sounds bad

Party before country.

Wow

Karnythia IT'S Q!

A white nationalist in the FBI? With a security clearance?! Well, thank goodness they caught him and there aren't any more!

Keep digging.

Holding these people accountable will not be easy. They are in our government, our military, our police force. And it doesn't help the fact that Trump supporters are still in denial about the election and think the people who stormed the capitol are BLM/ANTIFA.

axman643 this is why and how the insurrectionists were able to get in. It was an inside job carried about by key leaders in the government. This is how democracy and justice fail. These leaders are still sitting alongside the very ones ther targeted.

The people in this comment section are idiots.

Not good

AustinUXgirl Time to remove his security clearance

I guess they were too busy chasing guys like Ed Snowden to notice🤷‍♂️

The FBI can not be trusted anymore that CNN.

sarahkendzior uh, hail Hydra?

donk_enby Federal Prison for life without parole is the only acceptable punishment for these DeepFuck seditionists.

A lot of somebodies, somewhere either aren't paying attention or want violence. There is no excuse for this. Are there no people in govt. who have any values or are they all committed to destroying Democracy? mym

Lol

caityweaver

Funny seeing all the replies of people shocked.... racism is american as 🥧

donk_enby I guess we found the Deep State

sarahkendzior We knew this days ago

donk_enby In the background check, they ask if you've ever engaged in insurrection. Need to ask all current clearance holders if that's still true, even though it's a LOT of people.

People need to come to terms that right wing terrorists have infected most institutions like this. We have turned a blind eye to blatant behaviors and claimed “both sides” when it’s anything but. It’s going to take work to get these monsters out of positions of power.

sarahkendzior Can someone please find out and tell me that he joined the group as an FBI informant ... Please, for my own sanity 🙏🏾

sarahkendzior I'm telling you. They're working in all areas of government and some very high up. How to weed them out if they have security clearances and a respectable facade.

Traitor

Hmmmm ... this is a qwhite an interesting development

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Radicalized ex-military/gov members pose a very big domestic threat if radicalized. I expect to see more of this.

And Eye thought that the movie The Spook that stood behind the Door was Fiction, from the clearance he had He was the Spook that Stood behind the Riots. All movies are not all fiction because there's some truth in them when you don't let the fiction blind you

You kidding me? Pull his TS clearance now!

I'm not surprised. FBI find their way into groups.

Really

Aka a traitor

Omg!

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Maybe John Durham could make himself useful and look into this side of the FBI.

I guess the feds are good for something

Time to pull it and throw him in jail. Period.

These Republicans better hold trump accountable or I will do everything in my power to make it a FULL Democrat democracy! Sick of these guys ignorance of truth and facts to not do the will of the people! PanderingToNazisEqualsGop

That's extremely scary.

How in the hell do you get a TS clearance when you are the leader of far right militia

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