What was really being planned at the Willard Hotel before the January 6th insurrection?

[FelineOverlord]

We may soon be finding out. Also I hope we find out about all those White House meetings in November, December, and January . . .

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[kentuck]

1. They were conspiring with the Proud Boys, the 3%'ers, and others

...for the attack upon our Capitol.

[gab13by13]

16. Someone funded this,

DOJ needs to go after them, hopefully they don't need a referral from the select committee.

[Cracklin Charlie]

24. Who bought all that liquor sitting on the table?

They were stocked up to party down.

[gab13by13]

2. Follow the money,

I have my doubts that Bannon will confess to anything.

[Kid Berwyn]

67. Got a good guess of who the Sponsors are.

The super de-dooper richest of the rich richest, a group who include some of the planet’s most powerful criminal organizations.

[spooky3]

84. Every time I see Bannon, I think "flea bath." Nt

[pnwest]

3. Holy wow! I hadn't heard anything about

the war room at the Willard! This is shocking. Treasonous traitors, every last one of them.

[Delphinus]

21. You said it!

Arrest them, if we want to save our democracy.

[LittleGirl]

45. Same here! I'm so happy! nt

[Grasswire2]

77. If you followed Seth Abramson, you would have known months ago.

Lotta people here diss him, for some reason.

But he got the goods.

[Best_man23]

4. To quote George Templeton Strong from the Civil War era

"Beelzebub surely reigns here, and Willard's Hotel is his temple."

This is the first I've heard of this "war room."

[kentuck]

10. Anytime I hear the word "Willard", i think of the movie about the rat...

There were surely some rats at the Willard Hotel.

[Best_man23]

15. The movie Ben and the Remake

Both creeped me out.

[Marcuse]

56. Sound by Michael Jackson.

[druidity33]

71. It has been reported since March...

Seth Abramson has been all over this. He gets poo-pooed here on DU a lot.

[MiHale]

5. KnR... for visibility

[2naSalit]

6. K&R

Pretty much what I was expecting.

[FelineOverlord]

7. What was really being planned at the Willard Hotel before the January 6th insurrection?

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[gab13by13]

13. Follow the money.

[radical noodle]

47. The heiress to the Publix fortune

gave $150,000. That's been reported by WaPo. The WSJ reported that she pledged $300,000... the majority of the funding for the rally. That's just casual searching.

[FelineOverlord]

8. What was really being planned at the Willard Hotel before the January 6th insurrection?

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[spanone]

9. A well 'organized' coup. Nothing less.

Lock these motherhumpers up

[NCjack]

27. SuperMax prison.

[gab13by13]

11. This is only a hunch on my part,

I believe that Steve Pieczenik is part of the brain trust behind the coup. Back in the 2016 election I got to watching his videos on You Tube, back then he was saying things like, Hillary is planning a coup so we must run a counter coup. He is a friend of Alex Jones and has appeared on Infowars. As I said I have no proof of his involvement except for what he has been posting on You Tube. He was a hostage negotiator, he is a very smart person, he knows how to control the narrative, how to control people's minds.

When I saw that his friend Alex Jones was at this hotel it brought back my thoughts on Pieczernik.

[multigraincracker]

12. Think how dangerous they could be

if only they could keep their mouths shut. Impossible.
#looselipssinkships

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

14. K&R

[BeyondGeography]

17. Omg, this could light a fire under Merrick Garland!!!

[gab13by13]

19. Why is it that when we find out this stuff,

it usually comes from reporters doing the digging?

[kirkuchiyo]

23. Pretty sure

the DOJ isn't supposed to comment on ongoing investigations. Whereas that is the journalists job to report on what they find.

[gab13by13]

34. I might add,

DOJ also doesn't comment on non-ongoing investigations.

[Haggard Celine]

73. The DOJ

sees, hears, and speaks no evil.

[Poiuyt]

70. The DOJ doesn't have to do any work, they just need to bring in Seth Abramson

He has everything laid out and documented.

[gab13by13]

18. Hopefully our DOJ

was already aware of this war room, right?

[gab13by13]

20. Have to give Liz Cheney credit,

for exposing this yesterday. She even claimed Trump's involvement. Have to also give the chairman credit for pushing the follow the money narrative. Who funded this?

Gee, I hope this doesn't give the coup planners a heads up to the fact that they are being investigated. Maybe this information should have been kept quiet? (sarcasm)

[NCDem47]

22. Like, calls weren't also being placed with:

Capital Police, Department of Defense, elected Republican officials.

[gab13by13]

25. I'm still waiting to find out

about who gave the traitors Capitol tours? Who disabled the panic buttons on the desks? Is it too soon?

[Botany]

26. Liz Cheney, "Trump appears to have been 'personally involved in planning and execution of Jan 6 ....

insurrection."

No shit. Trump:

Helped to pay for it.

Gave out over a dozen invitations to the violence in which he gave the day, the date, the time, and the place.

Had his chief of staff Nick Mulvaney's niece fill out the paper work for the permit for his pre-riot pep talk.

Told the crowd to go and storm the Capitol so as to protect America's freedoms.

Fired Sec. of Defense Mark Esper and installed Christopher Miller who gave stand down orders to the D.C.
National Guard on 1/4/21.

Refused to call of his supporters when asked to do so from Rep. McCarthy and V.P. Pence.

Watched the violence and chaos on T.V. and did nothing.

Knew of planning sessions for the violence in 2 different D.C. Hotels.

And at the end of the day let the violent thugs walk away and told them that he loved them and was
proud of them. President Trump’s Chilling Message to Violent Mob Overtaking Capitol: "Go Home. We Love You, You’re
Very Special."

https://variety.com/2021/politics/news/trump-protesters-riot-capitol-video-1234879939/


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What Trump was looking for on 1/6/21 was to have so much violence up to and including the muder
of Speaker Pelosi & Vice President Pence so he could declare martial law and stop the Constitutionally
mandated transfer of power.

[BeyondGeography]

29. Dear DOJ: "Just say the election is corrupt...leave the rest to me."

[world wide wally]

61. Subpoena the records from the Willard Hotel and find out who paid for the rooms

[OMGWTF]

85. We know Shitler was in charge of the insurrection because they went home when he told them to.

Period.

[Champp]

28. Republican traitors were well funded, well organized

as they planning to shit and piss on America and American democracy.

Lock the Republican traitors up.

[Botany]

33. "Republican traitors were well funded*, well organized."

* The Trump campaign, Jenny Thomas, and Rebekah Mercer.

[gab13by13]

36. The Koch foundation and foreign money.

[pazzyanne]

75. Don't forget Sheldon and Miriam Adelson. nt

According to Wikipedia:

"Adelson sat out the 2016 Republican primaries, with some early indicators at the beginning of 2016 interpreted as showing that Adelson favored Trump.[109] In May 2016, explaining his reasons for officially endorsing Donald Trump's presidential bid, Adelson cited the importance of CEO experience in a presidential nominee.[103]

For the 2018 United States elections, Adelson donated approximately $113 million to the Republican Party through various conservative political action committees.[110]

On January 31, 2019, ABC News reported that Adelson and his wife Miriam had contributed $500,000 to the Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust, which was set up in 2018 to assist aides of President Trump under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. The contributions are the Trust's largest to date.[111]

It was estimated Adelson would donate $200 million to Trump and the GOP for the 2020 election cycle.[17] Given a call to Adelson by Trump in early August complaining that Adelson had not done enough for him, there was speculation that the amount of a donation could be affected.[112] On October 15, 2020, Adelson gave $75 million to a Trump PAC, in a late push for reelection.[113] In the second half of October 2020, Adelson and his wife gave a further $35 million to three super-PACs supporting the Republican Party and Trump's re-election.[114] PACs to which the Adelsons donated in the 2020 cycle included Preserve America and the Senate Leadership Fund.[115]"

Aside: Sheldon Adelman died in January of this year, but the PACs he and his wife suppoet live on.

[Nikki28]

30. It is so time

to stop letting these crooks get away with this mess. If this is swept under the rug, then the USA is no more.

[gab13by13]

37. So how long do you think

the MSM, cable news, will cover this, or will they even cover it?

[Mr. Ected]

31. Conspiracy to commit sedition; malice aforethought

Cause and effect.

If we're truly a nation of laws and not just a nation of jaws, these treasonous swine need to be brought swiftly to justice.

[Nikki28]

32. cant they be arrested

or can they call in Muller old team to kick start this. We need a special Prosecutor.

[gab13by13]

38. Yeah, I seem to remember

when AG Bill Barr created a special prosecutor, John Durham, to investigate the Trump/Russia investigation. He also did it in aa way that it couldn't be retracted. If Barr had this authority surely Garland has the same authority.

[Captain Zero]

68. The DOJ APPOINTING a special prosecutor

Would mess up the Republicans if they win the next Congress. The Special prosecutor would only be done on his time table, not ending upon an intervening election.

[themaguffin]

35. I thought there was a mtg at the trump hotel?

[Danascot]

40. There was

This article is a good summary naming the people who were there. The reporting is based on information put together by Seth Abramson. Seth had all this before the end of January.

https://www.ibtimes.sg/did-trump-officials-senators-hold-pre-insurrection-meeting-trump-hotel-before-capitol-riots-55184

[wiggs]

39. Kudos to Seth. Waaay out in front. nt

[Ninga]

42. Yes, it needs to be repeated that the deep dive of docs was done by Seth. Nt

[FelineOverlord]

50. Yes, Seth was talking about it months ago.

No one else really was.

Seth is a controversial figure, so I thought they were just ignoring what he said. I admit that sometimes I don't read Seth for weeks.

However, it really stuck with me and really bothered me and every few days I would check to see if anything was happening about this.

It was mentioned in previous articles about Steve Bannon, but nobody really paid much attention to the Willard Hotel conferences, despite that the guilty parties didn't really hide it.

Finally, attention is being paid.

[wiggs]

58. which brings up the question: why haven't those planning meetings been more widely investigated,

reported on, and discussed in msm? and by dem leaders?

keeping powder dry again?

[gab13by13]

41. This lawyer, John Eastman.

the guy who wrote out the coup step by step, why hasn't he been disbarred yet for starters? He has formed another company and is continuing to push the big lie and the insurrection. Why can't the FBI take some of his time away from planning the next insurrection?

[kentuck]

49. Has he been subpoenaed?

He seemed to be in the middle of it all.

And he was reportedly the author of the Six Points for a successful coup.

[olegramps]

43. Firstly, thanks for the information. It is major reason that I support this site.

The major issue for me is will those who actually engineered the insurrection be held accountable. It seems to me that we have an ton of information, yet to date little accountability. I don't mean to be critical, but our system's determination to protect the innocent can be misused to escape any punitive action. This is especially true for those with deep pockets. It results in an uneven application of law and punishment.

[Farmer-Rick]

44. War room??? Are they Levying war against US democracy?

They weren't running a war. They were planning to overthrow US democracy and put in King Trump instead.

It's more like a den of traitors then a war room. But that said they do meet all the requirements for levying war against the United States.

I think there is enough evidence to indicate that Trump and his fellow insurrectionists were levying war against the United States.

"There are two ways to commit treason: levying war against the government or providing aid or comfort to the enemy.

Levying War
Levying war isn't limited to formally declaring war. It includes any forcible opposition to the execution of a public law. Such "forcible opposition" ordinarily requires actual use of force by multiple people with the common purpose of preventing some law from being enforced. Weapons aren't always required; sheer numbers can be enough.

Merely conspiring to overthrow the government isn't levying war—there must be an actual assemblage of people who are ready and intend to use force. So, no person acting alone can be guilty of levying war."

https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/treason.htm

The link further outlines the requirements for levying war and this combined with the attack meet all the requirements for Treason. This is out and out Treason.

[Aviation Pro]

46. Dumbest fucking criminals evah

Who the fuck videos the planning and staging of a coup?

Fucking morons, that's who.

Also, yet another 'W' hotel in Washington that join the anals (misspelling intended) of the Watergate.

[Justice matters.]

51. Maybe because they know they are white, rich, and powerful... and that nothing will be done to stop

them? To hold them accountable for their crimes, and treasonous actions?

At this point, looking forward to what? The end of the Rule Of Law? The next overthrow attempt to be successful?

[UCmeNdc]

48. K&R

Inquiring minds want to know......

[Baitball Blogger]

52. That guy at the end of the reel looks sick. He knows it's game over for the

revolution because the national guard was called in.

[malaise]

53. I hope they have subpoenaed Flynn's brother

That is all

[tanyev]

54. Kickety kick!

So much good info in this thread.

[Skittles]

55. these fuckers really thought they were going to pull this off

and they have the NERVE they call themselves PATRIOTS

[lagomorph777]

57. Will Garland's DOJ look at ANY of this?

Please?

[bucolic_frolic]

59. Thugs in suits, designer jeans, and fleece coats are still thugs

Somebody was trying to thread the needle but there were too many unpredictable parts and not enough brainpower. Which you'd kind of expect.

[sunonmars]

60. I bet that room stank by the end of that mess.

[peppertree]

62. Willard Hotel. How appropriate.

Seeing as it was full of rats that day.

[Snackshack]

63. And....

According to Sydney Powell the entire objective that day was to delay congress certification of the election. So that a lawsuit could be brought before the SCOTUS Justice Alito was aware and waiting for this.

https://www.newsweek.com/sidney-powell-drags-justice-samuel-alito-supreme-court-january-6-mess-1632896?amp=1

[Crataegus]

64. Seth Abramson has been on this for awhile

I hope this helps to expose these bastards.
They need to pay for their betrayal.

[Grasswire2]

76. yep, Seth Abramson was first with this story, and still digging.

Kudos.

When Liz Cheney mentioned the war meeting at the Willard, I said "Seth Abramson" to myself.

We wouldn't have already known this without his persistence.

[summer_in_TX]

78. Seth has been working from posted photos.

He's been doing the painstaking work of matching snippets of wallpaper, lampshades, and furniture in the photos to add to the list of those who were present at the Willard on the 5th and 6th.

Senators are on the list too, including Tuberville.

[Grasswire2]

79. "curatorial journalism"

some might say "forensic"

[summer_in_TX]

80. He's devoted his full self to gathering the evidence.

To the detriment of other aspects of his life and livelihood.

[lindysalsagal]

65. It's all right out in the open. No attempt to hide any of it. Sedition. With the obvious

cast and crew. No surprises here. Lock them all up.

[FelineOverlord]

66. The Willard Hotel is a very expensive hotel

It's a beautiful hotel.

https://washington.intercontinental.com/

Roger Stone and InfoWars rented suites with common rooms.

Some of the suites are named after Presidents.

https://washington.intercontinental.com/guest-rooms-suites/suites/

[Wednesdays]

69. K&R. nt

[tblue37]

72. "What was really being planned at the Willard Hotel before the January 6th insurrection?"

Why, the January 6th insurrection, of course.

[SunImp]

74. Hope we find evidence to lock all these scum up for good

[love_katz]

81. Kick!

[elleng]

82. 'Civil' war

[spooky3]

83. Interesting that they weren't staying at the Trump Hotel. Nt

[Skittles]

86. is that Robert Hyde THIS Robert Hyde

scumbag extraordinairre?

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/who-robert-hyde-latest-character-trump-impeachment-scandal-has-wild-n1116656

[malaise]

87. Yes

Heard in on TV late last night

[malaise]

88. Yes

Heard in on TV late last night

[Skittles]

90. haha he sounds like one piece of work Trump whore

[calimary]

89. EXPOSED: Schmucks on Parade.

Wish we could just drop a net on the whole miserable lot of 'em and then empty the net into prison.

[FelineOverlord]

91. The Willard Hotel "war room"

It was apparently discussed in “Peril”

Has anyone on DU read this book?

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[FelineOverlord]

92. The Washington Post is finally on it

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