March 14, 2022

Um, Senator Mastriano? Are You Seeing This?

This weekend, LancasterOnline published this:

Federal investigators obtained a search warrant targeting a Central Pennsylvania man who they believe may have evidence documenting how a far right group planned to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's presidential victory on Jan. 6, 2021.

A Justice Department court filing, made public on Tuesday, shows federal prosecutors obtained a search warrant for an unnamed individual living in Carlisle who is alleged to be an “upper tier” member of the Proud Boys, an all-male group whose members have a record of using violence and the threat of violence in support of former President Donald Trump and public demonstrations organized by conservative activists.

The document was filed as part of the government’s prosecution of Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the former leader of the group who was arrested on Tuesday and charged with conspiracy and obstructing an official proceeding, among other charges. It also revealed that two search warrants were sought in connection – one for a Carlisle, Pennsylvania, resident, and a second for a North Carolina man.

They continue:

The government believes the Carlisle resident, referred to only as “Person 3,” contributed to an “encrypted message group” where Tarrio and other members discussed ways to interfere with the January 6 certification of Biden’s win in the November 2020 election.

Person 3 is a Proud Boy who uses the alias “Johnny Blackbeard,” LNP |Lancaster Online was able to confirm. Information found online shows that the alias belongs to John Charles Stewart, a Carlisle resident who was first identified as a member of the Harrisburg Proud Boys chapter in a data leak last summer from the web hosting platform Epik.

Senator, isn't Carlisle Pennsylvania in Cumberland County?

It's the county seat, in fact.

And Senator doesn't your legislative district include parts of Cumberland County?

Yes it does, in fact.

So isn't it safe to assume that John Charles Stewart, "upper tier" member of the Proud Boys, aka Johnny Blackbeard lives awfully close to your district if not directly within it?

That can't be denied, Senator.

Then there's this:


So Senator, John Charles Stewart, aka "Johnny Blackbeard" upper-tier member of the Proud Boys, who lives at the very least close to your legislative district, who was at your rally on 9/12/2020 and who's now being investigated by the same January 6 Committee that subpoenaed you a month or so ago.

Did you ever meet him? If he's interviewed by the committee will he say he knows you? What do you think he'll say about you?

Does any of that that make you nervous?

But here's the thing that should concern all the members of all the groups being investigated for their involvement in Trump's attempted coup - from Lancaster Online:

Asher Meza, an associate of Tarrio’s and a member of the Miami Proud Boys chapter, said he participated in the “Ministry of Self Defense” chat referenced in the Department of Justice’s indictment; he described Blackbeard as an admin of the chat.

Meza said Blackbeard wasn’t in Washington, D.C., on January 6 because he was in the hospital dealing with a medical problem. Schwetz said the same.

"I am 100% sure he was not there,” Schwetz said, though he declined to answer how he is certain. “He was not anywhere on January 6." [Emphasis added.]

But he's still being investigated - all because he's part of the organization(s) that were involved with the insurrection.

But you were there, Senator. You wandered around The Capitol. Shouldn't you be doubly (or triply) nervous about this?

 

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