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FBI official admits no guns were recovered from protesters arrested inside Capitol Building

Chuck Ross
The Daily Caller
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:20 UTC

A top FBI counterterrorism official testified on Wednesday that no firearms were recovered during arrests of rioters who breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

"How many firearms were confiscated in the Capitol or on Capitol grounds during that day?" Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson asked Jill Sanborn, the FBI official, during a Senate Homeland Security hearing.

"To my knowledge, we have not recovered any on that day from any other arrests at the scene at this point," replied Sanborn, who serves as FBI assistant director for counterterrorism.

"I don't want to speak on behalf of Metro and Capitol police, but, to my knowledge, none," she added.

Sanborn also said that no shots were fired at the Capitol, save for the one fired by a police officer that killed Ashli Babbit, an Air Force veteran from California.

"I believe that the only shots that were fired were the ones that resulted in the death of the lady," Sanborn testified, referring to Babbit.

Babbit was shot while attempting to enter a restricted area of the Capitol.

Johnson noted that more than 300 people have been charged in connection with the riots, 40 of which have been charged with assault.

Sanborn said that nobody at the Capitol has faced weapons charges, though a firearm was recovered from a van containing Molotov cocktails that was found near the Capitol.

Though no firearms were recovered, dozens of police officers were injured during the Capitol attack. Videos posted online show rioters using a variety of other weapons during confrontations with police officers.

One Capitol police officer, Brian Sicknick, died during the melee, though the cause of death has not been officially released.

Comment: Meanwhile it appears that more likely suspects are sliding away:

The disparity between how federal prosecutors apply the law to Trump supporters and those associated with Antifa is anything but equal.

Below are two such cases that occurred in the same D.C. locale, on the same day and arrested for the same offense.
It appears government prosecutors have a propensity to drop the charges of those associated with leftist groups like Antifa and overcharge those on the right who support President Trump.

Here is an example:

One Antifa member was caught with a gun and arrested on January 6th on weapons charges. But Leslie Grimes was later released despite lying to officers about the gun in their vehicle.

Via NBC News:
Leslie Grimes and two fellow antifa members drove to Washington from Michigan to counter-demonstrate during the Trump rally. According to one of Grimes' friends, the group walked around for a while but returned to the car after Grimes was roughed by some Trump supporters.

As the trio were getting into the car, they were surrounded by officers who said someone had reported that they were seen "putting weapons in the trunk," according to a video of the encounter posted on Facebook.

One of the three denied that there were any weapons in the car, but officers found a handgun in the trunk.

Grimes was taken into custody on a charge of possessing an unlicensed gun after she told the officers the firearm belonged to her. She spent the night in jail, but authorities declined to move forward with charges, according to her attorney.

The friend said he does not understand how police knew there was a gun in the car. "It was in the trunk the whole time," the friend said. "How would they know? It doesn't make any sense.
Similarly, two Trump supporters were caught with a gun in their car. But they were not released. The two were arrested after telling officers they had a gun in their car.

Via NBC News:
Charles Snell, 40, and Timothy Wolfe, 32, drove up together from Chesapeake, Virginia, to take part in the Trump rally, arriving about 11 a.m. They had been on the road for about three hours and were excited to take pictures at the event and to be "a part of history," Snell said in an interview.

But they never made it to the rally.

Snell turned into what he thought was a public parking garage on 12th Street, just a couple of blocks from the National Mall.

A security guard stopped the car and asked whether they had any weapons inside, Snell said. Snell, a private security guard himself, had a handgun in his backpack in the back seat. Wolfe told the guard that he had a gun on the floorboard, a Glock 9 mm with 12 rounds in the magazine.

The two men were placed under arrest on charges of carrying a pistol without a license, possession of unregistered ammunition and possession of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device.

"It was my fault," Snell said. "I didn't research it before I came, or I wouldn't have brought fingernail clippers on my key ring. Heck no."

"I'm doing security," he added. "If I get some kind of conviction, I might end up losing my license."

Snell said they brought their guns only for security during travel to and from Washington.
This is a stunning example of the double standard and lies coming from our media and Washington DC.

Reader Comments

Psstoffgoy · 2021-03-05T18:20:14Z

Now the FBI (For Business Interests) needs to admit there wasn't a riot either, but then hell would freeze over first!

OhSoCuriouSo · 2021-03-05T18:45:30Z

If history proves nothing else, it's that insurrectionists often go to the party without guns.

codis · 2021-03-05T18:50:27Z

I suppose the Capitol Rio Story has served its purpose, and can be buried now ...

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-03-05T19:33:23Z

Pigs, pigs, pigs, pigs.

R.C.

DeliciousTears · 2021-03-05T20:16:23Z

The narrative will remain the same.

"A violent insurrection of ultra right wing Trump supporters who during a riot stormed the capitol and caused the deaths of 5 people"

All lies but that never stopped a good story.

Any details on those other three 'deaths'? We got the Ashli being murdered... the guard who first was struck by a fire extinguisher but later died of a stroke... What about the other 3????

IncenDiary · 2021-03-05T20:24:24Z

Search google for no guns at capitol and find only articles about guns at the capitol.. all lies of course. Search anywhere else for no guns at capitol and find articles about no weapons at capital "riot" .... the lies are thick, thick, thick on this globe... gotta love those psychopaths!

Nada · 2021-03-06T02:29:33Z

Former FBI Agent Ted Gunderson admitted and exposed many things.[Link]

"In 2008, Gunderson stated that he had tested positive for arsenic and cyanide poisoning.[15] Dr. Edward Lucidi, a medical doctor treating Gunderson, stated that Gunderson's fingers were turning black, a characteristic symptom of arsenic poisoning.[16] Dr. Lucidi, along with published medical journals, also states that a common effect of arsenic poisoning is bladder cancer.[16][17] On July 31, 2011 Gunderson's son reported that his father had died from bladder cancer.[18]"

[Link]

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-03-06T03:01:01Z

Nada Did not know that. Thanks!

That's the type of cancer that I had five times. (from about age 33 - 53) I've never felt it was 'natural'; I never smoked, etc. I HAVE been hated by the pigs* for a long, long time. Thanks.

*And I'm sure I'm doing myself no favors by so accurately and often describing over 80+% of police forces, prosecutors, et al., as 'pigs.'

RC