helmet, goggles and a gas mask. he carried a chemical irritant on the front of his vest. the justice department alleges, mr. is a self-described supporter of the far-right militia group, the three percenters. you can see him with the other alleged three percenters here at the entrance of a tunnel to the capital. allegedly, heave-ho-ing with the crowd to push past police. the justice department further alleges, he used his chemical irritant to spray the face of a, quote, unknown member of the crowd, even though that person posed no threat to him. so that s the person mr. friend seems to have a conscientious objection to arresting. congressman jordan s whistleblower number two, this guy. suspended fbi staff operation specialist, marcus allen. ellen had his top secret security clearance revoked, not only because he had, quote, espoused alternative theories about january 6th, or because the fbi believed mr. allen had
january 6th at the u.s. capitol, a tactical vest, goggles and a gas mask. he carried a chemical irritant on the front of his vest. the justice department alleges mr. bench is a self-described supporter of the far-right militia group the 3%ers. you can see him with the other alleged three%ers here allegedly heave-hoing with the crowd to push past police. the justice department further alleges he used his chemical irritant to spray the face of a quote a member of the crowd even though that person posed no threat to him. congressman jordan s whistle-blower number two is this guy, suspended fbi staff operations marcus allen. allen had his top security clearance evoked not only because espoused january 6th or
the anti-defamation describes the three percenters as a militia movement. as you can see in the pictures of mr. bench at the capitol on january 6th he is wearing chemical irritant canisters and black radio and antenna with a gopro camera on his shoulder. the f.b.i. new him to be armed and dangerous. the good men and women in law enforcement bringing qualified backup to dangerous situations tea life or death consequences. it s a decision that has particular resonance for law enforcement in my law community. a year before he was arrested two f.b.i. agents in my district were shot and killed on the front doorstep while trying to serve an arrest warrant on child porn porns trying to do their job when the suspect opened fire and shot from inside.
appearing in court this morning. these three people are charged with burning an object with the intent to intimidate. also will smith is charged with violating a statute that makes it illegal to maliciously release a chemical irritant like tear gas. now that charge for will smith relates to what he allegedly did at the unite the right rally, which was on that saturday, august 12th. 2017 when all the violence broke out, but the burning of an object charge for all three of these men pertains to that torch rally that took place in charlottesville the night before the unite the right rally. that was on that friday evening, august 11th. 2017 when a group of white supremacists and white nationalists marched through the streets of charlottesville, they marched onto the campus of the university of virginia, chanting things like jews will not replace us and blood and soil was a phrase they used. that s a reference. these are charges being brought on this now we re held to get to your second que
believes could be actually the biggest threat. coming from china and their possible number one option before going to military. can you explain that? well, yeah, that s exactly right. i you know, i think a lot of times in washington we can get caught up in seeing taiwan is just some sort of irritant in the u. s china relationship and not an actual country that has enough functioning, healthy democracy that s under attack. not militarily right now. but in lots and lots of other ways. we re talking about massive political interference. economic coercion, information warfare, cyber warfare. it s not a coincidence that china invited ah, the former taiwanese president from the opposition party to counter program against size trip to the united states, and this is a real threat. but it s a harder one to talk about, because we re not good at dealing with this information and cyber attacks and political interference, and the taiwanese are saying we need to focus more on that and less on the at