See Addendum under Swedish scarf for update.
Hmmm, sadly, the original highlight of Rodriguez has disappeared. Perhaps a rollback being I can't see that any others have been removed.
Danny Rodriguez, Ed Badalian and "Swedish Scarf" , members of the "PATRIOTS 45 MAGA GANG” of California, preplanned January 6 violence.
Sentenced 1) Daniel Rodriguez AKA“DJ” Rodriguez , California, QAnon, only indictment on site. "PATRIOTS 45 MAGA GANG” out of California He assaulted officer Michael Fanone, who was dragged, tazed and beaten. Rodriguez is a well-known and proud pro-MAGA minion. Rodriguez used a flagpole and a ***stun gun-like weapon to assault Fanone. He collected broken furniture pieces to use for weapons and battering tools. Here he is trying to break through a window. https://twitter.com/waterspider__/status/1350122214931091458 also here https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1355665078708658179 Charged with: One count of Impeding, Obstructing, or Interfering with a Law Enforcement Officer During the Commission of a of Civil Disorder that Obstructs an Official Proceeding;one count of Assaulting a Federal Officer with a Dangerous Weapon;one count of Theft of Government Property; one count of Destruction of Government Property; and three counts of Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building Without Lawful Authority. Indicted on eight ( 8) counts Rodriguez pleaded not guilty on all counts. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/case-multi-defendant/file/1381991/download https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/case-multi-defendant/file/1460061/download Superseding indictment https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/case-multi-defendant/file/1460061/download
"I'm going to take it to trial," Danny Rodriguez claimed. "I guess I'll take my chances with the jury." Judge Amy Jackson presiding. Jury selection begins Feb. 27, 2023. Instead, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, obstruction of justice, and assaulting a law enforcement officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon. Rodriguez admitted to assaulting MPD Officer Michael Fanone with a taser during the breach of the U.S. Capitol. U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson scheduled a sentencing hearing for May 16, 2023. June 21, 23, sentenced to 12.5 years or151 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, restitution of $2,000 to the Architect of the Capitol, and $96,927 to the Metropolitan Police Department for damages to the victim.
Shouts 'Trump won' after receiving a 12.5 year sentence
2) Rodriguez is a Loser45 groupie who went to every rally and talked to the press’ he collected rally pins to put on his hat. He is going to jail for tRUMP … This story also says he assaulted a person in a wheelchair, specifically choosing the most vulnerable in the crowd. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fanone-taser-maga-trump-capitol_n_6037bb23c5b69ac3d35cdb71
3) Here is a partial transcript from the bizarre FBI interview with Rodriguez who cried through the whole interview… https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1449414313169588224
4) Another angle of Danny Rodriguez driving a Taser into Officer Mike Fanone's neck until he had a heart attack and became unconscious...
5) Judge Any Berman asks to see the video of the 2 times Rodriguez tased Officer Fanone. How is it possible she has not seen them yet? Here is his confession on a “Patriot45” chat: "Omg I did so much fucking shit rn and got away tell youu later," Danny Rodriguez confesses in PATRIOTS 45 group chat. "Tazzzzed the fuck out of the blue.” https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1463579858647269379 Mike Fanone's stun gun scars: https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1569698137580650499/photo/1
6) Here is POS Rodriguez saying he tazed Fanone because he was struggling and trying to “help” him. WTAF… https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1465888849981288451 “What do you want me to tell you? That I tased him? Yes. Am I a fucking piece of shit? Yes.” Trump fanatic Rodriguez blubbers like a baby… as he confesses to electroshocking D.C. Officer Mike Fanone on Jan. 6.
Pfficer Fanone video describing his assault to the Jan 6 Committee as they review his Bodycam Footage
Rodriguez says he was “trying to find the truth”through Alex Jones. WTAF? Here he says “We all thought there was going to be Civil War” https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1465857515300741122 Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that the confession of Danny Rodriguez, a Trump supporter from California who electroshocked D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Mike Fanone during the brutal attack on the U.S. Capitol, would be allowed to be introduced as evidence. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/danny-rodriguez-trump-capitol-riot-fanone-taser_n_61c370d3e4b0bcd219475407
7) In their group chat, Rodriguez writes, "Congress can hang. I'll do it. Please let us get these people dear God." https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1465504101668642817 Holy crap! Rodriguez also told an as yet unidentified person that he would assassinate Joe Biden!!! https://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1465447008811073539
8) Daniel Rodriguez motions to suppress FBI interview. He plans to use the "public authority defense" claming that he electroshocked Officer Mike Fanone on behalf of tRUMP. (Jugge answered in 6) https://t.co/rYc16Azomu
9) In the fall of 2020, Rodriguez was the administrator of a Telegram group chat titled PATRIOTS45MAGA Gang. The group, initially created to bring together supporters of former President Trump in the lead-up to the 2020 Presidential election, became a forum for Rodriguez’s plans for violence against the seat of the federal government. In the group, Rodriguez and his co-conspirator, defendant Edward Badalian, wrote hundreds of messages about war and revolution, about traitors and tyrants. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/california-man-sentenced-prison-felony-charges-including-conspiracy-and-assaulting-police
Sentenced 1 Edward Badalian AKA “Trump Ed” AKA Turbo, California, with Daniel Rodriguez and fugitive, #SwedishScarf.( See 3) He wore an American flag gaiter and Armenian-language Trump hat, "PATRIOTS 45 MAGA GANG” out of California “violent fascist and Capitol stormer Edward Badalian, 26, seen here in the West side of the building, overturning furniture and holding the door for looters. Video overturning office desk and chairs.
https://twitter.com/seditiontrack/status/1463610009028341764 (like so many Jan 6 videos on Twatter, this one was removed. By whom? Why?) Arrested: 2021-11-17 Indicted: 2021-11-17 Indicted on four counts(4) Judge Amy Jackson. Convicted by Judge Amy Berman Jackson of conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, and entering and remaining in a restricted building following a bench trial last month. The defendant remains on pre-trial release until sentencing. The sentencing hearing is set for July 21, 2023 at 9:30. Now Sept 26, 2023. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/california-man-convicted-conspiracy-case-involving-jan-6-capitol-breach Sentenced to 51 months prison 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution and fines.
2) According to the superseding indictment, which added a conspiracy charge against him, ‘in the fall of 2020, Badalian, Rodriguez and others created a Telegram group chat, called the “Patriots 45 MAGA Gang,” and used it as a platform to advocate violence against certain groups and individuals that that either supported the 2020 Presidential election results, supported what the group perceived as liberal, or communist ideologies, or held positions of authority in government. The group’s activities included collecting weapons and tactical gear to bring to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, storming past barricades to gain unlawful access to the Capitol, and coordinating activities before, during, and after the riot.’
3) Badalian interupted the judge multiple times to proclaim he had the right to, and was there to ”arrest Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden.”
4) Judge Meriweather decides on standard conditions plus passport surrender, no contact w/ any J6 participant, witness, or victim. Gave up firearms, She decides not to impose either monitoring or curfew as he says he is his grandmother’s caretaker
Fled the country or Fugitive at large??
The neckwear bore the name of a small Swedish town, Skelleftea, which gave away fewer than 1,000 of the scarves to former residents in 2017 as part of an annual tradition. For citizens of the historically neutral country, the presence of the scarf on a Jan. 6 rioter raised the chilling prospect that a fellow Swede may have attempted to interfere in the American transition of power.
At a weekly conservative rally held in Beverly Hills, Belosic — going by the pseudonym Jeff — fell in with a group of right-wing activists who hated masks, loved Trump and came to see the 2020 election as stolen.
1) ** not on DOJ site but now on FBI most wanted, #SwedishScarf, Q-Anon, MAGA anti-masker, came out to Proud Boys events, violent California activist, came with Danny Rodriguez and Ed Badalian of the "PATRIOTS 45 MAGA GANG” out of California, https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1349786753121415169 (Chad loder was permanently suspended yet all he did was upload RW activist violence) Threw a speaker, opened bags in the office, rifled through papers on the desks, and subsequently removed escape hoods from the bags.” Swedish Scarf “carried two emergency escape hoods from the building when he exited.” at the capitol steps, it is going off, the people are breaking down the barriers, the battle has begun.” Indictment: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21117606-rodriguez-badalian-indictment
2) #SwedishScarf different outfits:
Trucker cap + red Swedish scarf
Police Helmet + red Swedish scarf
Black beanie + no scarf.
Black beanie + American flag scarf
No beanie + American flag scarf
Stolen Gas Mask + American flag scarf https://twitter.com/ColumboCaptain/status/1369025059894005765?s=20
Screenshots and timeline for his change of outfits https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iqjjNPz8VA8BHFl1AcSV245J51sLFHxbuPOX3gQK_pg/edit#gid=0
3) SwedishScarf: The redacted indictment says that defendant no. 3 attended right-wing rallies in Huntington Beach and Beverly Hills and twice kicked the door inside the Capitol: (Sound down)
Lots of video of his activism https://twitter.com/VPS_Reports/status/1425553519969329152 (like so many Jan 6 videos on Twatter, this one was removed. By whom? Why?)
4) His name has been revealed but he is still at large: “The other defendant, Paul Belosic, is a Hollywood background actor who has appeared in several music videos and was known to online sleuths as “Swedish Scarf." He is wanted by the FBI.” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-defendant-wanted-arrest-traitors-sentenced-four-years-rcna117261
and more here: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/hollywood-actor-john-mayer-music-video-jan-6-capitol-rcna92375
5) They know he threw a speaker and a speaker is what supposedly struck the foot of Capitol police officer Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, so they might be looking at upping the charges when he is apprehended. Officer Gonell was unable to return to duty as his injuries were that severe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/capitol-riot-police-injuries-trauma/2021/07/23/e008f0f0-d8d8-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html
Addendum:
Now that they know this guys real name... His friends are talking and we can see he is not Swedish, likely stole the scarf, he also lied about his childhood, where he had lived and his schooling (NOT UCLA ... See George Santos for similar crap) IOW, just a California brat who was never rich enough or given enough privilege so he aimed to take it. A selfish Libertarian QAnon POS... and failson who asked others to hold up the ladder so he could climb and then fall... and then still clung to their coattails.
6) With his megaphone and activist skills, He became a leader ot the MAGA Minion Morons on January 6. “Last chance, who wants to make history with me? Who’s a man? Who’s a patriot? I’m going into Capitol Hill by myself — who wants to man the fuck up? Patriots, let’s do this right fucking now!” he shouted into a megaphone. “Liberty or death, gentleman!” the feds say the man told officers as they tried to push rioters out of the tunnel area. “Hold the line!” he allegedly told other rioters as they battled. “Don’t surrender! Fight for Trump!” he allegedly said. “Push forward, Patriots! If you are gonna die, it best be on Capitol Hill!” He should be a "patriot" and turn himself in... https://www.huffpost.com/entry/swedish-scarf-capitol-riot-january-6-trump_n_61a1651ce4b025be1ae976bc
His FBI wanted poster: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/additional/paul-belosic
He went by the name of "Jeff" as a California activist, but also used many other pseudonyms. Many of them were names of old Hollywood actors. His daddy issues likely also contributed to his love for tRUMP. Daniel Rodriques called tRUMP DADDY, as did Milo and other RW nutters.
By coincidence, days after the riot (but before learning about Belosic’s role), Bianca White was chatting with her friend and her husband at her home in Los Angeles about how long it had been since they had seen Belosic, a nearly lifelong friend whom she had met in middle school. “I wouldn’t be surprised if he stormed the Capitol,” she recalls joking.
Belosic had long fostered a reputation for ending up in places he had no place being — typically to comical, charming effect. He once talked his way into a star-studded Oscar party while wearing sweatpants, White recalls. He had danced onstage with Iggy Pop, another friend says. Others recall that he even made it onto the stage at Coachella in 2009 to hand a guitar to Paul McCartney.
“It seemed like he was living for those moments. A little bit for the story, the excitement of it, but also the telling of it after. I think a lot of young men are like that, but the point is, you hope that one would grow out of that,” one friend says.
The author recalls meeting "jeff" at rallies...
Belosic viewed himself as one of the last lines of defense against BLM and black-clad Antifa rioters in a Democrat Blue city that refused to protect itself for fear of liberal censure, White says. He told her that he was in there fighting at “ground zero” during the riots and protests, referring specifically to Beverly Hills.
On Aug. 22, 2020, he had traveled to Beverly Hills from a QAnon “Save Our Children” protest in Hollywood held earlier in the day. Photos from the Hollywood event show Belosic in front of Hollywood High School carrying a sign that reads, “Pedowood wants to fuck eat and drink your children.”
More on Belosic's life here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/hollywood-insurrectionist-capitol-riot-1235558918/
The IMBD for his stage name "Thomas Redding." After reading about the grifter sponge who made others do the grunt work for him and likely resented having to SERVE drinks to Hollywood elite, may have also stolen THAT name as well... https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1561735/