Despite the weak evidence outlined in the indictment, this looks like a case of specific DOJ and FBI targeting of political voices. The regime will not be opposed…
Brandon Straka was the founder of the #WalkAway movement. He was also a key organizer for the Stop the Steal group during the January 6th political protest in Washington DC.
WASHINGTON DC – A prominent activist in the Stop the Steal movement who spoke at a rally held by backers of President Donald Trump in Washington the day before the storming of the Capitol was arrested on Monday on charges that he took part in the riot.
Brandon Straka, 44, was arrested on a felony charge of interfering with police during civil disorder. The self-described founder of a movement to “walk away” from liberalism was also charged with unlawful entry into a restricted building and disorderly conduct.
An FBI agent’s affidavit used to obtain a criminal complaint against Straka describes his role as an organizer of Stop the Steal and quotes his comments at the Jan. 5 rally held at Freedom Plaza, but doesn’t indicate whether the government views those activities as context for his actions at the Capitol or part of the alleged crimes.
FBI Special Agent Jeremy Desor said that videos revealed that during the melee, Straka was part of a crowd pushing toward a Capitol doorway. Desor doesn’t contend that Straka went into the building, but says that as others tried to charge through the entrance, the activist shouted: “Go! Go!”
Desor said that as a Capitol police officer tried to make his way through the crowd with a riot shield over his head, Straka urged others to wrestle it from him. “Take it away from him,” Straka allegedly yelled. “Take it! Take it!” (read more)
On January 8th Facebook took down Brandon Straka’s group without warning and without any citation for the reasoning. On January 25th the DOJ files a criminal indictment against him????….. Curiouser and Curiouser.
The Real President Donald J.Trump has announced the U.S. Capital Southern Command ( my words). Now begins the the counter coup against the CCP Puppet Regime. As far as Straka- he’s a showboat.
Straka did a great deal to bring many disaffected and disillusioned libs/dems into the conservative movement. He was on the front lines fighting with us at great personal risk. He is being targeted to send a message. Step out out of line and you will be crushed. At a minimum the libs will make it very costly to disagree with them. Many on the conservative side are cowering now, message received.
The “disaffection” of libs/dems is as slow as molasses in January, as they used to say…
I NEVER have looked at candidates as either Democrat or Republican. I voted for the MAN, Nixon, my first time out in 1972 (at age 24; I was just too young to vote in 1968, before they changed the voting age from 21 to 18), because he seemed the smartest of those presented for our vote.
Then (skip over long story here) I wound up voting for Democrats for the next 8 presidential elections, through 2004. In 2008, Obama ushered in The Insane Left, all radical, all the time…and all false all the time, and I had to vote for McCain (actually, for Palin) and then Romney, and everyone now sees the evil is a gigantic, pulsing Blob on both side of the “aisle”. Those still living with their pre-Obama blinkers on, are now being used against all of us who KNOW, now, how rotten the last 60+ years have been for America, politically.
The assassination of JFK should have caused the dissolution of both Republican and Democrat “parties” — a general walkaway from both. Because the fix was in, way back then…and they got away with it, the first great American coup(!)
I will never cower. Dignity and Integrity, that is what they cannot take from me.
Not only that but
I will NOT Consent to being governed by this group of clown
I will NOT comply with illegal edicts, EO and law from and ILLEGITIMATE pResidency
Fear not foolish thuggery, for the seeds that are sown by cheap threats grow a mighty Forest of opposition.
Your description of Straka is accurate and the exact reason he was indicted. It is obvious that the DOJ/FBI have zero interest in restoring any trust in their agencies.
FBI – Arrest Straka. Ignore Hunter Biden’s laptop and protect the many crimes of Congress which are eons worse.
I call BS on your assessment of Brandon Straka. Showboats don’t risk arrest, not to mention his tireless work for the MAGA effort. He is being unfairly targeted by the FBI and DOJ, two agencies that have zero faith from the public.
100 percent. He’s being targeted because he’s one of the most effective conservative activists around and they are terrified of him. And they are definitely sending a warning.
The KGBI is working hard to eliminate themselves.
Arresting the Political Opposition is infantile and increases opposition.
Are there any reliable organizations yet to give support to individuals like Brandon Straka? Many of us believe that the FBI either sees it’s mission as, or is being used to punish conservatives. It will be interesting to see if all of that supposed evidence against Straka exists. And in the meanwhile, they’ll try their darnedest to ruin his life and discredit him.
Best question around.
We need Sundance to give us some pointers about who is safe to give to and how. Including Bitcoin options. And updated whenever something positive goes to the dark side as we have seen so many times.
Of course he was targeted, but not everyone is going to cower. This could reinforce determination to enact change. Poking the bear repeatedly does not always make the bear back down.
Straka doesn’t strike me as someone who cowers based on his original political positions as a liberal and the personal transformation he underwent to enact positive change for America and create a national movement.
Amen, he is fearless. He is a perfect messenger for the movement. He’s attractive, well-informed and well-spoken. And yes he has been wildly successful with his #Walkaway campaign. Primary reason they intend to crush him.
Straka experienced harrassment and insult and alienation from his “friends”… from his “community” in the beginning of his journey of enlightenment. That strengthened his resolve … focus on truth.
He encouraged others to listen, to read and to think…. to seek truth; to know.
He offered his personal journey.
He has lead by example.
~He is dangerous to the deceptors.
~>God, Bless Mr. Straka.
We talk about him ass if he’s dead. Why they fight for us is beyond me. It must be that they fight for the country as we don’t support him but Romney and the rest of the dirty deeds done dirt expensive get free reign. Then I get called a troll for stating truths that we don’t want to hear.
A showboat that brought over a million Democrats to the MAGA movement. He deserves better.
Early on I thought he was out for himself and to make a splash. It was after hearing an interview with him that I changed my mind. He certainly likes being in the limelight, but he knew his stuff.
Brandon brought up lots of little things that the left hit Trump with as negatives. He talked about how the MSM twisted things out of context and distorted Trump’s words.
Absolutely. Wish we had thousands of “showboats” like him.
It’s the cowering cowards who call a guy with as much integrity as he has a “showboat.”
He is trying to TEACH Conservatives we have to be out and VISIBLE like the Left so that we will count.
The poster who said this has had so many dubious posts.
Brandon on the other hand is a warrior. I’ll take a thousand visible hairdresser ex libs fighting righteously for the cause now over a decepticon poster trying to blast one of our own in his moment of need.
We can never resist tossing those on our side under the bus. He led a movement that opened the eyes on thousands of people but lets dismiss him as a showboat. Then we wonder why…
Straka is a showboat, but that is not a crime.
In Straka’s case, it’s a positive.
We’re supposed to get visible.
We are powerless by doing nothing and hiding out when the going gets rough.
The Left is using “force multipliers,” pretending there are more of them by being out and loud.
Our decepticon posters are doing psy ops “force minimizing” trying to tell us being openly Conservative is negative, let’s all let Trump be the only one working on his own so he can be a single, lonely, vulnerable opposition.
I don’t think so.
I stand with #WalkAway
President Trump is a showboat too, a very good one. We need people like that to stir life in some people
BS about Straka. Few has fought as hard to get Trump reelected.
I have met him. This truly is a passion for him, to get people to #WalkAway.
Straka brought a lot of Dems into the Repub party and untold number of votes to President Trump in Nov. You need a public face and leadership skills in order to do that. A showboat is someone who is in the for fame for themselves and never produces any results. That is not the definition of Brandon Straka.
Straka is NOT a showboat. He has worked tirelessly for MAGA. He’s not a politician rather a gay hairdresser from NYC who saw the light. Calling him a showboat diminishes both the MAGA movement and yourself.
You misspelled “man of courage” as you cower in the basement.
We need loud and proud Conservatives and defectors from liberalism.
Andrew Breitbart asked people to be open about their Conservativism, get into the political sphere, get into the culture wars frontline.
Keyboard cowards are necessary too, but blasting prominent patriots of his integrity is serious bull. He and Scott Pressler are awesome.
Trump thought so too and had them to the WH several times.
Play their game.
Brandon Straka is gay.
The ‘Biden administration’ is homophobic.
The DOJ/FBI is persecuting a gay man. ?
The Puppet Administration was inoculated against homophobia when he did away with girls’ sports.
You are never safe from cancel culture. Sadly for poor Plugs Bribed-en, he can be Alinsky-d too.
While that makes no sense at all, it’s exactly right.
Great idea.
You sir are a genius
Already started. He had just moved to Gab and his haters followed him to gloat and I immediately accused them of being homophobic.
Who moved to Gab?
You can find Brandon’s group on Gab under @walkawaycampaign – I just followed them.
I consider myself a very early walkaway – I did it 40 years ago, long before “redpill” was even a thing.
Straka and the #WalkAway team is on CloutHub for now. We, the #WalkAway, are working on setting up a freestanding platform to gather. Where 500,000 + testimonials cannot be extinguished in one stroke.
Awesome. We all need to step up our game and help.
Hoist these Federal Bureau of Intimidation sons of witches on their own petard !
The FBI are homophobes ! Just keep repeating it.
It totally pisses me off how the right does not know how to fight back. Quit whining and give the FBI a bloody nose.
Straka has removed his chains and left the WOKE plantation. Make the Democrats OWN their oppression and bigotry.
OPPRESSIVE OBAMA SUCKS !
I know I’m just venting here, but please remember that the gutless GOP is responsible for our 2-tier justice system and subsequent loss of Constitutional rights. They never never pushed back when Obama set this in motion and the Dems/media attacked Trump (and us) daily. Only a handful of patriots like Jordan tried. Now there is no limit on what they can do to us. None
Unless there is actual proof, it didn’t happen.
The data is the proof. Read Jay Valentine on American Thinker about industrial scale fraud. The truth doesn’t go away. It keeps dripping out, and more and more people become aware. In the end, only about 20% max will still believe, or say they believe, that the election wasn’t stolen.
I agree with you John about the Election. I was talking about Brandon S. If there is no proof, it didn’t happen.
Brandon did a FB Live of the protest.
FBI makes up ‘evidence’ all the time.
That’s called a 302 file
The process is the punishment. They will break him like they broke Dinesh D’Sousa.
Dinesh isn’t broken.
He was until Trump pardoned him.
Dinesh wasn’t broken. Dinesh has been a speaker at #WalkAway events.
That’s for sure!
They TRIED to break Dinesh but failed.
I’d like to point out how slow was the FBI to arrest any of the ANTIFA thugs smashing, bashing, burning our cities around the country. The rapidity with which they step in to silence opposition of the ruling elites should alarm us all. More concerning than that, to all of us, should be the power of Facebook to silence all those with opinions against the Democratic Uniparty. I used to be a Democrat. Decades. We need the hashtag walkaway to rise again, and support the Brandon Strakas and Candace Owens of the world.
Didn’t take the deep state long to start doing the Democrats bidding.
They’ve been doing that for a long time. It is just becoming increasingly blatant.
They did not just start. They have been doing the democrats’ bidding since Obama crashed the scene. It became blatant with Hillary’s email issue and it mushroomed when Trump entered the fray. The deep state includes the 3-letter agencies and the judiciary. Now there is no one to push back even a little as the republicans roll over and approve all of Biden’s radical, conflict of interest and anti-American appointees.
Brandon Straka had a group of people who did nothing but follow him on twitter and bash him. He made the mistake of preaching love and kindness and gentleness and over a half a million left the Democrat Party and disavowed them and he was a tireless and strong supporter of Trump. Brandon also spoke a lot about the warmth and acceptance he got from Evangelical Christians even if they did not approve of his homosexuality and how their love was such a contrast to the hate filled Democrats. One of his messages was the LGBT community doesn’t need to be fearful of the majority of the Evangelical community because they aren’t violent and hateful and actually take their Christian principals seriously. They can be allies of fellow patriots. Brandon announced he was about to run for office as a Republican/Trump supporter and he would have made a candidate of tremendous force among the LGBT community, especially White male gay men who are feeling the antiWhite attacks from the left. I think their plan is going to be to force him to accept a plea bargain on some Federal charge that will prevent him from being able to run for office and to take away his ability to vote.
I think they over-reached. Seems like most of the charging elements are easily factually disputed.
He needs really, really good counsel.
Big Tech’s Jingjing and Chacha at work.
I know Brandon Straka pretty well. He is incredibly courageous and committed. As the saying goes, “converts are the most passionate and effective spokes people for conservatism.” This man did NOTHING wrong and is being targeted – plain and simple. He is a big-time threat to the far left and they want to eliminate him from the game. Brandon will fight and I will back him to the teeth. They picked the wrong guy.
Gays and minorities are streaming to conservative causes – this won’t stop. With actions like this, the move will accelerate.
I don’t know Brandon, but he doesn’t strike me as the type to take this lying down. The Swamp picked someone they wanted to make an example of… instead they will make a martyr of him.
The Walk Away movement was about being red pilled. So many of the people who posted videos on their Walk Away moment weren’t slavishly following Straka, but walking away from the Swamp.
I agree. Having met him at his Rallies he will be strengthened by this. As will those of us who walk with him.
They try to smear us… but we are a movement based on peaceful protests. Love is abundant at the rallies.
He is no MLK Jr, but he is fighting for the same. Freedom.
Straka is not black. I guess I don’t get your point about “he is not MLK Jr”.
I am with you teehee. Agree with everything you say.
I don’t believe anything the FBI puts out. No one should. We are well aware that they are frauds and even the ones who may consider themselves “ethical” will not speak out and will continue to promote lies. I saw an article the other day about a Texas man who was arrested after a tip from his family and yes the man was there. But the FBI said that the man even threatened to murder his family and the family pushed back on that claim. WARNING: Do not talk to the FBI about anything without having a lawyer and a recorder present.
Total police state situation and radically unequal application of the laws.
Has there been any information on donating to his defense fund? I know “Go fund me” isn’t available to anyone that is a believer of freedom of thought. The fact that the FBI is so corrupt is truly frightening.
I remember when Brandon Straka started the Walkaway movement, and I remember thinking two things: One, I thought this was exactly the type of movement the GOP needed to bring more people into the fold, and two, Straka was exactly the type of charismatic leader to make it happen. If you haven’t seen it and can find it on the internet, seek out his interview with Mark Levin on Life, Liberty, and Levin. There is a lot of honest substance in his story.
I was thinking just the other day about other potential party leaders besides President Trump whether he goes 3rd party or leads a movement to take over the GOP, and Brandon was one of the first people to come to mind. His arrest and the deplatforming of his FB page lead me to believe the Left are afraid of the sway he holds with many of their former constituents.
And yes, we should all be screaming from the rooftops about how homophobic the Obiden administration is. What’s good for the goose and all…
The Political KGBI, always at the ready to serve the Deep Cesspool.
Meanwhile, the coward Bill Barr couldn’t bring himself to indict, much less arrest, real insurrectionists.
#WalkAway may now become #RunAway.
Exactly! Barr and the US Attorney in DC absolutely refused to bring federal riot charges against ANTIFA and BLM. In fact, when Rand Paul with his family was assaulted along with a few hundred other Republican guests at the White House after the Republican Presidential Convention he went to the United States Attorney and asked him to investigate ANTIFA and BLM especially their financing and leadership. They guy REFUSED!!!!
Not to mention Comey, Brennan, Strozk, at al.
Barr is Bush Crime Family. He just got his friend Mueller off the hook. That was his only reason for wanting to be AG.
Good point.
Power button.
Wait a second. You mean they charged him for quoting Maxine Waters?
Brilliant.
______________ The Road to January 6th ______________
November 3, 2020 – Election night president Trump leads challenger Joe Biden by large margins in swing states PA, MI, WI, & GA so it appears to be a repeat of 2016.
PHOTOS: Trump supporters take to streets around country to protest results (ksat.com)
November 7, 2020 – After days of finding ballots in 3 of those 4 swing states the media declares Joe Biden won the election and will be the next president. Thousands of Trump supporters gathered at state capitols that Saturday, Nov. 7th, to protest Stop the Steal
‘This isn’t over!’: Trump supporters refuse to accept defeat (apnews.com)
November 14, 2020 – Stop the Steal goes nationwide, now dubbed Million MAGA March. One week later, about 10 days after the election nearly a million patriots from around the country descended on Washington to display their displeasure with the manipulation of ballot counting that resulted in the election being called for Joe Biden.
PHOTOS: Scenes From The Million MAGA March | Washingtonian (DC)
December 12, 2020 – One month later they gathered again in Washington, DC
This time Antifa & BLM were ready to cause mayhem when the sun went down. Overall crowd size was smaller from the previous protest but still hundreds of thousands showed up for this Stop the Steal Rally.
PHOTOS: Trump Supporters, Counterprotesters Clash In Washington : NPR
January 6, 2021 – Trump supporters return to the nation’s capitol one last time
Once again they came from the farthest reaches of North America to plead with Congress to wait before certifying the election results until after allegations of massive election fraud have been cleared up. By far the largest crowd; over a million patriots gathered peacefully and marched around the streets of DC. The fake news media ignored all of them and only focused on a small group of non-Trump agitators and troublemakers who made their way into the Halls of Congress.
The more these DC clowns appear to persecute, the more patriots they create. Hell, let ’em keep doing what they are doing.
They are actually helping to make our point. The ones that see and wake up will help.
The people that refuse to see are too stupid to be on our side. They can be the Soylent Green Brigade and support the appetites of their government masters.
It stands for “Gravatar”.
I don’t see any any reasonable jury finding him guilty, it’s the people’s house not the FBI’s play pen.
Do you think there will be a “jury”?
The operative word in your statement is “reasonable”. We are probably talking about a DC trial, here.
Stop the Steal run by Ali and Straka were very effective in the election fight. They organized real people protests. The Uniparty can’t have any of that on our side. The Uniparty just is ok with BLM and Antifa. Once again we see our great FBI in action always quick to get our side while condoning the Globalists side.
Straka didn’t participating in Stop the Steal, as far as I know. He just spoke at their rally.
It has now been proven. They are after all of us. Trump was just in the way.
Wow. Crappy affadavit. Enough holes to drive a truck through. But Antifa walks free.
An fbi agent said, if I was a juror that would be instant Not Guilty.
This is a coordinated attack.
This guy is so positive, so moving, so convincing, so genuine, so impassioned AND HE GETS OFF HIS REAR TO DO SOMETHING. He is motivating, and waking up Lefties.
And he has non stop been organizing to oppose the Left and trying to tell Conservatives we MUST do that because the Left is doing so all day long making them appear more numerous than they are.
1) Fascist-book took down his channel and deleted his hundreds of thousands of testimonials of Dems who left the party in disgust.
2) Now the FB Lie goes after him in ways they never have for Code Pink and Kavanaugh posters who have gone into Senate offices repeatedly.
3) This opens the way for the other colluders to begin de-banking him like Trump.
#I STAND WITH BRANDON … support this patriot!
I remember when Straka was interviewed by Tucker and the impression I got was a sincere transformation by Straka. How can we help him?
I am really sorry this happened to him and now i guess we all know what life is going to be like should we try to go to one of President Trump future rallies should he choose to hold one.. From the looks of things We need to protect each other from all of this junk they keep throwing at us.. may god help us to find peace and continue to have faith
WHAT is “hateful” ~>?
WHAT is “obscene” ~>?
Brandon released from jail today
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/breaking-judge-orders-walkaway-founder-brandon-straka-released-prison-pending-preliminary-hearing/
“Straka was functioning as a journalist. He was filming the events, not creating them. He is a leader of a movement of almost a million ex-democrats. He was using his camera to show his followers exactly what was going on.
it’s important to actually look at the events that are going on. There is no fighting. There is pushing. There is two way traffic. The people at the door are not overwhelmed by the crowd because they maintain their position. Straka’s hands are used to hold the camera and steady himself in the crowd, not direct or guide others.
As a Follower of his movement I rely on what he reports to understand what is happening. He is every bit as much a a journalist as any of the network people that might’ve gone there with a cameraman holding a microphone reporting on the crowd, embedded in it.
I don’t see him urging “walk away“ members to invade the capital, and his genuine confusion as to whether they are going in or not is evident. At no time in this video do representatives of the capital police, or the capital police, or other officials tell the crowd members they cannot go into the building.
No one is telling them they are breaking the law.
Somebody opened the doors to the building and they were all still on their hinges.
The idea of the first person narrative of Mr. Strake is born out when he turns the camera onto himself and declares that they are being gassed. He is communicating with the people who are at home. He was not leading a group into the building, nor did he go in.
Irrespective of what he calls himself he was functioning as a citizen Journalist and he had a right to be there and to report to us what was actually happening. He clearly was not inciting, or damaging.
It is obvious that the prosecution of him is SELECTIVE and intended as payback for costing the left a million votes in the last election.
There would be no prosecution of Michael Moore were he there as a documentary filmmaker.
And Straka was simply recording the truth. Clearly a political hit. Straka has his own video-blog and regularly hosts political discussions. He is a journalist.
January 27, 2021” ~~ from a poster over at Citizen FreePress
This was posted on FB 35 minutes ago:
Patriots,
The entire #WalkAway team wants to thank you for your concern for Brandon. We want to let you all know that Brandon has been released from jail and is doing well. There is a long road ahead of him but he’s strong and he’s looking forward to the future.
We’ve had a lot of people ask how they can support Brandon’s legal defense. We are looking into a solid platform that can handle this type of initiative so we’ll let you know once we have that worked out.
Based on the advice of counsel, Brandon will be taking some time with friends and family that support him, so you won’t hear from him much for the time being- but he asked that I convey to you that he appreciates all of the support so much and he’s thinking about all of you during this time. The team will continue to update you as we can. Thanks so much for your support and well wishes.
God Bless,
#WalkAway Team
Where is Brandon Straka and why don’t they show the tape they claim they have. I have never seen it. This is outrageous. Brandon was never a violent person. He is being framed.
Hi Laurie, I came here for any current info about him? What happened to him is horrible. His early comments about how after 2016 he could not believe that so many Americans were so horrible as to put Trump in office. He looked for answers, and sought the truth for himself. Very inspiring.