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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 404 - Man arrested in Capitol attack says he worked for the FBI

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Thomas Edward Caldwell, who was arrested for playing a role in the attack on the United States Capitol says he worked for the FBI and has had a top secret security clearance since 1979. Let's dig in to what's really going on here.If you listen to The Breakdown and want to help support the work we do, consider becoming a member of our Patreon at www.patreon.com/thebreakdown for exclusive members perks and early access to content.

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0:00.0

A whole lot of information is starting to come out about who actually planned, coordinated,

0:10.0

and attacked the American capital.

0:12.8

And here's the thing, all of it was filmed, not only was it on the news in real time,

0:18.7

but all of them were streaming live.

0:21.2

And so there are literally tens of thousands, over 100,000 different photos and videos.

0:28.4

And what we're starting to understand is that many of the primary leaders of the attack,

0:35.5

and today we just learned about a new one, worked for the FBI.

0:42.3

These are the things we always expected to be true, but now the evidence is coming out.

0:49.2

I'm going to unpack and explain it.

0:51.8

Also one of the primary leaders of the ProBboys was a long time FBI informant that just came

0:57.2

out, and one of the leaders of the Oath Keepers, another white supremacist organization, was

1:03.8

found to have been an employee of the FBI, a retired military officer, who had the highest

1:10.3

security clearance you could get.

1:12.8

It's a lot.

1:13.8

Let me unpack and explain it.

1:15.3

Let's break it all down.

1:16.7

This is Sean King, and you are listening to...

1:19.7

The Break Down.

1:37.6

One of the strangest, most problematic things of the Trump era is something I don't think

1:47.6

I've ever really had the time or taken the time to unpack here on the show.

1:53.2

But because Trump, who we all love and despise and is a horrible human being, because Trump

2:02.5

started to attack and criticize the FBI, what happened is a lot of people love whatever

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