As part of their inquiry, congressional investigators have obtained numerous auto recordings of 1-AP members and are trying to determine how they fit into the broader investigation.

Mr Lewis did not respond to multiple requests for comment,

but in recent months he has told parts of his story

in online videos and podcasts.

He's a podcaster too, cool.

Made up largely of Special Forces veterans and former intelligence officials.

One AP was founded in September 2020 to protect Trump supporters from harassment at rallies

and to safeguard free speech rights from quote tyrannical Marxist subversive groups unquote.

Mr. Lewis wrote in a thread of tweets

announcing the creation of the group.

I fucking wish we had the power to do tyranny.

I know.

Just a little bit of tear.

2016 era Trumpism, right?

This is like back in the SJW days where

it was all about Milo rallies getting shut down.

The tyranny of purple-haired freshmen

yelling their pronouns at you.

These are people that watch the SJW fail

compilation three years too late.

I'll finish this paragraph.

In a video attached to the thread, he said it would be a tactical mistake to discuss how

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