the real thomas caldwell does not fit that description.s a senior citizen who walks with a cane, he's a devout christian. try to picture thomas caldwell leading a bloodthirsty band of insurgents -- you can't because he didn't. like every protester that day, he arrived at the event of an armed and likely majority, he committed no acts of violence. the justice department claims he sought to overthrow the american system of that is hard to believe. in fact he spent most of his life in honorable government service including 20 years as a naval officer, he retired with 100% physical disability. if anyone seems in a thoroughly loyal american if thomas caldwell, he likes this country much more than susan rice does or tony blinken. why is he facing the prospect of facing the rest of his life in prison? because, democrats tell us, he and his codefendants almost toppled our democracy, they came closer than anyone since robert e. lee, that's what they have been telling us for the last year. it's absurd. only the fact we have heard it so often prevent

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according to court documents, oath keeper thomas caldwell, arrested in january, claimed he took a reconnaissance trip to d.c. prior to the insurrection. and prosecutors say rhodes was planning for violence well beyond january 6th, allegedly referring to the capitol attack as "nothing compared to what is coming." in the weeks after the attack on the capitol, he allegedly spent more than $17,000 on weapons, equipment, and ammunition. then around inauguration day, rhodes told his associates, local organized militias to oppose the biden administration. another member allegedly said, after this, if nothing happens, it's war, civil war 2.0. rhodes was arrested at his home in texas today. he is expected to make his initial appearance in federal court in plano tomorrow. if convicted, seditious conspiracy carries a maximum sentence of 20 years. don? >> paula, thank you so much. appreciate it. joining me, former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe, cnn law enforcement analyst. this is scary stuff. i mean, when you think about everything that paula just went through, the litany of things that he was carrying

well, we told you a lot and interviewed a couple times retired lieutenant commander thomas caldwell. he was indicted tonight on the charge of conspiracy to commit sadition. he's been on this show before. federal authorities claim they have pictures and texts to prove otherwise. first to set the stage here is part of our conversation earlier with thomas caldwell. >> made me the poster boy. i was defendant number one in a conspiracy. they said i conspired and i actually put together a military style attack on the capitol. that i stormed into the capitol and did all these terrible things. they even claim i threatened our lawfully elected representatives in congress. total clap trap. >> tucker: mr. caldwell joins us tonight. thank you very much for coming on. appreciate it. so this indictment, you're pushing 70, 100% militarily disabled. this indictment came to you as leader of a crack commando unit trying to stage a d day invasion on the potomac. respond to these allegations. can they prove you were there? >> well, tucker, i did not going into the capitol and they know it. interestingly

his name is thomas caldwell. this is him on january 6th. >> every single [ bleep ] in there is a traitor. every single one. >> look, the indictment includes a message he sent to his contacts four days before the insurrection, and this is a quote. i can't believe i just thought of this. how many people in the militia or not who are still supportive of our efforts to save the republic have a boat on a trailer that could handle a potomac crossing? if we had someone standing by at the dock ramp, one near the pentagon for sure, we could have our quick response team with the heavy weapons standing by, quickly load them and ferry them across the river to our waiting arms if it all went to shit. our guy loads our weps and blue ridge militia weps and ferries them across. wow. as bad as january 6th was, it could have been worse. >> a lot worse, don. you know, like some of this, it almost -- it's so ridiculous. >> is this why people are pretending it didn't happen, because they don't want people to find out just how -- thin

according to court documents, oath keeper thomas caldwell arrested in january, claimed that he took a reconnaissance trip to d.c. prior to the insurrection. and prosecutors say rhodes was planning for violence well beyond january 6. allegedly referring to the capitol attack as nothing compared to what is coming. in the weeks after the attack on the capitol, he allegedly spent more than $17,000 on weapons, equipment and ammunition. then around inauguration day, rhodes told his associates to organize local militias to oppose the biden administration, and another member allegedly said, after this, if nothing happens, it's war. civil war 2.0. >>> rhodes was arrested at his home in texas thursday. he is expected to make his initial court appearance in federal court in plano on friday. if convicted, seditious conspiracy carries a maximum sentence of up to 20 years. paula reid, cnn, washington. >>> more on the story now house committee investigating january 6 says it's not getting the answers it wants from social media companies. so it's issued subpoenas. the parent companies of facebook and

it's just more huy. >> now, unfortunately, for thomas caldwell the department of justice has evidence that indicates he is lying n a december court filing they revealed a message caldwell wrote after the 6th describing his actions. i grabbed up my american flag and said let's take the damn capitol so people started climbing the scaffolding outside. i said let's storm the place and hang the traitors. everybody thought that was a good idea, so we did. with all that bluster that caldwell describes, the mob chanting hang mike pence, walking through the halls calling for speaker nancy pelosi, you know, it's tempting to think of the oath keepers as sort of ridiculous dress-up operation. but remember these guys were quite sious. i they posted pictures online of the actual weapons they were actually bringing to temperature that would be at the ready on the 6th as the indictment says. they were preparing, it appears, for an armed barricade at the capitol to stop the peaceful transfer power. the other thing, you don't have play some extended complicated game of six degrees of separation to conn

according to court documents, oath keeper thomas caldwell, arrested in january, claimed he took a reconnaissance trip to d.c. prior to the insurrection. prosecutors say rhodes was planning for violence well beyond january 6th, allegedly referring to the capitol attack as nothing compared to what is coming. in the weeks after the attack on the capitol, he allegedly spent more than $17,000 on weapons, equipment and ammunition. then, around inauguration day, rhodes told his associates to organize local melly militias oppose the biden administration. another member said, after this, if nothing happens, it's civil war 2.0. rhodes has nod publicly responded to the charges though he's previously denied involvement with the january 6th attack. he's expected to make his initial appearance in plano tomorrow afternoon. >> if convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison. paula reid, thanks very much. let's bring in former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. also with us, cnn legal analyst, former federal prosecutors elliott williams. andrew, this indictment makes it clear the insurrection wasn't spontan

according to court documents, oath keeper thomas caldwell, arrested last january, claimed that he tookeconnaissance trips to d.c. fryer to the insurrection. rhodes was planning for violence well beyond january 6th, allegedly referring to the capitol attack as nothing compared to what's come. he allegedly spent around $17,500 on weapons equipment and ammunition. then, around inauguration day, prosecutors say rhodes told his associates to localize local militias to oppose the biden administration. another member allegedly said, after this, if nothing happens, it's war. civil war 2.0. absolutely chilling. brianna, the other big news out of washington is as doj comes down very hard on these individuals, the january 6th committee taking direct aim at private companies, subpoenaing twitter, reddit, meta and alphabet, former facebook and google. they have not gotten an adequate response in their attempt to try to get voluntary information, now again sending out subpoenas to social media companies. >> definitely something to watch. whitney, thank you. >>> fbi senior intelligence adviser phil m

the indictment also reveals oathkeeper thomas caldwell arrested in january claimed that he took a reconnaissance trip to d.c. prior to january 6th. rhodes was arrested at his home in texas today. he has previously denied involvement with the january 6th attack. rhodes has not publicly responded to today's charges. he is expected to make his initial appearance in federal court in texas in the coming days. jake? >> paula, when you read the criminal complaint, it makes clear, prosecutors say they plan to continue -- they planned to continue violence well after january 6th. >> absolutely. the indictment alleges rhodes referred to january 6 as nothing compared to what is coming and in the weeks following the insurrection he allegedly spent $17,000 on weapons, equipment, and ammunition. around inauguration day he allegedly told his associates to organize local militias to oppose the biden administration and another member allegedly said after this if nothing happens, it's war, civil war 2.0. jake? >> paula reid, thank you so much. let's talk about this with our legal experts. let me start with you. yo

thomas caldwell. he was in charge of the so-called quick reaction force, that's at least according to court documents by prosecutors, whose purpose was to rapidly transport weapons into d. c. once the group had successfully taken control of the capitol. that's the same guy who tucker carlson puts on his show who's just a poor old disabled veteran who is only in d. c. on january 6th to stand up for his beloved country. >> they claim that you plan to bring, quote, heavy weapons by boat across the potomac river. were you planning -- what kind of heavy weapons do you think that refers to? were you planning to do that? >> i have no idea and no i was not, tucker. look, i was a navy guy, okay? navy guys know about water but it's like, aircraft carriers, we're talking blue water navy here. so this other stuff, i don't know anything about it. didn't have any role in planning any of it. it's just more hooey. >> maybe he's right. maybe the whole thing is entirely fabricated and ludicrous. the seditious conspirac

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it involves thomas caldwell, who has pled got guilty. to statements in court documents, that alleged operative was most likely his wife. and you would think carlson would know this. after all he interviewed caldwell and his wife not once, but twice. the second time for a 50-minute-long interview -- 5-0. carlson dedicates so much air time to disinformation that he produced a three-part documentary and in it he pushes conspiracy theories like antifa being behind the attack, which is a fox favorite. >> they were likely not all trump supporter, and there are some reports that antifa sympathizers may have been sprinkled throughout the crowd. >> also knew that there's always bad actors that will infiltrate large crowds. >> you want to know how disingenuous those comments are? those same hosts were texting trump's chief of staff during the attack trying to get him to call off the crowd. and some trump supporters charged in the riot don't want to share credit. so, that tells you something. one saying, quote, it was not antifa at the capitol. and

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thomas from participating in the march championship in atlanta. men and women who wear badges are feeling new certainly attack from black lives matter chapter. >> todd: talking to gianno caldwell what we can do to protect police. he is coming up next. >> todd: "washington post" columnist accusing media of being too critical of the president. jennifer rubin, a former conservative, writing, "for weeks we have witnessed negative media coverage of president biden," and followed up with, "the media is stuck in "biden is a failure" mode, rather than saying he is to blame for voting rights and everything else. rubin is blaming the media for being too focused on things he could never achieve. ari fleischer says he can't rely on thes friends in the media if he wants to turn his numbers around. >> ari: start to governor and when i say get joe manchin's vote, i mean that. get joe manchin to vote for your policies, if you do, you will pick up republicans. you will lose liberal democrats and aoc and the house, that is the exchange he needs to make. he cannot win on the progressive base. he cannot pass progressive policies and adhering to progressive policies is kiss of death, he misread th