Post FBI retirement..... contractor?
Post FBI retirement..... contractor?
- Thomas Caldwell, who prosecutors said holds a leadership role in an extremist group, worked as a section chief for the FBI from 2009 to 2010, his attorneys said. The FBI didn't comment
- Caldwell was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy and described as '100% disabled,' according to his attorneys
- The defense said Caldwell has held a top-secret security clearance since 1979, which required multiple special background investigations
- He was arrested on Jan. 19 for his role at the insurrection
- Jessica Watkins, 38, and Donovan Crowl, 50, were arrested on Jan. 18 in Ohio
- Watkins is an Army veteran turned bartender; Crowl was in the U.S. Marines; both are said to also be in the Oath Keepers group
A 66-year-old Virginia man accused of being a leader of a paramilitary group that stormed the Capitol last month is a decorated Navy veteran and former FBI section chief who's had 'top secret security clearance' since 1979, his lawyers said Monday.
Thomas Caldwell, who federal prosecutors said holds a leadership role in the Oath Keepers, worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2009 to 2010 after retiring as a lieutenant commander from the Navy, his lawyer, Thomas Plofchan, wrote in a motion filed Monday.
The motion urged the judge to release Caldwell from jail while he awaits trial on federal charges of conspiracy to obstruct Congress, among other charges.
- Thomas Caldwell, who prosecutors said holds a leadership role in an extremist group, worked as a section chief for the FBI from 2009 to 2010, his attorneys said. The FBI didn't comment
- Caldwell was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy and described as '100% disabled,' according to his attorneys
- The defense said Caldwell has held a top-secret security clearance since 1979, which required multiple special background investigations
- He was arrested on Jan. 19 for his role at the insurrection
- Jessica Watkins, 38, and Donovan Crowl, 50, were arrested on Jan. 18 in Ohio
- Watkins is an Army veteran turned bartender; Crowl was in the U.S. Marines; both are said to also be in the Oath Keepers group
A 66-year-old Virginia man accused of being a leader of a paramilitary group that stormed the Capitol last month is a decorated Navy veteran and former FBI section chief who's had 'top secret security clearance' since 1979, his lawyers said Monday.
Thomas Caldwell, who federal prosecutors said holds a leadership role in the Oath Keepers, worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2009 to 2010 after retiring as a lieutenant commander from the Navy, his lawyer, Thomas Plofchan, wrote in a motion filed Monday.
The motion urged the judge to release Caldwell from jail while he awaits trial on federal charges of conspiracy to obstruct Congress, among other charges.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9240645/Capitol-rioter-66-accused-leader-Oath-Keepers-retired-FBI-section-chief.html
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