Watkins is seen in video from the Capitol with goggles and nine other Oath Keepers in battle gear.
#Capitol zello update#
Jess Watkins on Zello, January 6: We're moving on the Capitol now, I'll give you a boots on the ground update here in a few. She's the leader of a self-described Ohio militia group and member of the Oath Keepers. That mysterious woman is Jessica Watkins, a 38-year-old Army veteran. We're sticking together and sticking to the plan. Jess Watkins on Zello, January 6: We have a good group. And that's when I heard this mysterious woman narrating her march to the Capitol and eventually inside.
Micah Loewinger: It wasn't until a couple days later that I started to realize how much planning must have gone into this event. On January 6, Micah Loewinger found an open 'stop the steal' conversation going on among 100 people on Zello and started recording. That they were going to have separate channels for people gathering intel and separate channels for boots on the ground.Īnd they did. That they were using Zello to plan their travel to Washington D.C. Micah Loewinger: Leading up to January 6th we uncovered examples of militias saying things like, revolution or bust. Loewinger, a WNYC radio reporter, started working with the online extremist research group militia-watch to understand how militia groups liked to use Zello to recruit and communicate. Zello transmission from the Capitol on January 6: Be safe, be alert, and stay in groups.Īnyone can listen to Zello and Micah Loewinger did. It's popular with truckers, disaster relief groups, activists, and extremists. It's unencrypted, like a walkie-talkie, and has an international user base of around 150 million. They were talking on a phone and computer app called Zello. Zello transmission from the Capitol on January 6: Stop the steal!
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