Left wing activist John Sullivan, who led the Capitol riot, paid $77,500 by the media, including Australian ABC. By Chuck Ross.

A left-wing activist facing criminal charges for his involvement in the Capitol riots received $35,000 from both CNN and NBC for footage he recorded of a Trump supporter being fatally shot inside the Capitol building, according to records he filed in federal court on Tuesday.

Lawyers for John Sullivan, a 26-year-old Utah native, disclosed the payments as part of the activist’s argument that he was acting as a journalist in the Capitol rather than a rioter.

Sullivan, who founded the social justice group Insurgence USA, was charged on Jan. 13 with illegally entering the Capitol, civil disorder, and violent or disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

Prosecutors cited video that Sullivan recorded inside the Capitol in which he called for burning down the building, while egging on others who had broken into the building. …

Sullivan’s lawyers filed invoices from CNN and NBC showing he was paid $35,000 for rights to air the footage. Sullivan also received $5,000 from a company called Left/Right Productions and $2,500 from Australia’s ABC, according to the records.

Follow the money. Such incentives do not exist on the non-left.

So it turns out there were left-wingers leading the riot, and at least one was paid by left wing organizations. Fact.

Imagine the outcry if some company was found to have paid a right-wing leader of the riot? It’s all about selective enforcement of the second book of rules.

via Michael Smith