A former Republican candidate for a Florida Congressional seat who also served as an Army Green Beret has been charged for his role in the January 6th domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol after being turned in by one of his fellow insurrectionists.
According to the affidavit by an FBI special agent, Jeremy Brown invited a number of other mob members to stay at his home before traveling to Washington, DC to take part in the protest and attack. Referring to his RV as “Ground Force One,” Brown laid out preparations he and his associates would undertake before leaving:
GROUND FORCE ONE Departure Plan: If you can, come to my house anytime Saturday. You can stop by and drop stuff off, or stay the night. This way we can load plan, route plan, and conduct PCIs (Pre Combat Inspections). I would LIKE to depart by 0645 on Sunday morning, Jan 3rd. Push through to the NC linkup on the 3rd, RON (Rest Over Night) there, then push to DC on the 4th. This will give us the 4th/5th to set up, conduct route recons, CTR (Close Target Reconnaissance) and any link ups needed with DC elements. If you need to be picked up, then we will work that into route plan and will provide exact pickup time by Saturday evening. Please have EVERYTHING ready once we arrive. It will be an ERO (Engine Running Onload). IF YOU ARE RIDING WITH ME, dm me with your plan to come here or be picked up. I will send address via the dm. I am willing to make adjustments all the way up until we pass your ass headed north, but it is now time to shit or get on someone else’s pot. READY? GO!!!
Using the Parler handle @brownforcongress2020, Brown posted on the day of the attack, “Everything you are watching on the Media and Houses of Congress is a LIE! I was shot in the neck with pepper balls and beating in the forearm with a night stick trying to shield unprotected Civilians from being hit in the head. This was an exercise in the unrestrained addiction to power.”
In the 2020 election cycle, Brown ran for the Republican nomination for the Florida’s 14th Congressional District. He dropped out before the primary. The seat was eventually won by Democrat Kathy Castor.