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Updated | An alleged Twitter troll behind a virtual attack that caused Newsweek senior writer Kurt Eichenwald to suffer a seizure was arrested on Friday. The suspect faces federal charges and could face additional counts in Dallas, where Eichenwald lives, according to the writer.

Steven Lieberman, Eichenwald’s lawyer, named the suspect as John Rivello. A law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity confirmed the name. FBI officials arrested the man at his home in in Salisbury, Maryland, around 7 a.m. on Friday, according to Lieberman. Rivello was expected to appear at a hearing in federal court in Baltimore on Friday afternoon, Lieberman said.

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“What Mr. Rivello did with his Twitter message was no different from someone sending a bomb in the mail or sending an envelope filled with Anthrax spores,” Lieberman says. “It wasn’t the content of the communication that was intended to persuade somebody or make them feel badly about themselves; This was an electronic communication that was designed to have a physical effect.”

On December 15, hours after Eichenwald appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight, the Twitter user @jew_goldstein tweeted a strobing image to the writer that allegedly said, “You deserve a seizure.” Later that night, in a reply to @jew_goldstein, a post appeared on the Eichenwald’s Twitter feed that said, “This is his wife, you caused a seizure. I have your information and have called the police to report the assault.”

The next day, Eichenwald tweeted that he would be working with lawyers and law enforcement. “Last night, for the second time, a deplorable aware I have epilepsy tweeted a strobe at me with the message ‘you deserve a seizure’ on it,” he wrote. “It worked. This is not going to happen again. My wife is terrified. I am...disgusted.”

Eichenwald had previously written for Newsweek about his being epileptic and about how another person had sent him a strobing message. That attack did not cause a seizure.

Eichenwald filed a petition in Dallas County court on December 19, requesting an expedited discovery process so that he could seek records from Twitter. A judge granted the petition later that day.

In January, the individual behind the attack, named in court documents as John Doe, filed a motion to prevent Twitter from disclosing his identity. A lawyer for that person wrote in the motion that Eichenwald was making an “attempt to use his suit to chill the First Amendment and further embarrass and harass Doe.”Days later, Eichenwald's lawyer told the court that because they had figured out the identity of the “assailant,” they would withdraw the request for Twitter’s help.

Lieberman, Eichenwald’s lawyer, declined to say how they learned of the suspect’s identity.

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“We’re very gratified that the government has worked hard and promptly to make sure that the person who was responsible for this attack is held to account,” Lieberman says. “It sends an important message that there is no free shot against journalists in the country.”

Rivello was a student at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury until December 2014 and did not graduate, according to the school. Salisbury’s Trinity United Methodist Church also listed a person with that name in a 2016 newsletter. Rivello is 29 and registered as a Republican, according to public records.

Since the December incident, more than 40 other people have sent similar strobing images to Eichenwald, the writer tweeted on Friday. He said “details of their cases are with the FBI.” A spokesperson for the FBI office in Dallas said she could not comment on ongoing investigations.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32854064)

"Rivello was a student at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury until December 2014 and did not graduate, according to the school. Salisbury’s Trinity United Methodist Church also listed a person with that name in a 2016 newsletter. Rivello is 29 and registered as a Republican, according to public records."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32854216)

CR. Thank God your own mother isn't alive to see your relentless shitpoasting on this site. Or your rock hard cock repeatedly penetrating her puss-filled and rancid vagina.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32855768)

A) You don't need to prove fucking anything to get an arrest warrant and indictment AND B) they'll have a medical expert to testify on that particular point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32854158)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32854204)

Fucking INS is running around LA in Police jackets nowadays knocking on doors.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32854215)

In their amicus brief, counsel for the African American Firefighters Association contends that the City does even less today than it did in 1975. Amicus Brief at 9. This statement is a gross mischaracterization of the record before the Court. For example, counsel contends that women have been allowed to practice the physical fitness portion of the exam while blacks have not. Id. Yet Mr. Greenlee testified that such facilities are available for all applicants. Tr. at 32. Counsel further offered that the City is not encouraging blacks to apply to the Fire Department, that no one is speaking at civic meetings, and that no test preparation is being undertaken by the City. See Amicus Brief at 9. There is no requirement to recite the record in order to conclude that these allegations are nothing short of astonishing. Given that the testimony and stipulated facts in this case clearly contradict counsel's protestations, these arguments merit no further discussion.

Ordinarily, the Court would be inclined to impose sanctions against counsel for so blatant a misstatement of facts and for its questionable propositions of current law. Rule 11 imposes on all attorneys an affirmative obligation to make a reasonable inquiry into the facts and law which support pleadings filed before the court. However, no additional expenses were generated as a result of counsel's actions, nor were these proceedings delayed. Accordingly, sanctions are inappropriate in this circumstance. Counsel is admonished that society is best served by adherence to the ethical and professional norms which serve to inform and advance the Court's inquiry, the law, and hence, his client.

763 F.Supp. 1430

United States District Court, S.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

Eddie DOZIER, et al., Plaintiffs,

v.

Bernard CHUPKA, et al., Defendants.

No. C–2–73–0447.

May 15, 1991.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32854252)

Lowest hanging fruit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32854269)

During his first months of college, Eichenwald sustained a concussion, which was soon followed by noticeable epileptic seizures. Diagnosed with epilepsy in November of his freshman year, he continued to attend school despite repeated grand mal seizures.[3]

After having two outdoor seizures on campus, he was dismissed from Swarthmore, in apparent violation of federal law.[3] He contacted the United States Department of Health and Human Services and fought his way back into school,[3][4] an experience that he has credited with giving him the willingness to take on institutions in his muckraking reporting.[citation needed] He graduated with his class in 1983, receiving a degree in political science

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bonus: http://www.newsweek.com/why-neil-gorsuch-must-not-be-confirmed-supreme-court-eichenwald-551429

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32854310)

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32854325)

All he had to do was get a court order to get twitter to reveal username details, email, etc.

And bam, he can get damages, he can even sue Twitter too maybe!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32854380)

And if I decided right now that I wanted to torture and then murder you, and attempted to do so by writing "EXPLOSIVE diarrhea!!!!" on a voodoo doll and sticking pins into it, I shouldn't go to jail.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32854691)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32854495)

this is when i totally understand why jews should be all killed. on the other hand, they are our fellow creatures in the human condition. hmmm..tough choice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32854526)

I actually LOLed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32855634)

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32855810)

Lol at board kikes rushing to defend fucking Eichenwald. You faggots look great.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3556311&forum_id=2#32858697)