Chad Loder at Extremism and Disinformation Research (12.27.2022):
Newly-released analysis of footage appears to show Chaya Raichik, the woman behind the LibsOfTikTok account, trespassing on restricted grounds of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
Today Chaya Raichik, a professional bigot whose anti-LGTBQ posts have been blamed for threats on children's hospitals, revealed her face for the first time in an interview with Tucker Carlson, in which she called the LGBTQ community a "cult".
Raichik claimed to have been present at the Jan 6th Capitol riot in now-deleted Tweets. One of the tweets appears to show footage filmed from the northwest lawn of the Capitol. The full video is not available in the Internet Archive.
My analysis of video footage leads me to believe that Chaya Raichik was not merely present near the Capitol on January 6th, but that she trespassed on restricted Capitol grounds that day. In the rest of this article, I'll walk you through the evidence I used to draw my conclusion, so that you form your own opinion.
Chaya Raichik's interview today on the Tucker Carlson show provided us with the first clear, confirmed images of her face. In the interview, you can see that Raichik wears a distinctive ring on the 4th finger of her right hand.
A photograph of the Trump rally at the Ellipse in D.C. on January 6th shows who I believe to be Chaya Raichik standing at a fence, wearing the same distinctive ring on the 4th finger of her right hand.
Based on the video and photographic evidence presented in this article, I believe that Chaya Raichik trespassed on restricted grounds at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.
As of this writing, federal prosecutors have not charged anyone merely for being on restricted grounds outside the Capitol on January 6th, unless those individuals also engaged in other overt criminal acts like attacking police or entering the Capitol building itself.
I have not seen any evidence suggesting that the woman who I believe to be Chaya Raichik engaged in any violent or destructive acts that day, besides being present on restricted Capitol grounds.
Excellent investigating from anti-extremism researcher Chad Loder revealed that Chaya Raichik, the domestic terrorist and anti-LGBTQ+/anti-trans/anti-drag show extremist who runs Libs of TikTok, also appeared to trespass into the restricted area of the US Capitol during the January 6th Insurrection.