The Trump Riot Aftermath (Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes found guilty of seditious conspiracy. Proud Boys join the club)

[China]

Feds seek tougher sentences for veterans who stormed Capitol

 

During his 27 years in the U.S. Army, Leonard Gruppo joined the Special Forces, served in four war zones and led a team of combat medics in Iraq before retiring in 2013 as a lieutenant colonel.

 

During his six minutes inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Gruppo joined a slew of other military veterans as a mob of pro-Trump rioters carried out an unparalleled assault on the bastion of American democracy. He’s among dozens of veterans and active-service members charged in connection with the insurrection.

 

Now, cases like his are presenting a thorny question for federal judges to consider when they sentence veterans who stormed the Capitol: Do they deserve leniency because they served their country or tougher punishment because they swore an oath to defend it?

 

The Justice Department has adopted the latter position. In at least five cases so far, prosecutors have cited a rioter’s military service as a factor weighing in favor of a jail sentence or house arrest. Prosecutors have repeatedly maintained that veterans’ service, while commendable, made their actions on Jan. 6 more egregious.

 

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[China]

On 11/5/2021 at 1:26 PM, Dan T. said:

Why hasn't Steve Bannon been charged with contempt of Congress yet by the U.S. Department of Justice?  The House voted on October 21 to hold him in contempt for ignoring its subpoena to appear before the committee investigating January 6.

 

 

 

‘How The F*ck Is Steve Bannon Still a Free Man?’ Liberals Growing Impatient With Merrick Garland’s Lack Of Action On Criminal Contempt Against Bannon

 

Last month, the House approved a criminal contempt resolution against Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon for his refusal to provide testimony to the Select Committee about his role in the January 6 insurrection.

 

After 16 days of the vote, Attorney General Merrick Garland has not even signaled if he would pursue charges against Bannon, and Democrats are starting to complain about his lack of action on pursuing a criminal contempt charge against Bannon, CNN reports.

 

Democratic strategist Kurt Bardella fired a shot on Twitter, asking: “How the f*ck is Steve Bannon still a free man?”

 

Others, line liberal group “Free Speech for People,” are even calling on Garland to resign, suggesting that since he “is unwilling to step up, it is time for him to step down,” according to CNN.

 

For his part, Garland appears to be unfazed amid the criticism.

 

During testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee —on the same day that the House officially held Bannon in contempt— Garland said: “The Department of Justice will do what it always does in such circumstances. We’ll apply the facts and the law and make a decision, consistent with the principles of prosecution.”

 

But he made it clear that people who resisted subpoenas to testify before the January 6 committee should be prosecuted by the Justice Department.

 

Bannon became an immediate target of the Jan 6 probe over his comments before, during, and after the attack on the Capitol.

 

In late December, Bannon told Trump during a phone call that January 6 —the date of the official certification of the Electoral College vote by Congress— was the moment for a reckoning, and urged him to use that day as his last stand to undo his loss to Biden by pushing false claims of election fraud, authors Bob Woodward and Robert Costa wrote in their book, “Peril.”

 

CNN noted that “Bannon himself has owned up to his role in plotting with Trump to undermine the Biden presidency on January 6 — and he’s even sort of declared victory.”

 

 

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[TradeTheBeal!]

Well, that doesn’t sound good.

 

 

[EmirOfShmo]

^^Interesting thread and associated article.

I didn't realize Pence is fighting the release of pictures from 1/6. They support him being locked out. And I don't think it was an accident. If the deactivation was part of securing the situation Pence & his staff would have been well aware of where they needed to be. Orange Turd hung him out to dry in an unsafe location. I'm guessing the SS agents near Pence that day were/are loyal to TFG.

The Pence pictures & the release of the National Archive records TFG is trying to block are the 2021 Watergate Tapes. 

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[China]

THE MAN WHO MADE JANUARY 6 POSSIBLE

 

The story of Johnny McEntee—the “deputy president” who rose to power at precisely the moment when democracy was falling apart

 

In late october 2020, Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, was attending the confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett when his cellphone rang. He answered with a whisper and walked out to the hallway to take the call. What was so urgent as to pull the chief of staff out of a Supreme Court confirmation hearing just two weeks before a presidential election?

 

On the line was Andrew Hughes, the top staffer at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Meadows had asked him to call because it had been brought to Meadows’s attention that a young assistant at HUD had been caught consorting with the enemy.

 

She had liked an Instagram post from the pop star Taylor Swift.

 

The first photo in the post was of Swift with the word vote superimposed on it in large blue letters. But a swipe revealed a second photo, of Swift carrying a tray of cookies emblazoned with the Biden-Harris campaign logo. “We really can’t have our people liking posts promoting Joe Biden,” Meadows told Hughes.

 

Never mind that nearly 3 million other people had liked the post or that the young woman was a Taylor Swift fan who liked just about everything Swift had ever posted. To the enforcers of Trumpian loyalty, this was a sign of treachery in the ranks.

 

Those enforcers—including the eagle-eyed official who had first spotted the offending “like”—worked for the Presidential Personnel Office, a normally under-the-radar group responsible for the hiring and firing of the roughly 4,000 political appointees in the executive branch. During the final year of the Trump administration, that office was transformed into an internal police force, obsessively monitoring administration officials for any sign of dissent, purging those who were deemed insufficiently devoted to Trump and frightening others into silence. (Many sources for this story asked to remain anonymous so they could talk about sensitive personnel issues.) Some Trump aides privately compared the PPO to the East German Stasi or even the Gestapo—always on the lookout for traitors within.

 

The office was run by Johnny McEntee. Just 29 when he got the job, he’d come up as Trump’s body guy—the kid who carried the candidate’s bags. One of Trump’s most high-profile Cabinet secretaries described him to me as “a ****ing idiot.” But in 2020, his power was undeniable. Trump knew he was the one person willing to do anything Trump wanted. As another senior official told me, “He became the deputy president.”

 

McEntee and his enforcers made the disastrous last weeks of the Trump presidency possible. They backed the president’s manic drive to overturn the election, and helped set the stage for the January 6 assault on the Capitol. Thanks to them, in the end, the elusive “adults in the room”—those who might have been willing to confront the president or try to control his most destructive tendencies—were silenced or gone. But McEntee was there—bossing around Cabinet secretaries, decapitating the civilian leadership at the Pentagon, and forcing officials high and low to state their allegiance to Trump.

 

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Trump cannot block congressional probe of attack on U.S. Capitol, judge rules

 

The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol can access former President Donald Trump's White House records, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday in a clear win for congressional oversight powers.

 

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in the District of Columbia rejected an argument by Trump's lawyers that telephone records, visitor logs and other White House documents should be hidden from the committee.

 

"While broad, these requests, and each of the other requests made by the Committee, do not exceed the Committee’s legislative powers," Chutkan said in her decision.

 

Trump had argued that the materials requested by the House committee were covered by a legal doctrine known as executive privilege that protects the confidentiality of some White House communications.

 

He requested an injunction blocking the National Archives, a federal agency that holds his White House records, from complying with the committee's requests for hundreds of pages of documents.

 

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Now we know why Trump issued the statement above

[NoCalMike]

Oh cool, so subpoena's and possible indictments coming next or ten more rounds of lawsuits first? 

[China]

1 hour ago, NoCalMike said:

Oh cool, so subpoena's and possible indictments coming next or ten more rounds of lawsuits first? 

 

Subpeonas.

 

At the Willard and the White House, the Jan. 6 Panel Widens Its Net

 

This week, the committee issued subpoenas to several of Mr. Trump’s advisers who gathered there — including Mr. Flynn, Mr. Eastman and Mr. Kerik — and communications with Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Stone are among the materials investigators have demanded from the former president, who is stonewalling the inquiry.

 

On Tuesday, the committee announced 10 new subpoenas that seemed to expand the aperture of the inquiry even further, seeking information from top officials in Mr. Trump’s White House including Stephen Miller, his senior adviser; Keith Kellogg, the national security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence; Johnny McEntee, the former president’s personnel chief; and others.

In the past two days alone, the panel has nearly doubled the number of subpoenas it has issued, bringing the total to 35.

 

The latest round of subpoenas reflected the panel’s effort to ascertain the former president’s every move on the day of the riot. It is demanding testimony from Nicholas Luna, one of Mr. Trump’s “body men” who was in the Oval Office as the former president pressured Mr. Pence to refuse to certify the election.

 

Also summoned was Mr. McEntee, who was reportedly in the Oval Office during a meeting with Mr. Trump and Mr. Pence when Mr. Giuliani suggested seizing Dominion voting machines, and Kayleigh McEnany, the former White House press secretary who was reportedly with Mr. Trump at times as he watched the attack.

 

The committee also wants to hear from Ben Williamson, a top aide to Mr. Meadows who the committee asserted had tried unsuccessfully to get Mr. Trump to issue a statement on Jan. 6 condemning the violence at the Capitol. Christopher Liddell, a former deputy White House chief of staff who investigators said tried to resign on the day of the riot but was persuaded not to do so, was also subpoenaed.

 

In its order to Mr. Miller, the committee said that he had helped to spread false claims of voter fraud in the election, and to encourage state legislatures to appoint alternate slates of electors in an effort to invalidate Mr. Biden’s victory.

 

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[Califan007 The Constipated]

 

 

 

[Cooked Crack]

 

[EmirOfShmo]

^^Roid-Rage

[mistertim]

29 minutes ago, Cooked Crack said:

 

 

[China]

'Crass regard': Trump’s Capitol files include 5 outtakes of him 'veering off script' as aides urged him to tell rioters 'go home'

 

Donald Trump's records on the Capitol riot are now coming to light — and they include several outtakes from the former president's ill-timed and lackluster effort to convince the crowd to "go home."

 

On Tuesday, November 9, January 6 committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) appeared on "Cuomo Prime Time" with CNN host Chris Cuomo where he discussed the investigation into the Capitol insurrection. According to Thompson, Federal Court Judge Tanya Chutkan has ruled in favor of the committee granting them access to Trump's video records among other documents relative to the riots.

 

Speaking to Cuomo, Thompson explained why the videos are essential for the investigation.

 

"The president, it took him six times for the video to say to the people to go home," Thompson told the CNN anchor. "If in the midst of an insurrection, it takes you six times to...ask the people to go home, something is wrong with that. I want to see what the other five videos said."

 

In response to Thompson's remarks, Cuomo asked, "What was wrong with the other five?"

 

The Mississippi Democrat replied, "Well, we want to see what he said. His own people said to him, 'this is not good enough. You are not telling these people to go home.'"

 

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[Riggo-toni]

I wonder how much time a black dude gets for punching a cop... assuming he doesn't get shot.

[NoCalMike]

I wonder how much of these Trump rioters in jail are holding firm on their beliefs because of all the coddling going on by elected officials as well as the right-wing media saying either they were outright justified or the "softer" narrative that they weren't doing anything to justify being in prison. 

[Dan T.]

7 hours ago, Califan007 said:

 

 

 

 

 

Reuters did the legwork to identify nine people who left threatening phone calls to election officials.  Eight of them were publicly identified, with their permission.  NONE of them have been charged by local or State law enforcement. 

 

The Vermont case is really egregious. Police said the multiple calls to the Vermont election official were "untraceable" and did little to no follow-up to find out who made the call. 

 

Reuters found the guy.  Did they utilize some sort of sophisticated cyber-technique?  No.  They simply called back the number.  Thanks, local cops for protecting our elected officials. Not. 

 

This must be why Merrick Garland has the FBI looking into this.  Because local law enforcement, for whatever reason, has dropped the ball.

[China]

Prince Harry says he warned Twitter CEO of U.S. Capitol riot

 

Britain's Prince Harry said he warned the chief executive of Twitter ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots that the social media site was being used to stage political unrest in the U.S. capital.

 

Harry made the comments Tuesday while he was taking part in an online panel on misinformation in California. He said he made his concerns known via email to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey the day before the riot.

 

“Jack and I were emailing each other prior to January 6 where I warned him that his platform was allowing a coup to be staged,” Harry said at the at the RE:WIRED tech forum. “That email was sent the day before and then it happened and I haven’t heard from him since.”

 

Twitter declined to comment on Harry's remarks.

 

Social media sites have come under fire for not doing enough to halt the spread of misinformation and inciteful content, and the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump is often cited as an example of the consequences of allowing hate to fester. Big tech in general has been accused of putting growth and profits ahead of public safety.

 

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[NoCalMike]

Considering little to nothing seems to be getting done about any of this with the Dems in the majority, what in the world should we expect once the GOP takes back over, and laaawd have mercy, Trump is back in 2024?  

[balki1867]

A member of the British royal family tried to prevent a group of Americans from overthrowing their own government's electoral results.  This is like the exact opposite of Paul Revere's ride.

[China]

The 'QAnon Shaman' quotes 'Forrest Gump' in a new sentencing memo requesting his release for time served

 

The lawyer representing "QAnon Shaman" Jacob Chansley is making a fifth plea for his infamous client's freedom one week before the Capitol rioter is set to be sentenced for his role in the January 6 attack.

 

Attorney Albert Watkins on Tuesday filed a sentencing memo on behalf of Chansley, arguing for his client's imminent release for time served.

 

Chansley pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction in September after spending eight months in jail following his January arrest.

 

Adorned with horns and face paint, Chansley became one of the most recognizable faces at the Capitol on January 6. Chansley, who admitted in plea papers to being among the first 30 rioters to breach the Capitol, was photographed shirtless walking with his bullhorn and flagpole throughout the building that day and was arrested three days later in his hometown of Phoenix, Arizona, where he was charged with two felonies and four misdemeanors.

 

In Tuesday's sentencing memo, Watkins reflected on the images of Chansley that emerged from the insurrection, suggesting that his client's unorthodox appearance became "inextricably linked" to the events at the Capitol. Watkins argued that photos of Chansley from the scene "have become to January 6 what the Swoosh is to Nike."

 

The 23-page document begins with a bolded quote from the 1994 movie "Forrest Gump."

 

"My momma always said, you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on," the introductory quote reads.

 

In the memo, Watkins cited Chansley's past and current mental health struggles as reasons for his release with time served. The attorney said Chansley spends up to 22 hours a day in solitary confinement, despite not being violent.

 

Sentencing guidelines suggest Chansley could face 41 to 51 months in prison. Watkins called upon the court to use its "authority and discretion" to impose an alternative to the lengthy term of incarceration in light of Chansley's "sincere remorse;" acceptance of responsibility; and longstanding mental health diagnosis.

 

The lawyer alleged that in 2006, while in the US Navy, Chansley underwent a psychological examination, which led to a diagnosis of Schizophrenic Personality Disorder. But Watkins said the diagnosis was never shared with Chansley, and he was declared fit for duty. Chansley's diagnosis was re-confirmed during a 2021 court-ordered psychological examination, Watkins said.

 

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[Chachie]

22 minutes ago, China said:

The 'QAnon Shaman' quotes 'Forrest Gump' in a new sentencing memo requesting his release for time served

 

 

The 23-page document begins with a bolded quote from the 1994 movie "Forrest Gump."

 

"My momma always said, you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on," the introductory quote reads.

 

 

 

 

 

"Stupid is as stupid does."

[mistertim]

2 hours ago, China said:

The 'QAnon Shaman' quotes 'Forrest Gump' in a new sentencing memo requesting his release for time served

 

The lawyer representing "QAnon Shaman" Jacob Chansley is making a fifth plea for his infamous client's freedom one week before the Capitol rioter is set to be sentenced for his role in the January 6 attack.

 

Attorney Albert Watkins on Tuesday filed a sentencing memo on behalf of Chansley, arguing for his client's imminent release for time served.

 

Chansley pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction in September after spending eight months in jail following his January arrest.

 

Adorned with horns and face paint, Chansley became one of the most recognizable faces at the Capitol on January 6. Chansley, who admitted in plea papers to being among the first 30 rioters to breach the Capitol, was photographed shirtless walking with his bullhorn and flagpole throughout the building that day and was arrested three days later in his hometown of Phoenix, Arizona, where he was charged with two felonies and four misdemeanors.

 

In Tuesday's sentencing memo, Watkins reflected on the images of Chansley that emerged from the insurrection, suggesting that his client's unorthodox appearance became "inextricably linked" to the events at the Capitol. Watkins argued that photos of Chansley from the scene "have become to January 6 what the Swoosh is to Nike."

 

The 23-page document begins with a bolded quote from the 1994 movie "Forrest Gump."

 

"My momma always said, you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on," the introductory quote reads.

 

In the memo, Watkins cited Chansley's past and current mental health struggles as reasons for his release with time served. The attorney said Chansley spends up to 22 hours a day in solitary confinement, despite not being violent.

 

Sentencing guidelines suggest Chansley could face 41 to 51 months in prison. Watkins called upon the court to use its "authority and discretion" to impose an alternative to the lengthy term of incarceration in light of Chansley's "sincere remorse;" acceptance of responsibility; and longstanding mental health diagnosis.

 

The lawyer alleged that in 2006, while in the US Navy, Chansley underwent a psychological examination, which led to a diagnosis of Schizophrenic Personality Disorder. But Watkins said the diagnosis was never shared with Chansley, and he was declared fit for duty. Chansley's diagnosis was re-confirmed during a 2021 court-ordered psychological examination, Watkins said.

 

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Um. Schizophrenic Personality Disorder isn't a thing.

 

I'm assuming he meant just Schizophrenia? Schizoid Personality Disorder? Schizotypical Personality Disorder?

[Chachie]

1 hour ago, mistertim said:

 

Um. Schizophrenic Personality Disorder isn't a thing.

 

I'm assuming he meant just Schizophrenia? Schizoid Personality Disorder? Schizotypical Personality Disorder?

 

 

He meant ****zophrenia. It's when your brains are poopy.

[China]

Online Restaurant Review Leads FBI To Unforgettable Insurrectionist With The Most Gawd Awful Sweater

 

Thomas Patrick Hamner was arrested Tuesday, according to court documents, and charged with federal counts of civil disorder; assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon or inflicting bodily injury; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds.

 

 

According to the court documents, Hamner was wearing a sweater that said “Guns Don’t Kill People, Clintons Do” while he was at the Capitol on Jan. 6. He was captured on video multiple times as the rioters worked to breach barricades police had put up around the Capitol before many stormed inside, according to investigators.

 

Those videos show the man alleged to be Hamner fighting with Capitol and Metropolitan Police and working with others to push a large metal “TRUMP” sign into the line of officers trying to keep the barricade on the Capitol’s West Plaza in place, according to the documents.

 

Hamner allegedly used an image of himself at the Capitol — superimposed with former president Donald Trump — as his profile photo on the right-wing social media app Telegram. FBI agents traced the Telegram account to a phone number associated with both Hamner's wife and a tiling business he runs in Colorado Springs.

 

"Additionally, a person who 'has had personal contact with Hamner' confirmed to investigators that he was the man seen in the videos and in an online business review Hamner left for a restaurant, according to court records," the station reports.

 

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