Every accusation from them is a confession.
No exceptions.
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So, at least some Repubs thought it was âpatriotismâ or âdefending freedomâ but nevertheless did not approve?
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Associated Press reprint
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The Republican Party has already made its choice.
Seems cryptic to me. Does he mean Tromp? If so, does that conservative pundit approve of that choice? Is he saying Cheney is clueless?
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Iâm subscribed to his newsletter thing The Bulwark (in the interest of balance; itâs occasionally interesting and the only sane news source Iâve found from the other side).
Yes, he means Turnip.
No, he doesnât approve.
No idea what he thinks of Cheney.
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The sheer number of Jan. 6 cases sets this prosecution effort apart. A prosecutor recently said in court that the government believed that 2,000 to 2,500 people illegally went inside the Capitol, far more than the estimate of 800 people that a US Capitol Police official gave Congress early on. Prosecutors and Justice Department officials havenât said if thereâs a target number for when theyâll end the investigation.
Forty defendants who pleaded guilty to misdemeanors â roughly two-thirds â avoided time behind bars, receiving home confinement and probation, or probation alone.
The remaining 24 misdemeanor offenders were incarcerated. Nine people received prison sentences that were more severe than what the government requested, with judges either going above the amount of incarceration prosecutors asked for or rejecting a recommendation of probation. Nine people received prison sentences that fell below the governmentâs recommendation, and six received time behind bars that matched the governmentâs request.
Jail sentences for misdemeanor offenders have ranged from as short as 14 days to as long as six months, although in the two cases to hit that high end the defendants already had been in jail after their arrests and were sentenced to the time theyâd served.
US District Judge Thomas Hogan ordered Robert Reeder to spend three months in jail, less than the six months prosecutors argued for after new evidence emerged that heâd been involved in a physical confrontation with police. Hogan said he wanted his sentence to signal that other rioters should expect jail time. But he explained that he didnât think six months was appropriate because Reeder didnât have a previous criminal record and the judge wasnât sold that the evidence showed Reeder deliberately struck an officer with his fist.
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That story has almost all the bases covered. The folks embracing denial and dismissal (just move on/get over it) vs. those who want to expose and learn from harsh truths to heal and improve in the future. That the cops in this case and their supporters canât see the hypocrisy in their actions isnât surprising.
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And 100 plus will try again given the chance. You betcha.
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Then just release them publicly already. If they are that bad, then reporting a crime by releasing evidence of a crime is legally protected speech. Jeez.
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I mean, yesâŚbut it does seem hard for me to fault someone who might think that American whistleblower protections are not going to keep them out of trouble given what keeps happening to American whistleblowers.
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Oh Lord, this is true for far more than one VA town. Well, unless you donât count the ones that are not really trying to reckon with it and are just perfectly hunky-dory with it, than yeah, maybe it is just the one.
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