Attempted Coup in the United States: Tracking Investigations and Fallout

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(Non-paywall here)

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Paxton has faced securities fraud charges for seven years now

I know the wheels of justice turn slowly, but 7 years?

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People with money can stall. People with OPM can stall longer.

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The guy made me think the latest in the Bush dynasty was looking better.

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Miller was 22 at the time of the attack. His lawyer, A. Eduardo Balarezo, said Miller’s age and his intoxication — he drank 10 beers, some hard liquor and smoked some marijuana — clouded his judgment.

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Was that the same judgment he used to drink all that alcohol?

And if 22 is an age too young to make good decisions, you’ve just told me he’s white. Because a 14yo Black boy would be considered a man for the same crime.

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Destroyed the evidence. That sounds kinda illegal, Marky.

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Ugh…

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I wonder if instead of “wary,” that writer is afraid to use “afraid.”

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Could be the case…

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The Georgia probe into Donald Trump’s bombshell demand that a state official “find” him more votes after the 2020 presidential election is now ramping up, and could expand into consideration of racketeering charges over various GOP attempts to upend the vote.

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And they say there’s not enough people out there doing things together as families these days.

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Linked from therein – maybe it’s upthread, but I think I’d have remembered

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Once again showing why it’s always a good idea to think long and hard about whether to give evidence in your own defence. Chances are always good that you’ll just make things worse.

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