Attempted Coup in the United States: Tracking Investigations and Fallout

/Satire

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More like Hurtz Rent-A-Bike, amirite?

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/s

Maybe itā€™s good he never ended up in the court. Guy canā€™t do shit that the job demands.

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41 months. Timed for release to participate in the next insurrection? :thinking:

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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 rioterā€™s military service as a factor weighing in favor of a jail sentence or house arrest. Prosecutors have repeatedly maintained that veteransā€™ service, while commendable, made their actions on Jan. 6 more egregious. The participation of veterans in the riot was particularly shocking because some of them apparently used training they received in the U.S. military against their own government to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. Several veterans are among the far-right extremists charged with plotting coordinated attacks on the Capitol, including Oath Keepers members who marched up the Capitol steps in a ā€œstackā€ formation used by military infantrymen.

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Should have released the records immediately.

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The oral arguments on Nov. 30 will be heard by a panel of three judges. Two of them, Patricia Wilkins and Robert Millett, were appointed by former President Barack Obama, while the third, Ketanji Jackson, was appointed by Biden.

Well, at least they arenā€™t stuck up Trumpā€™s ass like Rao

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And then the next appeal.

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It is what he does best. Drag cases out until the other side runs out of money or time.

Heā€™s old so time is creeping up on him faster than before. Maybe heā€™ll stroke out while waiting.

:crossed_fingers:

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ā€œ Practically, the report is an instruction manual for how Trump partisans at all levels of governmentā€”aided by citizen ā€œpossesā€ of Proud Boys and Oath Keepersā€”could, quite literally, round up opposition activists, kill their leaders, and install Donald Trump for a second term in office.ā€

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I hope the FBI and such are also keeping an eye on ā€œdomestic terroristsā€ of the (faux) intellectual sort.

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Thatā€™s not war gaming, thatā€™s alt right wet dreaming. Surely they did not take this shit sseriously? Oh, right, of course they did. :man_facepalming:

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Traitor gonna traitorā€¦

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until there are consequences for bannon, itā€™s going to keep happening.

unless thereā€™s an actual plan to get as many contempt charges lined up so garland can act on them all at once. ( tho that seems the least likely reason heā€™s failed to push bannonā€™s forward )

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A good 'splainer on that:

Starting to really dislike lawyering.

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