Below is my column in the New York Post on the recently disclosed videotapes from Jan. 6th. The tapes include images never seen before by the public of that day. However, my interest was drawn primarily to the images of “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley being escorted through the Capitol. That footage raises serious questions about Chansley’s case in my view.
I am continuing to pursue the implications of the video today, but here is the column:
Fox’s Tucker Carson aired the long-awaited release of previously undisclosed footage from the Jan. 6 riot this week.
The first tranche of videotapes elicits major concerns over Jan. 6 committee members’ past claims.
Yet the most serious disclosures, in my view, relate to the case of “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley.
I previously expressed reservations over the heavy sentence given to Chansley.
The new footage raises more questions about the Justice Department’s and the court’s handling of the case.
After the Republican Party boycotted the committee following the rejection of its proposed members, the committee could have strived to offer a balanced inquiry.
Instead, it hired a former ABC producer to put on a production for television, including tightly scripted statements and questions.
Witnesses were used as virtual props, and the committee consistently blocked any alternative views and evidence.
The members repeatedly used the hearing to make a pitch for the midterm and 2024 elections.
Even The New York Times admitted the narrative was meant to “recast the midterm message” and “give [Democrats] a platform for making a broader case about why they deserve to stay in power.”
I supported the committee’s creation, and I was highly critical of President Donald Trump’s remarks before the riot.
Indeed, I publicly condemned Trump’s speech while it was being given, and I called for a bipartisan vote of censure over his responsibility in the riots.
I also found much of the testimony to be highly disturbing from respected public servants opposed to the violence and the election denial.
The committee sacrificed its legitimacy by putting on hearings that often sounded more like a show trial than an objective congressional inquiry. It could have been so much more.
But the footage of Chansley was most disturbing.
I have supported the prosecution of those who rioted on Jan. 6. As I said immediately after the riot, it was a desecration of our constitutional process.
Yet many of us were surprised Chansley was given a 41-month sentence for “obstructing a federal proceeding.”
The sentence exceeded those handed down for violent offenses. Indeed, an Antifa member who took an axe to a member’s office in Fargo, ND, was later given probation … and his axe back.
I also objected to the Justice Department’s draconian treatment in holding figures like Chansley in prolonged solitary confinement without any apparent justification.
We knew Chansley was not shown engaging in violence or property destruction. The footage, however, showed Chansley walking through one of the doors with hundreds of others but escorted through the Capitol by a couple of officers.
The officials appear to be assisting him in gaining access to internal areas.
He walks past a dozen armed officers who do not try to stop him. He even appears to thank the officers for their assistance.
It’s not clear if the defense had access to all of these videotapes. Regardless, these tapes are in sharp contrast to what was presented in court.
The Justice Department portrayed Chansley as a violent offender. Prosecutor Kimberly Paschall played videos to show Chansley yelling along with the crowd. “That is not peaceful,” she insisted.
In his sentence, Judge Royce Lamberth noted, “He made himself the image of the riot, didn’t he? For good or bad, he made himself the very image of this whole event.”
I have great respect for Lamberth, but the sentence was hard to justify, particularly when compared with other defendants.
A Navy veteran, Chansley had no prior criminal record and pleaded guilty. He stood before Lamberth and implored that there was “a lot of bad juju that I never meant to create.”
Yet none of those mitigating factors seemed to count for much.
I agree with Lamberth that Chansley and others warrant longer than average sentences due to this attack on our constitutional process. However, Chansley seems to have a unique “aggravating factor” in his sentencing for “iconic costuming.”
An out-of-work actor, Chansley instantly became a sensation by appearing in his animal headdress, horns and red-white-and-blue face paint.
Had he merely worn a MAGA hat and chinos, he would likely have been given a fraction of this sentence.
Chansley did not appear to be a leader of any group that day as he wandered about the Capitol. The only people with him were often two attending and remarkably attentive Capitol police officers.
On the Senate floor, he is described as “chanting an unintelligible mantra” before leaving.
Chansley reaffirms the old expression among defense attorneys: “One day on the cover of Time, next day doing time.” That is a price that comes from being a celebrity shaman.
Once again, Chansley and any rioters deserve jail time. What occurred on Jan. 6 was a disgrace that has caused a lasting wound for this nation.
But making Chansley an example because he was the most visible is dangerously detached from his underlying conduct.
I have no particular sympathy for Chansley, but I do have concerns for the system that sentenced him.
In the end, justice has to remain blind. In this case, that means focusing on the crime rather than the costume.
Thanks for shedding light on the unaddressed concerns in the recent Jan. 6 case. It’s important that justice is served fairly and not based on external factors such as appearance.
I am not seeing much of this in the MSM or even Fox, but there is a Mess in the Proud Boys case
After the DOJ’s star witness admitted thqat he lied under oath to the J6 committee and to DOJ and completely undermined DOJ’s case, more recently the DOJ sent a spread sheet to the defense as part of discovery, and the rocket scientiests at DOJ – instead of deleting the content that was purportedly unrelated or highly classified – they merely hid the rows with that data in and the defense attorney’s unhid it and found all kinds of exculpatory information that DOJ was hiding – including admissions by DOJ attorney’s that they had no case and were persuing it soley on orders from above, and that attorney’s were directed to destroy evidence, and to alter records removing the names of superiors who attended meetings so no one could call them to testify.
The BP case should be dismissed, but I doubt that will happen.
There should be serious sanctions – including disbarment and even possibly criminal charges for some involved.
But that is not going to happen.
This is shades of the FISA warrant and falsifiying and destroying evidence – except that not even the slap on the wrist that occured there is going to happen.
In his book “The Nightmare Years: 1930-1935” the author and journalist William Shirer described an incident that occurred in Afghanistan when he had snuck into the country against the advice of the British military. He was with his guide and joking with a crowd of boys and old men. Then something happened, within a moment, the crowd turned from friendly into a mob that were hurling stones at he and his guide. Just that quick.
There are strange group dynamics, especially when a crowd is spooked that can turn a peaceful protest into a mob. This wasn’t an insurrection. It was a huge crowd and those closest to the Capitol turned mob. There was insufficient security. In some cases, the discipline of the Capitol Police broke down, which further escalated into pandemonium. There were crimes by a subset of the crowd and I don’t think there are many who think that these should go unpunished. But fairly judged. What is bizarre is how this has been blown up in the media and how they have taken the stance, “I’ve made up my mind, don’t confuse me with the facts!”
Here is the excerpt from William Shirer’s account of the crowd turning in an instant. It serves as an example of why being near huge crowds is not a good idea. “The crowd, mostly boys and old men, was friendly enough as Bosshard (my guide) started snapping pictures with his Leica. He would stop and give the youngsters some silver foil from his film packs and joke with them in Pushtu. The old men grinned toothlessly.
Suddenly, a couple of young mullahs appeared and started angrily to harangue the crowd. In an instant the amiable crowd was transformed into an angry, threatening mob…..
The youngsters, who a moment before had been laughing with us, started to pick up loose stones and hurl them at us. I had never been stoned before—It was something I read about in the Bible. I looked back at our car, some hundred yards down the street and turned to run for it.
“Don’t!” Bosshard said sternly. “Don’t run!”
Again he took his revolver out and held it up. “Keep facing them. And step back slowly,” he said calmly. Once or twice we had to jerk our arms up to our faces to ward off a missile. We kept treading backward toward the car. The crowd kept edging closer. Their aim was getting better. The damned street seemed to be loaded with stones. Finally Bosshard brandished his gun and fired a couple of shots in the air. The crowd stopped. By this time, we had nearly reached our car. We back-treaded the last thirty feet as fast as we could, Bosshard covering our retreat.
“Jump in fast!” On the other side. Don’t turn your back!” He was calm but decisive. He put his gun down, threw himself in the car behind the wheel, and turned the starter. In a second we were off, a few parting stones falling harmlessly on the roof of the car.”
There were many mistakes made. There were crimes committed. It is time to review ALL the facts and dispel emotion.
That should read; “The Nightmare Years; 1930-1940” by William L Shirerz
Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it and the people will believe it.
– Joseph Goebbels / Nazi Minister of Propaganda
Dennis Mactired is trying her best to channel Joseph Goebbels. Fact
The lying Jan. 6th insurrection narrative may be officially debunked by the evidence of the newly released video. Yet, the progressive Marxist policy makers don’t care because their insurrection big lie has already poisoned the minds of their useful idiot Democrat electorate many of whom still believe Trump colluded with Russia three years after Mueller himself said he didn’t. The Democrat-owned Marxist leaning media will never tell their Democrat viewers, fewer and fewer with each passing year, the truth about the January 6th protest regardless of any footage which might exonerate the protesters from insurrectionist allegations.
All these progressive Marxist Democrat policy makers care about is that their mendacious narratives to do as much damage as possible for as long as possible to the Founding Fathers idea of the United States. Full stop.
Just read Dennis, Gigi, Svelaz, etc paid talking points as provided by their CCP funded masters
They’re aware that because so far they’ve been unable to thoroughly suppress the truth that their lies and kangaroo courts will eventually be shown up for the shams they are. Witness Chuck Schumer’s complete and thorough betrayal of the Bill of Rights yesterday calling for censorship of Fox News, Tucker Carlson. Yet Hillary can fund the Steele Dossier, and not a peep from any Democrat as to her destroying US Democracy. Then there is Biden literally asking Americans to pull their triggers on select SCOTUS Members with zero consequence to the Imbecile in the White-Rainbow House.
That is why these baby killers lie as long as their lie retains its power to dupe their useful idiot electorate. And, when one big lie loses its deceptive power, they simply construct another and another and another and…their cynicism regarding their Democrat electorate is matched only by their moral depravity. No wonder they like to groom little boys and girls
Indeed, the only reason the Capitol surveillance video has been approved for public dissemination is because, as with the Russian collusion narrative, it’s been determined that, in the minds of their useful idiot electorate, the insurrection lie has already dealt a devastating blow to Republicans ….but they were wrong, thus their present grand mal seizures and foaming at the mouth as if being administered electroconvulsive shock ….if only
Their baby killing misleadia will keep the truth of the event hermetically sealed–and they know it. As with the Russian collusion big lie–even when you show Democrats step by step and lie by lie that there is absolutely no evidence that Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election–they will refuse to believe it. The NY Times won a pulitzer prize with Walter Duranty’s fake reporting on no starvation occurring by the NYT biggest fan at the time: Joseph Stalin. One should never under-estimate Democrat credulity!
Leftist Marxist MSM propaganda is very effective if it is trusted even when it is later debunked. From imperial Russia to Batista’s Cuba, from NKorea to Red China, in every country taken down by marxists there’s a long trail of media lies which gives the history behind their demise. And so it will be in ours.
Duranty’s Lethal Lies
https://thenewamerican.com/duranty-s-lethal-lies/
“The Times, in fact, has a long history of misleading the public through selective coverage and the reporting of outright lies and falsehoods. This is especially the case whenever a left-wing tyrant or budding dictator has found himself in need of a friend in the media. In late 1957, for instance, as Marxist revolution swept Cuba, the Times published a series of influential reports by Herbert Matthews lionizing a young revolutionary leader named Fidel Castro. The Castro program, the Times reported, “amounts to a new deal for Cuba, radical, democratic, and therefore anti-Communist.”
Dennis you are no Herbert Matthew but Walter Duranty would be proud of your lying for the CCP Uniparty
Jonathan: It was only a matter of time. You have now joined Tucker Carlson in claiming his airing of the Jan. 6 security video footage proves it was not an insurrection but just a peaceful assemblage. On his 3/6 show Carlson falsely claimed “these were not insurrectionists, they were sightseers”. The part Carlson didn’t show was the insurrectionists breaking in doors and windows to get into the Capitol–and beating up Capitol police who stood in their way. Minor details.
When it comes to QAnon Shaman Jacob Chansley, Carlson falsely claimed Capitol police “helped” him and “acted as his tour guides”. No. They repeatedly asked him to leave the building. Remember the Capitol police were outnumbered 1000 to one. Their tactic was to try to de-escalate, not to try to use force to get the insurrectionists to leave the Capitol. And remember Chansley pleaded guilty to a serious felony–unlawfully entering the Capitol to try to overturn an election. But you claim Chansley’s 41 months was too harsh. Frankly, I think he got off easy.
Outside the loyal MAGA supporters who watch Fox, everyone has denounced Carlson’s attempt to sanitize what happened on Jan. 6. Even GOP Minority leader Mitch McConnel and other Republican senators have called Carlson’s version of the events absurd and misleading. The only thing Fox got right is when they called Arizona for Biden. But since then Fox has back peddled and has perpetuated all the lies about the election and Jan. 6. It appears Carlson now rules the roost at Fox and you know your role–to provide an echo chamber for the chief host at Fox.
So when you put that disclaimer at the end of your 3/5 column that: “I appear on Fox as a legal analyst and my views on this blog are neither connected to nor approved by Fox…”. I only smile. Of course, you don’t need “approval” from Rupert Murdock for everything you write because you clearly understand what is expected of you. You are a paid propagandist–you know like Joseph Goebbels. I would imagine Goebbels didn’t need Hitler’s “approval” for everyone of his speeches. He also knew what was expected of him.
Dennis:
“The part Carlson didn’t show was the insurrectionists breaking in doors and windows to get into the Capitol–and beating up Capitol police who stood in their way. Minor details.”
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Er, Dennis … he did show it. And it was shown first. You’ve proven yet again your investigation is liimted to reading and regurgitating the talking points of the Daily Dim Worker’s Party Newspaper. You don’t know what you’re talking about and well, I wasted a whole three minutes reading your spiel. My bad.
mespo727272: At least we know one thing. You are an avid watcher of Fox and Tucker Carlson. If you believe everything you hear there you are the one “reading and regurgitating” what you see on Fox. And I don’t read the Daily Worker–or whatever it is called these days. And thanks for reading my “spiel”. I do try very hard to deal in FACTS–not conspiracy theories. You should do the same.
Caught liars are funny and pathetic advocates all at the same time.
“I do try very hard to deal in FACTS”
No, you don’t.
You *think* you deal in facts, but that is only testament to how utterly weak-minded, malleable, mush-brained you *actually* are. The media you consume is garbage, and fills your head with garbage, as evidenced by your comments here. It’s laughable, but also sad, and alarming how dense and propagandized you are.
Dennis lies about almost everything. Its fun when he gets caught in full lie.
Thank you.
I rarely watch Tucker. I did not know that he aired some of the video of the violence.
Of course those on the left would not know a thing about “fair and balanced” or Fox.
They do not watch, but feel free to pontificate as experts.
I would note – Carlson was not obligated to provide “both sides” – the J6 committee Was obligated to seek and present the truth.
Jonathan Turley: “I have supported the prosecution of those who rioted on Jan. 6. As I said immediately after the riot, it was a desecration of our constitutional process.”
Jonathat Turley: “Once again, Chansley and any rioters deserve jail time. What occurred on Jan. 6 was a disgrace that has caused a lasting wound for this nation.”
Dennis McIntyre: “You [Turley] have now joined Tucker Carlson in claiming …the Jan. 6 security video footage proves it was not an insurrection but just a peaceful assemblage.”
See how this great blog site gets polluted with dishonest garbage?
“everyone has denounced Carlson’s attempt to sanitize what happened on Jan. 6.
Even GOP Minority leader Mitch McConnel and other Republican senators….”
Correct, because this is not about left vs. right. They are all part of the permanent Ruling Party (aided by their media allies, imbedded permanent ‘deep state’ bureacracy, mega corporations, and of course, Big Tech).
Isn’t it interesting how ALL of them are aligned against one man: Trump — who actually brought us four years of prosperity and peace. Imagine that.
And ps….they know the election was stolen. They all know it.
” The part Carlson didn’t show was the insurrectionists breaking in doors and windows to get into the Capitol–and beating up Capitol police who stood in their way.”
Carlson is not government he has no duty to show everything. We have all seen the half hour or so of video you reference – over and over and over. A half hour or so out of 41,000 total hours. Pretty much proves that what occured was fundimentally a peaceful protest.
Further – The left, democrats, the media, DOJ have all been hiding all of this from us for 2 years.
That hiding is itself evidence.
Specifically in the case of DOJ it is malfeasance – Prosecutors have a duty to provide exculpatory evidence to the defense.
Regardless, no one is argument that those who broke in doors and windows – so far the evidence is that occurred only in the West Tunnel, to gain entrance, and those who initiated violent attacks on the police – again that is why we need ALL the video – we have ALL seen the West Tunnel Video’s. We have not until recently seen the evidence that increasingly indicates that the CP started the Mele bty firing tear gass into a peaceful crowd that was outside legally protesting.
Regardless, we determine what the truth is with ALL THE EVIDENCE – not the cherry picked garbage that we have been sold the past 2 years.
When you hide things – it is reasonable for the rest of us to conclude it is because you are lying.
And the left has been hiding the truth for decades.
“When it comes to QAnon Shaman Jacob Chansley, Carlson falsely claimed Capitol police “helped” him and “acted as his tour guides”.”
Some of this video has audio. You are incorrect. Regardless, the video shows him following them – not the other way arround – and them opening locked doors for him.
That is NOT asking him to leave repeatedly.
“No. They repeatedly asked him to leave the building.”
So where is that on the video ?
“Remember the Capitol police were outnumbered 1000 to one.”
Another lie. There were 3400 CP available – there were not 3.4 million protestors in the capitol. There were not 3.4M election protestors in DC that day.
There were somewhere between 1-2000 people who actually entered the Capitol building. Those who did not with very very few exceptions violated no laws and posed no threat to anyone.
What we are now learning is that neither did those inside the capitol.
Far and away the largest number entered through open doors, walked through peacefully, were courteous with the CP who were courteous back
nearly all even stayed between the ropes.
In otherwords this was nothing like the ACTUALLY VIOLENT Kavanaugh protests.
“Their tactic was to try to de-escalate, not to try to use force to get the insurrectionists to leave the Capitol.”
Correct and proper. That is their job, I am not faulting them for that.
But what the video is showing is there was nothing to descalate.
“And remember Chansley pleaded guilty to a serious felony–unlawfully entering the Capitol to try to overturn an election. But you claim Chansley’s 41 months was too harsh. Frankly, I think he got off easy.”
There is no crime of trying to overturn an election. Unlawfull entry – if he actually committed that is a summary offence – not jailable.
Doing so defiantly – is a petty misdemeanor.
And you still have not actually proved that Chamlsey actually entered unlawfully.
Regardless, do not make up fake crimes.
“Outside the loyal MAGA supporters who watch Fox, everyone has denounced Carlson’s attempt to sanitize what happened on Jan. 6.”
Actually no – even left leaning shows like Krystal Ball on Breaking points are very critical of Dems on this.
Further many of the very people you are citing are OPENLY violating the constitution they swore to uphold.
Carlson is constitutionally free to show this. Those in Government – like all the usual suspects – Schumer McConnell Romney, Chenney. …
who are threatening Tucker and Fox are violating their oath of office. Those in government may not threaten others over free speech
” Even GOP Minority leader Mitch McConnel and other Republican senators have called Carlson’s version of the events absurd and misleading.”
Which makes you wonder what they have to hide.
Why has this been hidden for 26 months. I wish MacCarthy had just made this all public. There is still discussion of that happening.
Regardless, people are not being mislead by watching what atrually happened.
We do not need You or the J6 committee to explian what we can see with our own eyes.
We do not need Tucker carlson to do so.
But we do wonder why the Left, Democrats the media, You, and a small subset of Republicans are constantly telling us not to trust our eyes, the facts, documents, that we are all too stupid to watch read and assess the truth ourselves.
For people who are supposedly all about democracy you are incredibly antidemocratic.
“It appears Carlson now rules the roost at Fox”
When you have the top rated news show – you pretty much do.
MSNBC is currently #15 in ratings – behind 14 Fox shows.
CNN is #25 – behind about 23 Fox shows.
Aparently people do not trust Democrats, the rest of the media, or YOU.
For good reason – because you constantly hide the truth,
And when it gets out tell them not to beleive their own eyes.
Since you raised Goebels
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
NOTE – Maintaining a big lie REQUIRES THE STATE.
Fox is not the State.
Schumer is. Biden is the J6 committee is, the FBI is, DOJ is.
“When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
That is what all this is about.
J6 struck fear into the hearts and minds of those in govenrment.
Your false J6 narative is an effort to make sure those in government never have to fear the people they rule again.
Its not working;
Methinks thous dost protest too much.
Uh, not exactly “peaceful” when you see the masses surging the doors, pushing against the guards, etc.
You are a serial liar just like your Furher Joe Biden.
Liz Cheney still thinks her corrupt J6 committee presented “unassailable evidence” to the public.
The reality of the J6 committee? It was one-sided, cherry-picked, manipulation of information put forward in a made-for-TV-primetime-drama to “get Trump” and interfere in the midterm elections.
There was evidence intentionally withheld from the public. There was no scrutiny. There was no cross examination.
It was a sham. It was a Soviet show trial. And the public did not buy it.
Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, and all the rest of them, are despicably dishonest people who clearly abused their power.
Lock them all up and throw away the keys.
Like her father, Liz Cheney should be shunned and not allowed to show her ugly face in polite society ever again. She will never, ever hold political power again. She is finished.
Liz who?
Daddy, daddy, make me president; you promised!!!
JT:
“Once again, Chansley and any rioters deserve jail time. What occurred on Jan. 6 was a disgrace that has caused a lasting wound for this nation.”
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Oh in sane, just world you’re exactly right but what do you tell Chansley when the rioters in Portland (who torched a federal courthouse) and any scuzzy member of the BLM/Antifa (not just an idea we find) rioters who really killed people (mostly black)ON THAT DAY and still no prosecutions by the federales? Well, you talk selective prosecution – a topic the Left has forgotten about since they run the persecution … er … prosecution services. I’d walk Chansley out of jail so fast you might even hear the BLMers look up and stop chanting “Pigs in the blanket, fry like bacon.” Naw, that’s their million dollar meal ticket.
Oh and I truly can’t wait for Chansley’s Brady v. Maryland motion based on withheld surveillance tapes showing our Norseman being led around (escorted even) around the Capitol with Capitol Police jiggling the locks to the Senate chamber to show him around. Four years in prison for saying crazy shinola in the Great Well of the Senate? If that’s the rule, then Maj Leader Schmuckmer deserves 30 years in the pokey!
@mespo,
I think what JT is saying is that regardless of how the officers treated him… he was guilty of being part of the ‘mob’ protesting outside the capitol which forced the joint session of Congress to pause their required duties.
That’s the felony.
The issue of how a group of protesters outside the capitol forced Congress to vacate is another story and goes beyond the scope of this individual.
But the issue is… was he given a fair trial? Was exculpatory evidence withheld? In light of this evidence would he even had gotten jail time?
Not to mention the mistreatment and abuse in pretrial detention.
-G
Gumby (lovethe name damnit):
“I think what JT is saying is that regardless of how the officers treated him… he was guilty of being part of the ‘mob’ protesting outside the capitol which forced the joint session of Congress to pause their required duties.
That’s the felony.”
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The defense of selective prosecution presumes you committed the felony. It just says the government who prosecutes you can’t be ethically worse than you are. Wanna argue the govenment is a paragon of virtue with its two-tiered “justice for just-us” system?
Mespo,
I think everyone notices the selective prosecution and the selective sentencing being given.
But the point I was making was that the fact that Congress had to vacate the building meant that a felony had occurred.
There’s clearly more to this… and my other point/question was that regardless of the underlying felony, a Brady violation had occurred. I know that JT made comments where the prosecution could claim that the videos were in the hands of the legislative branch thus not available to them… but even that falls flat.
The prosecution had videos which meant that the videos were available to them. Then there’s the question of who had the videos. Not the legislative branch but the Capitol Police and the building’s security. Those videos are not a single item. They are digital and can easily be copied and distributed. While there may be security concerns it doesn’t matter. The fact that some videos were released to the prosecution meant that they had access to all.
-G
“But the point I was making was that the fact that Congress had to vacate the building meant that a felony had occurred.”
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Sorry, I don’t follow.
What it all means is this: the government lied.
Anyone suprised???
There is no crime of protesting a joint session of congress.
Congress was not FORCED to do anything – they chose to leave.
A significant part of What Tucker is providing is the evidence that those inside the capitol were peaceful – Far more peaceful than Kavanaugh protestors.
Yet, while Kavanaugh protestors were actively running arround trying to disrupt – congress continued to do their job.
Those of you on the left constantly abuse the meaning of words.
It is self evident from the video of people peacefully moving through the capital that all congress had to fear from these people was the political consequences of ignoring them.
The mob outside was protesting peacefully.
It can not be a felny to peacefully protest.
“Stop the Steal” is a self-incriminating mantra and statement of purpose to interfere with the Constitutional transfer of Presidential power. I’m still waiting for the instigators and organizers to be indicted. What kind of elitist justice system prosecutes the lowest-level offenders while letting the ringleaders slide? How corrupt is that?
Investigations are ongoing. It’s common for investigations to work their way up.
How is “Stop the Steal” any more self-incriminating than “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” or “Black Lives Matter” or “Russian Collusion”?
I consider these Jan 6th folks like the Women Marchers on Versailles circa 1789. If you believe the system is totally corrupt (and it surely is), then you have a moral imperative to act. You may or may not not like the way they acted, but I appreciate the sentiment. If BLM can burn down inner cities over mythical systemic racism, you ought to be able to break a window or two over a corporation-media-communist coup. Liberty, Equality, and Freedom from Facebook for all! Oh and to correct the record, the only person killed during the Jan 6th “riot-surection'” was some poor unarmed, 110 lb, female air force vet with the temerity to climb through a broken window in front of a wussy cop with a firearm. Rename her “George Floyd” and we’ve got a martydom. As it is we’ve got … well … nothing.
pbinca – I’m still waiting for Al Gore Jr. to be indicted for trying to overturn the 2000 election.
There is as much basis for indictment as there is to indict those who spread the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” falsehoods, including Patrice Cullors, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Charles M. Blow.
“In the end, justice has to remain blind.”
HAHAHA. Yeah right. “Justice” in this country today is blingingly, glaringly, shockingly one-sided and partisan.
FJB and his corrupt, illegitimate regime.
“blind-ing-ly” one-sided and PARTISAN.