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Posts Tagged ‘Insurrection’
February 5th, 2022 - 10:41 am § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
What does Trump’s promise to pardon Capitol rioters really mean?
You can take him at his word. A lot of people do. Or you can try to infer his future actions from his past and present actions. Let’s examine those. “‘He could have pardoned some or all of them before he left office between January 6 and January 20 last year,’ defense lawyer[...]
February 4th, 2022 - 12:34 pm § in Politics
The GOP’s true colors
The Republican National Committee convened 168 members on Friday, February 4, 2022, to tell the world where the GOP stands on certain issues. For example, they condemned the Chinese government (but House Republicans just voted against a China competition bill, see that story here). But the main busi[...]
January 26th, 2022 - 3:35 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Capitol riot defense: “Trump made me do it”
In a variation of “the devil made me do it,” Capitol rioters are trying to shift the blame to Trump. “Many of the defendants facing criminal charges for their role in the January 6 insurrection have tried to share blame with Trump or shift blame to him,” CNN says (here), but [...]
Oath Keepers armed themselves for war at the U.S. Capitol
“A day before the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, people from three different states wheeled cart after cart laden with weapons and ammunition through an otherwise unremarkable Comfort Inn Ballston hotel located in Virginia, just a stone’s throw from the Pentagon,” Military.com s[...]
Tweet gone bad
Be careful what you ask for. (Ron Johnson is the ultra-partisan GOP senator from Wisconsin who described Capitol rioters as “tourists.”) Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
January 19th, 2022 - 2:53 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
The difference between sedition and protest
Last week, federal prosecutors filed sedition conspiracy charges against 11 members of the Oath Keepers, including its leader. Oath Keepers is a rightwing armed militia group that participated in the Capitol riot intending to block certification of Biden’s election victory. Additional court fi[...]
I hope Stew Rhodes goes to prison
Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers militia group, was indicted last week for seditious conspiracy. He could get 20 years. I hope he does. Rhodes, 56, is a Yale Law School graduate who practiced criminal law in Montana. He’s not a lawyer anymore; he was disbarred in 2015. Now it’[...]
January 15th, 2022 - 2:18 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Capitol lost and found
“Many people who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection called the House Speaker’s office the next day asking about a lost and found,” Huffington Post says (read story here). That’s a great idea for next time! Here’s how it would work. You lay the stuff out on long [...]
January 11th, 2022 - 4:58 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Some prominent Republicans are backing away from Trump, and that’s a very good thing
What America’s politics need, more than anything else, is for the GOP to be a normal political party again. Since falling under Trump’s spell, it’s become a cult led by a lying charlatan. That’s unhealthy not just for the Republican Party, but the entire country. We need two [...]