Trump has called the Capitol rioters “patriots” and promised to pardon them if he’s elected again. If I were them, I wouldn’t hold my breath, because Trump lies a lot and doesn’t return loyalty. He’s loyal to no one but himself. But suppose he does. Will he pardon[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Insurrection’
June 26th, 2024 - 6:11 pm § in Law and Courts
Fair arrest or retaliation?
Tommy E. Tatum (photo left), 48, of Greenville, Mississippi, was finally arrested on June 26, 2024, for his participation in the Capitol riot, NBC News reported here. He’s charged with harassing police officers, a felony, and several misdemeanors. Tatum wasn’t hard to find. He was a witn[...]
Capitol rioter tells his side of the story (video)
It just so happens he’s lying to the reporter in the video below. That interview was in November 2022. On June 18, 2024, Dale Huttle, 73, of Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2024. His actions included using a flagpole to jab [...]
May 28th, 2024 - 8:29 pm § in Law and Courts
Jury bias against cop-beaters doesn’t get Capitol rioter a new trial
A federal appeals court has turned away the appeal of a Jan. 6 rioter who claimed juror bias. Thomas Webster, a retired New York cop, went to Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021, to prevent certification of the 2020 election. At the Capitol, he tackled and choked Officer Noah Rathbun, grabbed him by [...]
Rightwing politics and facts don’t mix well
Oil and water don’t mix. Neither do foxes and chickens. Or rightwing politics and facts. Lying is so endemic on the political right that you take it for granted what rightwingers say won’t pass a fact-check or truth-check. Trump’s lies are legion; Washington Post “fact-checke[...]
May 27th, 2024 - 3:18 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Few takers for “Ashli Babbitt Hero March”
The annual “Ashli Babbitt Freedom March,” first held in 2023, is a new Memorial Day tradition in the nation’s capital. Last year the turnout was about a dozen people, judging from counting the noses in the video here. It’s not easy to find out how many people turned out today[...]
Capitol rioter gets 12 years from Trump-appointed judge
Federal Judge Trevor McFadden (bio here), a Trump appointee, sentenced Christopher Quaglin (photo, left), a New Jersey electrician, to 12 years in prison for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection. Quaglin didn’t help himself by mouthing off to the judge and expressin[...]
May 22nd, 2024 - 6:21 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
MAGA flag was seen at Alito vacation home
Someone in Justice Alito’s household is flying their politics on flagpoles. First it was an American flag flying upside at his Alexandria, Virginia, home (see my article here). Alito, who came under criticism for this, claims his wife did it after arguing with a neighbor over his “F̵[...]
Romney asserts Biden should have pardoned Trump
Sen. Mitt Romney (aka Pierre Delecto, pictured at left; for explanation, go here) declared Biden “should have pardoned Donald Trump on all federal criminal charges the moment they were announced,” The Guardian reported (here) on May 15, 2024. This should instantly strike you as anomalous (it did[...]
Capitol rioter gets 12½ years for tasing Office Fanone
Daniel Rodriguez (photo, left), 40, of Fontana, California, is the rioter who tased Officer Michael Fanone in the neck during the Jan. 6 riot. A federal judge sentenced him to 12½ years in prison on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, CNN reported here. Prosecutors characterized Rodri[...]