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11 Jan, 4 tweets, 3 min read
If Bill Belichick accepts the Medal of Freedom from Trump after he instigated a terrorist insurrection, he opens himself, the @Patriots & the @NFL to potential liability for providing aid & comfort to a seditious conspiracy. #18USC2384
If Belichick goes ahead with the ceremony, the @Patriots should immediately announce his dismissal & the @NFL should initiate proceedings to bar him from any future association with the league. Records of any support for Trump-linked groups should be turned over to the FBI.
Before any Trump fan or @Patriots fan says this sounds too extreme or unfair, consider that Bill Barr, the loyal AG who acted to protect Trump from indictment or impeachment, said Trump orchestrated the insurrection & “betrayed his office.”
That means four things: 1) bc Trump was not there, it was seditious conspiracy (#18USC2384); 2) Trump is guilty of felony murder; 3) his presidency is now unconstitutional (#14thAmendmentSection3); 4) anyone providing him aid or comfort is breaking the law.

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The @FBI is warning of dozens of coordinated paramilitary plots connected to the Capitol insurrection, targeting DC & state capitals. We are in the midst of an ONGOING TERRORIST COUP PLOT. Any use of office that provides aid or comfort is unlawful. #14thAmendmentSection3
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Please share this: The attack on the Capitol was a terrorist attack, in support of a seditious conspiracy. With sedition, homicide & felony murder charges, participants could face 60+ years in prison. Anyone present who invaded the Capitol should voluntarily surrender to the FBI.
There were explosives & other deadly weapons & evidence of a plot to kidnap & murder elected officials. Funding for the event, for the campaign of seditious lies that radicalized some attackers & for events where direct incitement occurred will be traced.
Anyone who provided any tacit or direct support to any of these elements of the conspiracy—lies about the election, threats or extortion of public officials, infiltration of law enforcement, or funding of any kind—should surrender to the FBI.
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The first question in filing criminal charges against Trump for seditious conspiracy & instigating insurrection is: Would any of this have happened if Trump weren’t doing what he has been doing?
The second operative question is: Did Trump actively & knowingly court the allegiance & mobilization of armed paramilitaries who later took part in or helped orchestrate the attack on the Capitol?
On this point, we know from highly visible public acts but also from less known detailed investigative reporting that Trump courted, incited & condoned these extremists groups not once or twice but EVERY SINGLE TIME for years.
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@nytimes @POTUS If any of his actions, or orders he has issued to any other person, involve an effort to taint confirmed evidence or sway the testimony of witnesses, his actions or orders would be unlawful & would warrant his referral for criminal prosecution.
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