Says numbers of suspects and scope of charges against them is “mind blowing”
170 suspects identified so far, 70 charged.
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Says initial cases charged with misdemeanors. But “this is only the beginning.”
More significant felony charges coming tied to sedition and conspiracy.
Charges range from trespass to theft of mail to assault to theft of national security information to felony murder. 2
Steven D'antuono FBI assistant director is very good at not answering questions.
So far: no answer on how coordinated this was or if suspects have been put on a no fly list.
No answer on if the guys with zip ties were trying to take hostages. “We’re looking at everything.” D’Antuono says.
Press conference ends after what, two? three? questions. Bullshit.
Why haven’t we heard from Wray? Why hasn’t any government authority briefed the public on what happened and what they are doing to stop it from happening again?
Listening: he goes through a laundry list of conspiracy theories about ballot stuffing and forgeries and so on - no acknowledgement that none of this has been presented in court over the last two months.
Also my god he’s just filibustering. The Georgians haven’t even said a word yet.
2020 update: well, turns out I had no idea. Setting aside the horrors of the pandemic and the employment/hunger crisis, here are some of the weirder minor events from this year you might have forgotten:
Trump tweets “I was the person who saved Pre-Existing Conditions in your Healthcare,” even though his administration is in court trying to nullify the Affordable Care Act. - Jan. 13, 2020
Dismisses reports that 34 US soldiers suffered traumatic brain injuries in an Iranian missile attack. “I heard they had headaches.” - Jan 24, 2020
Obama: “Can you *imagine* if I had had a secret Chinese bank account when I was running for re-election? You think Fox News would have been a little concerned about that? They would have called me Beijing Barry!”
Said he paid more taxes than Trump when he was 15 years old working at Baskin Robbins. “I think I might have paid more taxes that year dispensing ice cream.”
Says Trump can’t protect the nation from the pandemic. “He can’t even take the basic steps to protect himself!”
I tuned in for 20 seconds: just enough time to hear him say that the media misrepresents most incidents of excessive force against suspects. That was enough for me, thanks.
I didn’t edit that screenshot by the way. Very weird optics.