Honestly the tougher thing would be finding people who were there for Hawley’s fist pump and DIDN’T break the law. And they can’t even claim ignorance like those who arrived later have, because they saw those barricades get ripped down and joined the mob anyway.
Hawley claimed it was a “slur” to call Jan. 6 demonstrators rioters. But if you actually believed the election was stolen, isn’t the more embarrassing thing doing absolutely nothing about it? You think it’s 1776 2.0, but trespassing is a bridge too far? huffpost.com/entry/josh-haw…
Hawley seems really determined to defend this tiny contingent of people who came to DC because they actually truly believed the election was stolen, but weren’t willing to put any skin in the game at all.
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On the left is FBI Capitol suspect no. 225, aka #airheadlady. On the right is a publicly available image of Marilyn Hueper from her husband’s Instagram page, which was cited in the FBI affidavit. Do they look like they could be sisters? Sure. But they are not the same person.
Check the hairline, check the ears, check the nose, check the jawline, check the chin. It’s not a match, and it illustrates how easy it can be to keep your blinders up when you think you work backwards from a conclusion. huffpost.com/entry/fbi-capi…
Landon Copeland, caught on video brawling with cops at the Capitol, has been interrupting hearings for other Capitol defendants. His case has finally been called, and it’s not going well.
“I’M GOING TO TELL THE TRUUUUUTTTTHH,” he yells at the clerk.
Attorney for Capitol defendant Anthony Antonio said his client had “Foxitus” and “Foxmania” from watching six months of Fox News and started “believing what was being fed to him” by Fox News and the president.
Antonio talked to the feds with his lawyer pretty early, and told them he saw “death” in the eyes of D.C. Police Officer Mike Fanone as the mob pulled the officer into the crowd. justice.gov/usao-dc/case-m…
Judge Randolph D. Moss today denied Matthew Klein's motion for bond and pretrial release, finding that his parents are unsuitable custodians.
Matthew's parents both advised his brother (on the right) that "braggers get caught." His mom said to "pull a Hillary and use a hammer."
"This was not an exercise of free speech but, to the contrary, an effort to quash the collective voice of the American electorate."
Judge called Proud Boy Klein’s decision to bring weapons to political rallies “disconcerting,” but didn’t rule out releasing him under strict conditions in the future.
It’s a conversation piece about the AG who faced down George Wallace, helped draft the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, and battled with Hoover over blackmailing MLK. Seems like an easy call to put him in the AG’s conference room.
Judge Amy B. Jackson, at hearing for Capitol defendant Karl Dresch, pointed out that his supporters were infantilizing a 41-year-old man, calling him a “young man” and a “very bright kid."
“Senator Josh Hawley is 41, and he’s not even the youngest senator there,” she says.
Judge Amy B. Jackson also pointed out that Washington Capitols Captain Alex Ovechkin is 35; Tom Brady was NFL MVP at 40; Bill Clinton was elected before he was 40; and that Martin Luther King was younger than 40 when he was killed.
The supporter who called Karl Dresch a “very bright kid” (and left out Dresch's criminal conduct in his 30s) is **checks notes** the sheriff of Houghton County, Michigan.