“They kept spitting out the false narrative about a stolen election and how it was ‘our duty’ to stand up to tyranny. Little did I realize that they were the tyrannical ones...”
A Jan. 6 rioter who attacked cops claims he now knows that Trump lied.
“Trump supporters were lied to by those that at the time had great power, meaning the then sitting president, as well as those acting on his behalf,” writes Robert Scott Palmer, aka #FloridaFlagJacket. huffpost.com/entry/trump-li…
"I am one of the Capitol Riot people. A lot if not most of the defendants I have been incarcerated with would object to me saying that we were rioting.” huffpost.com/entry/trump-li…
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BREAKING: Judge Tanya Chutkan sentences Brandon Miller to 20 days behind bars. Stephanie Miller gets 14 days incarceration.
DOJ had asked for home confinement.
“They climbed through a broken window,” Chutkan emphasizes. “I’m not sure there’s any remorse."
“There have to be consequences for participating in an attempted violent overthrow of the government beyond sitting at home,” Judge Tanya Chutkan previously said. huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
Judge Chutkan said Brandon Miller came to D.C. to "help a political faction,” not to "help the country.”
The FBI has arrested Jan. 6 defendant Avery MacCracken, and the feds are once again crediting @SeditionHunters. #CoveredDragon
Court records don’t yet reflect DOJ’s position on the question of whether the court should, until trial, release MacCracken.
"MacCracken punched Officer J.G. with his closed fist in the right cheek, causing a cut to the face under his right eye. Officer J.G. took a selfie-pic of his injuries and provided self-aid; he did not seek other medical care.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
The arrest warrant indicates that the defendant was arrested Saturday, which suggests that a local federal magistrate judge may have already released MacCracken.
"The lie that the election was stolen and illegitimate is still being perpetrated… Worse, it’s become heresy for a member of the [former] president’s party to say otherwise.”
“Canceling out the votes of others at the point of a gun is the utter anthesis of what America stands for. It is the definition of tyranny and of authoritarianism.” huffpost.com/entry/qanon-tr…
In an exercise of her discretion, Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced the QAnon believer to 28 months in prison, and recommend he serve somewhere where he could get “intensive” mental health treatment. huffpost.com/entry/qanon-tr…
Sentencing hearing underway for Trump fan Cleveland Meredith, who threatened Nancy Pelosi but arrived in D.C. after the Capitol attack due to car trouble.
Some of the hearing may be under seal (to discuss specific mental health issues). Judge Amy Berman Jackson presiding.
“I think Trump wants you to go home peacefully!!”
“Bullshit, he wants HEADS and I’m gonna deliver.”
DOJ says Meredith set out to attend Trump’s rally on Jan. 4, but had car issues on his way to DC. He arrived late in the afternoon on Jan. 6.
DOJ attorney quotes Meredith text: "someone has to take the TRASH out, FK THESE MTHRFKRS.”
NEW: In his letter to the judge, violent Jan. 6 rioter Robert Scott Palmer says he now realizes Trump supporters "were lied to by… the sitting President, as well as those acting on his behalf.”
"They kept spitting out the false narative about a stolen election and how it was 'our duty' to stand up to tyranny. Little did I realize that they were the tyrannical ones…"
"I am one of the Capitol riot people. A lot if not most of the defendants I have been incarcerated with would object to me saying that we were rioting.”