The city of Portsmouth is paying prominent state politician $300K after bringing bizarre felony charges against her in 2020. pilotonline.com/news/vp-nw-por…
Cop Who Charged Black Senator With ‘Injuring’ Confederate Statues Nurtured A Long Grudge huffpost.com/entry/portsmou…
“Are there folks in my department, where if I went into their house, would I expect to see a grand wizard freakin’ robe and a Confederate flag in their garage? Absolutely.” huffpost.com/entry/portsmou…
“A police sergeant in Portsmouth… who circumvented local prosecutors to bring highly unusual ‘injury to a monument’ felony charges against a state senator… previously called the lawmaker’s criticism of his police chief ‘disgusting’ and ‘repulsive.’” huffpost.com/entry/portsmou…
“I am pledging that I will be donating the entirety of what I receive in the settlement to the charitable efforts in our community I have been involved with for so many years.” pilotonline.com/news/vp-nw-por…
"Sergeant Kevin T. McGee... theorized that Lucas’ rhetoric on the afternoon of June 10 was part of a conspiracy to destroy the monuments, in violation of a 70-year-old state law that originally referred to the Civil War as the 'War Between the States.’” huffpost.com/entry/portsmou…
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At his disciplinary hearing, election denier Jeffrey Clark's lawyer sought to prevent having his client asserting the Fifth over and over and over, which would "avoid us being on MSNBC for no good reason."
More on the hearing involving election denier and almost-acting-attorney-general Jeffrey Clark here:
Former Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen says he remembers telling Donald Trump he could have the leadership he wanted, "but it's not going to change the facts." (Because the election wasn't stolen via smart thermostat, a thing Jeffrey Clark actually believed!)
"This was nowhere in his lane," Rosen says, of Clark's attempts to get briefed about some outlandish conspiracy theory about smart thermostats stealing the election. "This is not appropriate, it's way out of Mr. Clark's lane."
"Where is this coming from? Why are you doing this?"
Looking back, Rosen says "Mr. Clark wasn't very forthcoming" about where this was coming from.
Jan. 6 defendant Taylor Johnatakis' sister-in-law says she agrees with the judge that Johnatakis' sovereign citizen arguments are "bull shit" and "gobbledygook."
From November: "A Jan. 6 rioter who represented himself during a jury trial and advanced sovereign citizen arguments that a federal judge described as 'bulls---' and 'gobbledygook' was found guilty Tuesday and ordered into government custody."
“If I’m wrong, so be it, bro. I don’t care,” the Tucker Carlson guest who insisted on Fox News that this MAGA enthusiast with the red face paint was some super secret undercover agent. “I don’t give a s--- about being wrong.”
Also, here’s another influencer who was charged back in 2020 for what non-serious people operating in bad faith might describe as “touching” a Molotov cocktail.
He was sentenced to years in federal prison and ordered to pay $12 million in restitution.
NEW: A conservative influencer who says she interned for two GOP members of Congress helped steal a table used to assault officers on Jan. 6, FBI says.
"Fight back or let politicians steal [an] election? Fight back!" Deluca allegedly tweeted on the afternoon of Jan. 6. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
A few weeks ago Isabella Deluca showed some awareness that mishandling federal property could result in some criminal consequences. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…