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An internal Navy probe found 34 colleagues who said he held "extremist or radical views pertaining to the Jewish people, minorities and women." FBI found racist memes with the N-word on his phone. He told an informant that he hoped for "civil war." /2 cnn.com/2021/03/14/pol…
While pleading guilty, Bancroft was sharply rebuked by Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan. "That’s really troubling. It’s horrible. It’s outrageous,” he said, before turning his attention to federal prosecutors and asking, “Does it not rise to the level of a threat?”
Federal Judge Trevor McFadden shot down that accusation and upheld the criminal charges against Couy Griffin, a NM county commissioner who founded the “Cowboys for Trump” group and was featured in a recent CNN documentary about the January 6 insurrection. cnn.com/interactive/20…
First: Let's look at Trump's comments about Seattle. Here is context from my colleague @ddale8, the gold standard of fact-checking. Trump is referring to an "autonomous zone" protesters set up in a tiny part of the city. His comments are inaccurate. (2/8)
Here's the irony: These charges were brought by the DOJ, which is led by AG Bill Barr. Over the weekend, Barr singled out left-wing groups and Antifa as being responsible for much of the violence. Surely, Antifa is involved. But these first charges don't fit Barr's narrative.