NEW: One of the worst Jan. 6 rioters, David Dempsey, hit with 20 years in federal prison by a Reagan-appointed federal judge who has spoken out about the “preposterous” and dangerous rhetoric some Republicans have used in an attempt to “rewrite history" on Jan. 6. Dempsey appeared to flash an “OK” sign as he was led out of court, several witnesses observed. Other rioters have yelled “Trump won!” as they were led out of court.

More to come:

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DOJ inspector general concludes, as folks who were paying attention four plus years ago did contemporaneously, that having Bureau of Prisons guards man civilian protests was a bad idea. "Allowing federal law enforcement to operate with anonymity all but eliminates accountability when force is inevitably used against demonstrators." huffpost.com/entry/william-…

“If [we] don’t have a charge, we don’t say anything about an investigation; we just don’t do that.”

From the OIG report on Willam Barr and the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney who helped fuel the ex-president's bogus voter fraud narrative back in 2020. He announced his resignation just before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was fueled by Trump's election lies. huffpost.com/entry/david-fr…

DOJ inspector general's report on the Roger Stone sentencing recommendation (remember that?) is now out. It calls former interim U.S. Attorney Timothy Shea's leadership "ineffectual" and DOJ's handling of the Stone sentencing "highly unusual." Bill Barr refused to cooperate. "we found that Barr had articulated his position about the sentencing recommendation both before and shortly after the first sentencing memorandum was filed, and before the President’s tweets." oig.justice.gov/sites/default/…

Jan. 6 defendant Alan Hostetter's motion for release after the Supreme Court's ruling in the Fischer case, denied.

“These conspiracy theories are no longer fringe." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

Re: The 6th

"there really is no centralized role in this for Defense or the Federal government components. This sits squarely in MPD's realm. I'm trying to tamp this down with the Deputy like I have the last couple of protests but this one may be different..." From the latest batch of FBI emails on Jan. 6:

"It's her very first day in this position. He didn't tell her what the document was, or who wrote it, unfortunately and then went back to the 7th floor for more meetings..."

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The only man known to have participated in both the newsman fight in Anchorman (2004) and the U.S. Capitol attack (2021) has formally pleaded guilty in connection with the latter.

STORY: nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

THREAD: Over two years ago, a Jan. 6 defendant told a court that he'd witnessed Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes (now serving an 18 year seditious conspiracy sentence) that he'd witnessed Rhodes try to contact Donald Trump during the Capitol attack. That Jan. 6 defendant, William Todd Wilson, admitted that he heard Rhodes “repeatedly implore" an unidentified party he was speaking with "to tell President Trump to call upon groups like the Oath Keepers to forcibly oppose a transfer of power." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

Dissent: Dissent: the majority “invents an atextual, ahistorical, and unjustifiable immunity that puts the President above the law.”

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The only man known to have participated in both the News Fight in Anchorman (2004) and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol (2021) plans to plead guilty on July 8, per court docket.

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1666668112601575426

He doesn’t count for any “law enforcement officers who stormed the Capitol” stats, but he’s certainly played a cop a bunch! nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

Let’s take a look at the conduct of Jan. 6 defendants sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, shall we? First up there’s this guy.

Did he get 10 years for walking in the Capitol?

No, that was mostly the vicious assault, and the blatant (almost comical) lying on the stand didn’t help.

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Lots of false claims about Jan. 6 grandmas on this site, so just pointing out that a J6 grandmom sentenced today got approval to take a trip to France for D-Day events right before her sentencing.

Kymberly Sylvester received probation, $500 in restitution, and no fine. On Zoom.

"I had an encounter with a young man wearing a 'Coon-skin hat', who was very close to me in the crowd. He stated to me it was a good day to 'kill someone.'"

"I entered the building with pure stupidity and there is simply no excuse for that... It is hard to live with the fact that I was a part of a crowd who ultimately caused great harm to the Capitol police.

Threading some relevant content about Larry Brock.

https://twitter.com/danlamothe/status/1798474201340244075

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1634519358331338757

“I was a gun prosecutor — we never prosecuted addicts for lying and buying on federal forms,” Gowdy said. “So, I don’t think Hunter Biden ought to be singled out either. Go after him on taxes, go after him on corruption…

https://twitter.com/mediaite/status/1796228046938046607

“But I’d be curious how many people were prosecuted for being an addict in possession of a firearm, and I’ll bet it’s less than 10 in the last 12 months…”

NEW: Yesterday, Michael Fanone — the former police officer who was nearly killed by Trump rioters who actually believed the former president's lies about the 2020 election — called Donald Trump an "authoritarian" with "a violence fetish."

Hours later, his mom was swatted. "This is the reality of going up against or challenging Donald Trump... These swatting calls are incredibly f---ing dangerous..."

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"In addition to harming the officer, I know that my actions also harmed the country..."

Jan. 6 rioter Joseph Fisher — the former Boston cop who assaulted a Capitol Police officer with a chair and his hands — wrote this letter ahead of his sentencing Friday.

DOJ wants 3.5+ yrs.



Background here: nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

TODAY:

Heir apparent Brent Bozell IV will be sentenced for his leadership role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Federal prosecutors are seeking a terrorism sentencing enhancement, just like they did for the Proud Boys he fought alongside. Once again, you couldn’t write it.

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THREAD

Back in 2020, after Donald Trump lost the presidential election, the official account of the Arizona Republican Party started getting a little... wild.

In late night tweets, they started asking followers if they were ready to die for Trump.

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When another Twitter user called the person behind the account "one of the funniest posters in the state," the AZGOP's comms director posted this:

L. Brent Bozell Jr. and L. Brent Bozell III shaped the conservative movement in the 20th and 21st century.

Justice Department prosecutors are seeking almost 12 yrs in federal prison (and a domestic terrorism enhancement) for L. Brent Bozell IV, who stormed the Capitol on Jan 6.





"There are few rioters on January 6 who were involved in as many pivotal breaches as Bozell."

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"Donald Trump and his advisers knew that he had in fact lost the election but despite this knowledge they engaged in a massive effort to spread false and fraudulent information to convince huge portions of the U.S. population that fraud had stolen the election from him."

-- Defense sentencing memo for Jan. 6 defendant Alex Harkrider


"Trump refused to concede. He showed himself willing to undermine confidence in the democratic process and in time, managed to convince nearly three-quarters of his supporters (to include Mr. Harkrider) that the loser was actually the winner." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

So, yes, today, Ryan Nichols, Ryan Nichols was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison and given a $200K fine. "I will f---ing die for this," Nichols said on video after the Jan. 6 attack. "But before I do that, I plan on making other people die first, for their country, if it gets down to that."

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