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May 4 • 27 tweets • 9 min read
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.


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May 3 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
"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."

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Image "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…
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May 2 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
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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Apr 30 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
DOJ seeking nearly seven years in federal prison for Ryan Nichols, who will be sentenced on Thursday. Ryan Nichols talked about his desire to drag politicians through the streets before getting to the Capitol, assaulted law enforcement on video, then confessed on video in the third person.

This is what Donald Trump Jr. falsely claimed about his case, before Ryan Nichols pleaded.
Apr 30 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
A lawyer for Jan. 6 defendant Russell Taylor wrote in a sentencing memo today that Ronald Reagan appointed Judge Royce C. Lamberth now has "the equivalent of a PhD in the events of January 6th."

Here's what Judge Lamberth has been saying about the GOP's "preposterous" rhetoric: Image "The Court is accustomed to defendants who refuse to accept that they did anything wrong. But in my thirty-seven years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when such meritless justifications of criminal activity have gone mainstream." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Apr 29 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
There really are some strang moments in the Jan. 6 CCTV footage being released by House Republicans. Like here's the elusive #Individual4 revealing his face because he goes to take a swig of stolen Coke, and then here's Kevin McCarthy in the same spot hours later.
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Apr 29 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Haven't seen any Fox News coverage of John Sullivan's six year prison sentence, even though they covered his case pretty extensively at first!

(Their story from the trial in November 2023 was just taking NBC News' reporting without including a link.)



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Apr 26 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
BREAKING: John Sullivan sentenced to SIX YEARS in federal prison, putting him in the top tier of Jan. 6 sentences. More to come… nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Apr 19 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: Feds seeking 7+ years in federal prison for John Sullivan, which would put him pretty high up on the list of Jan. 6 sentences.

At trial, prosectors told jurors that he came to the Capitol with the "goal of inciting the crowd," and showed evidence he bragged he wanted to "make those Trump supporters f--- s--- up."Image "Sullivan also told Sacker that his motivations were 'siding with anyone willing to rip this down and put something new in place, put something better in place. Pretty simple.'" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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Apr 18 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Jan. 6 rioter Zachary Alam, the subject of an absurd @SharylAttkisson segment in October, is set to be sentenced tomorrow.

Sharyl didn’t actually cover Alam’s trial, but told her viewers that his indictment doesn’t “mention any evidence he’s a Trump supporter.”

In fact and reality, the press release she cited seconds later in the segment noted that he has a MAGA hat on under his fur hat, and there’s this from his mom: There's just so much deception happening in @SharylAttkisson October 2023 segment that it makes you feel like banging your head against he wall.

Take that line about the how Alam's indictment doesn't mention "any evidence he's a Trump supporter."

Well, key basic question there, is it a speaking indictment?

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Apr 17 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Last month, New York Times Magazine ran a feature story about Vanderpump Rules, a cultural phenomenon of which I was only vaguely aware.

I was intrigued. I started with Scandoval episode, then went back and watched all 10+ seasons, plus the new spinoff.

It was a nice break from covering Jan. 6!

Today, the wall between The Real Housewives universe and J6 came crashing down... STORY: nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Apr 15 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
A former Marine “who firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa, California, and plotted other attacks, including an attack on the Orange County, California, power grid in furtherance of a race war, an attack at Dodger Stadium during an LGBTQI+ pride night celebration, and the home invasions of Jewish homes in Los Angeles was sentenced today to nine years in prison…”Image DOJ: "Defendant’s fellow Marines noted that he made hateful comments towards all non-white individuals, including Jewish, Hispanic, African American, and Muslim acquaintances, including, for example, openly using a racial slur to refer to one fellow Marine’s spouse." Image
Apr 12 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
As former President Donald Trump continues to spew lies about election fraud, one of his supporters who broke police lines on Jan. 6 is blaming Trump's previous lie spewing for his conduct:
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Image Joshua John Portlock's team writes that the Jan. 6 defendant would still have a "lucrative career at Mitsubishi Motors" had he not fallen for Donald Trump's absurd claims about the 2020 election. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

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Apr 12 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
NEW: A California federal magistrate judge had denied a search warrant for conservative influencer / Jan. 6 defendant Isabella DeLuca's phone without explanation, so the feds are now seeking approval from a judge in DC to give it a look.
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Image If you'd guessed that a Trump-supporting young would-be influencer who lived in D.C. had a lease in Navy Yard, congratulations, the redacted search warrant application indicates you were indeed correct.

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Apr 10 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Numerous Jan. 6 defendants have confessed they now feel like idiots for being gullible enough to fall for ham-fisted lies about the 2020 election.

The House Speaker and Republican presidential nominee, meanwhile, are planning a press conference about "election integrity." Image Trump, a self-described "very smart guy" with "a very good brain," continues to push conspiracy theories that fall apart if you apply just a tiny little bit of critical thinking:

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Apr 9 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
FBI sting nets an 18-year-old from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, the feds say swore allegiance to ISIS. Previously, a white supremacist, apparently!

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Apr 5 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
"I have not examined the evidence in detail," @RobertKennedyJr said about Jan. 6.

Indeed, RFK Jr.'s statement makes that abundantly clear!

It contains several falsehoods, most notably the absurd claim that rioters "carried no weapons."

W/ @aseitzwald:

nbcnews.com/politics/2024-… @RobertKennedyJr @aseitzwald Numerous Donald Trump supporters, in fact, are sitting in federal prison right now because they brought guns to the Capitol on Jan. 6! nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…
Apr 5 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
"We want Trump!"

"civil war is all but assurred now."

"they are trying to give credit to storming congress on the news to antifa... BULLSHIT."

Feds seeking 10 years for David Joseph Gietzen.

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Apr 4 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
“I’m not claiming Mr. Clark is deranged…”

A disciplinary counsel fighting to disbar Jeffrey Clark argued that he couldn’t possibly have believed the ridiculous smart thermostat related lies he was peddling about the 2020 election. nbcnews.com/politics/justi… “A rational person, faced with overwhelming evidence to the contrary, who still insists that the moon rises in the west, yes, that person is being intentionally dishonest.” nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Apr 4 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
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Donald Trump keeps calling Jan. 6 defendants "hostages." He did so again last night.

But an @NBCNews review of J6 cases identified just 15 current pretrial detainees ordered held by a judge.

Among them are defendants who (allegedly):

- set off an explosive device
- fired a gun
- plotted to murder FBI employees
- showed up at Obama's house with a van full of ammo after Trump posted his address

nbcnews.com/politics/justi… Two of the pre-trial detainees have body counts. One stabbed a 19-year-old to death in a park, he claimed self-defense and wasn't charged in that case but has an extensive criminal record.

The other killed a handcuffed Iraqi civilian.

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Apr 3 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: A Washington man who led an attack on officers on Jan. 6 and represented himself at trial using arguments a federal judge described as "bulls---" and "gobbledygook" was sentenced to seven years in federal prison on Wednesday.

nbcnews.com/politics/justi… Previously: