"Nearly 3 years ago, a young professional in the nation's capital was sitting in her apartment after the #Jan6 attack and saw that the FBI was looking for help identifying the #rioters who stormed the #Capitol. So she opened the Bumble dating app, changed her political beliefs to conservative and got to swiping.
Three years ago today the US Capitol was attacked by rioters incited by Donald #Trump to overthrow the government. Hours later 68% of House republicans voted to finish the job and make trump a dictator. Here are their names.
#BREAKING: A federal appeals court has ruled that Donald #Trumpcan be sued for inciting the #Jan6 crowd. He is not "immune" because he was president, the circuit rules.
Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday undermined a key pillar of his old boss’ defense in the special counsel’s probe into 2020 election interference, telling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that Donald Trump “knew well he lost the election.”
The State Bar Court of California recommends that John Eastman be disbarred. The opinion is impressive - detailed, clear, and absolutely firm that lying about law and fact to a court is disqualifying for membership in the bar. Equally firmly, the court finds that Eastman conspired to commit a crime with his client, Donald Trump, by conspiring to obstruct the electoral count for the 2020 presidential election. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24521262-eastman-decision-trial#LawFedi#LegalEthics#Jan6 1/
#Raskin: They’re spreading disinformation about how it was really antifa and FBI agents which would make it strange to argue that all of these people should be released and trump is going to pardon them. Why would he want to pardon all of these antifa fighters? #Jan6#Trump
Rep Jamie Raskin on House GOP release of sliver of #Jan6 video
“They can ransack these tapes for scenes of people walking down hallway without assaulting police. I'm sure they'll find them. That doesn't mean 140 police officers weren’t injured.. in the brutal assault”
You could show 9/11 hijackers 45 min before they took over the plane & directed it into Twin Towers, sitting munching peanuts & drinking ginger ale. But that doesn't mean that what happened didn't happen”
Judge rules #Bannon must go to prison by July 1 while appealing contempt case
The former #Trump adviser is challenging a four-month prison term for contempt of Congress after failing to appear before a House panel investigating #Jan6 #legal
Why hasn’t this major topic been covered by news outlets? It’s bizarre.
Here’s the latest.
Via Scott MacFarlane:
ALERT: DC federal judges have indefinitely postponed sentencing hearings for TWO MORE #Jan6 defendants, citing Supreme Court decision to review Jan 6 "obstruction of official proceeding" charge #legal#TrumpIndictment#SCOTUS
FLASH: Judge sentences #Jan6 defendant Christopher Worrell, who absconded before prior sentencing hearing and was a fugitive in late 2023, to TEN YEARS PRISON.
Former D.C. Police Officer Michael Fanone: "Three years ago, I witnessed first-hand the MAGA-fueled assault on the heart of our democracy, a violent attack that was shameful, deplorable and completely un-American. The indifference and lies I've witnessed since 2021 are a national disgrace."
"We must come together as Americans over the next year and ensure the next presidential election is peacefully certified on #January6th, 2025. We cannot wait. We cannot fail." #Jan6
This ⬇️is open contempt for the rule of law & a violation of his oath of office. It tells you he is a fully committed #Trump enabler.
News Flash: Prosecuting criminals is not "retaliation."
Ryan Goodman:
One of the most objectionable statements I’ve heard on this from an elected official about #Jan6.
House #SpeakerJohnson: “We have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day bc we don’t want them … to be charged by the DOJ.”
"Federal appeals court on Friday allowed a lawsuit brought by a group of U.S. Capitol Police officers against #Trump to move forward, ruling that Trump is not entitled to absolute #immunity from civil lawsuits. The suit focuses on Trump's alleged conduct surrounding #Jan6
3-judge panel based decision on ruling in sep case brought by 2 Capitol Police officers & group of House Dems handed down earlier this month." #legal
Rebecca Crosby and Judd Legum offer a list of 50 prominent corporations that have donated $23,273,400 to campaigns and PACs of election deniers since January 6, 2021. "Some of the largest contributors to election deniers are also some of the country's leading companies, including AT&T, Comcast, Walmart, and Microsoft."
You’d expect your average American not to know the outcomes of these cases, but quite something for a #SCOTUS justice to just say something factually wrong on the bench when it’s about incidents that happened in their own workplace.
Lawrence Hurley:
During #Jan6 argument today, Justice Alito said people who have disrupted Supreme Court proceedings have not faced jail time. That's not correct.
“Welcome to the end of #democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely,” #Posobiec said as the vent began.
“We didn’t get all the way there on #Jan6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it and replace it with this, right here,” he said, gesturing to the crowd & holding up his fist.
News: Barr obliterates Trump's defense: 'He knew well that he had lost the election' (www.cnn.com)
Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday undermined a key pillar of his old boss’ defense in the special counsel’s probe into 2020 election interference, telling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that Donald Trump “knew well he lost the election.”