The #DOJ policy statement on when officers can use #LethalForce —misrepresented by Trump & his supporters as proof of an assassination plot at #MarALago —was also in the paperwork for the consensual search the #FBI conducted of #POTUS Biden’s Wilmington home, looking for #ClassifiedDocuments.
Yesterday Sen. Tom Cotton suggested that people inconvenienced by protests should "take matters into your own hands to get them out of the way".
Today candidate for Senate, Kari Lake, openly advised citizens to "strap on a Glock" to prepare for this year's election. I've provided a screenshot and a link, in case you think I've overblown their comments.
Here's the relevant text of the insurrection clause:
“No person shall …hold any office, civil or military, under the United States… who, having previously taken an oath… as an officer of the United States, … to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."
The court left open the possibility that TFG could still prevail in his effort to claim #immunity from #civil cases seeking to hold him accountable for the #violence.
Judge #Chutkan just said she will share the “basic contours” of her decision now & then issue a written order.
Chutkan is granting in part & denying in part the government’s request for a #GagOrder. Details are coming now. The judge said she will craft “a narrowly tailored” gag order on #Trump.
Secy of State #Blinken returned to #Israel Mon. Blinken met Israeli PM #Netanyahu & Pres #Herzog in #Jerusalem; he heads to #TelAviv next to meet w/ the #war cabinet ahead of their military offensive against #Hamas. Blinken’s 2nd visit in just a few days, comes after Pres #Biden warned that a new Israeli #occupation of #Gaza would be a “big mistake” — his firmest effort to signal restraint to Israel as the #HumanitarianCrisis in Gaza reaches critical.
The wife said #Czuba wanted #HanaanShahin & her son to move out of the residence, Fitzgerald said. Czuba believed he & his wife were in danger & believed #Shahin was going to call her #Palestinian friends & family to harm them, he said.
Czuba apparently made a $1k cash withdrawal “in case the US grid went down,” Fitzgerald said.
Czuba was also worried about the “National Day of Jihad” that was supposed to occur on Fri.
#Shahin also told police she had been texting Czuba's wife about her husband's "hatred for Muslims." Last Wed, Oct 11, Czuba said he wanted Shahin & her son to "move out of the home," Mary #Czuba told investigators. Shahin told deputies that on that same day, Czuba "confronted her about what was going on in the #MiddleEast."
#Czuba was represented by a public defender who told the #court the suspect was a veteran who served in the US military from 1969 to 1973 & has ongoing medical issues, incl’g a prior diagnosis of prostate cancer, that would make it "potentially difficult to accommodate him in jail."
The judge disagreed, saying Czuba remains a #threat to Shahin & "the community in general" & sent him back to #jail. He is due back in court on Oct 30.