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Hundreds of blindly loyal Trump supporters who believed the BIg Lie that the 2020 election was "rigged " and "stolen" were willing to fight for him and, if necessary, to die for him. I wonder if any of them who took part in the riot realized they would eventually wind up going to prison for him.
Man who rested feet on desk in Pelosi’s office on January 6 found guilty of 8 federal crimes
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/23/polit...y-6/index.html
Donald Trump tries to avoid responsibility for his actions by claiming "Presidential immunity." What Trump is truly guilty of is "Presidential lunacy," "Presidential stupidity" and "Presidential idiocy."
Trump fails to persuade judge to throw out January 6 civil suit
Yahoo News, Jan 26 2023 4:15 PM
Former President Donald Trump has failed to persuade a judge to throw out a civil lawsuit brought by Capitol Police officers over injuries they suffered during the January 6 Capitol riot. US District Judge Amit Mehta rejected Trump’s claim that Presidential immunity protected him from liability for actions that were within his official duties. During the attack, 140 police officers were assaulted and rioters caused more than $2 million in property damage.
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-fails-p...001548262.html
In a March 2021 interview with Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, Donald Trump spoke of the crowd who had gathered for his "March to the Capitol and fight like hell" speech: "It was a loving crowd.There was a lot of love. I’ve heard that from everybody. Many, many people have told me that was a loving crowd." So far, 187 of those "loving" rioters have been sentenced to prison."
January 6 rioter who pepper-sprayed Officer Brian Sicknick gets 80-month prison sentence
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/...ison-sentence/
And another "patriot" – as Donald Trump calls the rioters – is going to prison.
Man who used Confederate flag against Capitol Police officer on January 6 sentenced to 3 years in prison
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/09/polit...iot/index.html
When Donald Trump tried to pressure Mike Pence into refusing to certify Joe Biden as President. Pence said he would do his Constitutional duty. In a phone call On January 1, 2021, Trump told Pence, "You’re too honest. Hundreds of thousands are gonna hate your guts. People are gonna think you’re stupid." During the deadly, Trump-incited Capitol insurrection, rioters erected a gallows and chanted, "Hang Mike Pence! Hang Mike Pence!" If they had been able to capture him, they likely would have killed him. And yet, Pence is afraid of incurring Trump's wrath by testifying against him. How sad. And how pathetic.
Pence plans to resist special counsel subpoena in January 6 probe
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...robe-rcna70569
Ivanka and Jared were "advisers" to Donald Trump – but in name only. Trump has always done whatever he wants. He seldom takes advice from anyone.
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner subpoenaed by special counsel investigating efforts to overturn election
ABC News, Feb 22 2023 1:43 PM
Ivanka Trump, the daughter of former President Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner have been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith. The subpoena for the couple is specifically related to the special counsel's probe of January 6 and the activities leading up to that day by the former President and his allies regarding efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Ivanka Trump and Kushner worked as senior White House advisers to President Trump during his four years in office.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ivan...ry?id=97398257
Will Mike Pence ever quit protecting and defending Donald Trump? Apparently not. How sad. And how pathetic.
Conservative legal icon gives Mike Pence a stinging reality check on subpoena fight
J. Michael Luttig spells out how the former Vice President is playing a dangerous game by refusing to testify in the probe into the January 6 insurrection.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lutti...b0db7a1f65d76a
Jesse James Rumson was among the first rioters to enter the Capitol. He's been charged with eight felonies. Donald Trump says, "Thanks for the support, sucker!"
FBI arrests 'Sedition Panda' who stormed Capitol on January 6 in costume
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sedit...b0735bf8794c79
"Teflon Don" has always managed to avoid accountability and responsibility for his actions, even when they violate the law, violate the Constitution and violate the Presidential oath of office. Maybe his luck is finally running out.
Justice Department: Trump can be sued by police for January 6 actions
The department's position that Trump is not immune from suit was laid out in a filing before a federal appeals court.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/justi...b05f1e793e2ac1
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has sold his soul to Donald Trump and worships him, supports him, protects him and defends him at all costs. Tucker Carlson has likewise sold his soul to Donald Trump and worships him, supports him, protects him and defends him at all costs. On February 20, a month after declaring "the American public should actually see all that happened" during the deadly, Trump-incited riot. McCarthy gave Carlson access to 41,000 hours of January 6 Capitol surveillance footage. Carlson, of course, will never show "all that happened."
Capitol Police Chief rips Tucker Carlson for January 6 lies
The Fox News host claimed police acted as "tour guides" and the rioters were little more than sightseers.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/capit...b0c0a42a722366
More than a thousand blindly loyal Trump supporters who obeyed his command to "march to the Capitol and fight like hell" have been arrested and charged with federal crimes. More than a hundred other rioters have been identified to the FBI but have not yet been arrested. Hundreds more remain unidentified.
Judge chastises January 6 Capitol rioter, a former high-ranking military officer, during sentencing: 'Astounding and atrocious'
Air Force veteran Larry Brock, who entered the Senate chamber, was sentenced to two years in prison.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...us/ar-AA18N6HG
More than a thousand Capitol rioters have been arrested and charged with federal crimes. Prosecutors said last week the number of arrests could eventually be as many as 2,100.
Six Oath Keepers convicted in connection with January 6 Capitol riot
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/polit...oys/index.html
This blindly loyal Trump supporter wore a gas mask, beat police officers with a baton and flashed a strobe light in their eyes. He was told by the judge who sentenced him and 29 other rioters, "Of all the defendants, your conduct is the most troubling."
Man who beat police with baton at Capitol riot gets 52-month prison sentence
An attorney for Geoffrey Sills said he went to Washington on January 6 with a gas mask and tactical gear "because his President asked him to."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/geoff...b01ea5cd9169b5
A blindly loyal Trump supporter who believed Trump's Big Lie that the election was rigged and stolen and took part in the Capitol riot is demanding an apology from a blindly loyal Trump supporter who has helped Trump spread The Big Lie that the election was rigged and stolen. Good luck with that!
January 6 protester demands retraction from Tucker Carlson over conspiracy theory
Ray Epps' lawyer says Fox News and Carlson must apologize for spreading the lie that Epps was a federal agent.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ray-e...b01ea5cd93344c
Will wonders never cease!
Mike Pence drops fight, will testify against Trump in January 6 investigation
The former vice president’s account of Trump’s actions leading up to his coup attempt could provide "critical firsthand testimony" in Trump’s prosecution.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump...b02a8d518d278c
What is Donald Trump so afraid of? The truth? Yeah, that has to be it.
Trump appeals order requiring Pence to testify in January 6 probe
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-appea...173527675.html
Robert Sanford is a typical blindly loyal Trump supporter who believed Trump's BIg Lie of a rigged and stolen election and obeyed his command to "march to the Capitol and fight like hell." He could have gotten 20 years in prison. He was sentenced to four years, four months. He got off easy.
Ex-firefighter who threw fire extinguisher at police during Capitol riot is sentenced to 52 months in prison
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/capit...b05a3a506a66c7
All these blindly loyal Trump supporters who believed his lies and were willing to fight for him and, if need be, to kill for him and to die for him probably never considered that they would also have to be willing to go to prison for him. More than 1,000 rioters have been charged with crimes and more than 250 – so far – have received prison sentences.
January 6 rioter who crushed officer with shield sentenced to 7½ years in prison
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6...b0ed74f2a21d89
Yesterday the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Donald Trump's attempts to block a subpoena ordering Mike Pence to testify about the deadly, Trump-incited Capitol riot. What is Trump so afraid of? Oh, that's right – the truth.
Mike Pence testifies before federal grand jury investigating Trump's role in January 6
Special counsel Jack Smith is investigating whether Trump acted unlawfully in his efforts to overturn his 2020 Presidential election loss and stop the peaceful transfer of power.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...rump-rcna77281
Hoping to raise money for his legal defense, Jeffrey Scott Brown said he was a "political prisoner." He wasn't, nor will he be. He will be just a plain old prisoner, one of many hundreds who believed Trump's lie of a stolen election and obeyed Trump's command to "march to the Capitol and fight like hell."
California man sentenced to 4½ years in January 6 pepper spray attack
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...tack-rcna82075