Posted on 05/28/2023 11:11:10 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Less than two months after he pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol, Texas resident Daniel Goodwyn appeared on Tucker Carlson’s then-Fox News show and promoted a website where supporters could donate money to Goodwyn and other rioters whom the site called “political prisoners.”
The Justice Department now wants Goodwyn to give up more than $25,000 he raised — a clawback that is part of a growing effort by the government to prevent rioters from being able to personally profit from participating in the attack that shook the foundations of American democracy.
An Associated Press review of court records shows that prosecutors in the more than 1,000 criminal cases from Jan. 6, 2021, are increasingly asking judges to impose fines on top of prison sentences to offset donations from supporters of the Capitol rioters. […]
Most of the fundraising efforts appear on GiveSendGo, which bills itself as “The #1 Free Christian Fundraising Site” and has become a haven for Jan. 6 defendants barred from using mainstream crowdfunding sites, including GoFundMe, to raise money. The rioters often proclaim their innocence and portray themselves as victims of government oppression, even as they cut deals to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors.
Their fundraising success suggests that many people in the United States still view Jan. 6 rioters as patriots and cling to the baseless belief that Democrats stole the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump. The former president himself has fueled that idea, pledging to pardon rioters if he is elected. […]
The government’s push for more fines comes as it reaches a milestone in the largest federal investigation in American history: Just over 500 defendants have been sentenced for Jan. 6 crimes. …
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Crimes? These were mostly made up misdemeanors and coerced convictions. Where are the prosecutions for the fedsurrectionists?
They want revolution.
The victors of tyrannies set the rules.
And Pelosi's daughter was fortunate enough to be there to film it.
No doubt they are going after the Big Guy’s 10%, right?
The left fills the present day with worse and more frequent outrages in the hope that their past outrages get drowned out by the noise. Not if we can help it.
The Justice Department now wants Goodwyn to give up more than $25,000 he raised.
And people in hell want ice water too.
Personally profit? They need those funds for legal fees. Why no concern about their denial of a speedy trial?
This article conjures up dark thoughts.
Interesting that AP never ran a slam article on Antifa raking in the money. Nor did the DOJ come after them, either for jail or to confiscate the money they raked in.
This is theft as the money was not given to be turned over to Ceaser. It either belongs to those it was given to or else it needs to be returned to those who gave it.
There's no truck, rail car, aircraft, ship or UFO and/or combination of all of them in the universe that's big enough to carry that load of CRAP 💩 💩 💩 💩
I just tried out the "translate" option that comes up with the Copy/Paste, etc function and I cannot find the choice for translation into PURE BULLSHIT Language.
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