In this Jan. 6, 2021 photo, rioters, including Dominic Pezzola, center with police shield, are confronted by Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP, FILE
Posted on 05/04/2023 8:16:49 AM PDT by shadowlands1960
After a trial lasting several months, a jury in Washington on Thursday reached at least a partial verdict in the Proud Boys Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Tarrio was not present in Washington on Jan. 6 after his arrest on separate charges just days before. Prosecutors argued he directed his troops remotely with messages about revolution and telling them "don’t f---ing leave" after the building was breached that afternoon.
Tarrio was accused of orchestrating a fighting force with a group they called the "Ministry of Self Defense" comprised of dedicated Proud Boys and top leaders.
Tarrio's conviction follows the case of Stewart Rhodes, leader of another far-right group called Oath Keepers, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the events of Jan. 6.
Video of the two ringleaders meeting in a Washington parking garage on the eve of Jan. 6 was part of the volumes of footage obtained by the Justice Department in the case.
Membership in the Proud Boys surged after then-President Donald Trump told the group to "stand back and stand by" during a 2020 presidential debate. Tarrio's attorneys blamed Trump for encouraging and revving up the crowd that ultimately broke into the Capitol.
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Still not a SINGLE “insurrection” charge on any of them.
Gee, what a surprise. Let’s have a fair trial then hang ‘em.
What’s the difference between ‘seditious conspiracy’ and ‘insurrection’?
From the evidence I’ve seen, the FBI was doing most of the direction of the ‘Proud Boy’s’ that day.
Tyrannical justice - communism at its finest.
“Tarrio’s attorneys blamed Trump for encouraging and revving up the crowd that ultimately broke into the Capitol.”
The attorney and his family can sleep safely and soundly now.
The Deep State thanks him for ignoring the .gov agent provocateur involvement.
They probably didn’t want these guys in the Senate Chamber because they already had setup a photo-op with ‘Q Shaman’ guy...
His history as an informant didn’t help him.
Most of the attorneys in these cases were pathetic. A lot of them uber-liberal Public Defenders...
The stinking FBI were the instigators NOT A DOUBT in my mind!! We have had SEVERAL takeovers in state capitals by the left YET crickets!! The BASTARDS leading the insurrections were even legistors AND NOTHING, NO CONSEQUENCES, when consequences were given they were taken back.. SPIT!!!
Yep... and the Michigan kidnapping farce was the practice run...
Ray Epps bragged about essentially doing the same thing. But he gets a 60 Minutes tongue bath. Strange that the MSM cares so much about this one MAGA rioter.
Railroaded.
Next will be Trump as the ‘instigator-in-chief.’
Sedition: If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
Insurrection: Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
Ray Epps is clearly guilty of both....whats up?
This is a grotesque miscarriage of justice.
....and what about Ray Epps?
Bkmk
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