Posted on 06/23/2021 9:55:13 AM PDT by weston
I’m glad you had a great time. How many grandchildren do you have?
My money is on the latter.
I always snuck up early to our condo to get ready before dinner! ;)
I watched some of the Trump rally on the 3rd while they were swimming in the pool,but missed most of it. I saw it was a Huge crowd.
Why doesn’t he ask for the same number of NG that were sent to DC, to help secure the border??
Link to op-ed by Trump:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-j-trump-why-im-suing-big-tech-11625761897
Julie Kelly has been stellar on speaking out on this subject.
“No Relief for Lego Man or Other January 6 Detainees”
Prospects look dim for those caught up in Merrick Garland’s Capitol protest witch hunt.
Joe Biden’s Justice Department wants the Lego Man kept behind bars—indefinitely.
Federal agents seized a plastic replica of the Capitol building from the Pennsylvania home of Robert Morss during his arrest on June 11. Justice Department officials are citing the Lego model as evidence in the criminal case against Morss for his involvement in the January 6 protest: “During his arrest, law enforcement recovered some clothing and other items that appear to match those he carried with him on the 6th—including a ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ flag, a neck gaiter, a military utility bag, a black tourniquet, and military fatigues. (Law enforcement also recoverd [sic] a fully constructed U.S. Capitol Lego set.)”
So wrote government prosecutors in a July 2 filing asking the D.C. District Court to deny Morss’ release while he awaits trial on nine counts, including assaulting police officers and disorderly conduct.
While dangerous criminals daily threaten the safety of innocent people in cities across the country—and many are released on bail—the FBI continues its nationwide manhunt for Capitol protesters while the Justice Department repeatedly petitions the court to keep the accused incarcerated for months on end.
Attorney General Merrick Garland, who despicably compares January 6 to the Oklahoma City bombing, recently bragged his office reached a “benchmark” of 500 arrests. (Who knew criminal investigations had quotas?). In more than 100 cases and counting, Garland’s prosecutors have sought and often received pretrial detention for first-time offenders, including defendants not accused of committing any violent crimes.
The government’s justification for keeping Capitol defendants in jail until either a plea agreement or trial is that the events of January 6 were uniquely horrific and anyone who participated poses a threat to the country.
“Morss’s dangerousness is not limited to his past actions, but presents a future threat,” assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Jackson warned in the July 2 detention motion. “It is difficult to fathom a more serious danger to the community—to the District of Columbia, to the country, or to the fabric of American Democracy—than the one posed by someone who knowingly and eagerly engaged in a violent insurrection to occupy the United States Capitol and abort the certification of a lawful and fair election.”
Really? It’s “difficult” to think of a worse threat than unarmed and often nonviolent Americans who participated in what they believed to be a legitimate protest against a clearly rigged presidential election? Perhaps Jackson can explain her logic to the heartbroken mother of Max Lewis, a 20-year-old University of Chicago student who was shot and paralyzed while riding a CTA train on July 1 and who had to instruct his parents by blinking at them to take him off life support. Or to the other family members of victims killed in America’s surging crime wave.
But what Jackson and her fellow prosecutors want more than justice is revenge—to punish Americans who repudiate the election of Joe Biden. It’s unimaginable to think any other president or attorney general could get away with such a politically flagrant use of the most destructive government legal powers, but here we are.
Dozens of defendants have languished in a D.C. jail for months without any relief in sight. This week, the D.C. Court of Appeals refused to overturn the pretrial detention order for Timothy Hale-Cusanelli who was arrested on January 15 and has remained behind bars ever since.
A New Jersey judge initially ordered Hale released on conditions but the government quickly moved to keep him incarcerated. A federal judge agreed.
Hale, an Army reservist for the past 11 years, was working as a security contractor at a naval station in New Jersey when he traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in the “Stop the Steal” rally for President Trump. Afterwards, Hale was spied on by a friend wearing a wire and investigated by naval intelligence—which included officials interviewing nearly four dozen of his co-workers in an effort to substantiate Hale’s “white supremacist ideology”—for his role in the protest. (More on his egregious case in a future article.)
Hale is not charged with any violent crime; he didn’t assault officers or bring a weapon or vandalize federal property.
But prosecutors insisted Hale is a threat to society. “Not only is Defendant’s enthusiasm for Nazi Sympathizer/White Supremacist ideology well documented, Defendant has made clear that this ideology is the driving force behind his desire to start ‘a Civil War,’ and that this motivation is inextricably bound up with his participation in the January 6 Capitol riot,” prosecutors wrote in April. Hale’s alleged “animus” toward certain groups, not necessarily his actions on January 6, make him a menace to society.
Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, agreed and denied Hale’s release. Hale’s lawyer appealed.
But any hope Timothy Hale will be released before his trial begins next year was crushed after three D.C. Circuit Court judges, including Naomi Rao, another Trump appointee, decided “not to substitute our judgment for that of the District Court.” Referring to the lower court’s citation of Hale having repeated Thomas Jefferson’s famous quote that “the tree of liberty should be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants,” the appellate judges argued “it is not obviously wrong to conclude that these statements, taken as a whole, demonstrate a potential danger to the community.”
So now an offhanded mention to a wired-up rat fink about a famous line uttered by the author of the Declaration of Independence can be used against that person in a court of law.
The founders weep.
Hale isn’t the only January 6 defendant who won’t see the light of day for at least the next several months. Judge Royce Lamberth this week once again denied the release of Jacob Chansely, the so-called “QAnon shaman” incarcerated since his arrest in mid-January. Like Hale, Chansely is not charged with a violent crime. In fact, videos show Chansley speaking with police officers inside the building on numerous occasions.
Chansley, a Navy veteran, was arrested on January 9; the Justice Department immediately petitioned for pretrial detention. “The defendant has espoused disbelief in the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and violently acted on that world view,” prosecutors wrote in February. (He didn’t act violently.) “Given his participation in the obstruction of the normal functioning of the government, and his disbelief in the legitimacy of the current United States government, it is unlikely that the defendant will obey any pretrial release condition.”
In March, Lamberth agreed with the government and ordered Chansley kept behind bars. “Were the defendant released pending trial, he would have the opportunity to again attempt to disrupt the United States government or harm members of Congress,” Lamberth wrote. (Neither Chansley nor any of the more than 500 defendants have been charged with attempting to harm members of Congress.)
Chansley now sits in a cell for 23 hours a day, according to his attorney, in a Colorado jail. A mental health examination is pending and his condition is deteriorating, his lawyer said in a court filing. But Lamberth claims Chansley, who had lived with his mother in Arizona, is a flight risk. “[T]he court will not revisit its prior finding that no conditions of release would reasonably prevent him from fleeing,” Lamberth concluded this week.
Another preposterous accusation. But what Lamberth, a 78-year-old Reagan appointee and longtime Beltway fixture, cannot say in open court is that releasing Chansley would greatly undermine the notion that January 6 was a deadly, violent insurrection executed by dangerous Trump supporters to overthrow the government. Chansley is the face of that insurrection; letting him go jeopardizes the entire narrative.
So Robert Morss, too, should expect to remain in jail for at least the next few months. His bail hearing is scheduled for July 13 before Judge Michael Harvey but it’s unlikely Harvey will object to the government’s request.
Prospects also look dim for the two men charged in the “attack” on Officer Brian Sicknick. Both Julian Khater and George Tanios have been in a D.C. Jail since March and were denied bail by Judge Thomas Hogan in May. Tanios’ public defender filed an appeal this week; his client has no criminal record and is not accused of directly spraying Sicknick or any other officer. But like Chansley, Tanios and Khater are crucial political props to sustain the lie that Sicknick somehow died as a result of the January 6 protest.
President Trump finally is speaking out against the abusive prosecution of hundreds of his supporters. “People are being treated unbelievably unfairly,” Trump said during a July 7 event. “When you look at people in prison, and nothing happens to Antifa . . . there were no guns in the Capitol.”
Good thing Antifa thugs weren’t caught with Legos.
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/08/no-relief-for-lego-man-or-other-january-6-detainees/
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3974700/posts
@EmeraldRobinson
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It's fun to remember that all the "conservatives" who sat down to have dinner with Obama in 2009 at @GeorgeWill 's house are now totally discredited: @RichLowry @BillKristol @nytdavidbrooks @Peggynoonannyc .
Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, agreed and denied Hale’s release.
...after three D.C. Circuit Court judges, including Naomi Rao, another Trump appointee, decided “not to substitute our judgment for that of the District Court.”
WTHeck?
Ha, ha, ha! Emerald trolling Grahmnasty!
Emerald Robinson
@EmeraldRobinson
Did @LindseyGrahamSC get to the bottom of anything yet?
Does he still need more time?
I think we discussed this earlier, when there was another CPAC meeting this year. But there’s one starting TODAY in Dallas TX.
I do NOT have any links at this time, but I checked the agenda. Looks like Don Jr will be making some remarks early this evening; I also see James O’Keefe (Project Veritas) listed as making some remarks later in the evening.
They will have a straw poll Sunday afternoon. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK SUNDAY AFTERNOON!
https://cpac.conservative.org/agenda/ is the agenda. I see a lot of names I expect to see at such an event (Tammy Bruce, Ben Carson, Kristi Noem, Allen west, Louie Gohmert, Lauren Boebert, Dana Loesch, Marsha Blackburn, Scott Walker and a bunch more.
CPAC Dallas
Real America’s Voice, the rapidly growing news network, announced today its plans to air live special coverage of CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, in Dallas this weekend from Friday, July 9 through Sunday, July 11.
Live coverage of the nation’s largest national gathering of conservatives will begin at 1:00 pm EDT/12:00 noon CDT daily starting on July 9.
LIVE special team coverage of CPAC 2021 in Dallas begins Friday, July 9 at 1:00 pm EDT/12:00 noon CDT. Stream online at Real America’s Voice or on DISH Ch. 219, Pluto TV Ch. 240, Samsung Plus TV Ch. 1029, SelectTV Ch. 106, Apple TV, Fire TV, and Roku.
It looks like they have a link on Rumble but not broadcasting yet?? https://rumble.com/vjmnrv-watch-our-live-coverage-of-cpac2021-7-9-21.html
RSBN has link on Rumble, but it’s currently re-playing Trump’s press conference earlier this week about the lawsuit. https://rumble.com/vi1or5-rsbn-live.html
I saw earlier that CPAC Dallas was starting and I said self see where you can watch it and then I promptly forgot to look.
So thanks for the reminder.
Thanks for the links.
Look who is desperate!
“Arizona Secretary of State Seeks Probe of Trump, Giuliani”
Arizona’s secretary of state wants the state’s attorney general to investigate whether former President Donald Trump and several allies broke the law when they tried pressuring Maricopa County officials to intervene in election certification and counting efforts in late 2020.
Phone calls and texts from Trump, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward may have violated state law that makes it a felony to knowingly interfere in any manner with an election officer, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, told Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, in a letter this week.
The law also says people commit a felony when they try inducing an election officer “to violate or refuse to comply with the officer’s duty or any law regulating the election.”
Hobbs pointed out how Ward told Maricopa County Supervisor Clint Hickman, a Republican who was chair of the Board of Supervisors at the time, to “stop the counting,” according to documents and audio from the county obtained by the Arizona Republic. She said that was a clear effort to induce supervisors to comply with their election-related duties, which include overseeing the counting of ballots.
Hobbs said she has also obtained the records and will provide them to Brnovich to aid in an investigation.
“We have received the Secretary of State’s letter and have no further comment at this time,” Katie Conner, a spokeswoman for Brnovich’s office, told The Epoch Times in an email.
The Arizona Republican Party, Giuliani, and Trump’s office did not return requests for comment.
Hickman declined an interview request through a spokesperson, who confirmed that Giuliani and Ward contacted him in the wake of the election. The White House operator also left a voicemail with Hickman, asking that he respond to speak with Trump.
Supervisors Steve Chucri and Bill Gates, both Republicans, did not respond to requests for comment. They were also contacted by Ward and Giuliani.
Hickman told the Republic that he did not want to speak to Trump because he thought the former president would try pressuring him to change the election results. He was worried communicating with Trump, who called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger late last year to ask him to probe alleged election fraud, would be improper.
“I didn’t want to walk into that space,” Hickman said. “I’m not going to tape a president, so I’m not going to talk to a president … I didn’t want to have a very rough call to my home on a Sunday night.”
“I got a phone call from the White House switchboard, and I have to say it: All of these people that called me, it wasn’t stonewalling. We were in litigation at all these points. … Whatever needed to be said, needed to be said in a courtroom in front of a judge or a jury,” he added during an appearance on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time.”
Hickman said he conveyed to Trump’s campaign that Trump shouldn’t get in touch.
“I said, ‘Just do me a favor. I can’t talk to anyone while this is being litigated,” he said.
Maricopa County faced multiple lawsuits after the election. The county battled with the Arizona Senate in court for months before a judge ruled the county needed to comply with subpoenas that ordered officials to turn over election materials such as ballots.
So OBVIOUSLY desperate....and, sickening.
Looks like Fox Nation is livestreaming it. They have a promo code to receive a 30-day Free trial if anyone is interested.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/stream-cpac-2021-watch-america-uncanceled-fox-nation
CPAC’s website doesn’t have a ‘watch live’ link as they did back in the spring. :/ Maybe they’re holding off for the heavy-hitters.
That was quite the movie. I didn’t see that comeing.
I don’t have time to read it now but will later. Bookmark!
Ron Coleman
@RonColeman
Today the New York Supreme Court dismissed the “toddlers meme” lawsuit for “misappropriation” against our client Carpe Donktum (Logan Cook)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l1kM8lGbFJh-eUWKJLD0eQSmyd83GA4V/view?usp=drivesdk
Also some other defendants
10:53 AM · Jul 9, 2021
https://twitter.com/RonColeman/status/1413556985144954891?s=20
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