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Smear Campaign of Attacks Against Brandon Straka Right Before His Sentencing Hearing

Brandon Straka, the founder of the #WalkAway movement, is being sentenced this week for his participation in the January 6 protest at the US Capitol.

A smear campaign has begun against Straka concerning his January 6 case. Outlets are reporting a court document that reveals Straka provided information to prosecutors in exchange for a lighter sentencing recommendation. Some folks are insinuating that he’s a snitch. I have to ask, where is the evidence for any of that?

First off, the sentencing recommendation is for anything but a “light” sentence. For a first-time offender of a non-violent class b misdemeanor, the government is asking for a sentencing that is considered excessive.

FBI arrested Straka on January 25, 2021. The #WalkAway founder never entered the Capitol and was among the crowds outside on Capitol grounds for a total of 10 minutes. He never conspired with anyone before, during, or after the January 6 protest to riot. He was there to give his support for the America First movement and then President Donald Trump.

It’s one thing for leftists to attack conservatives inside the America First movement because that’s always expected. It’s how the game is played.

It is wholly another thing when media types who claim to be in the conservative movement attack one of their own based on speculation and innuendo and use leftist sources to boot. That’s what’s going on against Straka and it’s not right.

For example, there are some sites, including conservative blog sites, that are accusing Straka of being a snitch based on a Politico article about the #WalkAway founder providing information to the government that could impact his sentencing recommendation.

“It’s an indication that Straka, one of the few Jan. 6 defendants who is also of interest to congressional investigators, has cooperated with prosecutors in a substantive way,” according to the outlet.

It’s an indication is one of those things many writers say to allow themselves to carry on with speculation about a story.

If you’re going to use Politico to trash fellow conservatives, why not just go straight to White House mouthpiece Jen Psaki?

All the speculators are throwing out theories that Straka must have done something to betray conservatives in order to get a “lenient” sentencing recommendation. Again, it’s not a lenient sentencing recommendation for the facts of the case. It’s excessive.