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Thompson calls U.S. Capitol riot a coordinated effort, eyes possible Trump criminal referral
The Washington Times ^ | January 2, 2022 | Valerie Richardson

Posted on 01/03/2022 11:03:40 PM PST by Robwin

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson provided a glimpse Sunday into the direction of the House investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, saying it involved a “coordinated effort” by some perpetrators and refusing himself to rule out a criminal referral against former President Donald Trump.

Nearly a year after the attack, the probe’s point man said the crowd that marched to the Capitol was a combination of disheartened Trump supporters and organized instigators bent on undermining the 2020 presidential election.

“Obviously, some people came upset with what happened in the November election,” Mr. Thompson, Mississippi Democrat, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“But others came with ulterior motives. And so you had citizens who have the right to protest, who thought that was the end of what would happen, and you had others who obviously came with bear spray, camouflage, Kevlar, hockey sticks, everything, prepared to do something else,” he said.

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KEYWORDS: bananarepublic; bidenvoters; capitol; dissent; jan6; jan6th; politicalprisoners; protest; trump
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Russia Collusion, part deux. These people are relentless in their hatred of Trump.
1 posted on 01/03/2022 11:03:40 PM PST by Robwin
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...these people are relentless in their FEAR o Trump.


2 posted on 01/03/2022 11:08:41 PM PST by Aria
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To: Aria

Exactly. They are desperate to somehow render Trump ineligible for ‘24. They are afraid that Trump will roll right over presumptive Dem nominee Kamala. Their fears are not misplaced.


3 posted on 01/03/2022 11:23:15 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: Robwin

Today’s Democrat party are the true enemies of the people! The MSM is just their propaganda arm.


4 posted on 01/03/2022 11:29:25 PM PST by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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” These people are relentless in their hatred of Trump. “

Yes, but that is because he and his supporters create resistance to their plan. They wish to establish a world socialist state and tear down anything in their way.


5 posted on 01/03/2022 11:31:40 PM PST by Swirl
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To: Robwin
it appears that some Democrats want to initiate a civil war. The desire to destroy Trump with the politics of personal destruction is so embedded in some Democrats that they don't care what damage they do to the country.

What the Jan 6 Commission should really be doing is to examine both sides of what happened, not to establish blame or to determine right and wrong, but to show that a large portion of the population has questions on the fairness of the election that were not being addressed and that a “partisan Democratic House, and divided Senate” were hell bent on rushing to conclusion that favored Democrats. People need to feel that their concerns are being heard and examined not feel that their concerns are being dismissed as nonsense.

It was absolutely not an “armed insurrection” as the only person shot was a lady Trump supporters and former Air Force veteran. There were far more Congressmen shot during a baseball practice than on January 6 and that attempted assassination of House of Representative members was not called an armed insurrection.

There was absolutely no need to have walls created around the Capitol both before and after January 6. Those walls/fences just intensified the crisis.

6 posted on 01/03/2022 11:37:35 PM PST by Robert357
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That Thompson boy isn't fit to shine my shoes. Any common redcap has more brains.

7 posted on 01/03/2022 11:44:46 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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The acts of January 6th, 2021 were indeed a coordinated effort, but the coordination did NOT come about with any input from the MAGA movement. Thee is much reason to believe the actions were instigated and carried out at the behest of members of the FBI, certain other organized groups, and Deep State operatives whose entire purpose was to disrupt the actions in the joint session of Congress in regards to the official recognition and certification of the validity of the vote of the Electoral College, a version of the Reichstag fire, a false flag operation, and a perversion of the powers of the government. Strangely, a number of persons already identified and associated with the physical assault on the barriers, have in fact NOT been detained, nor have a large number of those of whom were actually detained, ever in any way, shape, form, or manner involved in the confrontation with the police authorities at the doors and entries into the Capitol building.

Projection and deflection once again by the Left.


8 posted on 01/03/2022 11:49:48 PM PST by alloysteel (There are folks running the government who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches - Will Rogers)
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Yes, it WAS a coordinated effort

By Pelosi, Bowser and the FIB


9 posted on 01/03/2022 11:51:47 PM PST by digger48
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To: Robwin

If you are going to cheat during elections, then you have to quell any resistance to your deceit.


10 posted on 01/04/2022 12:30:16 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: Robwin

the dems have to keep selling the ‘insurrection’ narrative.

without it, people are left with Jan 6th was a protest by the right demanding the election be audited due to wide spread corruption at the state and federal level. even the supreme court got in on the act by denying President Trump the right to be heard in a court of law.

If the ‘insurrection’ narrative falls apart... then all those involved will be looking at TREASON for their part in the COUP.

They are literally fighting for their lives.

Here’s a hint for the J6 attorneys... ALL digital communications for the US (and the majority of the world) are stored in Utah. All cell phone calls. All text messages. Even high res live video of every major city for any given day. It’s all there... indexed by timestamp, location, ids, and account info.

Subpoena it and demand the communications records for the week leading up to Nov 3rd and Jan 6th for anyone involved in the election and the protest, N+2 (like they did for Trump Tower... 2 people from anyone involved)


11 posted on 01/04/2022 12:31:18 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
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when you control the election office and you’re going to cheat... you must also control the state courts in case someone brings charges of election fraud.

then just dismiss all potential cases as having ‘no standing’ and you’re done.

that’s how you protect the cheat.


12 posted on 01/04/2022 12:33:50 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
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To: Aria

Agree!


13 posted on 01/04/2022 12:35:40 AM PST by antceecee
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Thompson is the fascist rat on the Committee however some of what he said could apply to BLM and Antifa. Let’s see if this wacko investigates them.


14 posted on 01/04/2022 12:43:52 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: neverevergiveup

Pretty much…they have non-justice dept.,, pentagone, assistant dems and fakemedia on their team… it was a coup….it started with fake dossier…russia…russia…russia and ended with stealing an election.
They are ready to move on… a majority of eligible real voters who did not vote for this are getting restless….they cannot govern a people who did not elect them much longer…


15 posted on 01/04/2022 12:46:12 AM PST by antceecee
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To: Robwin

Mark Levin called him Bennie Hill Thompson, although that doesn’t seem fair to the real Bennie Hill.


16 posted on 01/04/2022 12:49:10 AM PST by allblues (God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
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The armored “Trump” supporters were FBI and Antifa.

The intelligence apparatus knew of the January 6 rally the day it was discussed with Trump because of the Patriot Act. They had more time to prepare a false flag than the organizers of the event.
17 posted on 01/04/2022 12:53:51 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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Any politician or citizen who believes that Jan. 6, was an “insurrection”, should be confined to a mental hospital.

Insurrection by definition, includes a serious coordinated plan to overthrow the government.

With no significant firearms, there was no insurrection.


18 posted on 01/04/2022 1:04:22 AM PST by rbmillerjr
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And crackhead Hunter Biden ....... known in crime family circles as “an earner”.........walks free.


19 posted on 01/04/2022 2:21:10 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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How Far Will the Left Go to Keep Criminals Out of Jail?
PJ Media ^ | January 3, 2022 | Kevin Downey Jr.
Posted on 1/4/2022, 2:48:09 AM by ProfessorGoldiloxx

“Jill Haliburton Su, a wealthy, white woman who spent her spare time reading to the blind and doing charity work, was found tied up and stabbed to death in her home in 2014. Dayonte Resiles stood trial in December of 2021. His DNA was found on the knife used to kill her and elsewhere in Su’s home. Three members of his jury refused to convict him because they didn’t “want to send a young black male to jail for the rest of their life or have him get the death sentence.” Resiles’ retrial began Monday.

Let’s face it, the left doesn’t care about the violent murder of a rich, white woman. But more than that, the truth is that liberals hate to see a criminal go to jail. Even if that criminal has hurt a fellow leftist. ...”

(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...


20 posted on 01/04/2022 2:24:29 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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