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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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To: Robwin

A total huge lie. The U.S. is being run by some very, very bad people. They want to scare Americans from demonstrating anywhere against their take-over of what was a free country and making sure their thoughts are censored online. The U.S. is gone and totalitarian goooons are silencing the truth in all areas of society. The claim that there was an insurrection is false, false, false. Only a fool would believe the claim. Anyone who watched events all that day saw that there was a peaceful gathering, with a handful of people getting rowdy. Not an insurrection. Nothing of the sort. Our current administration are doing the same kind of lie they did when they falsely accused Pres. Trump of “Russian collusion.


21 posted on 01/04/2022 2:31:11 AM PST by Seeing More Clearly Now ( )
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To: Robwin
others who obviously came with bear spray

Unindicted people handed out bear spray. It's on film. Bet he doesn't want to talk about that though just like they don't want to talk about Epps.

22 posted on 01/04/2022 2:59:11 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: sten

It fell apart that day. The govt wasn’t taken over. The protesters didn’t drag politicians out into the street and summarily execute them. The only person killed was a protester. The entire “insurrection” was quelled by a half ass police force , that seemed disjointed and untrained. Subsequently numerous officers died of heart attacks and strokes and some “crippled” by PTSD… yet somehow they “managed” to stop this coup?

The people wanted to be heard, they were , it ended.


23 posted on 01/04/2022 3:19:53 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: Robert357

“and you had others who obviously came with bear spray, camouflage, Kevlar, hockey sticks, everything, prepared to do something else,”

ARMED insurrection!!!? The street fight in West Side Story must be nuclear war to the left.


24 posted on 01/04/2022 3:27:27 AM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: Robwin

How corruption taints the mind and destroys the conscience... They are full of hate for a man who wants to serve the people like it was set up to run this country.

To rid us of these despicable beings..


25 posted on 01/04/2022 3:58:03 AM PST by frnewsjunkie
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To: Robwin

Just like Maximilien Robespierre, these Rat inquisitors will soon be looking at the blade of the guillotine.

A reversal is coming. Can you say Chief Grand Inquisitor Stephen K Bannon?

Tomas de Torquemada would be envious of the torture that is going to be inflicted on those coup plotters and leftwing media.


26 posted on 01/04/2022 4:14:39 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Fauci is a murderer)
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To: Robwin

They hate and fear us. You and me.


27 posted on 01/04/2022 4:44:49 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: All

Well, Bennie is right....

He’s just blaming the wrong people. It was coordinated by the Feral Bureau of Instigation, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, the Capitol Police and Antifa.


28 posted on 01/04/2022 5:01:59 AM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: Robwin

I see absolutely no interest in this topic on social media. Must be an inside the beltway halls of Congress smokey back room deal thing.

Hillary failed in 2016. Trump won. Impeachment Failed. Twice. November 2020 was rigged to keep Trump from sitting in the WH. Anyone who says different is stupid or refuses to live in reality. 2024 will be President Trump’s third term. And there is no human being more deserving of a third term. I hope the country survives to welcome him to it.


29 posted on 01/04/2022 5:23:30 AM PST by navymom1
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To: Robwin

They don’t know exactly what Trump’s up to but they are sure he’s planning something. That’s why they’re desperate to get rid of him. Its not going to work but they will keep at it until the end. Which I believe is not far off.


30 posted on 01/04/2022 7:13:44 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Robwin
Mr. Thompson, Mississippi Democrat, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

The Sunday shows are inviting all the hate filled TDS Dems on to make stupid false statements, one big lie.

31 posted on 01/04/2022 7:15:29 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: Swirl
” These people are relentless in their hatred of Trump. “

They use their state AG's for political persecutions, yet the GOP AG's never employ the same tactics.

32 posted on 01/04/2022 7:19:39 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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