Posted on 04/28/2021 1:08:29 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
The fanatical Donald Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol in January are facing an unexpected obstacle to their freedom: Trump himself.
Trump’s refusal to accept the reality that he lost the 2020 election — reflected in a torrent of recent statements renewing discredited claims about a “rigged” vote — has become a feature of prosecutors’ latest attempts to jail Capitol riot defendants they deem too dangerous to release pending trial.
Judges have started citing this argument — as part of broader analysis — in cases where they've decided to detain defendants for presenting a threat of future violence, and even in some cases where they’ve agreed to let defendants go free, pending trial. They’ve agreed that Trump’s rhetoric could spur his most radicalized supporters to attack again. And that could be bad news for dozens of additional riot suspects being hauled in on alleged conspiracy and police assault charges.
“Former President Donald J. Trump continues to make forceful public comments about the ‘stolen election,’ chastising individuals who did not reject the supposedly illegitimate results that put the current administration in place,” Judge Emmet Sullivan wrote in a recent opinion ordering the detention of Jan. 6 defendant Jack Whitton, charged with one of the most brutal assaults that day.
“[S]uch comments reflect the continued threat posed by individuals like Mr. Whitton, who has demonstrated that he is willing and able to engage in extreme and terrifying levels of violence against law enforcement with a chilling disregard for the rule of law … seemingly based on mistaken beliefs about the illegitimacy of the current administration.”
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Emmett Sullivan...isn’t he the punk terrorist in black robes who persisted in violating General Flynn’s rights?
When I saw that second word in the article “fanatical”, I knew I was reading a biased opinion piece, not a report.
President Trump is a private citizen with every right to speak his mind. This article was clearly written to try and drive a wedge between his supporters. It isn’t working.
Emmet Sullivan, U.S. judge who oversaw Michael Flynn case ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com › local › 2021/02/04
Feb 4, 2021 — Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, whose 27-year tenure on the U.S. District Court in Washington helped shape prosecutors’ obligation to disclose evidence in criminal trials and was capped by politically explosive cases involving Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, will retire from full-time duty.
i’m with you
The echo chamber has declared the claims to be baseless so they are... right.
The rotten sully
Oh we’re Soooooo THREATENINGLY THREATENING !
( aren’t we know ? )
NOPE they just raided Victoria Towns IG’s home too!!! We are living in Venezuela wonder how long it is going to take for a REAL INSURRECTION!!!!
Towns IG = Townsing damn spell check
Say the right words or stay in jail.
What kind of country are we again?
Really? This is getting crazy!
This makes the audit in Arizona especially important perhaps. Maybe if massive fraud is shown it could change something. But I guess it’s still a crime because they were Trump supporters. Now antifa just did something similar and not a peep.
First time I've ever heard of someone being detained indefinitely for trespassing.
Yes, how dare he!?
Yes. I do not ascribe to the theory that the US government has always been a malevolent force of evil. There was a time that America have representation in DC. There was a time that DC understood that their power came from the people in from the states.
The next time will be the first time.
“Former President Donald J. Trump continues to make forceful public comments about the ‘stolen election,’
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As any honest person is morally bound to do since there is now overwhelming evidence that the election was stolen! And no amount of refutation, objection, or lying by Socialists, Communists, Progressives, Cancel Culture freaks, BLM thugs, Antifa goons, or any other cabal of lawless Democrats will EVER change that indisputable FACT. There is only ONE legitimately elected POTUS and that is President Donald J. Trump. The marionette schlepping around the White House masquerading as the POTUS has never been legitimately elected to that office. He is an impostor who will soon be ordered by his handlers to return to his basement so the Jamaican “lady” can do as ordered and complete the destruction of what used to be the greatest Constitutional Republic that was ever established on planet Earth! Not sure how factual all this is, but a Dude I was talking to in Walmart told me he heard it on CNN news!
Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein
Remember those names when the time comes. /spit.
The grunting 50 IQ nazi apes at Politico said, without any proof, that everything is Trump’s fault.
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