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The Suicide of a January 6 Defendant: ‘They Broke Him’
American Greatness ^ | 28 Feb, 2022 | Julie Kelly

Posted on 02/28/2022 4:43:52 AM PST by MtnClimber

Matthew Perna was failed by the country he loved.

atthew Perna did nothing wrong on January 6, 2021.

The Pennsylvania man walked through an open door on the Senate side of the building shortly before 3 p.m. that afternoon. Capitol police, shown in surveillance video, stood by as hundreds of Americans entered the Capitol. Wearing a “Make America Great Again” sweatshirt, Perna, 37, left after about 20 minutes.

Less than two weeks later, Perna was ensnared in what the former top U.S. prosecutor called a “shock and awe” campaign to round up Trump supporters and deter them from demonstrating at Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, 2021. After he discovered his image on the FBI’s most wanted list for January 6, Perna immediately contacted his local FBI office and voluntarily submitted to questioning; on January 18, six FBI agents arrested Perna at his home.

His life from that point turned into a nightmare. Perna was indicted by a grand jury in February 2021 on four counts including obstruction of an official proceeding and trespassing misdemeanors. Despite his nonviolent participation in the events of that day—he did not assault anyone, carry a weapon, or vandalize property—Biden’s Justice Department and local news media nonetheless made his life pure hell.

Whenever his hometown paper, the Sharon Herald, published an article on its social media account about Perna, the majority of replies were “horrible and brutal,” his aunt, Geri Perna, told me on the phone Sunday. After more than a year of legal and public torture, Perna saw no way out.

On Friday night, Matthew Perna hung himself in his garage.

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


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1 posted on 02/28/2022 4:43:52 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

I wish he had kept up the fight. He needed to outlast the Bidet regime.


2 posted on 02/28/2022 4:44:04 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on mycreen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

We’re not in America anymore Toto. Welcome to the new Soviet Union.


3 posted on 02/28/2022 4:46:19 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas." - Col. David Crockett to the U.S. Congress.)
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To: MtnClimber

Very, very sad. His country left him.


4 posted on 02/28/2022 4:50:27 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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I hope they can hold on. Trump is going to pardon them all. But that is a long time from now.

I’m going to research them and start writing letters to encourage them.


5 posted on 02/28/2022 4:50:31 AM PST by rbmillerjr (Defeating China is impossible without understanding that Russia is our enemy)
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To: MtnClimber

Joe Biden and all those supporting him have this man’s blood on their hands and should be tried for manslaughter.......


6 posted on 02/28/2022 4:53:51 AM PST by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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To: MtnClimber

Biden is the very embodiment of the rot that is the US government; bumbling, corrupt, incoherent, contemptuous of the public, with a desire only for power.


7 posted on 02/28/2022 4:56:31 AM PST by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer.)
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To: MtnClimber

When the people lose control of their government, the Third Reich and the Soviet Union is what you get.


8 posted on 02/28/2022 4:57:29 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas." - Col. David Crockett to the U.S. Congress.)
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To: MtnClimber

The “criminal justice” system is not being used to stop criminals. It is in the service of partisan democrats who are using it to destroy their political enemies.


9 posted on 02/28/2022 5:01:59 AM PST by I want the USA back (Government is to be feared much more than the chicom virus.)
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To: MtnClimber

No faith that the Federal law system ot in God working through it to confirm his liberties and reprove with prejudice those abusing the power of it.

Sadly, weakness in the personal character trait of self-determination.


10 posted on 02/28/2022 5:03:27 AM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: MtnClimber

...and Joe Biden is pushing democracy?


11 posted on 02/28/2022 5:03:42 AM PST by Mashood
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To: MtnClimber

This fills me with anger.


12 posted on 02/28/2022 5:03:51 AM PST by rlmorel (The concept of a "cashless society" is simply a vector for the exercise of tyranny.)
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To: MtnClimber

RIP Patriot.

My heart breaks for your family.

The way out of something like this is to persevere. Persevere.


13 posted on 02/28/2022 5:04:30 AM PST by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Life is risk, your highness.)
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To: rbmillerjr

You and me both.


14 posted on 02/28/2022 5:05:03 AM PST by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Life is risk, your highness.)
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To: MtnClimber

If repubs ever get back in power we need to throw those in dem power grab in jail in DC and have the Jan 6 prisoners take care of them.


15 posted on 02/28/2022 5:06:40 AM PST by Singermom
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To: MtnClimber

Those U.S. prosecutors are themselves going to be prosecuted. A huge correction is coming on Jan 21, 2023. Those scumabags will wish they were never involved with the Biden regime.


16 posted on 02/28/2022 5:08:14 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Fauci is a murderer)
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To: Singermom

When I hurt someone, intentionally or usually, unintentionally, I feel bad about it and don’t forget it. This bunch in power doesn’t seem to give a damn about their impact on people, the lies they spread, the families they ruin, the children who see what is done to their parents by this tremendous abuse of power. I saw it with our imposter senile “president” running around in 2020 shouting that as president, he would take the Medal of Freedom from Rush Limbaugh and give it to someone deserving. I can’t imagine saying filth like this but then again, these are really dirty people who seem to have no conscience and to care nothing about the impact they have on their countrymen’s lives.


17 posted on 02/28/2022 5:11:54 AM PST by laconic
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To: MtnClimber

His blood is on their hands and their injustice will be accounted for.


18 posted on 02/28/2022 5:13:05 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: rbmillerjr

Thank you


19 posted on 02/28/2022 5:13:53 AM PST by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: Mashood
...and Joe Biden is pushing democracy?

When they use the word "democracy" they really mean something else.

Example:

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea

20 posted on 02/28/2022 5:15:58 AM PST by Fresh Wind (We are living in 1984. We have always been living in 1984.)
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