Posted on 12/10/2022 3:56:36 AM PST by Libloather
A married couple from Largo who admitted entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was sentenced to jail time Friday.
Marilyn Fassell, 59, a nursing assistant who gained notoriety through a selfie she took while smoking a cigarette inside the building, was sentenced to 30 days and three years probation.
Her husband Thomas Fassell, 68, a retired postal worker and Air Force veteran, was sentenced to seven days and two years probation.
“There are lawful means available in a democracy to challenge actions you disagree with which don’t include a violent insurrection,” U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said during the sentencing.
Prosecutors had requested 60 days of incarceration for Marilyn Fassell, stating in a recent filing that, “Fassell encouraged other rioters to proceed ... celebrated the fact that the rioters had overwhelmed police ... and showed no remorse when she spoke to the media following her arrest in September 2021.”
For Thomas Fassell, prosecutors requested 30 days incarceration, they said, because he went inside despite seeing overturned police barricades and smashed glass, breathing tear gas and hearing a blaring security alarm, and because he later tried to minimize his responsibility in an interview with the Tampa Bay Times.
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Smoking is violence? These deep state judges and their bureaucratic buddies make me sick. Did she throw the book at Antifa or BLM? What about Kavanaugh’s confirmation? Colbert and gang’s breach this summer?
just more misinformation. this crap needs to be addressed.
Initially Reagan, believe it or not. She’s 79
When is Ray Epps going to be prosecuted for inciting a riot with his bullhorn encouraging protestors to storm the Capitol? Maybe Epps is a close friend of Paul Pelosi.
They have no idea what a violent resurrection is. I would say what happened at the capitol was a riot but if a truly violent resurrection ever happens there would be bodies scattered all over DC.
Traffic in meth and fentanyl and you are released on a small bond, or none at all (just complete this ballot before you are released—we will make sure it is cast in the upcoming election). Smoke a little pot in the Capitol and off to prison for you!
A nation cannot survive with such unequal applications of law which are applied based upon your political views.
I have no idea. But these two loonies should know better than the smoke in the capital.
And yes, I realize it wasn’t even pot they were smoking. I just can’t believe a judge that would allow such a case to proceed is allowed to stay on the bench.
[[“There are lawful means available in a democracy to challenge actions you disagree with which don’t include a violent insurrection,”]]
Hey judge, mind pointing out where any insurrection took place? Last I looked NO ONE was charged with insurrection!
“Will we ever know if they were both tortured and raped, as so many others have been?”
What these people found out is that nobody cares about them and they are on their own. Having to pay for their own legal defense, costing them much, or having to depend on a public defender. And how about trying to cover other bills while sitting in jail for weeks or months? What this has taught us is that if one gets involved in this kind of activity, you are on your own and no one has your back.
“There are lawful means available in a democracy to challenge actions you disagree “ Like rioting and burning down cities?
Truer words? Where was the insurrection again?
Ronald Reagan appointed this woman of justice.
“There are lawful means available in a democracy to challenge actions you disagree with which don’t include a violent insurrection,”
Yes, like burning police stations and post offices, and killing cops. How dare she smoke in the Capitol.
In the minds of liberals, someone shouting through a bullhorn encouraging people to storm the Capitol isn’t “inciting an insurrection”, but Trump telling his crowd to PEACEFULLY go to the Capitol to have their voices heard is evidently “inciting an insurrection”
Since Ray Epps hasn’t been seen lately I suspect he is currently permanently located somewhere around the area that the Kennedy assassins are ... South of Terlingua Texas.
Apparently this judgette was the head of the FISA court. It would be interesting to find out if SHE held any government actor responsible for the lies they told to that court to obtain warrants against Trump associates.
What about the itchy trigger fingered dc cop who shot an unarmed veteran who was in civilian clothes? U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly...whatttt????
They should be punished just for giving the Commie-Dems a propaganda windfall for the past two years.
Its the Chinese model lite, first step. Full blown models coming after the TSA gets facial recognition installed nationwide in airports - and then everywhere, followed by mandatory cell phone carry and QR codes to track you and determine what & where you can do, everything.
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