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Federal Prosecutor Doesn’t Rule out Charging Trump over Capitol Riot — ‘Anyone Who Had a Role’
Breitbart ^ | January 07 2021 | JOSHUA CAPLAN

Posted on 01/07/2021 11:44:24 PM PST by knighthawk

Washington, D.C.’s leading federal prosecutor did not rule out charging President Donald Trump following the assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of the president.

In a Thursday press call, Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin told reporters that the Department of Justice will consider lodging criminal charges targeting any individual for playing a role in Wednesday’s riot. At one point, one reporter asked if President Trump could face charges, to which Sherwin replied: “I don’t want to sound like broken record. We’re looking at all actors here.”

“Anyone who had a role and where the evidence fits a crime,” he added.

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1 posted on 01/07/2021 11:44:24 PM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

The crimes were committed by Antifa and the Capitol Police.


2 posted on 01/07/2021 11:45:29 PM PST by Aria (- )
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To: Aria

What a giant shit show.


3 posted on 01/07/2021 11:45:56 PM PST by Tea Party Terrorist (Eat the Rich)
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To: knighthawk

Are they going to charge the Capitol Police who waved them in? Serious question.


4 posted on 01/07/2021 11:46:26 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction
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To: knighthawk

They can’t have Americans acting all uppity, like city slickers.


5 posted on 01/07/2021 11:48:24 PM PST by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: knighthawk

Go ahead. Roll the dice sport.


6 posted on 01/07/2021 11:58:02 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: knighthawk

FAFO


7 posted on 01/07/2021 11:58:24 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: knighthawk

I admit I had a role - come pick me up Mikey. BYOBB.


8 posted on 01/07/2021 11:58:46 PM PST by GreyHoundSailor
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To: knighthawk

I guess the lesson is.....if you are going to riot, then REALLY riot.


9 posted on 01/08/2021 12:00:09 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: knighthawk

You’re not the only one with a list, Mr. Sherman.


10 posted on 01/08/2021 12:17:38 AM PST by TigersEye (2020 - The year of massive frauds. Impeachment - masks - lockdowns - Biden - elections...)
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To: knighthawk

Idiot is posturing to save his job in the new admin.


11 posted on 01/08/2021 12:26:41 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: Aria

And BLM filmed the murder

(pictures on zerohedge )


12 posted on 01/08/2021 12:34:49 AM PST by Lera (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: ConjunctionJunction
"Are they going to charge the Capitol Police who waved them in? Serious question."

Are they going to charge the plain-clothes Capitol Police officer who shot an unarmed woman dead?

13 posted on 01/08/2021 12:35:46 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: knighthawk

Well, since Antifa were there does that mean you will go after their controllers in the Democrats and Soros? ........ I’m waiting.........


14 posted on 01/08/2021 1:13:41 AM PST by Lockbox
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To: knighthawk

Sherwin is full of shit. The rioters, esp. the conservative stupid ones, were already at the Capitol, in part. Those who committed acts of vandalism and violence should be prosecuted and I’m sure Sherwin will do that with relish as he wants to keep his job under the new senile president and AG.

It will be interesting to see if the FBI, DC and Capital police and competent law enforcement people will be able to positively identify the vandals/rioters, no matter who they are. Seems they have been having one helluva time doing that with the Antifa Marxists/ BLM Marxists-street thugs, and Communist Revolutionary Party (RCP - Maoists) and their “Resist Fascism/Refuse Fascism” riots, arson, and attacks on the police over the past few years.

In DC, law enforcement, when it comes to the White Marxist Leftists and Black Marxist/racist terrorists, sucks big time. I’ve covered many demonstrations as a reporter and most of the time the DC Police knew who the violent ones were and arrested them, but too often swept up a lot of innocent bystanders leading to millions of dollars awarded in law suits against them (and this was planned by the left since the MayDay Riots of May 1971 - I was there).

I have a special Certificate in Police Science. My teachers included famous and veteran FBI, Police, Sec. Service, and lawyers and one really cool former FBI agent turned judge.

Today, I have not seen a police, FBI, or Govt attorney handle the Left rioters, arsonists, and killers on any level of professional competence.

Hints re my teachers and or colleagues included: One of the IRS agents who nailed Al Capone; attorney in the Skokie Nazi March case; the FIRST FBI agent who alerted the head of the NY SAC office about the Nazi submarine landed saboteurs in NJ/NY; a Deputy Chief of Police, and for shits and grins, several FBI agents and Asst Director of the FBI for work I did in an undercover capacity, undercover drug and anti-communists undercover agents and homicide detectives, as well as OSS/CIA agents/leaders, WW2 veterans from all fronts, and a few Brits (SAS) thrown in for more flavor.

We have a tremendous problem in getting intelligence law enforcement LEADERS at al levels of local, state and federal enforcement.


15 posted on 01/08/2021 1:28:31 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: knighthawk

Once again, leftist democrats in the deep state immediately resort to lawfare to attack and hurt their enemies all the while not executing lawfare against their paramilitary army called blm and antifa.

JoMa


16 posted on 01/08/2021 1:53:09 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: GreyHoundSailor

republicans and conservatives are the toughest group around - on the internet :)

I guess that terrible murder wasn’t the “Shot heard round the world”.

The 1700s had different times and better men, I have to assume


17 posted on 01/08/2021 2:23:35 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: knighthawk

This is the same Michael Sherwin who declined to prosecute anyone in the Rand Paul attack.

And even DC Mayor Bowser, was complaining on his lack of prosecutions for the May riots.

But he is going to prosecute Trump for holding a rally ?

Divers weights, unjust measures.


18 posted on 01/08/2021 2:36:18 AM PST by Reverend Wright (Biden is like Robert Mueller: a senile frontman for radical left interests)
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To: Reeses

The slave revolt has to be put down ruthlessly.


19 posted on 01/08/2021 3:17:20 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: virgil

You are exactly right. It’s totalitarian rule.


20 posted on 01/08/2021 4:14:27 AM PST by sanjuanbob
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