Posted on 01/25/2021 5:30:00 PM PST by lowbridge
A Texas man charged with invading the Capitol and threatening Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Monday that he was effectively following then-President Donald Trump’s orders when he joined a mob that stormed Congress on Jan. 6.
Garret Miller also apologized to Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for writing “Assassinate AOC” in a Twitter post. He said he would be willing to testify to Congress or in a trial about the riot.
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MIller is one of dozens of people charged with participating in the riot, which began shortly after Trump held a rally outside the White House, where he urged supporters to pressure Congress to reject the election of Joe Biden as president.
In a statement released by defense attorney Clinton Broden, Miller said he had been motivated by Trump’s false claims about having been cheated out of reelection by ballot fraud and said, “I am ashamed of my comments.”
U.S. could be headed for an era of increased political violence: Hayden Center
“I was in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021, because I believed I was following the instructions of former President Trump and he was my president and the commander-in-chief. His statements also had me believing the election was stolen from him,” Miller said.
“Nevertheless, I fully recognize Joe Biden is now the President of the United States and that the election is over. Donald Trump is no longer president and I would not have any reason to continue to follow his lead.”
“While I never intended to harm Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez nor harm any members of the Capitol police force, I recognize that my social media posts were completely inappropriate. They were made at a time when Donald Trump had me believing that an American election was stolen,” he said.
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Slimy lawyer, slimy client.
Oh please
This is like those in the USSR under Stalin when they would “spontaneously” shout out how terrible they were and how socialism had saved them.
Liar.
I smell BS from this one. President Trump never said or suggested any such thing. Perhaps he meant Madonna, or one of the other liberal celebrities, or that play in New York, that suggest violence against President Trump.
This scumbag will now get a pass.
Saying whatever to get out of bunking with bubba.
Bullcrap! They’re doing damage control. Watch them work out a deal for him to appear as a witness at his impeachment trial like Vindman did and trash Trump.
[Slimy lawyer, slimy client.]
WINNER
LIBS: “Well that’s it. If Trump motivated just ONE rioter he is GUILTY!”
And what ORDERS were those?
Photo, eyes look like nothing there? Disturbing!
Take care........pilgrim
CNBC.
Need more be said?
Learn up on this guy now...false flag brewing. Probably a plea deal in there somewhere...
We definitely don’t want anything to happen to AOC.
She’s gonna be a great thorn in Chuck Schumer’s side.
Fight for that $2,000 from Joe, girl!
Let’s see the orders.
where did Trump say break into the capitol, fight the police and smash things?
Waiting...
Seems to me FBI and media are planting evidence. This is the second person who has claimed they were “following Trump’s orders” on Jan 6. We will see this used as evidence in the sham impeachment trial.
He said he was willing to testify before congress.
You have to wonder what deal he was offered. Grovel and read this prepared statement, or have your life and your families lives ruined. It has a communist stink to it.
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