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Founder of pro-Trump social media campaign pleads guilty to Jan. 6 charge
The Hill ^ | 10/07/2021 | CAROLINE VAKIL

Posted on 10/07/2021 8:36:14 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The founder of a pro-Trump social media campaign aimed at steering Democrats away from their party pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a misdemeanor in connection to his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot.

Brandon Straka pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, which has a maximum jail sentence of six months, while another charge, impeding law enforcement during civil disorder, was dropped by prosecutors, The Washington Post reported.

In return for the reduced charges, Straka will be required to sit down for an interview with federal authorities and provide any evidence that could help officials in their investigations, including social media posts, according to the plea agreement.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brandonstraka; campaign; capitolriot; founder; jan6; january; trump; trumpcharges; trumpedupcharges; walkaway
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I know Brandon from facebook. Good guy.
1 posted on 10/07/2021 8:36:14 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

>Brandon Straka pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct

Misdemeanor...sounds like a insurrectionist to me.


2 posted on 10/07/2021 8:38:52 AM PDT by struggle
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To: ChicagoConservative27

disorderly conduct...


3 posted on 10/07/2021 8:39:21 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

” sit down for an interview with federal authorities”

...sit down in or on what?


4 posted on 10/07/2021 8:39:56 AM PDT by albie
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So basically trespass, sheesh. Yet we have tens of thousands of ILLEGALS streaming across the border and our Fed Law enforcement is doing nothing. Sheesh, our GOP leaders are worthless.


5 posted on 10/07/2021 8:40:40 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This insurrection set up is looking to be similar to the fake dossier for FISA warrants scam. Convenient excuses for the fake State Department to investigate Trump and his supporters.


6 posted on 10/07/2021 8:42:33 AM PDT by robel
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To: struggle

Political prisoners in our time.

Didn’t think I’d live to see it.


7 posted on 10/07/2021 8:43:04 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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This Country has turned into a joke.


8 posted on 10/07/2021 8:51:24 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“disorderly conduct”

ISN’T THIS WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING ALL THE TIME?

Yes, the best you can come up with, is...disorderly conduct.

Vandalism or destruction of property for those who broke Capitol windows and doors.

But honestly, these are the BIGGEST convictions you can get for this non-riot.


9 posted on 10/07/2021 8:53:32 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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I know Brandon from facebook. Good guy.

Didn't he organize that clean up day in East Baltimore?

Lets go Brandon!

10 posted on 10/07/2021 8:53:37 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: americas.best.days...; 1Old Pro

Complete with Stalin-esque show trials.

Mark my words. This is what we will see from the Left:

CNN: To date, there have been 600 insurrectionists jailed as a result of the January 6th deadly riots...of the 20 trials that have taken place so far, 90% of the defendants have been charged and punished...”


11 posted on 10/07/2021 8:54:53 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: mac_truck

No, he was the walk away guy


12 posted on 10/07/2021 8:55:15 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So basically the same charge as spitting gum on the sidewalk or smazhing someone’s Halloween pumpkin. What other arch criminal masterminds could the FBI have caught if they devoted 1000 agents instead of 500 for over a year?


13 posted on 10/07/2021 8:55:48 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: americas.best.days...

America is becoming more like Russia every day - everything is run for the corrupt oligarchs. People who protest their crimes are sent to prison or shot. The media does nothing but repeat the party line and official slogans.


14 posted on 10/07/2021 8:55:58 AM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Has he been subjected to solitary confinement torture? I don’t fault anyone for succumbing to torture. I don’t know how I would do, myself.


15 posted on 10/07/2021 8:56:57 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: 1Old Pro

Yup.

And The Pill is still calling it “riot”.

Disorderly at worst. Trespass at best. (Property destruction for the few who actually hurt anything.)

If that’s all BLM/Anti-fa did the “protests” would be OK.


16 posted on 10/07/2021 8:57:11 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
That's his crime, right there. You can't walk away from the Democrats and certainly not encourage others to do the same.
17 posted on 10/07/2021 8:57:51 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Likely did nothing other than being their. FBI probably pushed extra hard just to nail someone “related” to the Trump administration. Would love to know the real story.


18 posted on 10/07/2021 8:59:44 AM PDT by consult
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Meanwhile over at Fox News, your irrelevant, after the fact, useless news source.

Fox News trotted out the brilliant Bret Baier who said this a few weeks ago:

Bret Baier reacts to Jan. 6 hearing: After testimony, you can't say 'it's not a big deal'

I looked up lying douche bag pretend reporter. That picture came up.

I'm betting he practices that look in a mirror.

BTW, in case you're wondering who he's scolding in that picture on Fox News behalf, it's you.

19 posted on 10/07/2021 8:59:48 AM PDT by lewislynn ( Thank you Fox news for saving us from Trump < /sarcasm >)
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Brandon is an incredible young man. He founded the #WalkAway movement that brought thousands of Democrats to the Republican Party.

He was so hard working and effective they had to go after him.

He’s from my homeland, Nebraska, I think currently he’s in Omaha where I lived many years until recently.

He was tattled on by a family member for being in DC that day. I don’t think he was inside the Capitol.

Total hit job on him. It’s disgusting. We live in what we knew to be the former USSR.


20 posted on 10/07/2021 9:00:23 AM PDT by BlueHorseShoe
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