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Proud Boys Charged with Sedition in Capitol Attack
NYT via MSN ^ | Jun 6, 2022 | Alan Feuer and Adam Goldman

Posted on 06/06/2022 2:16:14 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the Proud Boys, and four other members of the far-right group were indicted on Monday for seditious conspiracy in connection with the storming of the Capitol last January, the most serious crime to be charged in the Justice Department’s sprawling investigation of the assault.

The sedition charges against Mr. Tarrio and his co-defendants — Joseph Biggs, Ethan Nordean, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola — came in an amended indictment that was unsealed in Federal District Court in Washington. The men had already been charged in an earlier indictment filed in March with conspiring to obstruct the certification of the 2020 presidential election, which took place during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.

It was not immediately clear what evidence led to the new charges against the members of the Proud Boys, who were central in the effort to storm the Capitol and help forestall President Donald J. Trump’s defeat.

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


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To: Paul46360

Turns out, and I didn’t realize this until today, that 4 people were killed that day at the hands of the Capitol police:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/exclusive-truth-january-6th-documentary-premieres-today-gateway-pundit-narrated-political-prisoner-jake-lang-inside-solitary-confinement-must-watch/


61 posted on 06/06/2022 3:44:22 PM PDT by Theo (FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Sedition is hard to prove.”

Really? Did you just wake up from a decades-long nap, Rip Van Winkle?

A DC Jury would convict you or me of assassinating Lincoln.


62 posted on 06/06/2022 3:50:39 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Now I know why the I heard the association of AR-15s with insurrectionists for the first time on MSNBC today during a discussion of the latest push for an assault weapons ban.

Between the out of control inflation, along with purposeful food and fuel shortages, methinks the swamp is preparing for a full out assault on America this fall.

63 posted on 06/06/2022 3:55:19 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Show trial


64 posted on 06/06/2022 4:00:08 PM PDT by Bloodandgravy (Is it time yet?)
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To: Major Matt Mason

“Another white hispanic?”

Cuban, IIRC.


65 posted on 06/06/2022 4:01:53 PM PDT by Does so (https//youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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To: Paul46360
SUCH A TERRIBLE thing happened that the ONLY person killed was a VET by a BLACK cop.

I believe a 2nd lady was clubbed to death by a cop. But since she was on medication, the authorities (and their media lackeys) claimed that she died of an overdose (and ignore the clubbing). They couldn’t quite stretch a similar claim regarding Ashley Babbitt, so they just basically ignore it. Or claim that Ashley was presenting a dangerous threat.

66 posted on 06/06/2022 4:20:38 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: dkGba

“I firmly believe they intend to jail him before election”.

SWAT team invades Marlargo with news cameras rolling. Brings him out in chains. Leftist judge denies bail due to flight risk. Locked up in a hard core federal prison awaiting a trial that is continuously delayed. Daily leaks to the press from the DOJ. It will be a major spectacle that drags on through the 2024 election.


67 posted on 06/06/2022 4:27:30 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on i)
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‘Seditious Conspiracy’ charge is a very high bar they set. They can't win in court and they know it.

This has nothing to do with those being charged.
They're setting up for a major false flag.
68 posted on 06/06/2022 4:44:13 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Lurkinanloomin

>>We are not taking back the government.
This play is to make sure of that.<<

Yep


69 posted on 06/06/2022 5:48:04 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: Travis McGee

We need Red States to refuse extraditions to these corrupt courts.

In the pre-Civil war days, at least Abolitionist States regularly refused to return escaped slaves to Southern jurisdictions.

Conservatives are this generation’s escaped slave. Blue States are pointing a crooked finger in our direction, snarling “Give him back” to our own governments.


70 posted on 06/06/2022 7:55:41 PM PDT by VetoBill
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To: VetoBill

Nobody in red states will have that kind of nerve. They know the FBI would just arrest them also and drag them up to a DC judge for a room in the DC gulag.


71 posted on 06/07/2022 3:28:26 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Agree. But this is DC we are talking about.


72 posted on 06/07/2022 11:27:24 AM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: taxcontrol
Agree. But this is DC we are talking about.

If it's the kangaroo court, SCOTUS will have to step in, or everyone will face consequences. SCOTUS will rather keep the peace so they will strike down the lower court as usual.

73 posted on 06/07/2022 1:21:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

They turned over video footage to abc news.

WHY WOULD THEY FREAKIN DO THAT?!


74 posted on 06/09/2022 10:45:51 AM PDT by DrewsMum
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To: hanamizu

No. They can ask for a change of venue.


75 posted on 06/09/2022 10:48:23 AM PDT by DrewsMum
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To: DrewsMum

No. They can ask for a change of venue.


I am not a lawyer, but I believe the Constitution requires that the trial be held in the state or district where the crime was committed. I am not aware of anyone charged with a crime in DC whose trial was someplace else.


76 posted on 06/09/2022 10:53:13 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: hanamizu

You can petition the judge for a change of venue.
There is a federal rule of criminal procedure that allows for it on the basis of the “fair trial” portion of the 5th amendment.

The same rule used to change venue in the Timothy McVeigh trial.


77 posted on 06/09/2022 1:04:50 PM PDT by DrewsMum
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To: DrewsMum

I have to wonder why none of the Jan. 5 defendants haven’t availed themselves of a change of venue. Protesting Biden’s election in a District that voted for him by 92% seems like the likelihood of an unbiased jury is close to nonexistent.


78 posted on 06/09/2022 1:16:48 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: hanamizu

They have. One was denied and others are pending


79 posted on 06/09/2022 10:50:22 PM PDT by DrewsMum
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To: consult
From the link you provided. Interesting that the founder is a Canuck ...didn't know that. And not a very bright one if he did upload a video with that title, though it is unclear if he made the video or just uploaded it :
Who is Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes? Gavin McInnes rose to fame as co-founder of VICE Media alongside fellow Canadian Shane Smith in the 1990s. He’s since turned to podcasting to promote his conservative ideology and has appeared on the hugely popular Joe Rogan podcast.

He’s drawn criticism for a number of his statements, including a condemnation by Canada’s Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs for a YouTube video he uploaded in 2017 called “10 Things I Hate About Jews,” in which he said Israelis were “obsessed with the Holocaust.” ...

Says he quit after the Manhattan brawl, for some reason. No word in the article from the organization if he really quit or if he perhaps was booted, for say, poor judgement on posting YouTube videos.
80 posted on 03/17/2023 12:16:17 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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