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Via Ryan Reilly:
BREAKING: John Sullivan sentenced to SIX YEARS in federal prison, putting him in the top tier of #Jan6 sentences.
Kyle Cheney:
Judge Lamberth is about to sentence Jan. 6 defendant John SULLIVAN, who filmed some of the most widely seen footage of the Ashley Babbitt shooting. He’s also unique among Jan. 6 defendants in that he has claimed left-wing ties.
Prosecutors want 87 months.
Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok debate/discuss: whether the Supreme Court will create difficulties for the Special Counsel and its DC election interference criminal case against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RlP8hAbQms #jan6 #SCOTUS
Supreme Court STEPS INTO IT AGAIN with Major Hearing
Legal AF podcast anchors Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok debate/discuss: whether the Supreme Court will create difficulties for the Special Counsel and its DC...YouTube
Oy.
Via Josh Gerstein;
JUST IN: #SCOTUS signals it may undermine more common #Jan6 charges as justices ask DOJ to respond to petition challenging 'disorderly or disruptive' charges v. Russell Alford. DC Cir ruled charges valid even for nonviolent protesters.
DOJ had deemed Alford's petition unworthy of a response, but today #SCOTUS asked for one
Via Kyle Cheney:
NEW: Judge Mehta has *denied* Donald #Trump's motion to pause the #Jan6 lawsuits against him filed by members of Congress and police officers.
Trump wanted them put on hold until his criminal case is resolved.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/18/jan-6-lawsuits-trump-00153133
3 #Jan6 defendants already had their sentences reduced. #ClarenceThomas is back after an unexplained absence from Monday’s court session.
Before arguments began Mon, Chief Justice John Roberts announced in court that Thomas would still participate in the cases, based on the briefs & transcripts.
#SCOTUS is hearing a challenge today to a federal #law prosecutors used to charge >350 people who attacked the Capitol on #Jan6.
>100 have been convicted & sentenced under the statute for obstructing or impeding an ofcl proceeding—the joint session that convened to confirm Biden’s victory.
The case could impact #Trump’s federal trial in DC for trying to remain in power, 2 charges he faces are based on the same #obstruction statute.
#ClarenceThomas was first to ask a question, asking #JosephFischer’s attorney a very specific question about his reading of the #obstruction statute. “How do we determine what these provisions have in common. Do we look after the ‘otherwise’ or before?” he asked. Critics have said Thomas should not have any role in #Jan6-related cases because his wife, #GinniThomas, was involved in efforts to undo the results of the 2020 election & attended #Trump’s rally the morning of the Capitol attack.
#law
Canada looks better every day
“The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared skeptical of the Justice Department's position during oral arguments over whether a federal obstruction law can be used to prosecute some of the rioters [sic] involved in the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.” #SCOTUS
Live updates: Supreme Court arguments on January 6 rioters case
The Supreme Court will consider whether part of a federal obstruction law can be used to prosecute some of the rioters involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Follow here for the latest live news updates.John Fritze, Paul LeBlanc, Isabelle D'Antonio and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN)
Of course.
“A New York-based campaign official for #RFKjr who raised the possibility that voting for the independent presidential candidate would help #Trump defeat Pres #Biden previously promoted false claims that the 2020 election was rigged & attended “Stop the Steal” rallies after the election, including the rally on #Jan6”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/09/politics/rfk-jr-campaign-official-january-6-trump?cid=ios_app
Do they, now..? Don't hold your breath. Will keep that in mind in the voting booth.
"Capitol rioters' families take heart from Trump's promise of pardons"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/capitol-rioters-families-take-heart-from-trumps-promise-of-pardons/ar-BB1l8wYd
#GOP #Trump #insurrection #Jan6 #Capitol #election2024
Via Vaughn Hillyard, more comments from #RFKJr on the #Jan6 insurrection.
- "You can rebuild a Capitol”
- “What’s the worst thing that could happen? Right?” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rfk-jr-dismissed-severity-jan-6-attack-rcna146521
RFK Jr. has repeatedly dismissed severity of the Jan. 6 attack: 'What's the worst thing that could happen?'
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign distanced itself from its own fundraising email Thursday that called the Jan. 6 rioters "activists."Vaughn Hillyard (NBC News)
Via Matthew Gertz:
Johnson called into Fox from a secured location within the Capitol complex he refused to disclose after rioters stormed the building on #Jan6. https://mediamatters.org/fox-news/flashback-would-be-speaker-mike-johnsons-fox-interview-trumps-mob-stormed-capitol
Aaron Rupar:
#MikeJohnson describes January 6 insurrectionists as "people who were just there and happened to be walking through the building"
