6 Jan 2020 U.S. Events (Split from A Deeply Fractured US)

[brihard]

Four more members of the ‘Oathkeepers’ militia have been convicted at trial of Seditious Conspiracy (and other felonies).

Not sure when sentencing will be; their leader Stewart Rhodes is to be sentenced for the same offense in April.

Men Linked to Oath Keepers Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy in Historic Jan. 6 Trial

Four men linked to the anti-government Oath Keepers militia group charged with seditious conspiracy alongside founder Stewart Rhodes have been convicted of the most serious charge against them.

lawandcrime.com

Stewart Rhodes, 58, leader of the Oath Keepers militia, has just been sentenced to 18 years in prison for Seditious Conspiracy against the United States. He wasn’t physically present at the Capitol, nor a direct participant in violence. The judge has absolutely blasted him and his actions in delivering the sentence. The just endorsed a terrorism enhancement to sentencing requested by prosecutors.

I’ll try to find and post some of the judge’s comments later.

 

[mariomike]

Stewart Rhodes, 58, leader of the Oath Keepers militia, has just been sentenced to 18 years in prison for Seditious Conspiracy against the United States.

Maybe just hang in till their next election.

Trump vows pardons, government apology to Capitol rioters if elected

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/01/trump-jan-6-rioters-pardon/

 

[brihard]

I didn’t realize today would be a two-fer. Rhodes’ effective 2ic on the ground at the Capitol, Kelly Meggs, just got 12 years from the same judge, also for seditious conspiracy and other offences.

 

[RangerRay]

Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of assholes.

 

[OceanBonfire]

Two more:

Oath Keepers convicted in Jan. 6 Capitol riot get prison in latest extremist sentencings

Two Florida men who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the far-right Oath Keepers group were sentenced Friday to three years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other charges — the latest in a historic string of sentences in the Jan. 6. 2021 attack. David Moerschel, a 45-year-old...

apnews.com

 

[rmc_wannabe]

Two more:

Oath Keepers convicted in Jan. 6 Capitol riot get prison in latest extremist sentencings

Two Florida men who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the far-right Oath Keepers group were sentenced Friday to three years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other charges — the latest in a historic string of sentences in the Jan. 6. 2021 attack. David Moerschel, a 45-year-old...

apnews.com

 

[brihard]

Yup, there was a flurry of sentences for Oath Keepers and various others last week. I only posted the couple of most prominent leadership figures.

There’s a whole lot of finding out going on.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Yup, there was a flurry of sentences for Oath Keepers and various others last week. I only posted the couple of most prominent leadership figures.

There’s a whole lot of finding out going on.

 

[brihard]

Wow, interesting update on this stuff: DOJ is appealing the sentences given to I think all of the Oathkeepers- they’re contending that all of the sentences were well below sentencing guidelines (ai think it was the same judge in all of them). This includes appealing the 18 years given to leader Stewart Rhodes.

A sentence appeal by prosecutors is rarely heard of.

Appeal of Oath Keeper sentences a "rare" move: Ex-prosecutor

The DOJ filed appeals against eight sentences issued to members of the Oath Keepers who were found guilty in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

www.newsweek.com

 

[RangerRay]

A flurry of sentencing for some convicted Proud Boys.

Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Capitol riot

Joe Biggs' sentence is one of the longest so far handed out to participants in the 6 January riot.

www.bbc.com

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/01/politics/dominic-pezzola-proud-boys-sentencing/index.html

Wankers.

 

[brihard]

A flurry of sentencing for some convicted Proud Boys.

Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Capitol riot

Joe Biggs' sentence is one of the longest so far handed out to participants in the 6 January riot.

www.bbc.com

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/01/politics/dominic-pezzola-proud-boys-sentencing/index.html

Wankers.

Yup- and the best is getting saved for last. Enrique Tarrio was supposed to be first up but the judge was sick, so his sentencing is now on Tuesday. Real possibility that as the leader of the Proud Boys he could catch the longest sentence.

 

[brihard]

Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys militia, gets 22 years in federal prison for Seditious Conspiracy, the longest sentence yet.

This is the bulk of the very high profile cases done with now I believe- I don’t know if any edition trials/sentences remain outstanding, but this will be the high water mark. January 6th prosecutions continue of course, and each week authorities identify and arrest more participants. It will be quite some time yet before this is all done with.

 

[brihard]

Three years to the day, FBI located and arrested three Jan 6th fugitives who are charged with assaulting police outside the Capitol. Two of the three were previously on bail but cut off their ankle GPS monitors and fled last year.

3 years to the day after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, 3 fugitives are arrested in Florida

The three fugitives being sought by federal officials were: Jonathan Daniel Pollock, Olivia Michele Pollock and Joseph Daniel Hutchinson III.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Haggis]

Family of Ashli Babbitt, slain during Jan. 6 riot, sues U.S. government​

 

[brihard]

Family of Ashli Babbitt, slain during Jan. 6 riot, sues U.S. government​

They're hoping for an easy settlement; they won't get it. They've got frig all on this; it was a justified, clean, and restrained shoot (one shot only) that only came after the crowd was crossing a final line in the sand, beyond which the police would be unable to protect the people they were safeguarding. Sucks that she died, but it sucks that she put that officer in a position to have to use deadly force to protect the lives of the civilians he and others were defending and that the crowd was loudly expressing its wish to harm. And it worked. I'm just amazed there weren't several more people shot that day, given the totality of all the various assaults on police that we've seen video of.

Her family could have intervened earlier on her path to radicalization, but it doesn't seem like they did. Too bad.

 

[RangerRay]

She’s an example of FAFO right there. I sympathize for her in as much she was conned by a con man and paid with her life. But she made her own bed.

 

[mariomike]

Her family could have intervened earlier on her path to radicalization, but it doesn't seem like they did. Too bad.

I'm not a brain specialist, but maybe she could have used some professional help as well.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1743741662994801114

 

[Jarnhamar]

They're hoping for an easy settlement; they won't get it. They've got frig all on this; it was a justified, clean, and restrained shoot (one shot only) that only came after the crowd was crossing a final line in the sand, beyond which the police would be unable to protect the people they were safeguarding.

Video shows new angle of Ashli Babbitt shooting inside Capitol

Video licensed from a self-described civil rights activist shows the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

www.nbcnews.com

Someone starts shouting 'he has a gun' but the police officer doesn't seem very visible. I wonder if she would have tried to smash her way through if the officer stood in-front of the window and pointed his blaster at her.

 

[brihard]

Video shows new angle of Ashli Babbitt shooting inside Capitol

Video licensed from a self-described civil rights activist shows the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

www.nbcnews.com

Someone starts shouting 'he has a gun' but the police officer doesn't seem very visible. I wonder if she would have tried to smash her way through if the officer stood in-front of the window and pointed his blaster at her.

He appears to have been trying to use the limited cover he had from at least some of the crowd.

 

[Jarnhamar]

I noticed that, he's mostly behind cover until he steps out to take a shot. It looks like the doorway was barricaded quite a bit but maybe he was worried someone in the crowd was armed. The guy walking around in the suit in the background didn't seem too concerned.