#Trump and the GOP Fascist Party: It was a peaceful demonstration! Legitimate political discourse! Normal tourist visit! No guns! Loving patriots! (YOU'RE the puppet)
Via Adam Parkhomenko:
Incredible what we are still learning
Ryan Reilly:
NEW: #Jan6 footage appears to show rioter firing a gun in the air during Capitol attack
As expected :
“#Trump on Monday filed a last-ditch request at #SupremeCourt seeking to prevent his prosecution for attempting to overturn the 2020 election from moving closer to trial.
Trump asked the justices to put on hold an appeals court ruling that rejected his broad claim of presidential immunity in relation to events leading up to #Jan6” #legal #SCOTUS #TrumpIndictment
#Trump opts against #SupremeCourt appeal on civil immunity claim over #Jan6 lawsuits
The decision not to seek high court review means cases brought against Trump over Jan. 6 can move forward in district court, although he can still mount an immunity defense. #legal
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-opts-supreme-court-appeal-immunity-claim-police-jan-6-lawsuits-rcna138869 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-opts-supreme-court-appeal-immunity-claim-police-jan-6-lawsuits-rcna138869?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=65cf789670a0d90001ca126a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Looks like it's 🧵 time. Klasfeld and Inner City Press (aka Press) are on it. 1/...
Klasfeld:
A status conference in the #Jan6-related civil litigation agains #Trump is about to begin. #legal
Mehta wants to start off the hearing discussing immunity issues, followed by discovery issues.
Counsel for Trump's challengers notes the cases have been pending for three years, and they want a faster discovery timeline than the former president proposed.
Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: DC Circuit has ruled that some #Jan6 defendants had their sentences improperly lengthened by district judges' decisions to label their crimes "interference with the administration of justice."
https://documentcloud.org/documents/24452522-brock
It's not immediately clear how many cases this will affect. About 330 Jan. 6 defendants have been charged with obstruction. Those who had the 'administration of justice enhancement' and are still serving sentences may now have to be resentenced #legal
“But, the driver said, #Trump never lunged for the steering wheel or physically accosted the agents, contradicting the most sensational and hotly disputed elements of testimony given to the House #Jan6 committee by a White House aide. The transcript of the driver is the first extensive eyewitness account of what happened in the armored vehicle to be made public.”
Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: Several #Jan6-related lawsuits against Donald #Trump have been greenlit by the D.C. Circuit since Trump opposed them based on the same 'civil immunity' argument the court recently rejected in Blassingame #legal
Via Josh Gerstein:
JUST IN: #SCOTUS won't review #14thAmendment insurrection clause case brought by former NM County Commissioner Couy Griffin, who was convicted in connection with #Jan6. He was kicked out of office by a judge and made similar arguments to those Trump prevailed on. #legal
Via Ryan Reilly:
You’d expect your average American not to know the outcomes of these cases, but quite something for a #SCOTUS justice to just say something factually wrong on the bench when it’s about incidents that happened in their own workplace.
Lawrence Hurley:
During #Jan6 argument today, Justice Alito said people who have disrupted Supreme Court proceedings have not faced jail time. That's not correct.
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"
"Journalism Lesson #1 for 2024:
The mainstream media should not normalize Donald Trump’s behavior, nor should they give a platform to his lies or those of his sycophants, who for years have spread disastrous untruths that may have irreparably damaged our nation.
But in one fell swoop, NBC News has managed to do both."
~ Dan Rather
#NBC #RonnaMcDaniel #Jan6 #insurrection #Trump #normalization #MediaFail #disinformation
The family of #BrianSicknick, the #PoliceOfficer who died during the #Jan6 attack, blasted Trump’s appearance at a wake Thurs for slain #NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller.
Charles & Kenneth Sicknick on Fri expressed condolences to Diller’s family, but said #Trump’s appearance, especially the #PressConference outside a funeral home, was nothing but an #inappropriate #PoliticalStunt.
#law #lies
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/03/29/family-of-brian-sicknick-d-c-officer-who-died-after-jan-6-riot-slam-trump-attending-wake-for-nypd-cop-jonathan-diller/
The State Bar Court of California recommends that John Eastman be disbarred. The opinion is impressive - detailed, clear, and absolutely firm that lying about law and fact to a court is disqualifying for membership in the bar. Equally firmly, the court finds that Eastman conspired to commit a crime with his client, Donald Trump, by conspiring to obstruct the electoral count for the 2020 presidential election. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24521262-eastman-decision-trial #LawFedi #LegalEthics #Jan6 1/
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
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
Via Scott MacFarlane: 🧵 1/...
Some tense moments just now at sentencing of #Jan6 defendant Antony Vo
Defense tried to get sentencing delayed & took issue with Feds & court’s handling of plea agreement rejected before trial
But defense & delay were firmly rejected by the judge… It’s Judge Tanya Chutkan #legal
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
Via Emptywheel: 1/…
This will be an important case. If SCOTUS throws out application of obstruction to Jan6, those who PLANNED to obstruct vote certification could only face misdemeanors, whereas those who got caught up, could face civil disorder charges. #legal
Josh Gerstein:
After years of dodging and weaving about the gravity of #Jan6 , #SCOTUS seems likely to grapple with the subject as it considers whether an obstruction charge used against hundreds of rioters was misapplied.
Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 66F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
Mens' wheelchair division champ Marcel Hug shattered his own course record in the #BostonMarathon yesterday -- AFTER crashing.
#OnThisDay in 1943, scientists discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on a law used to prosecute many participants in the #Jan6 insurrection. #SCOTUS
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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
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.
