#Trump would pardon him.
Michael Sparks, the first #Jan6 defendant to breach U.S. Capitol, sentenced to 53 months in prison
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-michael-sparks-sentencing/
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Behind #Christian Nationalism’s Influence on the 2024 #Election
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The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American #politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades.
#News #USPolitics #History #ChristianNationalism #Rightwing #Abortion #Trump #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #Jan6
Perfect response. #ClusterFox
#Harris spokesman Ian Sams on Fox News in response to a q about alleged tension between Biden and Harris: "Well, I think first and foremost when you think about tensions between a president and VP, you have to think about #Jan6 when #Trump let his supporters chant 'hang Mike Pence'"
Via @Brandi_Buchman :
NEW: #JackSmith files his response to #Trump's demand that at least two of his charges be dropped in the #Jan6 case in light of #SCOTUS ruling in Fischer (obstruction statute impacting J6 rioters). It won't surprise you to learn, Smith isn't convinced.
Smith: Trump totally ignores evidence against him that alleges how he sought to create & use false evidence-fake elector certificates-as means to obstruct proceeding on J6. Fischer covers that specifically
#Trump administration fires DOJ officials who worked on criminal investigations of the president
The DOJ employees had been involved in special counsel #JackSmith’s investigation that led to Trump's classified documents and #Jan6 cases.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-administration-fires-doj-officials-worked-criminal-investigation-rcna189512
#TheOrangeMenace Hall of Fame:
I've Maxed out my number of Pinned Posts, so I've created a single archive of the "#BestOfTheWorst" of this $#!+show (akin to my #WeirdGOP archive) since #MafiaDon retook the presidency, which I will update continually.
First up: #Houston PD accidentally released a man awaiting trial for attempting to SOLICIT SEX FROM A MINOR ONLINE because he was a #Jan6 #terrorist pardoned by #TraitorTrump. #AndrewTaake
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🤦🏻♀️ FBI turns over names of 5,000 employees who worked on #Jan6 cases to #Trump Justice Department, as agents sue https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/fbi-employees-tuesday?cid=ios_app
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
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The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own government.
Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons immediately upended the biggest single prosecution in U.S. history and signaled a broader reversal that threatens to create a more permissive climate in which extremists could regroup and weaken the FBI’s independence.
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"SCOOP: The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by #Jan6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week."
https://www.wired.com/story/far-right-appeal-to-heaven-flag-sba-government-agency-dc/
#WompWomp Keep ‘em coming
Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: The DC Circuit has turned down Steve #Bannon's request to consider vacating his contempt of Congress conviction for defying the #Jan6 select committee's subpoena.
Three judges (Henderson, Rao, Walker) would have taken it up.
https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2025/05/22-3086-2117623.pdf
#Trump Suddenly Cares About 'Insurrectionists' & Protecting Cops
#Insurrectionists beat #cops w/flag poles, crushed them w/riot shields, tased them in the neck, & spat on them during the deadly attack on the US Capitol on #Jan6, 2021. But when Trump claimed on Monday that he has no tolerance for "insurrectionists" who clash w/ #police officers, he wasn't talking about the 1,500 rioters he pardoned upon assuming office earlier this year;
#law #hypocrisy #propaganda
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-insurrectionists-protecting-cops-1235359943/
#Corruption in plain sight
The #DOJ on Friday fired at least 3 prosecutors involved in #Jan6 #criminal cases, the latest moves by the #Trump admin targeting attys connected to the massive prosecution of the Jan 6, 2021, #insurrection…
Those dismissed include 2 attorneys who worked as supervisors overseeing Jan6 prosecutions in the #USattorney’s office in #DC as well as a line atty who prosecuted cases stemming from the insurrection…
#law #PoliticalViolence #MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-prosecutions-capitol-riot-trump-bondi-1107441a68cef171dfff4e680e438452?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-27-Breaking+News
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Another day another coup
SOMEBODY! ANYBODY!
I believe in nonviolence, in debate, in figuring shit out w/o resorting to what #Trump did #Jan6. I don’t want to abandon my values. Where are the MOTHERFUCKING SAFEGUARDS the aspirationally pacific founders put into place to avert this shite?
Right…SCOTUS
#SCOTUS allows Trump to remove consumer product safety regulators
Trump admin fired 3 Democratic members of the #CPSC as part of its effort to consolidate #power.
#law
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-lets-trump-remove-consumer-product-safety-commissioners-now-2025-07-23/