Stories have been leaking out for months from lawyers and family members who have finally been able to speak with people locked up. There is even an article I read this morning citing a couple of attorneys who are going on record to say evidence is being misrepresented to levy more serious charges against some. Essentially painting a picture of incarcerate, detain indefinitely, and then dig for crimes.Im Gipper said:
That is a good post, who is being held without bail that is just charged with trespassing or property destruction?
Correct. Not only would it be clear and traceable, it would have succeeded. They did have the numbers, leverage and ability. Had it been a genuinely planned and armed insurrection, or even just directed riot. It didn't even meet that criteria. People were made enough then (even more now) that if Trump had wanted to arrange such a thing, he easily could have. What comes across so strongly that day is the NON planning. As BQ78 pointed out, the most organization seems to be among the agitators planted to incite the crowd and hijack it that appear to be not only FBI, but also elements of Antifa and other black bloc groups. And there is the bombs put to be found at the party headquarters that Catherine Herridge almost alone has covered that are so obviously separate from the Trump attendeesQuote:
- was this coordinated with/through the Whitehouse, or Trump? No. If there was, it would be clear and traceable. That said, I 100% believe Trump wanted to see large protests standing up against the election results.
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In short, the left did what the left does: embellish, exaggerate, lie, and sensationalize in order to pander to their base and the weak minded. We saw it with the Steele Dossier and we saw it with Adam Schiff's fabricated transcript of the Ukraine call. It has been their modus operandi for some time and not limited to Trump. I don't think the folks on F16 are too young to remember Rathergate.
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After they faked the Russia and Ukraine narratives but pushed for charges, you're honestly surprised the dems have followed up with this fake narrative that Trump tried to cause an insurrection?Ags77 said:
What is the goal ? Trump is no longer in office. You have impeached him twice. Twice it was not agreed to in the Senate. What are you going for now ? Some kind of third impeachment, lol.
We fixed the keg said:
Just another example of political/media hyperbole and spin running amok. Based on the FISA abuses, Steele Dossier, Impeachments, bogus Ukraine transcript, Michael Flynn, etc etc etc. It is insane to think any of the information coming out of these one-sided hearings at face value.
In the end, I believe you had thousands of people angry because they believe there was enough evidence of wrong doing that warranted investigation and were ignored. Of those, it seems ~800 crossed the line of peacefully protesting into trespassing, damaging property, or other unlawful activity. Then a smaller subset of those, crossed a further line by threatening or assaulting individuals.
In all of those numbers, there were 13 people arrested as armed with most of those either being arrested before January 6th, not at the capitol, or after the fact where it is unclear if the weapons they owned were in their possession on Capitol grounds. In fact only two people were actually charged with being in possession on the grounds, on January 6th with a handgun. One was an off duty DEA agent with his badge and service weapon and the other was after curfew.
There wasn't an armed insurrection. There wasn't a coordinated coop. Those are just the facts on the ground. If there were evidence to the contrary, we would have seen it by now as it would be on every web page, every TV channel, and in every paper clearly presented. They wouldn't be bringing in some unvetted, second hand, hearsay witness who took hours to prove was not credible.
Gigem314 said:After they faked the Russia and Ukraine narratives but pushed for charges, you're honestly surprised the dems have followed up with this fake narrative that Trump tried to cause an insurrection?Ags77 said:
What is the goal ? Trump is no longer in office. You have impeached him twice. Twice it was not agreed to in the Senate. What are you going for now ? Some kind of third impeachment, lol.
They are simply followed through on what they ran on in 2020.
Their goal is political revenge for him winning the Presidency in the first place. In their minds, he never should have become President. He was illegitimate from day 1 in their minds. Just like GWB in 2000 after Gore/Florida...but on steroids.
...and where is the American Civil Liberties Union because they sure aren't fighting for American's who have/are being denied their civil liberties?Quote:
This is really a joke but it pisses me off because they're making a big deal about something that's really not that big of a deal. We had people who went into the capital taking selfies and doing funny little Memes and stuff get back to me when there was a real insurrection where they storm in the capital with guns and taking hostages.
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Overall underwhelming and had it on as background noise. Maybe I missed the smoking gun moment.
LegalDrugPusher said:We fixed the keg said:
Just another example of political/media hyperbole and spin running amok. Based on the FISA abuses, Steele Dossier, Impeachments, bogus Ukraine transcript, Michael Flynn, etc etc etc. It is insane to think any of the information coming out of these one-sided hearings at face value.
In the end, I believe you had thousands of people angry because they believe there was enough evidence of wrong doing that warranted investigation and were ignored. Of those, it seems ~800 crossed the line of peacefully protesting into trespassing, damaging property, or other unlawful activity. Then a smaller subset of those, crossed a further line by threatening or assaulting individuals.
In all of those numbers, there were 13 people arrested as armed with most of those either being arrested before January 6th, not at the capitol, or after the fact where it is unclear if the weapons they owned were in their possession on Capitol grounds. In fact only two people were actually charged with being in possession on the grounds, on January 6th with a handgun. One was an off duty DEA agent with his badge and service weapon and the other was after curfew.
There wasn't an armed insurrection. There wasn't a coordinated coop. Those are just the facts on the ground. If there were evidence to the contrary, we would have seen it by now as it would be on every web page, every TV channel, and in every paper clearly presented. They wouldn't be bringing in some unvetted, second hand, hearsay witness who took hours to prove was not credible.
This is really a joke but it pisses me off because they're making a big deal about something that's really not that big of a deal. We had people who went into the capital taking selfies and doing funny little Memes and stuff get back to me when there was a real insurrection where they storm in the capital with guns and taking hostages.
Manhattan said:LegalDrugPusher said:We fixed the keg said:
Just another example of political/media hyperbole and spin running amok. Based on the FISA abuses, Steele Dossier, Impeachments, bogus Ukraine transcript, Michael Flynn, etc etc etc. It is insane to think any of the information coming out of these one-sided hearings at face value.
In the end, I believe you had thousands of people angry because they believe there was enough evidence of wrong doing that warranted investigation and were ignored. Of those, it seems ~800 crossed the line of peacefully protesting into trespassing, damaging property, or other unlawful activity. Then a smaller subset of those, crossed a further line by threatening or assaulting individuals.
In all of those numbers, there were 13 people arrested as armed with most of those either being arrested before January 6th, not at the capitol, or after the fact where it is unclear if the weapons they owned were in their possession on Capitol grounds. In fact only two people were actually charged with being in possession on the grounds, on January 6th with a handgun. One was an off duty DEA agent with his badge and service weapon and the other was after curfew.
There wasn't an armed insurrection. There wasn't a coordinated coop. Those are just the facts on the ground. If there were evidence to the contrary, we would have seen it by now as it would be on every web page, every TV channel, and in every paper clearly presented. They wouldn't be bringing in some unvetted, second hand, hearsay witness who took hours to prove was not credible.
This is really a joke but it pisses me off because they're making a big deal about something that's really not that big of a deal. We had people who went into the capital taking selfies and doing funny little Memes and stuff get back to me when there was a real insurrection where they storm in the capital with guns and taking hostages.
Good job, you found and posted a 5 minute edited piece of propaganda as proof of what? Proof of what was in my original statement? That ~800 people crossed a line.Quote:
Of those, it seems ~800 crossed the line of peacefully protesting into trespassing, damaging property, or other unlawful activity. Then a smaller subset of those, crossed a further line by threatening or assaulting individuals.
Just cant get enough of the Donald, I understand, he was an amazing leader and will be the next President of the USA.Carolin_Gallego said:Most people committing crimes at the Capitol were arrested after the event because Capitol Police were clearly outnumbered and overwhelmed, and this unquestionably contradicts the narrative 'people must have not been armed if they were not arrested at the Capitol with arms'. The first priority was for Congress to certify the election that Trump's supporters were trying to prevent. Capitol Police were doing their best to mitigate the damage after people busted through the outside barriers, before arriving at the Capitol steps, doors, or illegally entering the Capitol, and before the Nation Guard arrived hours later and cleared the Capitol grounds.We fixed the keg said:
There wasn't an armed insurrection. There wasn't a coordinated coop. Those are just the facts on the ground. If there were evidence to the contrary, we would have seen it by now as it would be on every web page, every TV channel, and in every paper clearly presented. They wouldn't be bringing in some unvetted, second hand, hearsay witness who took hours to prove was not credible.
Armed means more than just firearms, as we all know. We have documented evidence that the Secret Service found arms on people going to Trump's rally, and Trump knew of this. We have video evidence of people using arms against Capitol Police.
Here is video evidence of armed people fighting with Capitol PD.
As far as a coordinated coup goes, the committee has provided substantial evidence establishing the following:
President Trump engaged in a massive effort to knowingly spread false and fraudulent information to the American public claiming the 2020 election was stolen from him.
President Trump planned to replace the Acting Attorney General, so that the Department of Justice would support his fake election claims.
President Trump pressured Vice President Pence to refuse to count certified electoral votes in violation of the US Constitution and the law.
President Trump pressured state election officials, and state legislators, to change election results. President Trump instructed his legal team and other Trump associates to have Republicans create false electoral slates and transmit those slates to Congress and the National Archives.
President Trump summoned and assembled a mob in Washington and directed them to march on the US Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power, knowing they were armed . Trump also said in his speech that he would join the mob at the Capitol and we have testimony that his Secret Service detail would not allow him to attend.
President Trump not only ignored multiple pleas for assistance, failed to take immediate action to stop the violence, failed to instruct his supporters to leave the Capitol, but he sent out a tweet targeted the U.S. Vice President when he knew people in the Capitol were threatening his life.
The idea that the evidence is limited to one unvetted, second hand, hearsay witness is as bizarre and far-fetched as the notion that, in this day and age, the evidence would be clearly presented on every webpage, TV channel and newspaper.