FBI: Deplorables are in BIG trouble and should be peeing themselves

[phrodeau]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/politics/dc-police-officer-fanone-bodycam-footage-cnntv/index.html

Bodycam footage has been released of the assault on Officer Fanone, who was repeatedly tased and physically assaulted, giving him concussion and a heart attack.

 

[phrodeau]

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/05/13...arnagiris-arrested-for-role-in-trump-mob.html

Major Christopher Warnagiris, who is the first active-duty member of the U.S. armed forces to be charged in connection with the riot, is accused of pushing his way past a line of police protecting the Capitol and forcing his way through a doorway in the East Rotunda of the Capitol.

Warnagiris, a 40-year-old Woodbridge, Virginia resident, is charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers, obstruction of law enforcement, obstruction of Congress, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol Grounds, and entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority.

Warnagiris, whose 18-year tenure in the Marines includes deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison if convicted of the charges, which will be prosecuted in federal court in Washington.

In addition to Warnagiris, the more than 400 defendants in pending Capitol riot prosecutions include at least four other current service members: two Army Reserve soldiers and two members of the National Guard in different states. More than three dozen military veterans also have been arrested in such cases.

 

[bodysong]

May 14, 2021

Trump’s dismal history of stiffing students, sub-contractors, creditors, business partners
local authorities, charities, coal miners, other voters, et al. — even his own family —
is well-documented and common knowledge.

But somehow the true believers still think things will be different for them.

Trump’s 50+ year career of sociopathic self-dealing and sadistic lack of concern for others
has not dented the steady stream of people lining up to be kicked in the ass by him.
And this is the man who one of America’s major political parties has staked
its future on.

- Daily Kos

 

[phrodeau]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon...watkins-says-many-capitol-ioters-are-retarded

The attorney for alleged insurrectionist and “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley says that his client and other accused Capitol rioters were uniquely vulnerable to being misled by former President Trump’s lies. “A lot of these defendants… they’re all fucking short-bus people,” Albert Watkins told Talking Points Memo. “These are people with brain damage, they’re fucking retarded... But they’re our brothers, our sisters, our neighbors, our coworkers—they’re part of our country. These aren’t bad people, they don’t have prior criminal history. Fuck, they were subjected to four-plus years of goddamn propaganda the likes of which the world has not seen since fucking Hitler.”

 

[bodysong]

Another violent attacker and invader of the Capitol is allowed
to slip off to Mexico.

Is it because of the bill for a bipartisan commission on Jan. 6th ?

 

[RoryN]

Judge decides "QAnon Shaman" asshole really might be nutter butters and orders a psych evaluation.

 

[Stephen_Coyle]

Generally speaking, when a person is charged with a crime, they hire an attorney who they hope will strenuously defend them, probably not stopping to even entertain the idea that said attorney have a chat with a reporter and manage to insult millions of people in the process. And while it’s not clear if that’s the approach Jacob Chansley—a.k.a. the “QAnon Shaman,“ a.k.a. the shirtless guy who stormed the Capitol on January 6 wearing face paint and a furry hat with horns—took when assembling his legal team, in the future, he should probably plan to ask any potential lawyers, “You’re not going to use the phrase ‘fucking retarded’ while discussing my case, are you?”

Yes, that’s right. In an interview with Talking Points Memo, Chansley‘s lawyer, Albert Watkins, suggested that his client’s mental state, combined with the impact of Donald Trump’s “propaganda” efforts to convince people the election was stolen and that they should storm the Capitol, will play a part in his defense. All of which sounds reasonable! Then Watkins said this: “A lot of these defendants—and I’m going to use this colloquial term, perhaps disrespectfully—but they’re all fucking short-bus people. These are people with brain damage, they’re fucking retarded, they’re on the goddamn spectrum.”

There’s a lot to unpack here, but first, let’s pause to appreciate that Watkins thinks it might be offensive to use the phrase “short bus,” but he really can‘t be sure. The Missouri–based lawyer then goes on to conflate intellectual disabilities, brain damage, and Autism, which of course are three separate things. To say nothing of the fact that there’s no evidence that any of them cause people to act violently, or try to overturn presidential elections. After offending who knows how many people, Watkins—who, incidentally, defended the St. Louis couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter activists—charitably added: “But they’re our brothers, our sisters, our neighbors, our coworkers—they’re part of our country. These aren’t bad people, they don’t have prior criminal history. Fuck, they were subjected to four-plus years of goddamn propaganda the likes of which the world has not seen since fucking Hitler.”

Obviously, it’s entirely true that Trump and his allies spent months insisting that the election had been stolen, before inviting supporters to the “Stop the Steal” rally, and all but walking them to the Capitol. But that argument is unlikely to sway a judge. “It doesn’t matter if they were answering [Trump’s] call in terms of their own guilt or innocence,” Harry Litman, a former U.S. attorney and former deputy assistant attorney general, told TPM reporter Matt Shuham. “The law doesn’t recognize it as an excuse. Whatever brought them there, whatever they were spurred on to do, social media postings or whatever, they’re equally guilty under the federal statutes.” In fact, it didn’t even work to get the QAnon Shaman released from jail before his trial, despite Watkins’s efforts, TPM noted. “Even taking defendant’s claim at face value, it does not persuade the Court that defendant would not pose a danger to others if released,” Judge Royce Lamberth wrote in March. “If defendant truly believes that the only reason he participated in an assault on the U.S. Capitol was to comply with President Trump’s orders, this shows defendant’s inability (or refusal) to exercise his independent judgment and conform his behavior to the law.”


Such an inquiry might turn up even more evidence that Trump incited the mob that tried to overturn democracy, and the House Republican leader just can’t have that. Per CNN:

McCarthy’s opposition to the bipartisan agreement for an independent commission comes ahead of a House vote this week to create the panel modeled after the 9/11 Commission, which would be tasked with investigating the circumstances behind supporters of then president Donald Trump breaching the Capitol to try to stop Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote for President Joe Biden. The bipartisan agreement to establish the January 6 commission was reached last week by House Homeland Security chairman Bennie Thompson and the panel’s top Republican, Rep. John Katko of New York, who was one of the 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach Trump in the wake of the January 6 attack on the Capitol.


https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/05/albert-watkins-jacob-chansley-capitol-attack

 

[RoryN]

What did that one lawyer call these folks, again?

A former GOP activist in Palm Beach County has been charged in connection with the Capitol riot after she posted about it on Facebook

https://www.businessinsider.com/for...harged-in-connection-with-capitol-riot-2021-5

 

[phrodeau]

They’re still rounding up the violent right-wingers.

https://www.kcra.com/amp/article/au...-attack-accused-of-spraying-chemical/36573353

 

[bodysong]

I doubt that their parents brought them up to be such bald-faced liars.

 

[phrodeau]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/04/politics/capitol-rioter-rape-charge/index.html

Federal prosecutors say Sean McHugh of Auburn, California, fought with police as they fended off the massive mob of Trump supporters outside the Capitol on January 6. During the scuffle, McHugh was recorded by police body-worn cameras heckling the officers with a megaphone.

According to prosecutors' description of the footage, McHugh allegedly shouted, "You guys like protecting pedophiles?" "you're protecting communists," "I'd be shaking in your little s--t boots too," and, "there is a Second Amendment behind us, what are you going to do then?"

His comments about "pedophiles" are particularly striking, considering his criminal history.

McHugh was convicted in 2010 on a state charge of unlawful sex with a minor, according to California court records reviewed by CNN and lawyers involved in McHugh's cases. McHugh was sentenced to 240 days in jail -- though he served less -- and got four years of probation.

 

[pecksniff]

Wonder if any of the board deplorables should be worried.

Nah, they're all 47th Keyboard Brigade. I doubt any one of them was in Washington.

 

[pecksniff]

I doubt that their parents brought them up to be such bald-faced liars.

A better word would be "idiots."

 

[jaF0]

Who got booted and reincarnated as the pecker sniffer?

 

[RobDownSouth]

At 33 years old, most men have the ability to control themselves.

....and then there are the BoBos of the world, arrested development incels with no couth, no self control and no job prospects. They exist on government welfare.

 

[pecksniff]

At 33 years old, most men have the ability to control themselves.

Trump doesn't.

 

[bodysong]

Isn't a bit late in the game, to be boasting about participating
in the attack and invasion of January 6th ?

 

[phrodeau]

https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/north-shore-man-charged-in-jan-6-capitol-attack/

24-year-old Christian Kulas was charged Tuesday with unlawful entry and disorderly conduct during the 1/6 Capitol siege. He was seen on Instagram videos in his Burberry coat. He is now under the watchful eye of his mother in their mansion on Lake Michigan.

 

[phrodeau]

https://chicago.suntimes.com/platfo...er-charged-connection-with-u-s-capitol-breach

A Chicago police officer used the N-word and shared pictures of himself inside U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s U.S. Capitol office when bragging in text messages about his role in the Jan. 6 breach, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Three days before the insurrection, Officer Karol J. Chwiesiuk allegedly messaged an associate, saying he was “busy planning how to f- - - up commies” during a conversation about unsuccessful lawsuits that had been filed to dispute the results of President Joe Biden’s election.

Chwiesiuk then allegedly traveled from Chicago to Washington D.C. by car and joined the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. He was seen wearing a CPD hoodie in pictures taken at the riot, his criminal complaint shows.

Chwiesiuk, who is charged with five misdemeanor counts, was asked to surrender his FOID card Friday and not possess a weapon or keep weapons in his home while he awaits trial on an unsecured $15,000 bond. U.S. Judge Gabriel Fuentes also told Chwiesiuk he cannot travel to Washington.

 

[pecksniff]

At 33 years old, most men have the ability to control themselves.

Not including any of us, of course -- this is the Lit; we're all pervs.

 

[Articulate_and_Analytical]

A Kansas Proud Boys member who was arrested and charged for participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol has asked a judge to let him out of jail due to what he says is his chronic back pain. But according to prosecutors, his back pain didn't stop him from wielding an axe handle against police on January 6th.

William Chrestman, 47, can be seen in photos wearing tactical gear, a respirator, and carrying an axe handle. His charges include conspiracy, civil disorder and threatening to assault a federal law enforcement officer.

https://www.rawstory.com/william-chrestman-2653333378/

 

[pecksniff]

Judge decides "QAnon Shaman" asshole really might be nutter butters and orders a psych evaluation.

To the surprise of no one, I hope.

 

[bodysong]

So much "I don't give-a-fuck," has converted to "Oh, fuck!"
"I'm in deep trouble."

 

[pecksniff]

Of course, the number who were in DC on 1/6 are a very small fraction of the Trump Nation, and I'm not confident the latter are going to learn any lessons from this.

 

[butters]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/04/politics/capitol-rioter-rape-charge/index.html

wow, who'd have thought it? a trumpster using a trick right out of trump's playbook: project, project, project