1/6 Insurrection Investigation

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MAGAs want to ridiculously claim a peaceful student protest over gun violence is an "insurrection". The students held this protest because of the deadly school mass shooting in Nashville and they are afraid of being killed in their own schools. Does that kid holding the homemade sign look like an "insurrectionist" to you? Pathetic MAGAs will do anything to downplay the January 6th insurrection that their own base took part in.   


Tennessee students protest gun violence in schools

Pathetic MAGAs try to claim a deadly insurrection with thousands of Trump supporters at the US Capitol was a "peaceful protest". Does all that violence that Trump supporters engaged in look "peaceful" to you? It's totally absurd and these MAGAs who make that asinine claim are totally pathetic.

Video Of Capitol Riot Shown During First Jan. 6 Committee Hearing

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Plea hearing set for May 5 in Capitol riot case of Jonathan Mellis of Virginia. He's accused of attempting to strike officers between their helmets and body armor.

This image is from the charging documents in his case.

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WATCH: In new Jan. 6 footage, congressional leaders shelter and call for help during Capitol attack

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., introduced previously unreleased footage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sheltering in a secure location while the pro-Trump mob overran the U.S. Capitol. In the footage, congressional leaders ask for help and resources to secure the building. They also discuss how to continue the certification of the election results.
 
In the video, Pelosi and Schumer are seen calling state and federal officials like Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia and the acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to get more law enforcement to respond to the riot. Republican leadership also joined the two, making calls to help secure the Capitol. This was interspersed with clips of violent Trump supporters invading the Capitol..
 
“Congressional leadership recognized on a bipartisan basis that President Trump was the only person who could get the mob to end its violent siege of the Congress, leave the Capitol and go home,” Raskin said in the hearing,
 
The committee returned to its public-facing work after nearly three months, having rescheduled the current hearing two weeks ago in light of Hurricane Ian.


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1,000 people have been charged for the Capitol riot. Here's where their cases stand
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/25/1165022885/1000-defendants-january-6-capitol-riot

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Plea agreement is scheduled for April 19 in the US Capitol breach case of Zvonimir Jurlina of Texas. Jurlina is accused of kicking, stomping and attempting to set fire to media equipment at the Capitol .. amid the mob.

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New ruling against Jan. 6 rioters is 'a gift' to Jack Smith's pursuit of Trump: legal analyst



A ruling last Friday by a panel of appellate judges that Jan. 6 insurrectionists can face obstruction charges will come in handy for special counsel Jack Smith's investigation of Donald Trump's links to the Capitol riot.

That is the opinion of former Assistant United States Attorney Andrew Wiessmann during an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

Speaking with the hosts, the legal expert characterized the ruling as a "gift" to Smith that could speed along his investigation.

According to reporting from NBC, "The three-judge panel, on a 2-1 vote, upheld the use of the obstruction of an official proceeding charge against defendants who assaulted law enforcement during the Capitol attack. A lower court judge, Trump appointee U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols, had previously tossed the charge, a decision the appeals court reversed."

Asked about the repercussions, Weissmann explained, "This is really a gift for Jack Smith because, as good as it is for the Washington, D.C. prosecutors who have hundreds of pending cases, who want to know that this is a charge they can continue charging, Jack Smith is going to be thinking about this obstruction charge with respect to the former president."

"There's nothing better for Jack Smith than to know that this is already been approved by the D.C. circuit, meaning he can charge it and, unless the Supreme Court disagrees with the D.C. circuit, he knows that this is a rock solid legally, a legal rock solid charge that he has to prove it factually, but getting the sort of pre-clearance is unusual to have and he has to be happy that the court ruled that this is a charge that will stick for any potential charge he is thinking with respect to the former president,' he added.

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Donald Trump attempting to stop Mike Pence from testifying about Jan. 6 Capitol riot
https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-attempting-stop-mike-181415207.html