1/6 Insurrection Investigation

[Rick Plant]

Judge sentenced Jan 6th defendant Josiah Kenyon of Nevada to 6 years in prison.

Feds said "Kenyon used a table leg with a protruding nail to strike an officer in the leg & then to strike a 2nd officer on the head such that...weapon became lodged in the officer’s face shield & helmet".

[Rick Plant]

Hitler-loving Jan. 6 rioter sentenced to 3-years in prison



A Jan. 6 rioter who has praised Adolf Hitler and expressed support for Nazi ideology was sentenced to three years in prison this Thursday for possessing unregistered firearm silencers, The Washington Post reported.

U.S. District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff said that Hatchet M. Speed, 41, betrayed “everything he pledged to protect” and posed a danger to society due to his extremist views.

“It is difficult to understand how anyone could conclude that the Unabomber and Eric Rudolph and Hitler could be a positive influence on anyone, much less role models worthy of admiration and emulation,” said Nachmanoff, referring to the high-profile historical figures Speed was obsessed with.

“You served your country honorably until you went down the path that led you here,” the judge told Speed, who is a former Navy reservist who held a top-secret security clearance. “So why? Why?”

Speed initially faced charges of illegal entry, disorderly conduct and parading in the U.S. Capitol.

In March of 2022, Speed met with an FBI undercover agent who was presented to him as “a like-minded individual." In his conversations with the undercover agent, Speed described his participation in the riot.

“SPEED explained that he had hoped that more and more people would have shown up,” the report stated. “It should have gotten to the point where Nancy Pelosi should have resigned out of fear for her life. That’s what should have happened.” Speed also observed that “there are too many Americans that have this idea that we have to be peaceful all costs,” the FBI stated.

At his sentencing hearing Thursday, a prosecutor cited Speed’s involvement with the Proud Boys and his statements to the undercover agent.

“He talked about studying Eric Rudolph’s and the Unabomber’s manifestos to come up with a better game plan than they had,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas W. Traxler said. “He talked about wiping out the Jewish population.”

Read the full report at The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/04/13/hatchet-speed-jan6-nazi-sympathizer-sentenced/

[Rick Plant]

Sentencing today in Jan 6th case of Vince Gillespie, who's accused of assaulting police & yanking officer toward mob & of boasting "We were very close. We were almost overpowering them... That’s what I would hope they would do. Take it over, take it over. Own it for a few days."

[Rick Plant]

Sentencing in Capitol riot case of Logan Barnhart of Michigan. Feds seek 5+ years prison arguing "Barnhart grabbed an officer’s neck and torso and dragged him in a prone position from the police line, out of the Archway, and down a set of stairs into the violent mob".

Judge: "prison is needed in this case to ensure general deterrence to others."

Judge Contreras says lawmakers were forced to hide until they could be safely evacuated. Judge says Trump and Trump allies “bear a lot of responsibility for what happened that day.”

Judge R Contreras sentences Logan Barnhart of Michigan to 3 years in prison in Capitol riot case, in which Barnhart was accused of dragging police officer into riotous mob.

And $2,000 restitution and $3,688 fine (projected cost of a month in federal prison)

[Rick Plant]

Only a guilty man would try to block testimony.

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe testifies to grand jury in January 6 probe

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe testified before a federal grand jury Thursday in Washington, DC, as part of the special counsel's criminal probe into the aftermath of the 2020 election.

Former President Donald Trump had sought to block testimony from Ratcliffe and other top officials from his administration, but courts have rejected his executive privilege claims.

The investigation led by special counsel Jack Smith has focused on January 6, 2021, and other efforts to overturn the presidential election.

Ratcliffe is likely of interest to investigators because he personally told Trump and his allies that there was no evidence of foreign election interference or widespread fraud.

https://www.weny.com/story/48716650/former-director-of-national-intelligence-john-ratcliffe-testifies-to-grand-jury-in-january-6-probe

[Michael T. Griffith]

The recently released surveillance footage of the 1/6 "insurrection" debunks much of the Democratic narrative on the subject. Kudos to Tucker Carlson for reviewing key parts of this footage on his show and calling out the 1/6 subcommittee for suppressing it.

[Richard Smith]

The recently released surveillance footage of the 1/6 "insurrection" debunks much of the Democratic narrative on the subject. Kudos to Tucker Carlson for reviewing key parts of this footage on his show and calling out the 1/6 subcommittee for suppressing it.

Jan. 6 is possibly the most overblown media story in history.  The leftist have milked it for two years and counting for every ounce of political value because it played into their desired narrative.  There certainly were crimes committed but everyone and their brother was sent to prison if they so much as scratched their nose.  Most protestors just walked about and did nothing including the "shaman" who was escorted by multiple officers into the chamber (unlike the unarmed woman who was murdered).  Those people face years in jail for trespass.  Meanwhile leftist terrorists are committing actual violence around the country.  And where is the manifesto of the recent Nashville shooter?  Why is the FBI allowed to suppress that item when the leftist terrorist is dead?  Why not release it to the public as they would have done on day one if someone with right wing background had been involved in a hate crime?