The insurrectionists went back home or to their hotel rooms after taking selfies inside the Capitol. The frightening thing about J6 is not that there was a massive protest, even if some of the protesters got way out of line. The horrifying part is what we are discovering about the role of the FBI and other government provocateurs, who se…
The insurrectionists went back home or to their hotel rooms after taking selfies inside the Capitol. The frightening thing about J6 is not that there was a massive protest, even if some of the protesters got way out of line. The horrifying part is what we are discovering about the role of the FBI and other government provocateurs, who seem to have taken steps to encourage/incite violence that day, while setting forth a plan to “ discover ” fake pipe bombs at about the same time the doors were opened to allow the public inside the building, setting in motion the “emergency” evacuation of Congress. The FBI was working to undermine a sitting president.
There is more than a little evidence to support that.
Which may also explain why the FBI and the DoJ have declined to charge anyone (and Donald Trump in particular) with insurrection. Proving a charge of insurrection in court would invite some very unpleasant and potentially explosive discovery. Even the number of protesters charged with seditious conspiracy has been an unusually small number relative to the number of people arrested.
This much is clear. J6 was no insurrection. It arguably was a riot, but no one has been charged under federal riot statutes, so even that interpretation is legally open to challenge (no charge means no crime, no crime means no riot, no riot means no insurrection).
The insurrectionists went back home or to their hotel rooms after taking selfies inside the Capitol. The frightening thing about J6 is not that there was a massive protest, even if some of the protesters got way out of line. The horrifying part is what we are discovering about the role of the FBI and other government provocateurs, who seem to have taken steps to encourage/incite violence that day, while setting forth a plan to “ discover ” fake pipe bombs at about the same time the doors were opened to allow the public inside the building, setting in motion the “emergency” evacuation of Congress. The FBI was working to undermine a sitting president.
There is more than a little evidence to support that.
Which may also explain why the FBI and the DoJ have declined to charge anyone (and Donald Trump in particular) with insurrection. Proving a charge of insurrection in court would invite some very unpleasant and potentially explosive discovery. Even the number of protesters charged with seditious conspiracy has been an unusually small number relative to the number of people arrested.
This much is clear. J6 was no insurrection. It arguably was a riot, but no one has been charged under federal riot statutes, so even that interpretation is legally open to challenge (no charge means no crime, no crime means no riot, no riot means no insurrection).