They are seditious traitors and enemies of the American experiment. Let's always remember that.
These are not political prisoners
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No. They were and are criminals. Hard stop.
Call them what you want they are free as birds. I knew this one would upset the left.
Out tonight.
Promises made. Promises kept!"So this is January 6th, these are the hostages, approximately 1500 were pardoned. Full pardon. You have about six commutations in there but we are doing further research. This is a big one. We hope they come out tonight."
Should upset you, too. Shameful that it doesn't. It means you put partisanship above the rule of law.
Biden’s actions this morning destroyed any chance of the media mounting a counteroffensive of Trump’s January 6th pardons, not that it would’ve succeeded.But they’ve given up even trying.Total victory.
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I really don’t get the reasoning for full pardons rather than just commutations for those reasonably seen as overcharged.
Doing this communicates something - and it’s nothing good.
But…what else would we expect? Trump thinks they were railroaded. They were not.
Only 30 percent of all Americans supported pardons for these criminals. Only a bit over half of Republicans did - no doubt the MAGAs who no longer consider law and order a priority. This is burning a ton of Trump’s political capital on his first day. Very bad decision.
By the way “alot” is not a word. It’s “a lot.”
Not accurate or constructive to talk about them as a monolith.
Maybe he feels guilty for causing their prosecutions-and he should.
They got a little excited ONE TIME, it happens to the best of us. I’ve had 3 AMFs at upstairs before and did some wild things. Who am I to judge?
I don’t think Donald John Trump has EVER felt guilt.
Lol... You think they care?
I honestly stopped giving a shit about January 6th an hour after it happened.
Trespassers should not get that much time.
Only a handful out of 1,500 are convicted of seditious treason. Hundreds of others were convicted of interfering with government operations which SCOTUS said was a wrongful application of the statute.
“Obstruction of an official proceeding”
Is such a dystopian statute it boggles the mind. In the civilian world it might be called trespass or intimidation. God forbid you do it to a Federal government event and the entire leviathan is wielded against you.
Good thing is that dumb bitch that got shot is still dead. Too bad the others aren't.
How many were convicted of only that? I don’t think any were and I don’t recall any being realeased. You’re defending people convicted of assaulting police officers and destroying government (taxpayer) property. Some that conspired to disrupt the proceedings in hopes of changing election results. Are you comfortable with that?
"I have been betrayed by my country, and I’ve been betrayed by those that supported Donald Trump, whether you voted for him because he promised these pardons, or for some other reason, you knew that this was coming. And here we are. Tonight, six individuals who assaulted me, as I did my job on Jan. 6, as did hundreds of other law enforcement officers, will now walk free.
"I think that the Republican Party owns a monopoly on hypocrisy when it comes to supporting or their supposed support of law enforcement, because, tonight, the leader of the Republican Party pardoned hundreds of violent cop assaulters."
-Michael Fanone, former Metropolitan Police Department officer, former registered Republican, father of four, assaulted by Capitol rioters, dragged down the Capitol steps, beaten with pipes, stunned with a taser, suffered burns, a heart attack, a concussion, a traumatic brain injury and PTSD.
"I think that the Republican Party owns a monopoly on hypocrisy when it comes to supporting or their supposed support of law enforcement, because, tonight, the leader of the Republican Party pardoned hundreds of violent cop assaulters."
-Michael Fanone, former Metropolitan Police Department officer, former registered Republican, father of four, assaulted by Capitol rioters, dragged down the Capitol steps, beaten with pipes, stunned with a taser, suffered burns, a heart attack, a concussion, a traumatic brain injury and PTSD.
Disgraceful. There were several Trump actions today to like or be proud of as a Republican and/or American. This isn’t one of them.
www.cbsnews.com
Trump pardons about 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants
President Trump pledged on the campaign trail to absolve those who were charged for their conduct on Jan. 6, 2021.
www.cbsnews.com
I’m not defending anybody.
I am insisting that the government strictly adhere to its own rules and not bend, expand, or wink at them because many hate Trump. . If we allow even a modicum of variance, we are all f*cked.
1417 people charged so far in connection with the Jan. 6 invasion, only 346, or 24 per cent, were charged under the obstruction statute. Of that 346, 128 defendants were convicted by a jury of obstruction and another crime, most often another felony, which would still stand.
NPRWho the fvck do you think you're kidding? You're regularly defending everybody who genuflects at the altar of Trump.
We will not agree on this. What happened on J6 and by Trump and cronies prior to it is a disgrace. These J6 convicts are criminals. There is nothing heroic about them. I’m a Republican because I still align with more Republican policies than not and don’t align with Democrats on much of anything, but this, Trump, and MAGA culture make it very hard. It’s a disgrace. It’s an embarrassment to see it defended by fellow Republicans. Especially guys like you when we’ve been aligned on most things for 20+ years here. Enjoy the victory, but keep in mind that no one has a duty to agree with or defend everything our President says or does.
No, the criminals were the Bidens ! That’s why Joe pardoned them.
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The plural of Biden is Bidens. You’re a moonbat so you were a fan of him.
Wash down those pardons with some revoked security clearances.
Very nice. Count a former SecDef and CIA director among them.
Very nice. Count a former SecDef and CIA director among them.
I’m all in favor of this too.
What those 51 intel vets did was a disgrace. It’s these sorts of things that do damage to the credibility of our critical institutions.
And, to make it worse, I’m not aware of a single one of them who expressed even a smidgen of remorse when it became undeniably apparent that the laptop was genuine.
Keep in mind, the FBI had possession of the hard drive fully 10 months when this letter was published. That means they’d already done a forensic analysis of it. And the DNI made it clear that they had no reason to believe it was Russian disinformation.
However, whose word was going to be taken? Trump DNI John Ratcliffe’s…or 51 longtime intel veterans including numerous CIA directors from administrations of both parties?
The latter, of course. Except, in this instance, Ratcliffe was correct and they were not.
The whole thing was disgraceful. And their attorney’s defense? That they were acting under their 1st Amendment rights. As if that’s the problem here.
Given the history of what happened here, I’m fine with that.
I’d guess that their attorney will have a hard time arguing that the 1st amendment protects their right to a security clearance - particularly when they were recklessly peddling a lie to influence an election and besmirching the credibility of the intelligence community in the process.
Let’s shine more light on what they did…even if they prevail. These people deserve having their reputations ruined.
You’d expect that sort of thing from Russian intelligence….but not our own.
Sometimes I wonder why I even bother to post. I opposed Trump with my checkbook, my vote and with posts on this forum during the 2024 primary season. I severely criticized his 2020 post election behavior and said all who violated the law on J6 should be prosecuted. The prosecutors must strictly adhere to the rules. You are well aware of all of this.
But when it came down to it, I’m very pleased Kamala is not President. You should agree and ought to say so. 2/3’s of the country said we were on the wrong track with Biden. I’m one of that majority. Trump was the only antidote for the Democrat disaster. But he does have side effects.
I still don’t know what “MAGA culture” is. We have discussed this before but IIRC all I got was isolationism and unwillingness to compromise. I don’t think either describes Trump. In fact, Trumps position about Canada, Greenland, and Panama are the opposite if isolationism and are very progressive positions.
Shine a light on it. I’m all for it. My guess is nearly all of them believed everything in the letter because it actually had the earmarks of Russian disinformation. The guy who organized it? Probably not. I said that it should have been covered by all the press. It was covered by Fox and was all over social media. It was known of. I sincerely fail to see how it would have changed to 2020 election. Years later it still only proves Hunter was an addict and sleazebag.
I think you know what MAGA culture is. We can discuss it separately. I’m out. Great game tonight and I’m going to bed.
