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Sealed Filings: The Serial Arrests of Insurrectionists Peter Stager, Jeffrey Sabol, and Michael Lopatic

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emptywheel
In the case of one of the more visible assaults on a prone officer on January 6, DOJ sealed the charges against two perpetrators until they found the third.
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Bennie Thompson Sues Trump, His Mobsters, and Rudy G under the NAACP Act

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emptywheel
Bennie Thompson just filed the first of what will surely be a number of lawsuits against Trump, for preventing him from doing his duty as a Congressman.
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Roger Stone Denies Palling Around with Alleged Terrorists [on January 6]

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emptywheel
Roger Stone's denials that he had anything to do with the conspiracies pertaining to January 6 for which some Oath Keepers have been charged amounts to a denial he was onsite that day. That says nothing about any earlier activities.
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Three Things: Eff These Effing Effers

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Rayne
We've had a three-day weekend, more or less, and long enough to shake off this weekend's disappointment. We have work to do to eff these effing fascist effers.
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Mike Lee Provides Key Evidence Implicating Trump in the Existing Criminal Conspiracy

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emptywheel
Mike Lee voted against convicting Donald Trump for inciting the insurrection that targeted Mike Pence on January 6. But his efforts to prevent evidence involving him in the days efforts from appearing in the Congressional record provided evidence the FBI might use to criminally charge him in the already-charged conspiracy.
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Most People Suspected of Assaulting Officers in the January 6 Attack Remain at Large

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emptywheel
One reason it's too early to make grand conclusions based off who has already been arrested in the January 6 insurrection is that a significant number of militia members and most people suspect of assaulting cops remain at large.
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Flashbacks to the 2015 Campaign

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Peterr
January 6, 2020 wasn't the first time Trump riled up a mob and aimed them at his target. Just ask Katy Tur about Raleigh NC in 2015.
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Failing At Democracy

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Ed Walker
The impeachments of Trump and the failure to hold him accountable show how badly we have failed democracy.
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Republicans Prepare to Sanction a President Doing Nothing as the Country Was Assaulted by Terrorists

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emptywheel
When Republicans in the Senate vote not to convict President Trump they will officially approve of a President doing nothing as the nation was attacked by terrorists.
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Laughing in the Face of Denial

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Peterr
David Schoen and other Trump defenders claim the impeachment trial "will divide the country." Earth to Schoen & Co: January 6 did that already.
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The Most Counterproductive Letter in Defense of Julian Assange

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emptywheel
The Freedom of the Press Foundation just wrote a letter in defense of journalism that violates several principles of journalism.
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Accused Insurrectionist Thomas Caldwell Claims to Have Top Secret Clearance

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emptywheel
Thomas Caldwell says that his bad back and his Top Secret security clearance prevented him from engaging in a conspiracy to attack the members of Congress he called traitors.
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In His Impeachment Defense, Trump Cites Mike Pence Admitting Trump Made an Unconstitutional Demand

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emptywheel
In his first impeachment brief, Donald Trump spent 14 pages ignoring key allegations pertaining to Mike Pence. In his defense brief, Trump not only ignores those allegations, but cites a document in which Mike Pence describes Trump asking him to take an unconstitutional act.
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The Insurrection Affidavits Don't Show Where the Insurrection Was Organized

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emptywheel
There's a big rush to draw conclusions about role Facebook had in the January 6 insurrection. It's too early to draw any conclusions yet.
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The Pandemic Super Bowl LV

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bmaz
The day has arrived. The Bucs and Brady versus Mahomes and the Chiefs.
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Another Violent Foot Soldier Radicalized by Donald Trump

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emptywheel
In this post, I noted that many of the people who engaged in the most violent action on January 6 were not known to be part of one of the organized militia groups, which seem instead to have set off and channeled the violence of others. I described…
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While Lindsey Graham Was Stalling Merrick Garland's Confirmation He Was Hoping for Imminent Hunter Biden and John Durham News

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emptywheel
During the period Lindsey Graham was senselessly delaying any confirmation hearing for Merrick Garland, he was also obsessing about two investigations he is certain will hurt Democrats.
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Raskin's Gambit

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emptywheel
In his opening brief on impeachment, Trump couldn't leave well enough alone and adhere to the Senate Republicans preferred way to get through impeachment, just claiming the entire thing is illegal. Instead, he made several denials that Jamie Raskin has used as an opening to force Trump to choose whether to testify or not.
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