Insurrection Obsession

[GURPS]

Federal prosecutors admit they SPIED on Steve Bannon without approval from Biden's DOJ as he arrives in court for his contempt case - and says 'this is nothing to do with January 6'​

Federal prosecutors targeting Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress admitted Wednesday that they did not seek higher approval within the Justice Department before spying on Steve Bannon's lawyer.

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Justice Department to produce internal records related to their decision to prosecute Bannon, a win for the former Trump adviser.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols seemed disturbed by the unusual move, repeatedly asking prosecutors why they thought it was proper to secretly gather records of defense attorney Robert Costello's private phone calls, text messages, and emails.

Nichols also said that Bannon's team should be offered Justice Department 'statements or writings' that justify the decision to charge him with contempt of Congress given the long-standing precedent of former presidential advisers being immune to subpoenas.

Amanda Vaughn, the lead prosecutor on the case, told the court that her team 'never sought content of any communications,' instead the DOJ sought 'toll records,' to see who Costello was calling or writing and when.

Vaughn did not explicitly state why the Justice Department made the move which could violate attorney client privilege protections, but hinted that they wanted to make sure Bannon was relying on the advice of his lawyer when he refused to testify before the Jan. 6 committee in October.



Vaughn is making a huge assumption, withouit the contents of the communications

 

[Hijinx]

Spying on Attorneys, and Spying on a President.
The Democrats appear to be able to do anything they want to do.
The KGB is alive and well in America.

In a true Democracy even Democrats should have to obey the law.

Watergate was a joke compared to what is happening today.
Spying on a President.
Spying on Defense Attorney and Presidential advisors.
No Presidential right to secure his papers.
No Habeas Corpus for political prisoners in DC Jail
No Speedy trial and no bail.
Evidence of Kiddie Porn and corruption in the Lap Top of the President's son in the hands of the FBI for over a year and being hidden by the FBI, our former Law Enforcement Icon.
An Executive Order that is destructive to the economy of the country and cutting our energy and causing Bidenflation.

 

[GURPS]

Democrats Admit Jan. 6 Committee Is All About Midterms​

Democrats devoting too much time to a topic the public cares comparatively little about is becoming a routine practice despite the divisive institutional consequences. President Trump’s first soap opera impeachment trial got half the viewership of actual soap operas. His second drew about the same as the daytime dramas.


Now the Jan. 6 Committee has become the Democrats’ new hoax, aimed not at probing the security failures at the Capitol but at smearing political dissidents in the run-up to midterms. Democrats admitted what was already obvious to The Washington Post on Friday.

“Their challenge: Making the public care deeply — and read hundreds of pages more — about an event that happened more than a year ago, and that many Americans feel they already understand,” the Post highlighted, followed by the passage below (emphasis ours):

They’ll attempt to do so this spring through public hearings, along with a potential interim report and a final report that will be published ahead of the November midterms — with the findings likely a key part of the Democrats midterm strategy. They hope their recommendations to prevent another insurrection will be adopted, but also that their work will repel voters from Republicans who they say helped propel the attack.

With only eight out of the 96 subpoenas issued by the committee targeting individuals associated with the turmoil at the Capitol, according to a Federalist analysis, the committee’s work was never aimed at probing legitimate security failures while Congress was in session. Investigating the Capitol security failures would also mean investigating Speaker Pelosi’s own culpability, which Committee Chair Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., pledged to avoid.

 

[Hijinx]

And people are still being held in DC jail without bail or a Speedy trial.
Every person on this committee should be expelled from holding public office as should Nancy Pelosi who thought up this scam.

 

[GURPS]

Man Told by an Officer That He Could Enter the Capitol on Jan. 6 Now Faces 20 Years in Prison​

On Jan. 6, 2021, a protestor, 40-year-old Brady Knowlton, says that an officer at the Capitol told “You can go in, as long as you don’t break anything.” At 2:35 p.m., Knowlton did, entering through the Upper West Terrace doors. He looked around inside the building, walked through the Rotunda, lobby, and Senate chamber gallery, obeyed the officer’s injunction not to break anything, and left the building at 2:53 p.m. For that, Knowlton now faces twenty years in prison in Old Joe Biden’s vengeful banana republic.

On top of the possibility of being behind bars until 2042, Knowlton, a law student, has suffered numerous other consequences already. According to the Daily Wire, “his law degree has been withheld, his lawyers say, Airbnb has banned him and his wife, and, for reasons that remain undisclosed, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has stripped his Global Entry access.”

 

[GURPS]

Even Republican Presidents Would Seem to Have a Right to Free Speech​

Justice Neil Gorsuch entered the unanimous opinion in the case. He wrote that not only do elected officials retain the right of free speech but that retention is important if they are to carry out the wishes of their constituents.

The relevant facts in that case involved an elected college board member who was often loudly and litigiously at odds with the other members who censured him and, finally, deemed him inappropriate to retain his elected board membership. For procedural reasons relating to the way in which the case reached the Supreme Court, all the Court had before it was the verbal censuring of David Wilson, not the exclusion from office. On the sole issue before them, the Court made clear that just as Wilson had the right to complain of the board’s doing, the board had a free speech right to respond with censure.

Our case is a narrow one. It involves a censure of one member of an elected body by other members of the same body. It does not involve expulsion, exclusion, or any other form of punishment. It entails only a First Amendment retaliation claim, not any other claim or any other source of law. The Board’s censure spoke to the conduct of official business, and it was issued by individuals seeking to discharge their public duties. Even the censured member concedes the content of the censure would not have offended the First Amendment if it had been packaged differently. Neither the history placed before us nor this Court’s precedents support finding a viable First Amendment claim on these facts. Argument and “counterargument,” not litigation, are the “weapons available” for resolving this dispute.

The short form precis of this decision is that elected officials are free to criticize each other under the Constitution.

Blackman argues, and the Wilson case supports his contention, that while the First Amendment does not preclude some restraints on the free speech rights of civil servants, the same kind of restraints are simply inapplicable to elected officials. This strikes me as self-evident.

The Court, as I noted, did not deal with the board’s exclusion of the offending member from his elected position. But it would be inconsistent to say the board member had a constitutional right to criticize the actions of the other members, and yet allow them to retaliate against him by preventing him from taking office for having exercised that right.

Maybe someone should slip the opinion to the hacks running the January 6 Commission.

 

[GURPS]

Federal Judge Blasts Double Standards in J6 Sentences​

McFadden expressed his views during the sentencing of a defendant who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing. The Biden administration called for her to be sentenced to 75 days in jail and one year of probation, which McFadden believed to be excessive. “The government’s sentencing recommendation here is just so disproportionate to other sentences for people who have engaged in similar conduct,” he said.

Instead, McFadden sentenced her to two months probation and a $5,000 fine. McFadden noted the same U.S. prosecutor’s office that recommended jail time for the J6 defendant sought a much lighter sentence for a Code Pink activist with a lengthy criminal record who infiltrated Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings in September 2018.

McFadden also noted that last fall, government prosecutors treated pro-Trump rioters more harshly than violent BLM rioters in Washington, D.C. back in 2020, after the death of George Floyd.

The Biden administration’s excessive targeting of J6 defendants has had dire consequences. One defendant, Matthew Perna — who merely walked through the Capitol building for a few minutes yet was facing more than four years of jail time from Biden administration prosecutors — ultimately committed suicide before being sentenced.

 

[GURPS]

The January 6 defendants got some encouraging news yesterday when a Trump-appointed D.C. Circuit Court Judge found Matthew Martin not guilty on all charges. According to the facts developed at his trial, Martin walked into the Capitol past quiescent police, behaved at all times in an “orderly fashion,” and left the building after seeing confrontations between police and some rioters.

Of course, grasping at a handful of Martin’s anti-government text messages, federal prosecutors described Martin as a scheming insurrectionist and asked the Court for a two-year prison sentence.

Ultimately, the judge found that the government failed to prove that Martin intentionally breached a restricted area when he walked into and out of the Capitol building. So.

☕️ Coffee & Covid ☙ Thursday, April 7, 2022 ☙ THE ANTI-VACCINE 🦠

More bad news for boosters; DeSantis signs the No Patient Left Alone Act; the New York Times cancels Christians; Reuters fears moms; J6 defendants get some encouraging news; and more...

www.coffeeandcovid.com

 

[GURPS]

Feds Insist ‘She’ Is a ‘Proud Boy’​

Felicia Konold faces more than 30 years of prison time if found guilty for the crime of marching at the “Stop The Steal” Protest on January 6th. She has been indicted for the ridiculous charge of “Conspiracy” for walking next to a group of Proud Boys. The fake news media has painted her as a “Proud Boy.” (She is NOT, the Proud Boys are an all-male fraternity and drinking club.) Felicia’s newborn son will be taken away by the government if she is convicted and sent to prison. This is her incredible story.

[clip]

They walked Felicia to one of the unmarked SUVs, then continued to raid the house for hours. In total, they seized about 2 pages worth of completely unrelated items and personal possessions. Of the items seized, only two or three even pertained to the events of January 6th.

Refusing to answer Felicia’s questions regarding why all of this was happening, they took her in the unmarked FBI SUV to an FBI facility about an hour away.

Once at the FBI facility, Felicia was interrogated for 3 to 4 hours. Here they asked Felicia questions without answering any of her questions as to what this was all about – although she began to get an idea. After steadfastly refusing to answer their questions until they answered hers, Felicia was then taken on a 3- or 4-hour drive to what can best be described as “a large, undisclosed Federal Prison facility.” For transport, Felicia was shackled on both feet and hands, which then were secured to a waist chain.

 

[GURPS]

Capitol Police ALLOW Protesters to Enter Side Door – WILL BE USED IN COURT – “Dream Team” of Lawyers Including Alan Dershowitz Set to Defend January 6’ers​

This video was originally obtained from the United States Department of Justice after media organizations joined a motion to have it released. It has gone largely under the radar until it was put into context by our source, who carefully edited the video so the average viewer can understand what is going on.

“This video is very convincing, very persuasive,” said Knowlton’s famous attorney Alan Dershowitz (one of the attorneys in the J6 “Dream Team” Knowlton has assembled) in an interview with The Gateway Pundit. “In the very least the video shows that a reasonable person could believe that he or she was not being stopped or prevented from going in. At the most it shows that the police were welcoming him in.”

Dershowitz continued:

“I think that all Americans should see that videotape. I think it is going to help in the court of public opinion as well.”

 

[Hijinx]

The FBI is the Democrat's Gestapo.

 

[GURPS]

Legal Filing Sets Internet Ablaze With Reference to FBI/ATF 'Assets' 'Embedded' on Jan. 6​

Now there’s an interesting court filing from defense attorney David Fischer in one of the Jan. 6 cases, which the folks at The Epoch Times found. Fischer claims in a footnote that “[a]t least 20 FBI and ATF assets were embedded around the Capitol on J6,” according to the filing. Where did that come from? The footnote said that they “combed through a mountain of discovery” that included FBI 302 reports (interviews). The footnote also notes that the Oath Keepers were being monitored and recorded “prior to J6.”

 

[GURPS]

Schiff Vents​

"It is very puzzling, why these two witnesses would be treated differently than the two that the Justice Department is prosecuting. There is no absolute immunity. These witnesses have very relevant testimony to offer in terms of what went into the violence of January 6, the propagation of the big lie, and the idea that witnesses could simply fail to show up and when the statute requires the Justice Department to present those cases to the grand jury, and they don't, is deeply troubling," Schiff told CBS anchor Margret Brennan. "We hope to get more insight from the Justice Department, but, I think, a grave disappointment and could impede our work if other witnesses think they can likewise refuse to show up with impunity."

 

[herb749]

A new dog & pony show starts Thursday. Wasn't the 1st one enough .?

 

[PrchJrkr]

Schiff Vents​

"It is very puzzling, why these two witnesses would be treated differently than the two that the Justice Department is prosecuting. There is no absolute immunity. These witnesses have very relevant testimony to offer in terms of what went into the violence of January 6, the propagation of the big lie, and the idea that witnesses could simply fail to show up and when the statute requires the Justice Department to present those cases to the grand jury, and they don't, is deeply troubling," Schiff told CBS anchor Margret Brennan. "We hope to get more insight from the Justice Department, but, I think, a grave disappointment and could impede our work if other witnesses think they can likewise refuse to show up with impunity."

God I hope I outlive that little bug-eyed ****er! Nothing would please me more than to be able to piss on his grave.

 

[GURPS]

FBI purging conservatives, critics of Jan 6 narrative, whistleblowers tell GOP lawmaker​

The FBI is reportedly purging conservatives within its ranks, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio., told "The Ingraham Angle" on Tuesday, citing an unnamed, "decorated" Iraq War veteran he said "had the gall" to question establishment orthodoxy on the Jan. 6 narrative and committee probe.

LAURA INGRAHAM: We're learning exclusively tonight about what's going on inside the FBI: Whistleblowers have told Congressman Jim Jordan that the agency is in full-blown retaliation mode, referring to what's going on as a "purge" of agency employees who hold conservative views.

One employee reportedly had a security clearance taken away and then he was indefinitely suspended from his duty and got his pay taken away for disagreeing with their Jan. 6 narrative.

JIM JORDAN: [He is a] decorated Iraqi War veteran being run out of the FBI. His allegiance to the country is being questioned because he had the gall to say something that offended the FBI leadership about the Jan. 6 investigation.

The other [individual] is also having the same thing happen to them simply because, on an anonymous questionnaire, they said something that the leadership disagreed with them about Jan. 6.

 

[GURPS]

Well, looky here. The New York Times ran a story yesterday headlined, “Jan. 6 Hearings Give Democrats a Chance to Recast Midterm Message.” I guess it’s that obvious.

‘Recast’ their message? Recast? Oh, they mean, “change the subject.”

The article explains, “With their control of Congress hanging in the balance, Democrats plan to use made-for-television moments and a carefully choreographed rollout of revelations over the course of six hearings to remind the public of the magnitude of Mr. Trump’s effort to overturn the election, and to persuade voters that the coming midterm elections are a chance to hold Republicans accountable for it.”

According to the Times, excited Representative and Committee member Jamie Raskin (D-MD), gleefully promised the hearings will “blow the roof off the House.” And — get this — the article says “a significant portion of the first hearing on Thursday evening will focus on the Proud Boys.” Oh.

How weird. It’s almost like they already knew about the new Proud Boys charges after all. What an odd coincidence. Just lucky for democrats I guess.

The NYT reported that mood democrats have scheduled more than 90 celebrations, I mean ‘watch events,’ in various states, including a ‘flagship’ event at the Robert A. Taft Memorial and Carillon in Washington, where democrats will set up a Jumbotron and dish up free ice cream to attendees. That’s not a joke.

This frenzied push to change the trajectory of the elections will fail, because democrats mistakenly believe people can forget about gas prices, bungled military operations, arming terrorists, the border, inflation, and reckless warmongering just to “punish” Republicans for doing something that never gets punished when leftists do it.

☕️ Coffee & Covid ☙ Wednesday, June 8, 2022 ☙ PIVOTING AND RECASTING 🦠

A pause for encouragement; FDA committee greenlights Novavax, because hesitancy; sudden and unexpected injuries and deaths; DOJ charges Proud Boys; the dems recast; and more...

www.coffeeandcovid.com

 

[Hijinx]

After the first hearing that went over like a turd in the punch bowl I cannot believe that even our biased media would shut down all of their stations like they did Thursday, and give the Democrats 5 more chances to view the democrats and Liz Cheney in their circle jerk.

 

[GURPS]

Democrats' Selective Outrage Over 'Insurrections'​

To anyone paying even a modicum of attention -- and I'd recommend no more than that -- to the committee's theatrics, it is obvious that the game is rigged. Consider as but one data point how Cheney, who will be looking for a new job come January, deliberately edited Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" exhortation from that fateful rally so as to omit the fact that he urged his supporters to make their way to the Capitol "peacefully and patriotically."

Or how about the fact that the committee has thus far made no effort to subpoena the families of the roughly 800 people who have been arrested -- and sometimes placed in solitary confinement, per columnist Julie Kelly's exceptional reporting -- for wandering in and traipsing around the Capitol, often shepherded right in by Capitol Police? Curious, that. A legitimate committee interested in investigation and arriving at the truth would surely want to call some of those families as witnesses. Perhaps that hypothetical legitimate committee would also be interested in hearing from the family of Ashli Babbitt, the Air Force veteran fatally shot on that day by a subsequently exonerated Capitol Police officer. Alas.

Instead, to take Democrats at their word -- an always-dubious endeavor -- is to believe that Jan. 6, 2021, represented the closest thing to an "insurrection" since the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861. To be sure, some -- a very small minority -- of the protesters who made their way into the Capitol on that day did so with malicious intent. And that very small minority should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But as a whole, Jan. 6, 2021, looks something like a limper version of the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s, which amounts to no more than an asterisk in the high school history textbooks.

 

[GURPS]

DOJ Has VA Suspend All Benefits of Jan. 6 Prisoner​

'This is what you have when vindictive leftists get in charge of major parts of the government': Rep. Gohmert


“This is what you have when vindictive leftists get in charge of major parts of the government,” Gohmert told The Epoch Times. “What we’re seeing is when immoral, mean-spirited, leftist people take over the government, they use every aspect of the government in order to try to inflict their hatred on people with whom they disagree. Even after most of the Democrats in the House of Representatives obstructed an official session of Congress back in June 2016, at that time, none of us were saying these people have got to be put in jail. We just wanted to be able to go back into session as the majority. But when they have power, obstructing an official session of Congress—which is the worst charge many of the January Sixers were charged with—we see the left wanting to bury them, take away any benefit, destroy their lives and not only their lives they want to destroy their homes, destroy their children’s lives. This is an evil, toxic atmosphere when these types of people are in control of so much of the federal government.”

Following the June 12 shooting at Pulse Night Club in Orlando, Florida, members of the House Democratic Caucus staged a pre-planned and well-organized protest sit-in on the House floor just after the House convened on June 22, 2016. They demanded that then-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) allow a vote on gun control. Through the day and into the next morning, they obstructed proceedings, chanted “no bill, no break,” and sang “We shall overcome.”

According to The Guardian, Gohmert “stood toe to toe” with then United States Representative Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) “in a confrontation that looked set to spiral out of control” until Rep. John Lewis (D-Pa.) and others intervened. Gohmert said he was angered by the disrespect shown by Democrats for the sanctity of the House chamber, which he called a “last bastion of civility.” He was also angered by the disrespect shown to the 49 victims of the shooting. “I’m amazed here on the House floor that to them [Democrats] it’s all about guns,” he said. On May 19, the Internal Revenue Service announced Brown “pleaded guilty to engaging in a corrupt endeavor to obstruct and impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws” and was “ordered to pay $62,650.99 in restitution.”