The only thing that matters here is intent. And the fact remains that they had intent, they brought zip ties, knives and other weapons, we now know that Oathkeepers and Proud Boys had large weapons caches nearby. The fact remains that police officers were assaulted, many received serious injuries, there were deaths and there was significant trauma that also resulted in several suicides afterward. Whether or not it was hare-brained and doomed to fail is not relevant. |
The claims that "it was spontaneous" are all the more ludicrous given they had designated "breach teams" and encrypted radios for coordination, they had weapons, zip ties designed for human restraint, they had tactical gear, and there is evidence they had been planning it for weeks in advance. That is NOT "spontaneous."
Just STOP already. |
He did not just trespass! I think you should read the charging docs. Dude brought a spear. He went to keep Congress from doing their constitutional duty. He freely admitted that on video on 1/6. Those two things are felonies. |
And they did also succeed in disrupting an official proceeding which is also a crime. And that is the one that Chansley pled guilty to. |
I don't understand how anyone in their right mind would think it's somehow OK to participate with a large group to violently smash your way into a government building, attack police, trespass, ransack, vandalize and steal, and interrupt an official government proceeding?
The only way anyone could ever possibly think that would be OK is to be convinced that you are on the winning side, will succeed, and will be pardoned for your crimes. And that is only possible with an overthrow of the government. That lays the full picture and intent out, and it's damning. There is no countering it. |
Tucker’s argument that Chansley isn’t as guilty because of the newly released footage is like arguing you can’t possibly be guilty of a crime when you politely wandered through the show room and spoke to the sales guy before stealing a new Mercedes. |
He plead guilty. Hard to recant, and there isn't evidence, video or otherwise, that exonerates him. |
And white collar criminals who have inflicted great harm on our society get even less time. If you are for reform of our justice system, then you should be siding with the Demcorats on this issue. |
This has been covered extensively, in essays published after the election, but before 1/6 as well as covered through the J6 commission and the Eastman lawsuits. The theory was that by delaying the certification of the counting of electoral votes, there would be time for several "controversial" states to redo their apportion of Electoral College voters - hence the "false slate" of electors from states like Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania that would essentially throw the election to the US Congress where the majority State GOP delegations would "award" the election to Trump. If you don't know or understand this, then you clearly have not been paying ANY attention to the broad conspiracy from Trump, his attorneys and the various federal and state elected officials involved. Maybe do a little research. |
After the riot, Angeli told reporters, "The fact that we had a bunch of our traitors in office hunker down, put on their gas masks and retreat into their underground bunker, I consider that a win." |
I was promised Antifa. Where's the Antifa? |
The cool thing about living in a country governed by the rule of law, is that trials and sentencing is done in public.
Here are Chansley's case documents https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/chansley-jacob-anthony Good summary of what happened https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/08/tucker-carlson/evidence-rebuts-tucker-carlsons-claim-about-capito/ |