Three years after Joe Biden's Department of Justice weaponized a post-Enron statute to punish more than 330 J6ers, the Supreme Court this week will scrutinize the DOJ's brazen abuse of the law.
Julie deserves a Pulitzer for her reporting on J6ers. Of course, she would probably (and properly) refuse it since the award no longer mirrors reality.
I thought that a person could only be charged under a section of a statute if the general statute itself (the title) applied to the case. It is ironic that this particular subsection of this statute doesn't appear in any other federal statute, as far as I know, since no other statute is referenced in these cases that includes that language.
By the standards being advanced by the Den of Jackals (DOJ), if I broke into someone's safe and took a contract out of that safe and destroyed it, I am guilty of this particular crime. Yet I don't know of anyone who ever broke into someone else's safe and stole a paper copy of a contract and destroyed it who was subsequently charged under this subsection.
That shows me how ridiculous the government's claim is regarding this part of the sentencing.
Bravo yet again Julie Kelly! I call this your Drop The Mic moment How could they not rule in favor to overturn this With the immediate release of every J6 HOSTAGE!
I'm watching this case in front of our Supreme Court very carefully. In my opinion, it's very unfortunate that it has taken this long to adjudicate the charges and corresponding prison sentencing to those found guilty. Obviosly, a riot in our Nation's capital is not to be condoned But I was appalled when I first heard of the charging statute being used to prosecute. A Law written concerning our national civil war. Are you kidding me? Then the fact that insurrection or firearm violations were not brought by our DOJ spoke volumnes. Then, after seeing the sentences being handed down the political connection became very obvious and even more appalling that our system would default as it were to a reaction of such legal gymnastics. Obviously, more than one judge that encountered the situation did not object and carried out the dare I say the "farce"? Let us all hope and pray that the Capital riot and ensuing legal manifestations is cleaned up by our Supreme Court. The so-called "Lawfare" needs to stop. More than the Capital riotors have been victims of such legal machinations. I have confidence in our Supremes. Plus, I'm sure glad Garland is not on our Supreme Court. That plea deal he signed off on previosly, concerning Hunter, was very difficult to believe.
Great analysis and information Julie. As usual you get to the point and lay out clearly what should be done and why. I pray, and I'm fairly certain, the Supreme Court will overrule Smith and strike this charge from being used in this manner. It won't help the young man or his family who killed himself after he was threatened and I believe this charge was either added or threatened to be added to his charges. Prosecuter Smith is an evil man and he will get his in the end. God bless this great country and let's hang tight as we wait for the Supremes to do what is right.
Who here thinks they will do the right thing and shut down at least this bogus charge? I'm not confident. The DOJ seems pretty confident they won't. Maybe they know something.
Like most patriots, I was disgusted to see the goings on at the capital on Jan 6th, but I was also disgusted by the burning and looting and general rioting that has gone on in our capital for far less cause than the steeling of an election to the presidency. Dir. Wray tells us that this has been the most exhaustive investigation in US history and by far the greatest use of FBI and other agency's manpower. I find this to be a far greater crime than anything done on Jan. 6th.
One death, that of a demonstrator who was not armed. Not a single weapon found that day or since. Actual violence by about 200/300 or so and most others just walking around in the capital and taking pictures. A riot? Yes. The least violent riot I have seen in my 70 years on this planet.
For the 2 or 3 years leading up to that day, there were riots that included burning and murder all over the country. In one city they even tried to trap the police inside their precinct house and burn them alive. In Seattle they declared an autonomous zone and announced a new nation. By definition an insurrection. Hummm...
The use of these kinds of resources would suggest a motive having nothing to do with a proportional response, but rather a political motivation that much more resembles the desire to over through the political order than anything that happened that day. Smith, Pelosi, Biden and many many judges and prosecutors have a lot to answer for.
I don't know what is going to happen with this case, but Federal judges have ALWAYS played politics. I'm currently reading (an excellent) book by historian Arthur Herman about Joe McCarthy. Herman points out that after numerous Communists and Fellow Travellers were convicted for perjury and other crimes, their convictions were overturned by partisan appeal courts for various reasons. Hopefully, the Supreme Court will rule in favor of those who have been wrongfully charged. We'll see.
I wanted to post a segment from an email I received this morning from a young J6 man who has been incarcerated for 3 years. A veteran who did 3 tours in Afghanistan and man who deeply loves his country and his God. Please understand the intense suffering of these people. It's how I know my country is not American any longer. We should never allow this to happen.
"Vicktor Frankl writes in his book, "Mans Search for Meaning" about how some of his fellow Christian or Jewish prisoners would tell themselves and each other how, "The war will be over by Christmas, we will be released come Christmas day!!" And they would save a single special cigarettes so that those poor souls could smoke that last cigarette to celebrate their freedom that is, 'sooooo close they can feel it'.. But when Christmas came and went, and their awful conditions did not improve, the prison walls did not open and the promise they had told themselves and each other to hang on for, the promise they were convinced God told them would be true, turned out to be completely false, Frankl writes that he watches something in their eyes die.. the light of their soul becomes extinguished like a tiny flame atop a candle being softly blown out during a child birthday. It wasn't long, Frankl writes, that after days of silence, these heart broken souls would eventually smoke that last cigarette, signifying that they have truly given up, that there is no final day ahead to smoke that cigarette for, and they would commit suicide shortly after their final inhale of the treasured tobacco. Their conditions didn't break them, their decision to concede to hopelessness IN their horrific conditions did. After everything they had suffered up to that point, They figured that without a day to believe in, they then had no reason to live, and because they had their hopes up, their motivation to press on against the odds was stripped from them, so too was their will to continue.
I want to feel sunsets and be around people who value life the way I do. For the last 3 years I have been surrounded by lost souls who hate themselves and hate their fathers, who do what they can to make the place I am trapped in a living nightmare because that is all they know. I am exhausted. I am doing everything I can to keep my little flame alight within my own heart, and keep alllll the bullshit I encounter on a second by second basis outside of the chambers of my heart, like pushing with all my might and all my weight against a frail wooden door to prevent a hurricane from barging into the home of my soul, so that I can emerge from this place a good man. Every day, I watch someone smoke their metaphorical "last cigarette" and decide that holding onto the hope of freedom or a better life isn't worth hanging onto anymore. It breaks my heart when I witness something similar to what Vicktor Frankl saw. One less believer in life after this.. I refuse to do that. But on days where I am told, "Nope, you are mistaken, you are actually nowhere near the end." after I have fixed a time or date into my mind to struggle towards, considering that this event has taken place not once, not twice, not three times, but arguably 5 times and maybe more, I would be lying if I told you that ghastly whispers do not appear in those devastated moments to flirt with my own last cigarette. I feel like I occupy the mythological role of Sisyphus who finally manages to push his boulder to the top of the hill, the single requirement for his torment to end, only to have the boulder roll back to the base of the mountain as is the agonizing punishment of his eternal damnation.
I don't want to get used to "Not getting my hopes up" as a survival technique and walk out of here jaded and soulless like so many people do. I want to retain my optimism, my thirst for life, and see the world as a glass half full of opportunities. I must walk an even thinner tight rope in order to accomplish the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual goals I have established for myself so that I can be an even better man once I do leave this place, as opposed to a broken man who will only make others feel the pain he feels within. This organization uses tax payer dollars to gleefully destroy its victims in slow motion, demolishing their will to live and wiping out all incentive to improve themselves like a soul crushing coffee grinder. I am doing what I can to keep myself together so that I don't bring the wretched methods of the BOP and or the warped thought processes of its haunted captives home with me, whenever I do walk away from this American nightmare, that has stolen YEARS from my life, all based on a nationwide lie..
Thanks, Julie, for this cogent description/explanation of the travesty of justice which continues inside Moscow-on-the-Potomac. As the Marxists-wearing-black-robes who preside over these Soviet-Show-Trials betray their true colors as advocates of the Soviet systems of justice (and I use that term facetiously), one question occurs to me, and it's this. I can't help but wonder who the instructor was when these Marxists-wearing-black-robes attended the course on the wonders of Soviet justice? Was the instructor a direct descendant of J.Stalin? If so, what they have done to destroy the Rule of Law in our country should bring kudos from Putin. If the instructor wasn't related to Stalin, who in the hell was it? I'm certain that each of these Marxists-wearing-black-robes paid attention and received high grades. I still think despicable pretty well describes these cretins.
How did the US get to this point?
Who is the evil genius that set this in train? Soros? Pelosi? Obama?
How about "do the right thing"?
Almost 700 FAMILIES, J6 victim-patriots, have been viciously, brutalized by a politicized-weaponized DoInjustice, FBI, judicial system and FNM.
Armed Insurrection…A LIE.
Insurrection…A LIE.
Officer Sicknick's death…A LIE.
Lt. Michael Byrd murder coverup…A LIE.
Rosanne Boyland murder (see the video) coverup…A LIE.
Pipebomb charade…A LIE.
All this trash to lay a smokescreen for a stolen election.
SCOTUS WAKE UP…DO THE RIGHT THING.
Julie deserves a Pulitzer for her reporting on J6ers. Of course, she would probably (and properly) refuse it since the award no longer mirrors reality.
I thought that a person could only be charged under a section of a statute if the general statute itself (the title) applied to the case. It is ironic that this particular subsection of this statute doesn't appear in any other federal statute, as far as I know, since no other statute is referenced in these cases that includes that language.
By the standards being advanced by the Den of Jackals (DOJ), if I broke into someone's safe and took a contract out of that safe and destroyed it, I am guilty of this particular crime. Yet I don't know of anyone who ever broke into someone else's safe and stole a paper copy of a contract and destroyed it who was subsequently charged under this subsection.
That shows me how ridiculous the government's claim is regarding this part of the sentencing.
Bravo yet again Julie Kelly! I call this your Drop The Mic moment How could they not rule in favor to overturn this With the immediate release of every J6 HOSTAGE!
I'm watching this case in front of our Supreme Court very carefully. In my opinion, it's very unfortunate that it has taken this long to adjudicate the charges and corresponding prison sentencing to those found guilty. Obviosly, a riot in our Nation's capital is not to be condoned But I was appalled when I first heard of the charging statute being used to prosecute. A Law written concerning our national civil war. Are you kidding me? Then the fact that insurrection or firearm violations were not brought by our DOJ spoke volumnes. Then, after seeing the sentences being handed down the political connection became very obvious and even more appalling that our system would default as it were to a reaction of such legal gymnastics. Obviously, more than one judge that encountered the situation did not object and carried out the dare I say the "farce"? Let us all hope and pray that the Capital riot and ensuing legal manifestations is cleaned up by our Supreme Court. The so-called "Lawfare" needs to stop. More than the Capital riotors have been victims of such legal machinations. I have confidence in our Supremes. Plus, I'm sure glad Garland is not on our Supreme Court. That plea deal he signed off on previosly, concerning Hunter, was very difficult to believe.
We must all pray for the health and wise judgment of SCOTUS.
Great analysis and information Julie. As usual you get to the point and lay out clearly what should be done and why. I pray, and I'm fairly certain, the Supreme Court will overrule Smith and strike this charge from being used in this manner. It won't help the young man or his family who killed himself after he was threatened and I believe this charge was either added or threatened to be added to his charges. Prosecuter Smith is an evil man and he will get his in the end. God bless this great country and let's hang tight as we wait for the Supremes to do what is right.
Who here thinks they will do the right thing and shut down at least this bogus charge? I'm not confident. The DOJ seems pretty confident they won't. Maybe they know something.
Like most patriots, I was disgusted to see the goings on at the capital on Jan 6th, but I was also disgusted by the burning and looting and general rioting that has gone on in our capital for far less cause than the steeling of an election to the presidency. Dir. Wray tells us that this has been the most exhaustive investigation in US history and by far the greatest use of FBI and other agency's manpower. I find this to be a far greater crime than anything done on Jan. 6th.
One death, that of a demonstrator who was not armed. Not a single weapon found that day or since. Actual violence by about 200/300 or so and most others just walking around in the capital and taking pictures. A riot? Yes. The least violent riot I have seen in my 70 years on this planet.
For the 2 or 3 years leading up to that day, there were riots that included burning and murder all over the country. In one city they even tried to trap the police inside their precinct house and burn them alive. In Seattle they declared an autonomous zone and announced a new nation. By definition an insurrection. Hummm...
The use of these kinds of resources would suggest a motive having nothing to do with a proportional response, but rather a political motivation that much more resembles the desire to over through the political order than anything that happened that day. Smith, Pelosi, Biden and many many judges and prosecutors have a lot to answer for.
Thank you for putting up the video. The smile on the faces of these two evil people when the judge talks about the 300 people in jail says it all.
I don't know what is going to happen with this case, but Federal judges have ALWAYS played politics. I'm currently reading (an excellent) book by historian Arthur Herman about Joe McCarthy. Herman points out that after numerous Communists and Fellow Travellers were convicted for perjury and other crimes, their convictions were overturned by partisan appeal courts for various reasons. Hopefully, the Supreme Court will rule in favor of those who have been wrongfully charged. We'll see.
I wanted to post a segment from an email I received this morning from a young J6 man who has been incarcerated for 3 years. A veteran who did 3 tours in Afghanistan and man who deeply loves his country and his God. Please understand the intense suffering of these people. It's how I know my country is not American any longer. We should never allow this to happen.
"Vicktor Frankl writes in his book, "Mans Search for Meaning" about how some of his fellow Christian or Jewish prisoners would tell themselves and each other how, "The war will be over by Christmas, we will be released come Christmas day!!" And they would save a single special cigarettes so that those poor souls could smoke that last cigarette to celebrate their freedom that is, 'sooooo close they can feel it'.. But when Christmas came and went, and their awful conditions did not improve, the prison walls did not open and the promise they had told themselves and each other to hang on for, the promise they were convinced God told them would be true, turned out to be completely false, Frankl writes that he watches something in their eyes die.. the light of their soul becomes extinguished like a tiny flame atop a candle being softly blown out during a child birthday. It wasn't long, Frankl writes, that after days of silence, these heart broken souls would eventually smoke that last cigarette, signifying that they have truly given up, that there is no final day ahead to smoke that cigarette for, and they would commit suicide shortly after their final inhale of the treasured tobacco. Their conditions didn't break them, their decision to concede to hopelessness IN their horrific conditions did. After everything they had suffered up to that point, They figured that without a day to believe in, they then had no reason to live, and because they had their hopes up, their motivation to press on against the odds was stripped from them, so too was their will to continue.
I want to feel sunsets and be around people who value life the way I do. For the last 3 years I have been surrounded by lost souls who hate themselves and hate their fathers, who do what they can to make the place I am trapped in a living nightmare because that is all they know. I am exhausted. I am doing everything I can to keep my little flame alight within my own heart, and keep alllll the bullshit I encounter on a second by second basis outside of the chambers of my heart, like pushing with all my might and all my weight against a frail wooden door to prevent a hurricane from barging into the home of my soul, so that I can emerge from this place a good man. Every day, I watch someone smoke their metaphorical "last cigarette" and decide that holding onto the hope of freedom or a better life isn't worth hanging onto anymore. It breaks my heart when I witness something similar to what Vicktor Frankl saw. One less believer in life after this.. I refuse to do that. But on days where I am told, "Nope, you are mistaken, you are actually nowhere near the end." after I have fixed a time or date into my mind to struggle towards, considering that this event has taken place not once, not twice, not three times, but arguably 5 times and maybe more, I would be lying if I told you that ghastly whispers do not appear in those devastated moments to flirt with my own last cigarette. I feel like I occupy the mythological role of Sisyphus who finally manages to push his boulder to the top of the hill, the single requirement for his torment to end, only to have the boulder roll back to the base of the mountain as is the agonizing punishment of his eternal damnation.
I don't want to get used to "Not getting my hopes up" as a survival technique and walk out of here jaded and soulless like so many people do. I want to retain my optimism, my thirst for life, and see the world as a glass half full of opportunities. I must walk an even thinner tight rope in order to accomplish the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual goals I have established for myself so that I can be an even better man once I do leave this place, as opposed to a broken man who will only make others feel the pain he feels within. This organization uses tax payer dollars to gleefully destroy its victims in slow motion, demolishing their will to live and wiping out all incentive to improve themselves like a soul crushing coffee grinder. I am doing what I can to keep myself together so that I don't bring the wretched methods of the BOP and or the warped thought processes of its haunted captives home with me, whenever I do walk away from this American nightmare, that has stolen YEARS from my life, all based on a nationwide lie..
Please do your job by righting this wrong dear SCOTUS!
Thanks, Julie, for this cogent description/explanation of the travesty of justice which continues inside Moscow-on-the-Potomac. As the Marxists-wearing-black-robes who preside over these Soviet-Show-Trials betray their true colors as advocates of the Soviet systems of justice (and I use that term facetiously), one question occurs to me, and it's this. I can't help but wonder who the instructor was when these Marxists-wearing-black-robes attended the course on the wonders of Soviet justice? Was the instructor a direct descendant of J.Stalin? If so, what they have done to destroy the Rule of Law in our country should bring kudos from Putin. If the instructor wasn't related to Stalin, who in the hell was it? I'm certain that each of these Marxists-wearing-black-robes paid attention and received high grades. I still think despicable pretty well describes these cretins.
A protest, and it's called the “Capitol Siege” .
No one brought a gun and it's a siege.
1512(c)(2) Whoever corruptly-impedes any official proceeding.
code Pink
If 1512(c)(2) was applied properly, the majority of our members of congress would be doing time.
As for the judicial zealot, Matthew Graves, I didn't know when people died, that they had to stand before him for their eternal judgement.
Gives new meaning to being able to indict a ham sandwich. I wonder what law they would abuse to do it?