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.
Like the Nobel Peace Prize, the Pulitzer is a prize to be avoided if you are a person of substance and honor. If they insist on giving you one you should refuse to accept it. Honor above unless trinkets and dubious value.
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.
Mr. Whitaker, it's nice that you have any semblance of confidence in the current make up of any of the Federal Government players inclusive of the Federal Supreme Court, because I Do Not!
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.
For that matter, Geof Shepard in his archival analysis ( heavily footnoted) works on Nixon/ Watergate shows the collusion between judges and prosecutors. He suggests that Pres. Nixon was deep- stated. They wanted to get rid of him so they did by whatever means necessary.
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.
Compromise and plead guilty? That is what they really want, make it easy on them as they win on false charges. Whatever happened to New York? They are not part of American Normal Law, and are trying to imprison our desired leader. Hopefully, the Supreme Court overrules and Trump wins the Presidency and pardons J6ers...what will New York do then, succeed from the country?
Uh...so, for each of these "judges" and so many other Democrat flunkie dumb ass weasels, I say treat each and every one of them with an equal amount of disdain, disrespect, disgust and utter disrepair, enough to alter their daily lives until they no longer inhabit the face of this planet. Most certainly, Matthew Graves and his paramour Tanya Chutkan plus Engoron, James, Bragg, Willis and Wade could be up front and center de-clothed and put in the stock or pillory and have rotten food launched at them from close range for an extended number of days...with occasional water given at every couple of hour intervals.
With Graves perhaps a bit of adornment could be attached to his reproductive apparatus as well.
The fact that the FBI had operatives present whose purpose was to enhance the prevention of an official proceeding which is no different than pulling a fire alarm to disrupt a legislative vote make them not only guilty as hell but even worse. President Trump, on January 6, was still President. The FBI was, in many ways, seditious not based on a statute but based on the US Constitution. The loyalty and duty of the FBI is supposed to be to the existing President and not to a President who was not yet installed but whose legitimacy, based on yet to be cast electoral votes, was questionable.
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.
Like the Nobel Peace Prize, the Pulitzer is a prize to be avoided if you are a person of substance and honor. If they insist on giving you one you should refuse to accept it. Honor above unless trinkets and dubious value.
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.
If Matthew Graves, thinks that any statute serves his purpose of punishing any supporter of President Trump, he will use it!
Sadly, I'm coming to that conclusion. The case he built against Gov Bob McDonald (R-VA) leads me to that thought.
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.
Things would be VERY different if those being charged for the “Capitol Siege” were democrats.
Mr. Whitaker, it's nice that you have any semblance of confidence in the current make up of any of the Federal Government players inclusive of the Federal Supreme Court, because I Do Not!
We must all pray for the health and wise judgment of SCOTUS.
Amen to that!
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.
I wish I had your confidence...
I have faith in God not in this government or the SC. We'll know soon enough.
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.
I think they will. If there are adverse rulings in Fischer and in Missouri v. Biden (renamed) this summer, big trouble ahead.
Not confident but hopeful they’ll do the right thing - they surprised us with the Roe decision.
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.
For that matter, Geof Shepard in his archival analysis ( heavily footnoted) works on Nixon/ Watergate shows the collusion between judges and prosecutors. He suggests that Pres. Nixon was deep- stated. They wanted to get rid of him so they did by whatever means necessary.
Please do your job by righting this wrong dear SCOTUS!
Hope springs eternal as does wishful thinking.
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?
Compromise and plead guilty? That is what they really want, make it easy on them as they win on false charges. Whatever happened to New York? They are not part of American Normal Law, and are trying to imprison our desired leader. Hopefully, the Supreme Court overrules and Trump wins the Presidency and pardons J6ers...what will New York do then, succeed from the country?
Uh...so, for each of these "judges" and so many other Democrat flunkie dumb ass weasels, I say treat each and every one of them with an equal amount of disdain, disrespect, disgust and utter disrepair, enough to alter their daily lives until they no longer inhabit the face of this planet. Most certainly, Matthew Graves and his paramour Tanya Chutkan plus Engoron, James, Bragg, Willis and Wade could be up front and center de-clothed and put in the stock or pillory and have rotten food launched at them from close range for an extended number of days...with occasional water given at every couple of hour intervals.
With Graves perhaps a bit of adornment could be attached to his reproductive apparatus as well.
The fact that the FBI had operatives present whose purpose was to enhance the prevention of an official proceeding which is no different than pulling a fire alarm to disrupt a legislative vote make them not only guilty as hell but even worse. President Trump, on January 6, was still President. The FBI was, in many ways, seditious not based on a statute but based on the US Constitution. The loyalty and duty of the FBI is supposed to be to the existing President and not to a President who was not yet installed but whose legitimacy, based on yet to be cast electoral votes, was questionable.