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Following the #Jan6 attack, there was a wave of #civil cases & #criminal prosecutions that splintered the [domestic terrorist] orgs & sent many members to prison before sweeping #clemency from #Trump. Among them were group leaders named alongside >30 others in the city’s suit, including #ProudBoys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio & #OathKeepers founder Stewart Rhodes, both of whom juries #convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy for their part in trying to block the peaceful transition of power.

JFC This is a clown show, an evil clown show.

Several prominent *conservative* *influencers* [#ConspiracyTheorists & #FearMongers] emerged from the WH on Thurs saying they’d met w US AG #PamBondi & #FBI dir #KashPatel & were given documents tied to the investigation of #convicted #SexOffender #JeffreyEpstein, a case that has become a fixation among #RightWing broadcasters & conspiracy theorists.

#idiocracy #law #USpol
washingtonpost.com/national-se

The Washington Post · Influencers say they received Jeffrey Epstein files at White HouseBy Jeremy Roebuck

#MAGA rioter says plot to #murder #FBI agents covered by #Trump pardon

Capitol rioter Edward Kelley wasn’t only convicted of assaulting police officers at the #insurrection on Jan 6, 2021; he was also #convicted of plotting to murder the FBI agents who investigated his role in #riots

Now #Kelley says the #pardon from Trump should apply not just to his actions at the riots but to post-riot murder plot that he was #guilty of

rawstory.com/capitol-riot-pard

Raw Story · MAGA rioter says plot to murder FBI agents covered by Trump pardonBy Brad Reed

Newly confirmed #Trump #AttorneyGeneral #PamBondi is expected to order a review of the cases brought against #Trump, including those undertaken by prosecutors in #NewYork who successfully #convicted him in court.

Sworn in at the White House on Wednesday, Bondi intends to issue a series of memos aimed at curbing the so-called weaponization of the #DOJ….

She will order the review of the #criminal & #civil cases against Trump….

#law #lawlessness #Felon47
cnn.com/2025/02/05/politics/pa

CNN · Attorney General Pam Bondi plans review of cases brought by NY prosecutors against TrumpBy Hannah Rabinowitz
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The program authorizes #ICE to designate certain state & local officers to question & arrest people they *suspect* of violating federal #immigration laws during their regular patrols.

…In #Arizona’s #MaricopaCounty, Sheriff #JoeArpaio was #convicted in 2017 of #criminal contempt of court for ignoring a federal judge’s order to stop detaining residents because he suspected them of being in the US illegally. #Trump gave Arpaio a #pardon during his first term.

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oh it's far worse than just a #deportation scheme

#NayibBukele (President of #ElSalvador):

"We have offered the #UnitedStates of #America #USA the opportunity to outsource part of its #prison system.

We are willing to take in only #convicted #criminals (including convicted #US #citizens) into our mega-prison (#CECOT) in exchange for a fee.

The fee would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable."

How Trump 2.0 could herald a new age of #AuthoritarianCapitalism

#Trump’s weaponisation of US power poses a threat to peace, prosperity & the planet. It must be strongly resisted

After 4 years of narrowly avoiding #prison, Trump is back in the White House. For many observers outside the US, the re-election of a #convicted #felon who tried to illegally overturn an #election is baffling

opendemocracy.net/en/trump-sec

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The 7 were each #convicted of a #felony #conspiracy against rights & a Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (#FACE) Act offense, the #DOJ said. 2 defendants, Idoni & Edl, were also convicted of 2nd FACE Act offenses arising out of a blockade of a clinic in Saginaw in 2021.
Under the FACE Act, 1st-time offenders can be fined or imprisoned for up to 1 yr & subsequent offenders can be fined or imprisoned for up to 3 yrs, or both. #Conspiracy against rights is punishable by up to 10 yrs in #prison.

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The 8 people in the #Michigan case who received #Trump #pardons are Calvin & Eva Zastrow, Chester Ghallagher, Heather Idoni, Caroline Davis, Joel Curry, Justin Phillips & Eva Edl.

A federal jury #convicted 7 of the defendants in Aug in connection w/their blockade of an #AbortionClinic in Sterling Heights on Aug 27, 2020.

An 8th defendant, Davis, took a plea deal & was sentenced to a year of probation in Sept.

How Trump 2.0 could herald new age of #authoritarian #capitalism

Trump’s #weaponisation of US power poses a threat to peace, prosperity and the planet. It must be strongly resisted

After four years of narrowly avoiding #prison, Donald #Trump is back in the White House. For many observers outside the US, the re-election of a #convicted #felon who tried to illegally overturn an election is baffling.

opendemocracy.net/en/trump-sec

'Rachel Maddow looks at the stammering and squirming by Republican members of Congress who are on record opposing the pardoning of January 6th rioters who were convicted of acts of violence against police, and who are now struggling to answer for Donald Trump doing exactly that.'

youtube.com/watch?v=q6j3CN1EdZM #Trump #Convicted #Criminal #Felon #pardons #jan6

Hear ex-Capitol officer's message to Trump voters after Trump pardoned men who attacked him

'Michael Fanone, a former DC police officer who was on duty during the insurrection at the Capitol, joins CNN's Anderson Cooper to discuss President Donald Trump's sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 defendants.'

youtube.com/watch?v=AwSuAH7B9-Y #Trump #Convicted #Criminal #Felon #pardons #jan6

#Trump & his new admin have prepared a list of #pardons for people #convicted of #crimes related to the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Pardoning Jan 6 defendants has been a frequent campaign-trail promise for Trump, who called the violent attack a “day of love” on multiple occasions.

#law #democracy #insurrection
nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr

NBC News · Live updates: President Trump signs executive orders, pardons Jan. 6 defendants on Inauguration DayBy NBC News
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On Jan 20, 2025, the #convicted #felon who takes the presidential oath of office to “preserve, protect, & defend the Constitution of the United States” will be a demagogic autocrat-wannabe who violated that oath during his first presidential term.