Defending Jan. 6 Rioters, Investigating Democrats: How Ed Martin Is Weaponizing the DOJ for Trump
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Since becoming interim U.S. attorney, Ed Martin has launched controversial investigations, rushed to defend Elon Musk’s DOGE and vowed to change how his office prosecutes crime in D.C. These are some of his most contentious actions.
https://www.propublica.org/article/who-is-ed-martin-career-dc-us-attorney?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
#News #Militia #Jan6 #Insurrection #Trump #USPolitics #Journalism
After Jan. 6, 2021, ProPublica sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there.
Revisit the collection: https://propub.li/4a4RqZA
#OrangeHitler's justification for #pardoning the #Jan6 #terrorists *may* not meet the standard of justifiable reasons to #pardon someone ("egregious miscarriage of justice") and could very well be challenged in the courts.
So says one of the judges who convicted them.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/judge-excoriates-trump-for-pardoning-january-6-poor-losers-as-debacle-grows-230037573510
#TheOrangeMenace Hall of Fame:
I've Maxed out my number of Pinned Posts, so I've created a single archive of the "#BestOfTheWorst" of this $#!+show (akin to my #WeirdGOP archive) since #MafiaDon retook the presidency, which I will update continually.
First up: #Houston PD accidentally released a man awaiting trial for attempting to SOLICIT SEX FROM A MINOR ONLINE because he was a #Jan6 #terrorist pardoned by #TraitorTrump. #AndrewTaake
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
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The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own government.
Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons immediately upended the biggest single prosecution in U.S. history and signaled a broader reversal that threatens to create a more permissive climate in which extremists could regroup and weaken the FBI’s independence.
