Posted on 11/20/2023 8:38:42 PM PST by SeekAndFind
New US House Speaker Mike Johnson struck a blow for liberty and justice last week when he finally authorized the release of all the tapes from the January 6, 2021 “insurrection.”
We were told by no less than President Biden himself that this was the “worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War.”
The FBI was unleashed by the Biden Administration to hunt down hundreds of participants in this “insurrection” and lock them up in the gulag where they awaited trial in torturous conditions – many in solitary confinement.
A Congressional Committee was set up under then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi to “get to the bottom” of the “Trump-led insurrection.” It did not include a single Representative nominated by the opposition Republican Party, but rather two “Republicans” – Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger – who could be relied on by Pelosi and the Democrats to toe the line.
In short, the whole thing was an old-fashioned Soviet show trial, where the evidence was kept secret and the pre-determined verdict – guilty – was to be used to tighten the grip of the ruling regime and intimidate any further dissenters into silence.
The message was clear: “speak out against the ‘perfection’ of the 2020 election and you may find yourself in the gulag along with the insurrectionists.”
It was terrifying and profoundly anti-American.
And, as we finally can see for ourselves thanks to Speaker Johnson, it was a huge lie. The new video shows demonstrators shaking hands with police officers once they entered the Capitol Building. They were welcomed into the building by officers who even held the doors for them to enter! They had no way of knowing that they would soon be rounded up and locked away.
Does that mean no crimes were committed on January 6th? Not at all.
The tapes already released were carefully chosen to single out examples of violence and other possible criminality.
But the full release of the tapes demonstrates beyond a doubt that the endless propaganda that this was a coordinated attempt to overthrow the government was false.
And as for that violence and mayhem on January 6th?
How much of it was instigated by undercover FBI agents?
New footage clearly shows officers outside the building firing on protestors with no warning.
That must be why, in hearing after hearing, Biden Administration officials like Attorney General Merrick Garland have refused to tell Congress the number of federal agents present and their roles in instigating violence.
The release of this evidence should immediately result in the release of all non-violent protestors awaiting trial or serving their sentences.
Those in power responsible for promoting this lie should take their places in the jail cells.
This delayed justice will not help protesters like Matthew Perna, however.
Though the new video release clearly shows him calmly walking inside the Capitol in the presence of unconcerned police officers, when Merrick Garland’s Department of “Justice” announced they would seek terrorism charges against him, Perna, in despair, decided to hang himself in his garage.
Yes, there was an insurrection of sorts.
Those in power hated Donald Trump so much that they were willing to torture and even murder their fellow Americans to keep him from the presidency.
Unless these people are brought to justice, we will have no Republic left to defend.
… The modernization of our visa system and border security would allow us to accurately track immigration. It would also enable us to let more people in and allow us to admit we are not going to deport the millions of people who are currently here illegally.That bit of doublespeak came out of Rand back in 2013. That’s ten years ago.
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
Conservatives, myself included, are wary of amnesty. My plan will not grant amnesty or move anyone to the front of the line.
But what we have now is de facto amnesty.
The solution doesn’t have to be amnesty or deportation—a middle ground might be called probation where those who came illegally become legal through a probationary period.
My plan will not impose a national ID card or mandatory E-Verify, forcing businesses to become policemen.
We should not be unfair to those who came to our country legally. Nor should we force business owners to become immigration inspectors-making them do the job the federal government has failed to do. …
And you failed to acknowledge post 8.
The President has to power to preemptively pardon. Trump failed to preemptively pardon the January 6th protesters.
And beyond that.
Those who falsely imprisoned them and tortured and abused them while in jail must be brought to justice, along with others like Ashli Babbit’s murderer.
Trump could have literally preemptively pardoned the January 6th protesters in the final seconds as president. Thus it wouldn’t come under the purview of an impeachment as Congress would no longer have in personam jurisdiction over Trump.
LOL, the only publications that acknowledge the so-called “preemptive pardon” are all liberal.
Proof by assertion.
Stop reading the NY Slimes so much.
Maybe the next repeat response will be in all caps. That should make it more authoritative.
Andrew Johnson issued preemptive pardons. So did Gerald Ford. So did George H.W. Bush.
According to whom?
Pardoning former Confederates was not preemptive, particularly after much evidence of actually being at war. Proof by assertion again.
bttt
Please provide the precedence of past POTUS’ who have preemptively pardoned unknown entities who were held without being charged.
Thank you.
What were the circumstances?
https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-george-h-w-bush-1989-1993
Yeah right! All these people were charged with a crime except a few politicians.
You speak nonsense.
“ Powell, however, said that preemptive pardons for which the crime is not clear can be “tricky,” because they must be specific enough about the conduct in question that a court down the line can determine its scope.
“There is no entire get out of jail free card,” Powell said.”
You’re violating the Law of holes.
I want heads to roll. Literally.
ALL J6 prisoners are political prisoners.
More BS from Ron Paul (2009):
“Ron Paul does interview with Iranian state TV, bashes Israel, defends Hamas”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1t4O9CcZQ0
No wonder people believe Trump could have pardoned them but didn’t that’s what the fake news out there leads one to believe. Dates and details don’t count for some people just flashy headlines. The riot was Jan 6, Trump left the White House on Jan 20. I think a total of 13 were arrested just before Trump left. I had a whole list of names and dates but can’t find it right now.
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