Posted on 01/19/2024 7:57:43 AM PST by MtnClimber
Three years removed from Jan. 6, the Justice Department signaled thousands more Americans could be in their prosecutorial crosshairs, even if they never entered the U.S. Capitol.
This week, the pearl-clutching commemoration colloquially dubbed “Sixthmas” was marked in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere with crocodile tears and hand-wringing recounts from “survivors.” In furtherance of the historical fudging on what actually took place as Congress convened to certify the 2020 presidential election, a DOJ official indicated even more people present that day could be charged with a federal crime.
Speaking for roughly an hour Thursday, President Joe Biden-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves spoke to the expiration of the statue of limitations marked as Jan. 5, 2026 and the Justice Department’s intent to, as Attorney General Merrick Garland put it, “hold all Jan. 6 perpetrators at any level accountable under the law, whether they were present that day or otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy.”
“It’s been three years since a violent mob attacked our Capitol,” began Graves who likened the breach of the U.S. Capitol to “scenes often reminiscent of a medieval battle.”
During his recounting, the U.S. Attorney ominously suggested a broadened scope of lawfare beyond those engaged in violent behavior and against those who were voicing their concerns about the integrity of the 2020 election.
“An important note when it comes to our prosecutions about those who remained outside the building. We have used our prosecutorial discretion to primarily focus on those who entered the building, or those who engaged in violent or corrupt conduct on Capitol grounds,” the official said. “But, if a person knowingly entered the restricted area without authorization, they had already committed a federal crime. Make no mistake, thousands of people occupying the area that they were not authorized to be present in in the first place.”
Graves statement was interpreted by many as a signal from the Justice Department, already under investigation for being politically weaponized by the administration, that “anyone who never entered [the] Capitol on J6 will be hunted down.”
“What a destructive exercise,” expressed columnist Miranda Devine in response as others reacted with calls of “Tyranny” and suggestions that this was “their election strategy.”
While it remains to be seen how many people the DOJ will actually pursue following Graves’ statement, the Associated Press harped on the over 1,230 charged with federal crimes “ranging from misdemeanor offenses like trespassing to felonies like assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy.”
“Roughly 730 people have pleaded guilty to charges, while another roughly 170 have been convicted of at least one charge at a trial decided by a judge or a jury,” the AP continued citing their own database.
Biden also got caught up in the narrative Friday with his penchant for storytelling leading him to reminisce while straining the borders of reality. “Jill and I attended the funerals of police officers who died as a result of the events that day,” claimed the president speaking from Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. “Because of Donald Trump’s lies. They died because these lies brought a mob to Washington.”
It seems that ALL of those involved in the Russia Hoax and the Ukraine Phone Call impeachment should be charged with Seditious Conspiracy. From Hillary on down.
What about those of us who can find the District of Corruption on a map. Are they going to target us too?
Imagine this type of prosecutorial zealotry in the context of illegal aliens...
Now you gave them a great new idea......they’ll jump on that one for sure.
Next Biden will scan the US mails......the Bidenazis will
jail anybody who wrote a letter to DC on or about Jan 6
This has become a terrorist operation, with the goal of frightening anyone who would ever think to question government authority into remaining silent and acquiescing. Next, I expect to see them seek out and prosecute anyone who contributed to a defense fund for those already charged.
At this point we have nothing to lose. If they come to the door you know what you must do.
Then, their neighbors, and the towns they live in.
It is for the greater good.
Trump47 needs to send Graves to Gitmo on 20 Jan 2025
This is pure criminalization of political opinion.
Don’t give them any ideas. Next, they’ll go after anyone who ever thought of DC.
I think the aggressive prosecution of J6 participants won’t help the Democrats in the next election.
All in the name of “democracy.”
Another excellent talking point for Trump to bring up at his rallies- the fact that our government is so out of control, so Marxist, that it is spying on people who buy bibles in order to label them as “religious fanatics” and “domestic terrorists”
Sounds like they’re running out of Americans to lynch.
They’ll come after me next. I thought about going to the rally.
It’s good to know that Garland’s FBI is really the KBG in drag.
5.56mm
Biden DOJ to target those who read about Jan.6 in the newspaper. Sarcasm? You be the judge.
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