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Proud Boys blame Trump as defendants prepare to find out fate in sedition trial
NBC News ^ | By Ryan J. Reilly

Posted on 04/28/2023 1:52:45 PM PDT by Kevin C

WASHINGTON — Attorneys for the Proud Boys placed blame for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Donald Trump in closing arguments in their seditious conspiracy trial Tuesday.

An attorney for Enrique Tarrio, the head of the Proud Boys, said federal prosecutors were trying to make him a "scapegoat for Donald J. Trump and for those in power." A lawyer for Joe Biggs said the defendants came to Washington because their "commander-in-chief" told them it would "be wild," referring to Trump's infamous tweet on Dec. 19, 2020, that called on supporters to come to Washington on Jan. 6.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: conflatedlaws; fakenews; falseflag; fbi; frontforleftists; globalistpropaganda; hoax; infiltrated; nbclsd; proudboys; tds; trump
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1 posted on 04/28/2023 1:52:45 PM PDT by Kevin C
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To: Kevin C

When was the last sedition trial?


2 posted on 04/28/2023 1:53:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Kevin C

What else would you expect an fbi informant to say?


3 posted on 04/28/2023 1:56:28 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Roberor thert Heinlein)
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To: Kevin C

They can try. Trump wrote or said nothing suggesting people go inside the Capitol or do anything except peacefully protest.


4 posted on 04/28/2023 2:07:59 PM PDT by plain talk
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“What else would you expect an fbi informant to say?”

Good point. I was going to say that blaming Trump makes sense when you’re facing prison...totally meaningless, of course, but might work with the right jury.


5 posted on 04/28/2023 2:08:20 PM PDT by BobL
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To: Kevin C

Screw them.


6 posted on 04/28/2023 2:11:04 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: nickcarraway
The last conviction on "seditious conspiracy":

On 1 October 1995, Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine others were convicted of seditious conspiracy after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

7 posted on 04/28/2023 2:17:10 PM PDT by montag813
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To: plain talk
They can try. Trump wrote or said nothing suggesting people go inside the Capitol or do anything except peacefully protest.

Which is exactly what Carlson proved. Outside of the scenes from the J6 Hearings filmed in Burbank, it was probably more peaceful than Woodstock.
8 posted on 04/28/2023 2:32:51 PM PDT by Observator
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To: Kevin C

NBC news.

Yeah, right.


9 posted on 04/28/2023 3:04:53 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to se)
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To: Kevin C

I am still trying to figure out how it was decided there was sedition.


10 posted on 04/28/2023 3:07:20 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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But on the other hand... why should he expect a return call? Because he donates a lot of money? Seems like that’s part of the bigger problem.

Ooof, this seems like a terrible argument. Almost like saying my clients are guilty because.....

11 posted on 04/28/2023 3:09:11 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (The Enemy Is The Left)
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Desperate for sure.

But they have not deserved what they’ve been handed.

So, no, don’t “screw them”. Unless you are just fine with rotting in jail for years before trial over disorderly conduct. They might come after you next.


12 posted on 04/28/2023 3:11:37 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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To: lastchance

The only sedition I’m aware of is when the Democrats rigged a Presidential election to overthrow the government.


13 posted on 04/28/2023 3:11:39 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: nickcarraway

>> When was the last sedition trial?

to demonstrate the rule of tyranny


14 posted on 04/28/2023 3:12:56 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Kevin C

The proud boys really are more an idea than a organized group. I know personally.


15 posted on 04/28/2023 3:20:29 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (Repent, turn back to your first Love. If you do well you will be blessed, if not...America 2023)
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To: Kevin C

Did they not get the memo that Trump was already found NOT guilty of inciting an insurrection? WTH?


16 posted on 04/28/2023 3:34:20 PM PDT by know.your.why (Be not eager to be offended. The narcissism of small differences leads to THE most boring conformity)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I am reacting to their accusation against Trump. They are idiots.


17 posted on 04/28/2023 4:24:53 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Observator; Kevin C

Nobody was facing mass attack or having doors and windows broken into at Woodstock. There was no organized effort to break or enter at all at Woodstock. Whatever disruptions occurred are the minor scuffles that can occur when a 100,000 people camp out for 3 days with inadequate preparation for food or shelter in the rain. Given the size of the crowd, it was incredibly peaceful.


18 posted on 04/28/2023 4:30:53 PM PDT by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: mrmeyer

Bingo.


19 posted on 04/28/2023 4:35:51 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some are more equal than others.")
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To: Kevin C

Con Cast NBC.. absolute planted lying article. The National Broadcasting Cocainiacs of what is left of a formerly real network. Not since the Philadelphia a@@hole took them over— Con Cast. As Mr. Trump regularly calls these clowns- who continue to cover the Winter Olympics, and so far up the Chi-Com’s a@@es as to never see the truth of who they have become. Of course they don’t give a crap for the Greatness of the USA which made them in the first place. Goodbye clowns.


20 posted on 04/28/2023 5:23:48 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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