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In reply to the discussion: So Garland spent 4 years prosecuting the low hanging fruit for Jan 6th [View all]bigtree
(90,340 posts)...focusing almost exclusively on the much derided 'foot soldiers', looking at the potential connection to the Trump WH to flesh out the Willard Hotel connection with the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
Really telling that none of Garland's critics know or care that Smith's latest filing to Chutkan makes those Willard Hotel connections to the 'small fry' riot leaders in its assertion that Trump is responsible for the Capitol assault, although that evidence was to be used to prove election fraud, not incitement, which the grand jury appears not to have recommended out.
Kinda par, I guess, that most appear to have missed the report a couple weeks back that showed the deterrent effect on white supremacist Trumpers the arrests and convictions up to the crime of Sedition had produced, despite the gaslighting and threats of violence in this election from them and others.
Love the dismissal of the arrests of over 1200 white supremacist, many violent, Trump supporters. It's easy to dismiss when you call them 'small fry', but police officers DIED as a result of their assault on the Capitol.
When did we decide their treasonous acts don't matter anymore?