Be sure to have Mayo today!
Actually..."Cinco de Mayo is a yearly celebration held on May 5, which commemorates the anniversary of Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza. The victory over the French army was a morale boost for the Mexicans." ~ Wikipedia
Heather Cox Richardson today
ReplyDeleteThen news broke that a jury in Washington, D.C., found four members of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys—Enrique Tarrio, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl—guilty of seditious conspiracy for their participation in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. A fifth defendant, Dominic Pezzola, was found not guilty of seditious conspiracy but, like the others, was found guilty of other serious charges including obstructing Congress’s certification of the 2020 presidential election results and conspiring to prevent Congress and federal officers from discharging their duties.
In a statement, Attorney General Merrick Garland noted that the Department of Justice has secured more than 600 convictions for criminal conduct surrounding the events of January 6, including fourteen “leaders of both the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers for seditious conspiracy—specifically conspiring to oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power. Our work will continue,” he said.
It is unlikely that Garland’s statement about ongoing work was casual.
Defense attorneys for the Proud Boys emphasized that their clients believed then-president Trump—who, after all, had told them in September 2020 to “stand back and stand by”—had called them to Washington to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Although there were no explicit orders to attack the Capitol, members of the Proud Boys testified that they believed there was an implicit agreement to prevent Biden from becoming president.
Tarrio, convicted today, was not at the Capitol during the attack, but a jury convicted him of seditious conspiracy nonetheless, suggesting that leaders who incited the violence can be found guilty, even if they weren’t present.
Via politicalwire.com:
DeleteBenjamin Wittes: “The Proud Boys convictions, even more than the Oath Keepers convictions several months back, shows the department’s seriousness about and capability in seeking accountability for these highest-level ground actors.”
“The only level that remains untouched is the political echelon—the top of the pyramid.”
“The Jan. 6 investigations will not be judged a success if the special counsel cannot address that final major challenge. But I want to suggest that the department’s success at every other layer of the pyramid, combined with the evident energy of Jack Smith’s investigation ought to generate some confidence.”
“The Justice Department is not playing here.”
---Alan
I wonder if there is any country in the world that would be willing to grant Trump political asylum and where he would be willing to live. Probably not.
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As I understand it, the "seditious conspiracy" charge was not based on participating in the riot but on planning it.
DeleteHence conspiracy.
DeleteAs to Trump: North Korea is to my mind the only place that might be willing to take him, seeing as how he and Kim are such good buddies. But from what I understand, North Korea is not a particularly salubrious place to live. A nice, cozy cell at Leavenworth would suit him better.
We can paint the bars gold.
Delete---Alan
The fifth person was late to the conspiracy and not found guilty of that charge. Tarrio's conviction is evidence of a very careful jury, putting the lie to the common prosecutorial claim that they have to make plea deals because juries cannot be trusted.
ReplyDeleteThe Battle of Camarón [Click] was almost exactly a year after the Battle of Puebla. [Aside: It is really something to see the French Foreign Legion on parade. The first unit is their pioneers (they are the only French army unit that still has pioneers, as well as their own band), and when in a joint parade with other army units the Foreign Legion is always last because they march at a slower pace (88 steps per minute compared to the current Army standard of 120 steps per minute).]
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The zipper on my gardening jacket gave out yesterday, so today I went looking for a replacement. (I have no confidence i shopping for one on the Internet.) No luck at the common chain stores, so I went to an Army surplus store way downtown; found one the right size, right design, right price and reversible (black/orange) to boot. But I tried it on and WOW, was it hot! Far too toasty for Fresno. Maybe I can find one when they are in season---say around August.
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Pay no attention to the extraneous "i" between "confidence" and "shopping," or add an "n" to it. Your option.
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Anders Puck Nielsen: How to [identify] a Russian false flag operation [Click] Conclusion: the drone activity at the Moscow Kremlin seems to not be a false flag operation. Maybe a trial run for the half-million dollar award for landing a drone in Red Square during the Victory Day parade?
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[At Least] Eight Trump ‘Electors’ in Georgia Have Accepted Immunity [Click]
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