AG:
Well, this is a bummer for the sedition-baiting crowd.
The Biden Justice Department last week announced its first plea deal related to the January 6 protest on Capitol Hill: Jon Ryan Schaffer pleaded guilty to two charges—obstruction of an official proceeding and entering the Capitol with a dangerous or deadly weapon.
Schaffer, who has no criminal record, faced six counts of various trespassing and disorderly conduct offenses. (He did not plead guilty to any of the initial charges.)
He turned himself in to law enforcement on January 18 and has remained behind bars ever since; like many Capitol defendants, Schaffer was transported to Washington, D.C. to await trial. Schaffer’s arrest was part of the “shock and awe” manhunt the Justice Department unleashed immediately following the unrest to deter people from protesting Joe Biden’s inauguration.
In an April 15 press release, the Justice Department patted itself on the back for a job well done. “On this 100th day since the horrific January 6 assault on the United States Capitol, Oath Keepers member Jon Schaffer has pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, including for breaching the Capitol while wearing a tactical vest and armed with bear spray, with the intent to interfere with Congress’ certification of the Electoral College results,” Acting Deputy Attorney General John Carlin said in the statement. “The FBI has made an average of more than four arrests a day, seven days a week since January 6th.”
Carlin, a top deputy in the Obama Justice Department, worked for the same shop that prepared the bogus FISA application against Carter Page. An outspoken Trump critic and onetime chief of staff to ex-FBI Director Robert Mueller, Carlin clearly thrills at the idea of using his government authority against Americans on the Right. read more
A tactical vest and bear spray? Not exactly a storming the Bastille-type moment. Disrupting official proceedings? Did I miss something during the Kavenaugh confirmation hearings when zero disrupters were charged with anything? Protesting? According to the media covering antifa and blm, that’s the most American thing anyone can do (aside from buying a lot of houses with donated money).
Unfortunately, we have weak leaders who keep clamoring for National Guard troops to remain in DC, and a corrupt Justice Department using the power of its office to silence any dissent. Third world status – here we come.
DOJ is a JOKE, unfortunately many very good patriotic people are paying the price for these clowns.
And we’re paying heavy salaries for these politically appointed and motivated clowns.
Everyone I know wouldn’t take bear spray to an insurrection.
Did I say DOJ are idiots? I meant to.
Is John Sullivan (“Activist X,” “Activist John,” and “Jayden X.”) still in jail, was he ever in jail?
Being prosecuted for being a Trump supporter should be a hate crime.
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/02/16/cnn-nbc-paid-left-wing-capitol-rioter-35000-each-for-footage-violence/