American Thinker:
By Andrea Widburg
For a long time, based on a few short snippets of random videos that people outside and inside the Capitol shot on January 6, conservatives have been arguing that significant numbers of the people who entered the Capitol that day did so because the Capitol Police let them in. Their presence there wasn’t an insurrection or even an unauthorized trespass — they had a right to be there once the “guardians” of the Capitol opened the door. Now the official video from the Capitol confirms that those snippets were accurate.
January 6 defendants and conservative media outlets have been demanding for ten months that the Department of Justice release the 14,000 hours of footage it has showing what happened at the Capitol on that day. An administration dedicated to truth and a prosecution abiding by the principle that the government must make exculpatory material available to the defense would have long ago complied with those requests.
But the Biden DOJ is made of sterner, and possibly more corrupt, stuff. It took a court order to make the DOJ disgorge just some of the footage it has. And let me note that the motion to produce that Ethan Nordean, a defendant, filed asking for material to which he is entitled under the law wasn’t enough. Instead, the “Press Coalition,” which includes CNN, The New York Times, and broadcast news networks, had to add its voice to the motion before the judge. (I happen to think it’s noteworthy that the media’s demands had more weight before the judge than the defendant’s rights.)
BuzzFeed posted two 40-minute-long videos, one of exterior footage and one of interior footage, that the DOJ finally produced, claiming that they show “A Breach By Jan. 6 Rioters From Start to Finish.” However, according to Julie Kelly, whose word and analysis I trust a lot more than anything from BuzzFeed, the videos, which run for about 35 minutes, actually show quite a different story: more
It’s a trap !” – Admiral Ackbar
My brother in law likes to tell people you can have the best evidence in the world yet depending on the judge and prosecution you may get screwed well before you find out you’re going to prison. He was corrections and upon retiring a court bailiff and transport officer for a county sheriff. I disagree with his dem loving self most of the time but he’s right I think on this.
TIM
It has been understood by those who care AND PAY ATTENTION. that judges , at least for the last 90 years, are bigots. That is why the fights over the Supreme Court have many times been vicious. GWB’S “Bush Replublicans” BORKING Ronny’s “lame duck” Robert Bork, is a good example. but only one of many the last 60 yers.
I said many times 16 years ago that GWB picked the most liberal judge in America to be Chief! His(Roberts) defense of GWB’s DOMINION has vouched for my conclusion. “No Standing ” 11 times between 11/20 and 2.21! Bigotry at its best!
I watched live TV on that day, not anywhere near the claims in the above paragraph. The anger & hostility this man festered on will not be forgotten, shame on the people than support turning America into a dictatorship.