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In the newsfeeds yesterday and this morning there is plenty of coverage of the prepared statement U.S. District Court judge read to the court at the time of sentencing another J6 attacker. Clearly, the judge had thought long and hard about his opinion, and his wording. It was, after all, a "prepared statement". Judges don't do that unless they have something they want to get off their chest. To set the record straight.
Personally, for me and my avatar, well......we both agree that we need more of our judiciary to come out and articulate their perspective on that terrible day for America, January 6th, 2021. We know many of them share Judge Lamberth's views, as we see it come through with the pretty stiff and damning sentences they've handed down to what I call the "J6 Jackasses".
It is welcome ...and needed.....pushback on the attempts to re-write our history by Don Trump, by his enablers, and his MAGA supporters. Hopefully, Judge Lamberth's published views will begin to right-the-ship on what really happened in that horrific attack on our uniformed police, our elected Representatives, our 'People's House - the Capitol, and upon the United States of America and our Constitution.
Here is one of the coverages this morning:
"US District Judge Royce Lamberth — whom conservative icon Ronald Reagan appointed to the federal bench in 1987 — gave an ominous warning Thursday about the threat historical revisionism surrounding the January 6 insurrection poses to democracy.
According to NBC News, Judge Lamberth read from a prepared statement during a resentencing hearing for a January 6 defendant that he was "shocked" by comments made by some elected officials (whom he did not name) that dismissed or downplayed the violent siege of the US Capitol in 2021. He further elaborated that those "preposterous" comments about the Capitol riot "could presage further danger to our country."
"The Court is accustomed to defendants who refuse to accept that they did anything wrong. But in my thirty-seven years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when such meritless justifications of criminal activity have gone mainstream," Lambert said.
"I have been dismayed to see distortions and outright falsehoods seep into the public consciousness," he continued. "I have been shocked to watch some public figures try to rewrite history, claiming rioters behaved 'in an orderly fashion' like ordinary tourists, or martyrizing convicted January 6 defendants as 'political prisoners' or even, incredibly, 'hostages.'"
Former President Donald Trump has referred to his supporters who ransacked the US Capitol and assaulted police officers as "hostages," which is also a term used by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York), who chairs the House Republican Conference. NBC News' Ryan J. Reilly reported that Lamberth's comments about insurrectionists behaving "in an orderly fashion" is a reference to Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Georgia), who likened Trump supporters who broke into the US Capitol and chanted "hang Mike Pence" to tourists. The Republican National Committee even passed a resolution a year after the attack calling the deadly riot that killed five police officers and injured hundreds of others "legitimate political discourse."
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'Normalizing' the J6 behavior; 'mainstreaming' the idea that it was legitimate political discourse.....is clearly, as the judge articulates a danger to America and our way of life. No responsible American patriot can be proud of what we all saw on TV that terrible day for America.
So good on this judge and the other magistrates who have been brining the hammer down in their sentencing decisions. And good on the DOJ for their commitment to hunt down the hundreds who remain unidentified (for now) and undicted and un-arrested. May the statute of limitations on their criminal behavior be a long one. And may those yet unarrested perps be living a life of fear. Fear that that big black SUV is gonna pull into their driveway and FBI agents emerge ......with handcuffs.
ps....and may those same perps be fearful of the dedicated, tenacious, and committed efforts of the amateur hobbyists who work under the Sedition Hunter's umbrella.
Personally, for me and my avatar, well......we both agree that we need more of our judiciary to come out and articulate their perspective on that terrible day for America, January 6th, 2021. We know many of them share Judge Lamberth's views, as we see it come through with the pretty stiff and damning sentences they've handed down to what I call the "J6 Jackasses".
It is welcome ...and needed.....pushback on the attempts to re-write our history by Don Trump, by his enablers, and his MAGA supporters. Hopefully, Judge Lamberth's published views will begin to right-the-ship on what really happened in that horrific attack on our uniformed police, our elected Representatives, our 'People's House - the Capitol, and upon the United States of America and our Constitution.
Here is one of the coverages this morning:
"US District Judge Royce Lamberth — whom conservative icon Ronald Reagan appointed to the federal bench in 1987 — gave an ominous warning Thursday about the threat historical revisionism surrounding the January 6 insurrection poses to democracy.
According to NBC News, Judge Lamberth read from a prepared statement during a resentencing hearing for a January 6 defendant that he was "shocked" by comments made by some elected officials (whom he did not name) that dismissed or downplayed the violent siege of the US Capitol in 2021. He further elaborated that those "preposterous" comments about the Capitol riot "could presage further danger to our country."
"The Court is accustomed to defendants who refuse to accept that they did anything wrong. But in my thirty-seven years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when such meritless justifications of criminal activity have gone mainstream," Lambert said.
"I have been dismayed to see distortions and outright falsehoods seep into the public consciousness," he continued. "I have been shocked to watch some public figures try to rewrite history, claiming rioters behaved 'in an orderly fashion' like ordinary tourists, or martyrizing convicted January 6 defendants as 'political prisoners' or even, incredibly, 'hostages.'"
Former President Donald Trump has referred to his supporters who ransacked the US Capitol and assaulted police officers as "hostages," which is also a term used by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York), who chairs the House Republican Conference. NBC News' Ryan J. Reilly reported that Lamberth's comments about insurrectionists behaving "in an orderly fashion" is a reference to Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Georgia), who likened Trump supporters who broke into the US Capitol and chanted "hang Mike Pence" to tourists. The Republican National Committee even passed a resolution a year after the attack calling the deadly riot that killed five police officers and injured hundreds of others "legitimate political discourse."
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'Normalizing' the J6 behavior; 'mainstreaming' the idea that it was legitimate political discourse.....is clearly, as the judge articulates a danger to America and our way of life. No responsible American patriot can be proud of what we all saw on TV that terrible day for America.
So good on this judge and the other magistrates who have been brining the hammer down in their sentencing decisions. And good on the DOJ for their commitment to hunt down the hundreds who remain unidentified (for now) and undicted and un-arrested. May the statute of limitations on their criminal behavior be a long one. And may those yet unarrested perps be living a life of fear. Fear that that big black SUV is gonna pull into their driveway and FBI agents emerge ......with handcuffs.
ps....and may those same perps be fearful of the dedicated, tenacious, and committed efforts of the amateur hobbyists who work under the Sedition Hunter's umbrella.
