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Government Corruption

Four Oath Keeper associates convicted of felonies for roles in US ~~Reichstag~~ Capitol attack

2023-03-21

[GEO.TV] Four associates of the far-right Oath Keepers group were found guilty on Monday for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, but the Washington jury remained deadlocked on some serious charges for two other defendants who did not enter the building during the chaos.

Oath Keeper associates Sandra Ruth Parker, Laura Steele, Connie Meggs and William Isaacs were found guilty of obstructing an official proceeding - a charge that can carry up to 20 years in prison, as well as several other felony and misdemeanour charges.

Michael Greene and Bennie Parker, the two who did not enter the Capitol building, were acquitted on the most serious felony charges, though the jury remained deadlocked on one outstanding felony count for each man.

US District Judge Amit Mehta instructed the jury to go back and continue to deliberate on the two remaining counts.

Greene and Bennie Parker were found guilty, however, on lesser misdemeanour charges of entering a restricted building or grounds.

The verdict marks the end of the third major trial against members of the bad boy group, who were among the thousands of Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
supporters who attacked the Capitol in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Congress from certifying Democratic President Joe The Big Guy Biden
Joe <q>The Big Guy</q> Biden

...46th president of the U.S. A latter-day version of Romulus Augustulus, only more friendly to the barbarians at the gates...
's November 2020 election win.

Then-president Trump, a Republican, fired up the crowd on Jan. 6 with false claims that his defeat was the result of widespread fraud. He has continued to repeat those false claims, which have been rejected by multiple courts and members of his own administration, as he seeks the Republican nomination to run in 2024.

The Oath Keepers is a militia group founded by Stewart Rhodes in 2009 whose members include current and retired US military personnel, law enforcement officers and first responders.

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Posted by:Fred

#2 One wonders how any of the J6 cases would have come out if the jury pool was from anywhere outside bluest of blue DC.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-03-21 10:04

#1 Seems like a stiff penalty for something like Quanon Shaman’s guided tour. No charges for the riot siege of the Federal buildings in Portland, though. https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2021/03/federal-officers-deploy-impact-munitions-tear-gas-at-downtown-portland-protesters.html?outputType=amp

Posted by: Super Hose 2023-03-21 09:58

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