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marmar

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Tue Jul 13, 2021, 08:38 PM Jul 2021

A Texas family joins the list of more than 500 people arrested in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.





(NYT) Among the more than 500 people arrested so far in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, there have been several married couples and any number of parent-and-children teams. There have even been sets of siblings charged.

On Tuesday, however, in what seemed to be the first move of its kind, the Justice Department unsealed a complaint against almost the entire Munn family of Texas, accusing the father, the mother and three of their children of illegally breaching the Capitol through a broken window.

Prosecutors say that Thomas Munn, the family’s patriarch, began writing about going to Washington for a pro-Trump rally in late December, posting an image on Facebook with a caption reading, “POTUS HAS REQUESTED YOUR ATTENDANCE WASHINGTON DC JANUARY 6TH 2021.” .................(more)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/13/us/politics/texas-family-arrested-capitol-riot.html?




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A Texas family joins the list of more than 500 people arrested in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. (Original Post) marmar Jul 2021 OP
Munn is done. Sneederbunk Jul 2021 #1
They all have momma's nose UpInArms Jul 2021 #2
This is how actual idiocracy happens Mysterian Jul 2021 #3
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