Jan 6: Thomas Webster Guilty on all Counts

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Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews

Guilty on all counts. Former NYPD officer Thomas Webster faces sentencing in September. DC jurors have convicted every Jan 6 defendant to face jury trials so far.

On all counts.

[mcar]

1. Eye gouger should get stiff sentence

[FakeNoose]

13. Yep, it could be as much as 20 years

However, this guy has no prior convictions so ...

What's significant is that it was prosecuted by DOJ and he was convicted by a jury. Not a bench trial with a weasly Repuke judge to let him off easy. I think the judge needs to throw the book at him.

[Hekate]

20. That was him? How abt he gets locked up til he's too old to care about anything but mush for meals?

That was one of the most horrific acts of the day.

[mcar]

23. It still gives me chills, Hekate

[MagickMuffin]

2. Will Thomas Webster be locked up until sentencing in September?

I certainly hope so.


No special favors for Thomas Webster.

[SunSeeker]

29. The judge already let him go home with an ankle bracelet.

[Takket]

3. This should be a lesson to us all

Seems people like Bragg in NY are pissing down their leg in fear that one MAGAt on a jury will ruin these cases.

Well a couple terrorists have taken their chances with a jury now and their political affiliation hasn’t saved them. If prosecutors have evidence a jury WILL convict.

So let these be a lesson to prosecutors, and other terrorists too. A jury will convict a MAGAt.

Other terrorists awaiting trial or people further up being investigated should think QUICKLY about flipping because whether it is them, or drumpf, someone is going to prison. And if it were me, I’m not getting locked up to save the orange ass.

[fightforfreedom]

4. I was just about to post the same thing. Thank you.

[plimsoll]

31. There's no reason to be a be afraid, but I have 1 name

Amon Bundy.

[lame54]

5. Self defense? Did the Capital attack him?

[fightforfreedom]

6. The Big Lie attacked him.

What an idiot.

[SergeStorms]

10. It was democracy he was fighting.

They all hate democracy. The will of the people pisses them off. They all see democracy as attacking their belief that they - and only they - have the right to govern (if you can call what they do as "governing" ) and they all attacked what they believe was attacking them.

They really do belong in Russia. They'd be much happier where there is no choice for the people to make.

[TheRickles]

7. So how many Jan. 6 defendants have been convicted in all, so far?

[LudwigPastorius]

9. Couldn't find an up to date running total, but...

all the cases are here, if you want to sift through them.

There looks to be 150 to 160 sentences handed out. The majority of those were plea deals.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases

[TheRickles]

16. Wow! Thanks.

[liberalla]

8. K & R! Good job DOJ! Thank you!

[padah513]

11. Sentence him to years on top of years

And the rest will start flipping like flapjacks looking for a lesser deal. That'll clear up the caseload

[bottomofthehill]

22. One of the domestic terrorists with similar charges pled guilty to 1 count

And was sentenced to 63 months. This asshole went to trial and was found guilty on all counts. Hopefully he get a minimum of 10.5 years behind bars. I would be happier with longer, but at least that.

[halfulglas]

12. Just asking. Do they teach eye gouging in the NYPD police academy?

I mean if I were in a fight would I even think of gouging the other person's eye (but of course I'm a woman). I wonder if female recruits are taught this kind of thing.

[sop]

14. Webster's Seinfeld Defense* didn't work: "I'm innocent because I believed the Big Lie, Judge."

*The Seinfeld Defense, inspired by George Costanza: "Jerry, just remember, it's not a lie...if you believe it."

[LudwigPastorius]

18. ...and, eye gouging.

"Was that wrong? Should I have not done that?

I tell you I gotta plead ignorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to me at all when the insurrection first started that that sort of thing was frowned upon, you know, cause I’ve been in a lot of riots and I tell you people do that all the time."

[Beastly Boy]

15. Every Jan 6 defendant. On all counts. Great job, Garland!

[soldierant]

17. " DC jurors have convicted every Jan 6 defendant to face jury trials so far"

Music to my ears.

[OldBaldy1701E]

24. Maybe.

I would say that this tells me that there is little doubt that each and very single one of them is guilty. Everyone who watched the newsfeeds saw it. Everyone who knows their Constitution knows they did it. So, what percentage of these treason loving bastards have been locked up yet? Not trials, not arrests, not convictions... incarcerations?

[IcyPeas]

19. video of webster and a picture of him

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[GoodRaisin]

32. Magats are sure stupid. When doing government insurrectional eye

gouging to police wear a jacket that makes you easily identifiable.

[Demovictory9]

21. of course, there was a video

[3Hotdogs]

25. Will the next Repuke president pardon him?

[BobTheSubgenius]

26. This thug is a retired cop and a former Marine.

I bet he's really going to love prison life.

[Grins]

27. In all of 3 hours of deliberation...!

I have been on a few juries, and everyone of them (minor cases compared to this traitor) we deliberated for 2-3 DAYS.

Tells me something.

Here’s hoping this judge will sac-up and sentence this guy with the max.

[Evolve Dammit]

30. Max sentence please. Lock him up.