There's something fishy about the Zeldin "attack"

[Nevilledog]

https://www.rawstory.com/lee-zeldin-attacker-bail/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

*snip*

"NY GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin is blaming the release of the man who allegedly attacked him on bail reform. The man was released because the DA very strangely charged him with a non-bail eligible offense. That DA - Sandra Doorley - is co-chair of Zeldin's campaign," New York attorney Rebecca Kavanagh wrote.

"Can you imagine any other case where a political candidate is rushed onstage by someone with a weapon and then only charged with an E-level felony?" she asked. "By one of the most pro law and order prosecutors in the country no less."

New York civil rights attorney Scott Hechinger also found it suspicious.

"She inexplicably declined to charge him with a violent felony and seek bail. As she would have done in any other case. This isn’t about bail reform. This is a scandal," he concluded.

Hechinger expanded his analysis to Raw Story.

"Obviously I don’t know what her intent was. But it’s exceptionally odd. And also very inconsistent with the way she and other DAs operate," he explained.

"I’m not advocating that he should have been charged with a higher offense, just that he could have and any prosecutor — even 'progressive' ones — would have gone as harsh as possible to avoid the political backlash for not doing so," he explained. "So we have to ask why in this, of all cases, was any DA, let alone this DA with her connection to Zeldin and history of fighting against bail reform tooth and nail, surprisingly lenient."

"It’s really odd that Zeldin predicted what she’d do. Release. And oh so convenient. Again — it wouldn’t ordinarily even be a question in a case like this that a prosecutor (whether warranted or not) would charge a violent felony and ensure the person was jailed pretrial," Hechinger said. "Imagine the outcry by Zeldin against any other prosecutor who charged the person with the lower charges available. Why is he not focusing on her? Because it’s so convenient to be able to blame bail reform."

*snip*


Here's the video of what they're calling the "attempted assassination" from two locations

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Here are pictures of the very dangerous plastic kitty keychain





Last, here's the voter registration of the "attempted assassin"









Something ain't right...

Now they've charged the guy with a federal offense. Hopefully we'll find out more.

[Walleye]

1. He didn't look angry, he didn't throw a punch he never touched him with a so-called weapon. Fishy

[EYESORE 9001]

2. I smelled a rat from the first I heard about this

It wouldn’t surprise me to find out it was all poorly-scripted theatre.

[ripcord]

3. The attacker was arrested and charged with assaulting a member of Congress with a deadly weapon

The federal government stepped in and arrested him today.

[Sky Jewels]

4. Lol.

That was the slowest-motion "attack" I've ever seen. I've seen choreographed middle-school play stage "battles" that looked more convincing.

[brush]

5. That sure looks fake to me. The guy got on stage and didn't...

charge Zeldin and try to stab him with a vigorous thrust. The "stab" if you can call it that, was almost a slow motion move towards Zeldin as if he wanted Zeldin to see that the weapon wasn't even a knife, but a keychain with some kind of small attachment.

Come on. Where was his security? Why was the attack in slow motion? That take down of Zeldin didn't ring true either. Was it to get sympathy for Zeldin, thus votes?

Please. We may have been borne at night, but not last night.

[mobeau69]

6. The "attack" looked like "OK guys grab me and pull me back like we planned."

Never thought about the feds getting involved. Oops!

[Make7]

7. NYT: ''Voter registration records indicated that he was not affiliated with a political party...''

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/22/nyregion/lee-zeldin-suspect-bail.html

Nevilledog posted:

[scipan]

8. The guy was grabbing for the mike.

It's pretty clear here:

Link to tweet

?t=00nDJJZDt0C-SjuEQsB-UA&s=19

[SunImp]

25. Good catch

[scipan]

27. Thanks! Don't know what it means.

Maybe that he wasn't paid for what he did.

[ecstatic]

9. Jussie Smollett vibes?

I hope that this case is fully investigated and that zeldin and the DA are locked up they planned this.

[brooklynite]

10. "they've charged the guy with a federal offense"

Meaning the charges were considered appropriate by a US Attorney who answers to AG Garland and ultimately to President Biden.

[scipan]

11. Nevilledog, can you give the link to the voter information?

I want to use it on Twitter.

(Rawstory article showed a couple of blank areas for me.)

[Nevilledog]

12. I got it off the one lawyer's thread.... Let me see if I can track it down

I found this where he was an Iraq war veteran, but it doesn't go into specifics.

Link to tweet

Tweet text:

Nicholas Fandos
@npfandos
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Follow
New: Lauren D’Avolio tracked down David Jakubonis, who says he did not know who Lee Zeldin was when confronted him on stage Thursday night and described his mental state “checked out"

https://nytimes.com/2022/07/22/nyregion/lee-zeldin-suspect-bail.html…
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1:49 PM · Jul 22, 2022

You just know if this guy was a Democrat that would be the headline. I suppose it's possible that he's non-political.

[scipan]

13. Thank you. I'll search his timeline.

Several people on Twitter are saying he is or must be a Democrat.

[Nevilledog]

14. They say that after every situation.

They said the Buffalo shooter was a Democrat and the Uvalde kid was trans, and therefore liberal.

[scipan]

16. I know. But it's fun to give them cognitive dissonance.

They'll say it's a lie, but maybe some will rethink.

[scipan]

15. Found it by Google image search (couldn't find it on that guy's timeline)

At least 4 matches, definitely being passed around Twitter.

This guy is independent, anti Trump, but mostly into sports.

Link to tweet

?t=oBLKyY4qXRacJAtE4opgHw&s=19

[Nevilledog]

17. I tried to look it up on the NY voter registration but I don't have enough info

Like DOB and county.

[scipan]

20. Thanks!!! It's Monroe County. He's 43.

From a bunch of news articles.

I think the more important point, though, is the fact that his campaign manager is the one who charged him.

Kevin McCarthy is now talking about this (Dems are soft on crime shit)

[Nevilledog]

21. Here's my understanding:

Zeldin was talking about the cash bail issue in his speech when the guy came on stage

Zeldin tweeted that the guy was gonna be let out of jail before he was actually let out of jail

The prosecutor who charged the guy with a crime not eligible for bail is a campaign manager for Zeldin

Zeldin and all the right wing extremists are acting like Zeldin was a heartbeat away from death
and it's all Dems fault & bail reform.



I'll be interested in what they feds find out.

[scipan]

22. Yes mine as well, plus:

His charge was very odd. Your OP and my post tweet from Scott Heckinger both say that, and Heckinger says why: it's more nuanced. Usually DAs charge the maximum for leverage, then plea bargain down. They want bail and a high amount for the same reason. The current laws didn't stop her from doing that.

[scipan]

23. NYT says he's unaffiliated (corrected)

I'm getting the strong idea that msm has been awful so far on this, allowing the repubs to run with it. But it's pretty blatant. Either he was paid or they got extremely lucky.

Msm can be shown up if not republicans. They really need to get their act together on this.

[Nevilledog]

24. Thought NYT said he didn't show a political preference?

Think it was the NY Post story that interviewed the neighbors who said he didn't talk about politics.

[scipan]

26. Don't know where I got that

I think I'll correct my post. My bad.

[Iggo]

18. Ivana Trump did it.

[scipan]

19. She's not even supposed to endorse a candidate

Link to tweet

?t=cCXi5Ge0AcgDLA0s96IBxg&s=19