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fightforfreedom

(4,913 posts)
Thu Feb 9, 2023, 06:11 PM Feb 2023

MSNBC: Proud Boys trial shows evidence of cooperation between Proud Boys and Trump campaign.

This is important news. They have text messages of the leader of the Proud Boys talking about the Trump campaign.
Proud Boys are on trial for seditious conspiracy and other charges.

Stay tuned.

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MSNBC: Proud Boys trial shows evidence of cooperation between Proud Boys and Trump campaign. (Original Post) fightforfreedom Feb 2023 OP
K&R FalloutShelter Feb 2023 #1
The closer it gets to the election, the least likely there will be Emile Feb 2023 #2
We are a long ways away from the election. fightforfreedom Feb 2023 #3
Tell that to Claire McCaskill. Just repeating what she said Emile Feb 2023 #4
If she said it it must be true. fightforfreedom Feb 2023 #5
Well she is a lawyer and she says the DOJ better Emile Feb 2023 #6
Time intervals don't care if you're a lawyer or not. paleotn Feb 2023 #15
She's worried. There will be handwringing and media to make bs false claims, but ancianita Feb 2023 #10
+1! ShazzieB Feb 2023 #17
Whatever we can do it Feb 2023 #9
May Justice rain down. Hard. Enough of these traitors. Evolve Dammit Feb 2023 #7
Amen. fightforfreedom Feb 2023 #8
KNR niyad Feb 2023 #11
Will this put trump in jail finally SuperSkinny Feb 2023 #12
Welcome to DU panader0 Feb 2023 #18
Believe Georgia or New York will put him in orange stripes first KS Toronado Feb 2023 #19
Welcome to DU! red dog 1 Feb 2023 #21
24 months and counting republianmushroom Feb 2023 #13
And remember this 2021 story about the Proud Boys and the White House? pnwmom Feb 2023 #14
Piece by piece. Step by step. paleotn Feb 2023 #16
Not surprising. TickTock, you M*Fuckers. Joinfortmill Feb 2023 #20

Emile

(22,860 posts)
2. The closer it gets to the election, the least likely there will be
Thu Feb 9, 2023, 06:16 PM
Feb 2023

prosecutions for the people who orchestrated the insurrection.

paleotn

(17,938 posts)
15. Time intervals don't care if you're a lawyer or not.
Thu Feb 9, 2023, 08:56 PM
Feb 2023

They simple are. And there's significant time between now and the next election cycle.

Secondly, please don't do appeal to authority. I like McCaskill too, but she isn't the "Pope" spouting sacred writ.

ancianita

(36,130 posts)
10. She's worried. There will be handwringing and media to make bs false claims, but
Thu Feb 9, 2023, 07:49 PM
Feb 2023

this nation won't even have the first primary until over a year from now. THEN the case about "too close" might be tried.
Right now, the claim is a big fail.

 

SuperSkinny

(39 posts)
12. Will this put trump in jail finally
Thu Feb 9, 2023, 08:32 PM
Feb 2023

I wish they would just focus on putting trump in jail on the theft of classified documents. That seems like the easiest and direct prosecution. It’ll be a miracle if they could even arrest him and hold him in jail a day. Unless trump was texting the proud boys himself, what good will this now do?

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
14. And remember this 2021 story about the Proud Boys and the White House?
Thu Feb 9, 2023, 08:48 PM
Feb 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/us/politics/trump-proud-boys-capitol-riot.html

WASHINGTON — A member of the far-right nationalist Proud Boys was in communication with a person associated with the White House in the days just before the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.

Location, cellular and call record data revealed a call tying a Proud Boys member to the Trump White House, the official said. The F.B.I. has not determined what they discussed, and the official would not reveal the names of either party.

The connection revealed by the communications data comes as the F.B.I. intensifies its investigation of contacts among far-right extremists, Trump White House associates and conservative members of Congress in the days before the attack.

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A law enforcement official said that it was not Mr. Tarrio’s communication with Mr. Stone that was being scrutinized, and that the call made in front of Mr. Rubio’s home was a different matter. That two members of the group were in communication with people associated with the White House underscores the access that violent extremist groups like the Proud Boys had to the White House and to people close to the former president.

paleotn

(17,938 posts)
16. Piece by piece. Step by step.
Thu Feb 9, 2023, 08:58 PM
Feb 2023

Because when you do it to a major political figure, you've got to do it right. We aren't Brazil after all.

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