Johnson: "We had to blur some of the faces who participted in Jan6 b/c we don't...want them to be charged by DOJ.......

[riversedge]

My god. WTF are we dealing with here??




Johnson: We have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day because we don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ

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[louis-t]

1. Law and Order repuglicans.

[Captain Zero]

2. Sounds like he had a relative there.

My guess.

[Poiuyt]

3. Or a fellow Congressperson

[Scottie Mom]

41. Or he himself was there! EOM

[Poiuyt]

4. Hasn't the DOJ already seen all the footage?

[Ocelot II]

9. DOJ has all the footage, but many of the perps were identified

by members of the public who saw the tapes that had been released by the J6 committee and news media. That's what he's trying to prevent.

[riversedge]

11. @speakerJohnson ASSumes that the DOJ does not have access to all the firms??

I really do not know what the f. is going on with that comment.

[former9thward]

5. This does not make sense.

The DOJ has had these tapes for a long time. Without any faces blurred. The original J 6th committee gave them to them.

[Ocelot II]

10. Johnson is trying to prevent any more of the insurrectionists

from being identified by members of the public, which is how DOJ was able to find and prosecute many of them in the first place.

[bluestarone]

25. Wouldn't THIS be considered

Partner in a crime? EDIT to add THIS is a reason to subpoena him. DO IT NOW!

[smb]

46. Obstruction and Destruction Of Evidence nt

[former9thward]

70. The DOJ already has the evidence.

And has had it for a year. So, a person can't obstruct or destroy evidence that is already in the hands of the DOJ.

[former9thward]

98. Makes sense.

[bottomofthehill]

99. Ryan Rileys Book Sedition Hunters

The band of Citizen Sleuths has done amazing work. The Speaker is protecting the mob from those wo would help bring them to justice.

[Ocelot II]

100. Exactly.

I wonder whether DOJ could compare the unaltered tapes they have with the blurred ones from Johnson and release just the unblurred versions to the public, announcing that they are specifically looking for these guys and would appreciate any information the public could supply.

[calimary]

125. THIS!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

39. Only makes sense if Johnson is grandstanding for magat base. . . . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

82. Amazingly, even after this bit of time, nobody on the FReaky site is posting about it. . . . nt

[The Roux Comes First]

108. It Is Clearly Playing To An Audience That Is Not As On Top of Things

As DU. And the world of make america gag again certainly fills that bill.

[LudwigPastorius]

67. MAGAt "virtue signaling"...

"See, we've got your backs. We will stand up to Biden's deep state to protect you."

And, the Trump GOP's voting base is ignorant enough to buy it.

[magicarpet]

121. A Presidential Pardon awaits you.

The Orange Menace has your back. Return the favor with your vote for him.

[W_HAMILTON]

73. He's releasing them for public consumption...

...which means that they will be more widely circulated than they have been, which means that the odds of someone seeing a neighbor, a coworker, a family member, etc. attempting to overthrow our government on one of these videos and turning them into the DOJ for prosecution is much more likely -- hence, the face blurring.

[former9thward]

97. Makes sense

[calimary]

122. I hope somebody has the unblurred original video clips so their faces can be out there for all to see.

Why should they be allowed to hide, after what they did? People DIED that day. Our democracy almost did, too.

[zonemaster]

6. Obstruction of Justice?

I ain't no lawyer.

If DOJ already has them, then no. More like garden-variety pandering + stupidity.

[mitch96]

13. Aiding and abetting a crime? No lawyer here either but.....come on....nt

[Abigail_Adams]

105. Agreed.

Of course the DOJ has long had the tapes. The real point is that here we have the Speaker of the US House of Represenatives, who should be law-abiding for chrissakes, stating that he doesn't want more insurrectionists to be identified and arrested. Pure contempt for the rule of law.

[Skittles]

113. just think if you or I took action to try to prevent the FBI from identifying these criminials

'NUFF SAID

[NCIndie]

7. It's official. Johnson is a pandering idiot.

[RAB910]

8. The Johnson didn't want his fellow traitors identified

[Docreed2003]

12. Yeah right

This isn't about blurring faces from the DOJ...it's about blurring faces from public scrutiny. What a slimey character Johnson has shown himself to be

[PTL_Mancuso]

68. The Story you have just seen is True

The faces of the guilty parties have been altered to avoid prosecution.

[EarnestPutz]

14. It becomes more apparent every day why this fuckwad was chosen to be speaker. Shameless twat.

[rzemanfl]

90. Good luck with your language.

[patphil]

15. Blurring the faces seems like obstructing justice to me.

Although I thought the DOJ would have obtained all the video evidence the Jan. 6th committee had access to by now.

[FSogol]

16. Mike Johnson - weak on crime.

[brush]

17. The actual Speaker of the House is saying let the criminal faces be blurred so the DOJ can't ID them.

Does the fool know what he just said? He thinks it's a good thing to let criminals avoid prosecution? And btw, many of the J6 crooks were ID'ed by internet sleuths, not just by DOJ people having long had access to the tapes.

This silly man is not up to the job, and will be waling this back soon.

[PatSeg]

21. Like Trump

He has a way of saying the quiet part out loud. These people are unbelievable.

[MOMFUDSKI]

18. Nice to hear they stand with criminals.

Just wow

[Baitball Blogger]

19. He's abusing his power to protect them.

[Greybnk48]

20. Accessory after the fact? I'm not a lawyer,

but isn't that what this is?

[struggle4progress]

28. See #27 below

[Warpy]

22. Uh, Mike? Go fuck yourself

That is all.

These assholes just fail to understand that there isn't a separate justice system for them.

[struggle4progress]

23. Sounds like Mike tampers with evidence

[MayReasonRule]

24. In What World Has The DOJ Not Already Reviewed That Footage?

Delusion gives birth to delusion which gives birth to further delusion etc. ad nauseum.

This is what defines Mike Johnson.

[ProfessorGAC]

42. A Lot Of These Criminals Were ID'd....

...by acquaintances & online sleuths like Sedition Hunters.
The DIJ & FBI didn't ID are all those folks independent of that amateur help.
That's what Johnson is trying to prevent. In the world we normals live in, that would be called obstruction., even if the FBI already has the raw footage. By definition, public input has been critical to the investigations. He's interfering with that input to protect CRIMINALS.

[MagickMuffin]

26. So, Speaker porno Mike Johnson is protecting Antifa?

I thought they were their enemies, how things have changed over the course of a few years!

[struggle4progress]

27. 18 USC 3: Accessory after the fact

Whoever, knowing that an offense against the United States has been committed, receives, relieves, comforts or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial or punishment, is an accessory after the fact.

Except as otherwise expressly provided by any Act of Congress, an accessory after the fact shall be imprisoned not more than one-half the maximum term of imprisonment or (notwithstanding section 3571) fined not more than one-half the maximum fine prescribed for the punishment of the principal, or both; or if the principal is punishable by life imprisonment or death, the accessory shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3#:~:text=Whoever%2C%20knowing%20that%20an%20offense,an%20accessory%20after%20the%20fact.

Sounds like Mike's setting hisself up for a long stay on ice

[Hermit-The-Prog]

38. Someone should whisper that in MAGAt Mike's ear. And to newsrooms.

[Scottie Mom]

50. Yes.

Now, we need to see if we can get him charged.

Any ideas?

[OAITW r.2.0]

29. Or, said another way, "we need to protect our criminal voters from justice".

"Law and Order" Party....sure you are. Just like you're also the "Family Values" and "Small Government" Party.

[dalton99a]

30. Johnson is a goddamn traitor just like the rest of them

[gratuitous]

31. Wait; what?

I thought the insurrectionists were all FBI plants and Black Lives Matter crisis actors. Why wouldn't Sneaker Johnson want them identified and brought to justice for defaming MAGA Americans?

And yeah, Johnson got the raw, unblurred footage from that same DOJ he's so worried will prosecute the insurrectionists. Is Johnson that dumb, or does he think the public is that dumb? Kinda doesn't make any difference, I know.

[Upthevibe]

32. riversedge ...........

Thanks for the post....

HONEST TO GOD..............WTF?!?!!?

[JohnnyRingo]

33. In real life it's called "tampering with evidence".

and it warrants prison time.

On edit: I see now that Johnson wants to shield these criminals from the public because people were calling in to identify them to the FBI.

[Vinca]

34. So he's saying it WASN'T a typical, tourist visit?

[Chi67]

35. OMG!

He needs to be thrown out of Congress! That’s insane!

[FarPoint]

36. He is just pandering to the insurectionist supporters...

He does not have new information that the DOJ and FBI don't already have on these creeps ....

[moniss]

37. Openly admitting to protecting

insurrectionists and people who assaulted members of the Capitol Police. So it is not just an assumption that the next GQP President will pardon all of these people. We can obviously make book on it.

[oldsoftie]

54. Yeah, I think thats just a statement for his cultist followers.

They'll think he's actually doing something to stick it to the DoJ

[moniss]

58. Agreed but it does hamper

the independent investigators trying to track people down and turn them in.

[Autumn]

40. The doj should have all the tapes so fuck that ass. If the dog doesn't then fuck them for not doing their job.

I'm sick of this coddling of traitors attempting to destroy our country. This seems to be a clear case of obstruction by that little bastard. He should have been charged by now but I forget they have a commit a crime free card.

[spanone]

43. The republican party is truly an enemy of our Democracy.

FULL STOP.

[Biophilic]

44. Ah, yes, good, honest Christian values.

He is such an exemplar citizen.

[usregimechange]

45. The ole transparency blur effect, nice.

Put that in an ad. All by itself.

[tinrobot]

47. In other words, they'll blur the faces of those who can implicate members of Congress.

Specifically, the members who helped plan it and told the mob where to go.

[usregimechange]

48. "interfering with prosecution"

[appleannie1]

49. All his best friends and relatives must have been part of the hoard.

[Hekate]

51. The man second in line to the Presidency is actively working to overthrow the US Government

[JoseBalow]

52. Doesn't protecting criminals make you an accessory to the crime?

[MustLoveBeagles]

77. Yes

See post 27

[JoseBalow]

83. Seems pretty straightforward that he's an aiding and abetting

What would be the argument that he's NOT an accessory?

[chouchou]

53. Hey Mike..Mike Johnson! Why are you covering your eyes?

"So mommy can't see me!

[Easterncedar]

55. I sure hope the Capitol Police are listening

Blue Lives Matter, do they, Mike?

[usedtobedemgurl]

56. I call bull$hit.

He is protecting some folks from public accounting. He is saying the DOJ has not had unblurred footage but they still arrested that many people? Bull! They have unblurred video. So, who *cough* *Hawley/Bobo/Gym,etc* is he protecting by blurring it out?!?!?

[NoMoreRepugs]

57. It's all pandering to the base. "I'll protect you." DOJ and internet sleuths have all the footage already, duh.

[mzmolly]

59. The DOJ can subpoena evidence one would think? That said it was just a peaceful protest

so what would they be charged with?

[NotASurfer]

60. If DOJ has the unaltered footage this is helpful

It calls out exactly whose faces to add to the ones already put out there, or which ones to revisit if the faces are already out there

[bluestarone]

65. YEP! the DOJ has just been given a ROAD MAP to follow!

Just compare your pictures to the House pictures. CONCENTRATE on the blurred out ones. They are the criminals for sure.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

118. Oh, snap!

[Blue Owl]

61. Hey Mike, blur this....

[LiberalFighter]

62. Doesn't that make him just as guilty?

[Kennah]

63. But, but, but, it was Antifa. Show the faces.

The first sentence was

The second sentence was :genuine:

[PTL_Mancuso]

71. Give US, low-life mere citizens a chance. . .

. . . to spot our neighbors, co-workers, elected officials, etc.

[republianmushroom]

64. The republican law and order platform.

"We had to blur some of the faces who participted in Jan6 b/c we don't...want them to be charged by DOJ.......
Is this not assisting/aiding and abetting ?

34 months and counting.

[Ohioboy]

66. It will be like a documentary on the Holocaust that leaves out concentration camps

These assholes are Jan 6 deniers. They have no intention of showing what really happened. They won't be showing the windows being smashed, the cop being crushed in the door, or the Magats vandalizing offices. Their intent is to make it look like no crimes were ever committed.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

69. Aiding and abetting criminals Mike?

What does Jesus say about that?

[NameAlreadyTaken]

72. Obstruction of Justice

[moondust]

74. Lock him up.

Aiding and abetting in the cover-up of crimes/obstruction of justice. He should already be disqualified from holding office under the 14th Amendment, Section 3, for his role in actively contributing to the coup attempt.

[Kid Berwyn]

75. Would that include the turds who took out the office panic buttons?

Asking for a friend.

[Paladin]

76. Eat unblurred shit, Mike Johnson. (nt)

[CrispyQ]

78. I thought the point of releasing the video was so people could identify all the undercover FBI agents in the crowd. -nt

[MustLoveBeagles]

79. K&R

[machoneman]

80. DOJ: charge him with obstruction of justice, STAT!

[Emile]

81. Is that why they blurred his face?

[SOteric]

84. That statement, Mr. Johnson, does not pass the smell test.

We have some folks caught on camera doing wrong and bad things, - but we like what they did so Congress is going to aid and abet their evasion of justice.

[bringthePaine]

85. this bullshit makes him and them ALL accessories, drop the damn hammer!

[FelineOverlord]

86. BLURRED

Jim Stewartson knows who the really guilty ones are:

Link to tweet

[Maraya1969]

87. They are probably members of congress. The republican ones

[misanthrope]

88. Isn't that obstruction of justice?

I'm no lawyer, so I could be wrong.

[LuckyCharms]

89. Damn. This guy is a horrid fucker. n/t

[Grins]

91. Obstruction of Justice...

…and I believe that is a felony.

[HAB911]

92. Arrest the MF'er

[Trueblue1968]

93. Johnson is a traitor !!!! Lock him up.

[Jean Genie]

94. To: Mikey Wetpants

Congressional Chrischin, Mikey Wetpants, doesn't want to shame/disgrace the criminal insurrectionists? How incredibly decent of him. But when it came to Hunter Biden and his dad, crisp, clear photos of Hunter's willy were fair game.
In the immortal words of Bea Arthur (as Maud): God'll get you for that, Mikey!

[SpankMe]

95. Let's say I ran a bank

Let's say the bank was robbed by 6 thugs who forgot to cover their faces with masks. A bank patron died in the robbery.

Let's also say that I was in sympathy to the plights of the robbers...Robin Hood storyline and such.

What if - before I turned the surveillance video over to the cops - I blurred the faces of the robbers because I didn't want them to be retaliated against and charged by the FBI.

Did I commit a crime? Is this evidence tampering? Accessory after the fact? Something else?

I'm almost sure it's a crime. It sounds like Mike "the asshole" Johnson (his crime name) is actually going to commit a crime and try to draw FBI charges intentionally so he can claim partisan prosecution and stir up a civil war.

[mcar]

96. Good lord

[Ford_Prefect]

101. Do I hear a charge of aiding and abetting after the fact???

I find it fascinating that the Leader of the MAGA GOP, and Speaker of the House knows just who to obscure and who to not. He's got a list and he's checking it twice?

[Marthe48]

102. Here's an idea

Let the people who are really and truly defending the Constitution of the U.S. release the unredacted, unblurred copies of the tapes. Let the chips fall, minimize this idiot's self-importance, and maybe allow the dedicated private citizens who scrutinize the tapes will help id even more of the traitors in the videos.

[lostnfound]

103. He.is.a.russian.asset.

Why is this not talked about EVERY TIME HIS NAME COMES UP.

It ain’t no coincidence.
https://www.newsweek.com/house-speaker-mike-johnson-donations-russia-butina-1838501

[BlueIdaho]

104. Closing the barn door after the horse is gone?

Aren’t they getting this footage FROM the DOJ? If so - who gives a fat rat’s ass what this traitor does?

[Rebl2]

106. Mike Johnson

Should be investigated since he helped in trying to stop Biden from becoming president.

[Skittles]

107. but - I thought it was a FALSE FLAG operation! ANTIFA!

the "LAW AND ORDER" party just cannot seem to get their stories straight

[barbtries]

109. so accessories after the fact?

i hate republicans

[Johonny]

110. The law and order party

[keithbvadu2]

111. "some" --- Thousands of hours of video. It must have taken many man hours and expense to blur "some".

[Paladin]

112. Impeach Mike Johnson. Right fucking now. (nt)

[bucolic_frolic]

114. I take this to mean there is some subset or sub plot that's not discovered yet

[pfitz59]

115. An honest man would release the tapes

and ask the public to help identify the traitors. Little Mikey sez it was a 'peaceful' demonstration and the MAGAts were enthusiastic tourists. Mike must be asked again and again "If this were so, why didn't go out to greet them?" Or was he pissing his pants and running away like Hawley and all the rest of the hypocrites,

[Midnight Writer]

116. Any appropriations bills passed? Any progress on Israel/Ukraine funding?

Are we still facing a government shutdown in the next few weeks?

Is he accomplishing anything other than giving cover to the Trump conspirators who attacked our Capitol?

[IronLionZion]

117. Yeah, we don't want criminals to be charged for crimes

if they support GOP. Oh, and Law and Order! Back the Blue! Blue Lives Matter!

It's amazing how many conservatives believe that law enforcement treats some people unfairly, they just want punishment for other people they don't like.

[Lucky Luciano]

119. I most definitely want them "charged"

[C Moon]

123. WAIT! Just WAIT! Before you make up your mind,

read what Snopes has to say about this quote of Johnson's.

[Iggo]

124. Well then it's not raw footage, is it.

[Aviation Pro]

126. So, Preacher Mike, you admit the terrorists were criming?

Fuck you, Preacher Mike.

[GiqueCee]

127. And this clown is a lawyer?

Ummm… sorry, Mikey, but being the Speaker of the most corrupt House of Representatives in history does NOT convey blanket immunity from getting charged with Obstruction of Justice, or being an Accessory After the Fact, you stupid fuck.

[mwb970]

128. Yes. We would not want the DOJ going around arresting criminals.

[Freethinker65]

129. Some wealthy and connected GOP donors have probably escaped prosecution

Johnson wouldn't want to upset them.


Should be easy enough to compare the intentionally blurred images given to the public with the same unedited footage to see who Johnson is protecting.

[Best_man23]

130. In Republican Politics, it is an asset to be a criminal

And...In Republican Politics, it is NOT criminal to be a traitorous asset.

Pass it on.

[Martin68]

131. Traitors.

[meow2u3]

132. Translation from GOP to English

"We must tamper with evidence to protect Trump and his goons from prosecution. King Minus told me to do it."

It doesn't work that way, Mikey. Johnson just risked being charged as an accessory to the insurrection, or obstruction of justice at the very least.