Lawmakers who conspired with Capitol attackers in legal peril

[brooklynite]

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Source: Politico

Lawmakers who interacted with the pro-Trump protesters who rioted at the Capitol last week could face criminal charges and will almost certainly come under close scrutiny in the burgeoning federal investigation into the assault, former prosecutors said.

“This is incredibly serious,” said Ron Machen, a former U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. “Although you would need compelling evidence before charging a member of Congress with anything related to the breach of the Capitol that day, this has to be investigated.”

Unlike with the president, there’s no Justice Department policy shielding members of Congress from legal accountability while in office.
“I’d say those are potentially viable prosecutions,” added Peter Zeidenberg, another former federal prosecutor in Washington. “I’d say those guys should be worried.”

The role members of Congress may have played in facilitating the deadly attack drew intense attention this week after Democratic lawmakers alleged that some of their Republican colleagues facilitated tours of the Capitol on January 5 — one day before demonstrators engaged in the assault that terrorized lawmakers, ransacked congressional offices and left as many as five people dead.



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[BlueTsunami2018]

1. All coups start within.

These people are traitors, flat out.

[Gato Moteado]

2. treason.....send them all to the 'lectric chair

[panader0]

14. Preacher's been to see me, I'm goin' to the chair--hah! Burn me up.

[OldBaldy1701E]

3. This cannot be swept under the rug!

We have to stay on top of this, constantly push for it, and not let them doubletalk their way out of it. If this shit is true... heads MUST roll (figuratively of course).

[BComplex]

40. I'm with you, Baldy.

They need to be locked away for life if they did this. The fact that Cruz and Hawley are guilty is already in evidence.

[ananda]

4. I should hope so.

Lock them up!

[NurseJackie]

5. Dress them up and send them out by rail.

[pandr32]

34. LOL!

I believe someone put DT's face on the person wearing tar and feathers!

[NurseJackie]

35. YOU WIN!!! I was wondering if anyone would see that.

I didn't make the edit... but I thought it was hysterical.

[pandr32]

39. It IS hysterical!

Except the hands are too big.
I wish he would be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.

[matt819]

6. Interesting quote

“This is incredibly serious,” said Ron Machen, a former U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C. “Although you would need compelling evidence before charging a member of Congress with anything related to the breach of the Capitol that day, this has to be investigated.”

Why would the evidence need to be any more compelling than the evidence needed to investigate charge the 100+ that have already been charged.

Several reps have already reported that other reps gave recon tours. That seems to be worthy of investigating, without the mealy mouthed conditions alluded to.

[DENVERPOPS]

31. The nation

will, in the future, find out just why it was so important for the RepubliCONs to quite literally pack the Appellate courts with their RepubliCON loyalists for the past 20 years. Hell, look at the Number Mitch has shoved thru in just the past four years under Trump...
AND, if the RepubliCON Judge fails them, there is always the supreme court!!!!!! LOL

[Botany]

7. I don't know if this had been proven yet or not but if true they all should be expelled for Congress

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Link to tweet

[llmart]

8. +1

I heard on morning news that all tours of the Capitol were banned prior to this due to Covid, so these tours that were given by these reps violated the ban to start with. However, proving there was intentional malicious purposes for the tours may be hard to prove???

I don't doubt there's anything that treasonous bunch wouldn't do.

[Botany]

12. If you can put those treasonous Congresspersons in the Capitol giving tours to "those people" one

...day prior to Trump's attempted coup and then those same people in the Capitol the next day during the attack
you got them. Especially if you had multiple Congresspersons doing the exact same thing because that might show
a conspiracy to overthrow the legally elected government.

[MelissaB]

20. I have not seen those, either.

Thanks for looking for the link.

[BComplex]

42. Those turned out to be taken a few months back in Colorado. They weren't

legitimate.

[volstork]

44. Will delete my initial post.

Thank you for the correct info.

[BComplex]

45. Sure thing. I fell for it the first time, too, and was outraged.

But there are people (russians?) who start the spread of disinformation on both sides to rile us all up. It works! But it's the liberals/progressives that catch it and disavow it. Not so much the republinazis.

[volstork]

46. You are so correct!

[Wicked Blue]

18. And with enough pressure, maybe someone will talk nt

[Sancho]

15. ...that is certainly a basket of deplorable members!!

Assuming those on the "tour" signed in and can be identified, it will be interesting how many were also participating in the riot.

[Botany]

17. Well you can get them on the day before by signing in and by CCTV and during Trump's Coup ....

... the next day by CCTV, other pictures and video, and if they used their phones during the
riot and those phones "pinged" inside the Capitol.

[Rebl2]

26. Hope all

are thoroughly investigated and possibly charged if it is found that they gave information to the insurrection mob, like maps and if they pointed out Democrats offices and where Pence would be.

[Evolve Dammit]

30. During a pandemic when such tours are restricted. They were part of an attempt to overthrow U.S.nt

[58Sunliner]

38. She-Laura Sessions, said she got the info from Rachael's show.

[JT45242]

9. Simple...carrot and stick

To the people on cctv with a rep the day before.

They have 5 minutes to decide if we amend the indictment to include the 5 death penalty cases or not. You give the highest person on the food chain.

If you do, then your recommended sentence will be 25 to life. Otherwise, we'll book your passage to terre haute and death row.

[brewens]

10. I doubt any terrorists with lawmakers helping them were smart enough not to brag about it.

They may even gladly hand over that information expecting them to save them somehow or use it as a defense. They probably thought those lawmakers would be heroes when they took over the government and expected to be successful. The lawmakers denying knowing them and any involvement, will be more likely to make them testify against them.

[Marcuse]

36. It's already started.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/13/ali-alexander-capitol-biggs-gosar/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. I'm convinced Boebert's mother Shawn Bentz is #BullhornLady

Lots of facial feature resemblances.

Had a "detailed tour" when Boebert was sworn in.

Wears same brand of sunglasses with square logo on side.

[Cozmo]

24. Report her on the FBI hotline. If you're wrong, you're wrong, no big

[bucolic_frolic]

13. That's where this investigation goes, and must go

I have every confidence the FBI will follow every lead.

The extent of the demonstrations, in an almost ironic way, gives me more belief that the 2016 election was not stolen. Trump just motivated every last non-voting idiot in every dead-end town to vote, and here they are.

In my mind this is the biggest event since the JFK assassination, and surely more widespread.

[Wounded Bear]

19. Trumpism is treason, we need to root it out...nt

[Hekate]

21. KnR

[Dukkha]

22. This is going to be the biggest scandal of our lifetime

The level of corruption and severity of the treason will dwarf Watergate.

[C Moon]

27. Scandal wise, in U.S. history.

[Lil Mushakan]

23. Which is worse?

The lawmakers that pushed lies and conspiracy and then helped the rioters and looters through our capitol as they attacked us or the lawmakers that pushed lies and conspiracy because they believed it would help their ends or because they just believe the lies?

The ones that insurrected seem like the less dangerous ones to me...

[C Moon]

28. Remember the guy who said, "Are you willing

to die for Trump?”

How the hell does that rhetoric go unpunished?

[obamanut2012]

29. hahaha

[FailureToCommunicate]

25. Lordy, I hope there are surveillance videos of anyone that led those "tours"

[NotHardly]

32. Lawmakers who conspired with Capitol attackers in legal peril...Make good on that promise

[appleannie1]

33. I will believe it when I see it happening and hope it does.

[BComplex]

43. That's where I am with it, appleannie1. If they don't pursue and punish this to the highest level

and fullest extent of the law, AS IT DESERVES, I will lose all respect for our system of justice.

[twodogsbarking]

37. How much are they involved with

Russia, Saudi Arabia, Trump's other allies?

[BarbD]

41. And, the world is watching.

Obviously our enemies are licking their chops.

[Blue Owl]

47. No mercy for those fucking MAGA "tour guide" assholes

[Omaha Steve]

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