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In reply to the discussion: Something To Consider: DOJ Indictments are Quite Possible for Current GOP Members of Congress [View all]Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)45. Hre we go again... Define "important" so I know how far the goal post has been moved this time.
I am assuming you are either unaware of the 20 people indicted for seditious conspiracy or consider them unimportant.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nine-members-militia-group-charged-seditious-conspiracy-and-related-charges
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/leader-oath-keepers-and-10-other-individuals-indicted-federal-court-seditious-conspiracy
Just a refresher of how serious the charge is:
n the United States, seditious conspiracy is codified at 18 U.S.C. § 2384:
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
Sounds pretty important to me, no? Now multiply it by 20.
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Something To Consider: DOJ Indictments are Quite Possible for Current GOP Members of Congress [View all]
Beetwasher.
Nov 2022
OP
Hre we go again... Define "important" so I know how far the goal post has been moved this time.
Beastly Boy
Nov 2022
#45
Huh? They are the organizers of the insurrection and leaders of seditious conspiracy
Beastly Boy
Nov 2022
#47
You could visualize the speakers hip ping pinging back and forth if it just moves on numbers
karynnj
Nov 2022
#35
afaict, a tie on a house vote is a defeat for the bill, a bill requires a majority.....
getagrip_already
Nov 2022
#39
And you know they're gonna stop the voting by proxy. That's going to bite them in the ass
Walleye
Nov 2022
#10
Why is why, IMO, they are so obsessed with winning back power, only way to survive
Lettuce Be
Nov 2022
#42