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bottomofthehill

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47. 16 have been convicted of seditious conspiracy
Sat Aug 26, 2023, 02:09 PM
Aug 2023

Anyone who was chanting stop the count,
anyone in the mob, anyone who was a party to the assault on the Capitol would and should be charged and convicted. The judicial system did not have the band with but clearly looking at the definition below, they fit, every shitbag one of them. They took up arms against the US, they attacked the capitol in an attempt to stop the counting of the electoral college votes which was an attempt to overthrow the US Government.

§2384. Seditious conspiracy
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 under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808 ; July 24, 1956, ch. 678, §1, 70 Stat. 623 ; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148 .)

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Excellent point... 2naSalit Aug 2023 #1
+++++ Tetrachloride Aug 2023 #2
Ha! 2naSalit Aug 2023 #3
TY! We need to keep making this point. Duppers Aug 2023 #4
Good Grief! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2023 #5
Indeed! They ARE DELUSIONAL!!! Duppers Aug 2023 #7
No insurrection at the time of the $ aid, so no proof of aid. Verbal comfort protected free speech. Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #22
This was passed after the Civil War to keep those who took up arms from government bottomofthehill Aug 2023 #27
He fundraised only for those awaiting trial (see article), not those convicted (proven to have attacked) Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #44
Also, the fundraiser was just before the Republican debate bottomofthehill Aug 2023 #30
The law school trained people should be trusted over the jungle schooled shit flinging baboons. Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #33
Agreed, and most prosecutions start with someone reporting a crime bottomofthehill Aug 2023 #34
I'd say I'm jungle-trained, but that would insult shit flinging baboons. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #45
Yeah, and selling mugshot mugs bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #6
It's called public domain. Of course mugshots are not copyrighted Bucky Aug 2023 #26
A very smart point... kentuck Aug 2023 #8
No. They are innocent Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #9
He has given aid and comfort to the many already convicted. Trueblue Texan Aug 2023 #11
My interpretation also. kentuck Aug 2023 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #13
Everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty, you are right. kentuck Aug 2023 #18
Point is tRump fundraised for untried, unconvicted "defendants" (article). Hypotheticals about fundraising for convicted "insurrectionists" (OP term) are confusing posters here. Perhaps we should cros Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #41
Were the fundraisers for the jailed insurrectionists? Irish_Dem Aug 2023 #19
No. Fundraisers were for jailed J6ers awaiting trial. They are not found guilty yet. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #37
✅ Not enemies of the state...either by war declaration or any other definition. Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #23
There are hundreds that have pled or been found guilty of charges up to sedition bottomofthehill Aug 2023 #29
OP confused many. Article says "defendants" (untried) and OP says "insurrectionists" (as if tried & convicted). . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #39
He didn't fundraise for any people convicted of insurrection, only people awaiting trial, as ARTICLE STATES Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #43
The media is a main problem moniss Aug 2023 #10
Thank you. As for Corporate Media, it is an abomination and a big part of our problems... Joinfortmill Aug 2023 #15
Most people moniss Aug 2023 #20
Interesting Joinfortmill Aug 2023 #28
Corporate media are...corporations, natural and needed allies of fascists, textbook. Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #25
That is interesting but my thought on the main problem OldBaldy1701E Aug 2023 #21
I agree completely moniss Aug 2023 #46
Ha! That seems pretty smart to me! Scrivener7 Aug 2023 #16
They haven't been convicted of insurrection or anything else -- yet vlyons Aug 2023 #17
There are those convicted of Sedition bottomofthehill Aug 2023 #24
As someone noted in other threads, they aren't enemies, they're criminals. TwilightZone Aug 2023 #31
Nothing says they are named enemy bottomofthehill Aug 2023 #48
Another grift. Where is the money raised at these fund raisers actually going? Fla Dem Aug 2023 #32
In 1935, the people of Italy adoringly shouted "DUCE!" when Mussolini appeared DFW Aug 2023 #35
Aid and abetting the enemy, shall we count his ways? Brainfodder Aug 2023 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #38
The first time I heard "aid and comfort," I said out loud, "YES!!!!!" nt LAS14 Aug 2023 #40
Article says "defendants" (untried, unconvicted). Your OP says "insurectionists" which confused many posters Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #42
16 have been convicted of seditious conspiracy bottomofthehill Aug 2023 #47
Of the thousand some odd arrests almost no one was charged with "seditious conspiracy". former9thward Aug 2023 #49
Yes. HOWEVER, they weren't given aid and comfort by tRump. Not at that fundraiser. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #50
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