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36. Updated today

Wed May 3, 2017, 06:46 PM

May 2017

Update, May 3 at 4:15 pm: According to Reilly at HuffPost, a jury convicted Fairooz on both charges against her.

But jurors told Reilly that they didn’t focus on the moment Fairooz laughed, but rather what happened after she laughed. When a US Capitol Police officer tried to remove her from the hearings for laughing, she allegedly began to loudly protest and appeared to hold up a sign that she had brought up to the hearings.

“She did not get convicted for laughing. It was her actions as she was being asked to leave,” the jury foreperson said. “We did not agree that she should have been removed for laughing.”

Some jurors complained that the law is so broad that it forced them to convict. One said, “There’s almost no way that you can find them not guilty.”

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The US Department of Justice is literally prosecuting a woman for laughing at Jeff Sessions [View all] babylonsister May 2017 OP

i thught onethatcares May 2017 #1

OMG!! and Joe Wilson goes free for yelling LIAR!! riversedge May 2017 #2

Isn't that a legal precident? SCVDem May 2017 #38

They are fascists n/t malaise May 2017 #3

And so it begins. DK504 May 2017 #31

Doesn't the DOJ have better things to do. ?? Jeff-where is your sense of humor? riversedge May 2017 #4

Our tax dollars at work, under this administration. JudyM May 2017 #34

PR nightmare for the justice dept. Freethinker65 May 2017 #5

Right. Many of them probably don't want to prosecute. elleng May 2017 #7

I doubt this charge will get far with a jury in DC. elleng May 2017 #6

Can you imagine the reactions of her cell mates WhiteTara May 2017 #8

...and they all moved away from me on the bench there, SeattleVet May 2017 #13

lol WhiteTara May 2017 #20

Is that from "Alice's Restaurant" ? nt tblue37 May 2017 #24

Yes SeattleVet May 2017 #30

Jefferson P.G.T. Beauregard Robert E. Keebler Elf Sessions III Buns_of_Fire May 2017 #9

"If I can't have your respect then I'll have your fear." lpbk2713 May 2017 #10

Well put treestar May 2017 #25

And that nails it. nt brer cat May 2017 #28

Laughing at someone is part of our 1st Amendment rights...GAAAAH iluvtennis May 2017 #11

I hear tell the laughter of a nasty woman can render a Godly man impotent!! ehrnst May 2017 #12

I call that a public service! ...nt 2naSalit May 2017 #18

If money is speech, then so is laughing. dchill May 2017 #14

I hope she wins and then sues him for malicious prosecution. nt cstanleytech May 2017 #15

Ain't no way a jury convicts. bronxiteforever May 2017 #16

Yet they are refusing to prosecute the cops who killed Alton Sterling BumRushDaShow May 2017 #17

+1 dalton99a May 2017 #26

Impeach Trump orangecrush May 2017 #19

Let the ridicule begin C_U_L8R May 2017 #21

McConnell did it to Warren ProudLib72 May 2017 #22

I don't know what it's like today, but I remember the Senate Gallery is incredibly strict fescuerescue May 2017 #23

The KGOPee Laugh Police are on the hunt for Laughers Achilleaze May 2017 #27

loud female laughter is among the worst offenses IronLionZion May 2017 #29

Another reason to support Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2017 #32

Protocol. She was supposed to yell out "You lie!" (n/t) thesquanderer May 2017 #33

That's quite a double-standard, isn't it? FiveGoodMen May 2017 #35

Updated today cannabis_flower May 2017 #36

what happens with a heaven05 May 2017 #37