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In reply to the discussion: Video shows retired Navy SEAL boasting of 'breaching the Capitol' [View all]UpInArms
(51,280 posts)5. In the video, he says
I hope they get the message. Id hate to see this escalate more,
And then, from the article
"I am cooperating with the FBI," Newbold told ABC News in a 45-minute interview in which he expressed remorse for his actions and said of the attack on the Capitol that "it was all taken too far." (My emphasis)
Speaking in an anguished tone far different from his post-riot video, Newbold professed that he "felt rage" that day, but that he accepts that Joe Biden will be the next commander-in-chief.
"I would like to express to you just a cry for clemency, as you understand that my life now has been absolutely turned upside-down," Newbold told ABC News. "I am not a terrorist. I am not a traitor."
Speaking in an anguished tone far different from his post-riot video, Newbold professed that he "felt rage" that day, but that he accepts that Joe Biden will be the next commander-in-chief.
"I would like to express to you just a cry for clemency, as you understand that my life now has been absolutely turned upside-down," Newbold told ABC News. "I am not a terrorist. I am not a traitor."
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Video shows retired Navy SEAL boasting of 'breaching the Capitol' [View all]
brooklynite
Jan 2021
OP
"that my life now has been absolutely turned upside-down"...sounds like he is blaming someone
Escurumbele
Jan 2021
#28
Yes, you are. Your life is upside down? What about the families of the murdered and suicided
niyad
Jan 2021
#36
He needs to lose all his veterans benefits and pensions for his insurrection actions
kimbutgar
Jan 2021
#37