i think we should convict everyone that still believes the false narrative that trump ordered the riotā¦āA jury on Thursday convicted the Jan. 6 defendant Dustin Thompson on all six charges he faced ā including felony obstruction of Congress ā rejecting his effort to blame Donald Trumpās campaign of disinformation about the election results for his conduct.
The verdict, the third conviction in three jury trials for the Justice Department, was a significant validation of prosecutorsā effort to separate the actions of individual participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot from the attempts by Trump to subvert the election results.
After the verdict, U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton tore into Trump for his efforts to dupe supporters into believing the election was stolen.
āI think our democracy is in trouble because, unfortunately, we have charlatans like our former president who doesnāt, in my view, really care about democracy but only about power,ā Walton said.ā
Jury convicts Jan. 6 defendant who blamed Trump for Capitol breach
Dustin Thompson sought to pin his actions on Donald Trump. Jurors found him guilty on all six counts.www.politico.com
Exactly.