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I saw this reportage this morning in Politico. Another Proud Boy being sentenced for conspiring to sedition. In my opinion, it adds context to that Colorado ruling barring Don Trump from their ballot.
Now, I ain't a lawyer, nor ever been in law enforcement, but......but I've seen 'em on TV.
Anyway, for me, I am persuadable that these Proud Boys and Oathkeepers who were the tip of the spear for that MAGA Mob...well, they weren't completely on the hook by their lonsesomes.
They had a tacit or explicit or a nod or a wink or a non-objection.....within someone in the Don Trump campaign or in his tight circle of activists and enablers.
The Oathkeepers/Proud Boys attacked our elected representatives because they had been given a sense of impunity.....a sense of immunity from prosecution.
I'm honestly surprised that one of the ringleaders hasnn't flipped on a Roger Stone-type of operative, or a Steve Bannon, or a Mike Flynn, or some other conspirer.
At any rate, here, in this story we see that Proud Boys knew that what they were doing was illegal as hell.
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WASHINGTON — A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago.
Charles Donohoe was the second Proud Boy to plead guilty to conspiring with other group members to obstruct the Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory. His sentence could be a bellwether for other Proud Boys conspirators who agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors.
Donohoe, 35, of Kernersville, North Carolina, apologized to his family, the law-enforcement officers who guarded the Capitol on Jan. 6, and “America as a whole” for his actions on Jan. 6.
“I knew what I was doing was illegal from the very moment those barricades got knocked down,” he said.
Donohoe was president of a local Proud Boys chapter in North Carolina. He was a lieutenant of former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison — the longest prison term so far in a Capitol riot case.
Now, I ain't a lawyer, nor ever been in law enforcement, but......but I've seen 'em on TV.
Anyway, for me, I am persuadable that these Proud Boys and Oathkeepers who were the tip of the spear for that MAGA Mob...well, they weren't completely on the hook by their lonsesomes.
They had a tacit or explicit or a nod or a wink or a non-objection.....within someone in the Don Trump campaign or in his tight circle of activists and enablers.
The Oathkeepers/Proud Boys attacked our elected representatives because they had been given a sense of impunity.....a sense of immunity from prosecution.
I'm honestly surprised that one of the ringleaders hasnn't flipped on a Roger Stone-type of operative, or a Steve Bannon, or a Mike Flynn, or some other conspirer.
At any rate, here, in this story we see that Proud Boys knew that what they were doing was illegal as hell.
Ex-Proud Boys leader sentenced to 40 months in prison for Capitol riot plot
“I knew what I was doing was illegal from the very moment those barricades got knocked down,” Charles Donohoe said.WASHINGTON — A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago.
Charles Donohoe was the second Proud Boy to plead guilty to conspiring with other group members to obstruct the Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory. His sentence could be a bellwether for other Proud Boys conspirators who agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors.
Donohoe, 35, of Kernersville, North Carolina, apologized to his family, the law-enforcement officers who guarded the Capitol on Jan. 6, and “America as a whole” for his actions on Jan. 6.
“I knew what I was doing was illegal from the very moment those barricades got knocked down,” he said.
Donohoe was president of a local Proud Boys chapter in North Carolina. He was a lieutenant of former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison — the longest prison term so far in a Capitol riot case.