Trump loyalists in Congress to challenge Electoral College results in Jan. 6 joint session (Update: Insurrectionists storm Congress)(And now what?) (5 Viewers)

[superchuck500]

I guess it's time to start a thread for this. We know that at least 140 members of Congress have pledged to join the objection. Under federal law, if at least one member of each house (HOR and Senate) objects, each house will adjourn the joint session for their own session (limited at two hours) to take up the objection. If both houses pass a resolution objecting to the EC result, further action can take place. If both houses do not (i.e. if one or neither passes a resolution), the objection is powerless and the college result is certified.

Clearly this is political theater as we know such a resolution will not pass the House, and there's good reason to think it wouldn't pass the Senate either (with or without the two senators from Georgia). The January 6 joint session is traditionally a ceremonial one. This one will not be.

Many traditional pillars of Republican support have condemned the plan as futile and damaging. Certainly the Trump loyalists don't care - and many are likely doing it for fundraising purposes or to carry weight with the fraction of their constituencies that think this is a good idea.

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32717.pdf

 

[Optimus Prime]

A federal judge on Friday forbade Stewart Rhodes, the former leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, and some other January 6 defendants from the 2021 attack on Congress from entering Washington DC, as well as the US Capitol within, as a condition of their release from prison.

US district court judge Amit Mehta wrote in the order on Friday that Rhodes, along with seven other defendants in the group, would need to be first obtain permission from the court before setting foot in Washington DC.

Also on Friday, Ed Martin, the acting US attorney for the District of Columbia, intervened on behalf of Rhodes and other members of the militia group, asking Mehta to reverse the ban preventing them from freely entering the US Capitol or Washington DC. Mehta did not immediately rule on Martin’s request.…….

Ex-leader of Oath Keepers forbidden from entering Washington DC by judge

Stewart Rhodes, whose 18-year Capitol attack sentence was commuted by Trump, was released from prison on Tuesday

www.theguardian.com

 

[fooferdoggie]

A federal judge on Friday forbade Stewart Rhodes, the former leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, and some other January 6 defendants from the 2021 attack on Congress from entering Washington DC, as well as the US Capitol within, as a condition of their release from prison.

US district court judge Amit Mehta wrote in the order on Friday that Rhodes, along with seven other defendants in the group, would need to be first obtain permission from the court before setting foot in Washington DC.

Also on Friday, Ed Martin, the acting US attorney for the District of Columbia, intervened on behalf of Rhodes and other members of the militia group, asking Mehta to reverse the ban preventing them from freely entering the US Capitol or Washington DC. Mehta did not immediately rule on Martin’s request.…….

Ex-leader of Oath Keepers forbidden from entering Washington DC by judge

Stewart Rhodes, whose 18-year Capitol attack sentence was commuted by Trump, was released from prison on Tuesday

www.theguardian.com

so what would happen trum would just pardon him again this pointless.

 

[DaveXA]

so what would happen trum would just pardon him again this pointless.

Yeah, I get what the judge wants to do, but it has no teeth.

 

[MT15]

The courts have no enforcement mechanism. Nothing they say has any teeth if the DOJ is controlled by partisans. It’s only a matter of time, IMO, before Trump blatantly ignores a Supreme Court ruling.

Nobody will do anything about it either.

 

[cuddlemonkey]

A federal judge on Friday forbade Stewart Rhodes, the former leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, and some other January 6 defendants from the 2021 attack on Congress from entering Washington DC, as well as the US Capitol within, as a condition of their release from prison.

US district court judge Amit Mehta wrote in the order on Friday that Rhodes, along with seven other defendants in the group, would need to be first obtain permission from the court before setting foot in Washington DC.

Also on Friday, Ed Martin, the acting US attorney for the District of Columbia, intervened on behalf of Rhodes and other members of the militia group, asking Mehta to reverse the ban preventing them from freely entering the US Capitol or Washington DC. Mehta did not immediately rule on Martin’s request.…….

Ex-leader of Oath Keepers forbidden from entering Washington DC by judge

Stewart Rhodes, whose 18-year Capitol attack sentence was commuted by Trump, was released from prison on Tuesday

www.theguardian.com

The Department of Justice asking a federal judge for leniency for the people behind an attempted insurrection. forking unbelievable.

 

[t_rav_82]

so what would happen trum would just pardon him again this pointless.

Yeah I agree. Pointless, but I applaud the effort. It’s an old school punishment, dude can’t set foot in Rome again.

 

[MT15]

Yeah I agree. Pointless, but I applaud the effort. It’s an old school punishment, dude can’t set foot in Rome again.

Who is going to stop him? Nobody. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit to see Trump invite him to the WH, and feature him at a press conference. It will just hasten the inevitable decline of the influence of the courts in this country. Trump wants to be the law, and I don’t see anybody stopping him.

 

[t_rav_82]

Who is going to stop him? Nobody. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit to see Trump invite him to the WH, and feature him at a press conference. It will just hasten the inevitable decline of the influence of the courts in this country. Trump wants to be the law, and I don’t see anybody stopping him.

No one will stop him. And you’re absolutely right. He’s going to get a red carpet invite. I just meant that it’s kind of a cool punishment in theory.

 

[Optimus Prime]

At least one more person who was convicted in connection with the 2021 US Capitol attack carried out by Donald Trump supporters has rejected a pardon from the president, saying he believed his actions “weren’t pardonable”.

In an interview published Friday by New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR), US navy veteran Jason Riddle said: “It’s almost like [Trump] was trying to say it didn’t happen. And it happened. I did those things, and they weren’t pardonable.

“I don’t want the pardon. And I … reject the pardon.”………

Another convicted January 6 US Capitol attacker rejects Trump’s pardon

Jason Riddle says he rejected pardon because ‘it happened. I did those things, and they weren’t pardonable’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

Lindsay graham getting MAGA backlash for saying he disagreed with the J6 pardons

 

[Optimus Prime]

A federal judge on Friday forbade Stewart Rhodes, the former leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, and some other January 6 defendants from the 2021 attack on Congress from entering Washington DC, as well as the US Capitol within, as a condition of their release from prison.

US district court judge Amit Mehta wrote in the order on Friday that Rhodes, along with seven other defendants in the group, would need to be first obtain permission from the court before setting foot in Washington DC.

Also on Friday, Ed Martin, the acting US attorney for the District of Columbia, intervened on behalf of Rhodes and other members of the militia group, asking Mehta to reverse the ban preventing them from freely entering the US Capitol or Washington DC. Mehta did not immediately rule on Martin’s request.…….

Ex-leader of Oath Keepers forbidden from entering Washington DC by judge

Stewart Rhodes, whose 18-year Capitol attack sentence was commuted by Trump, was released from prison on Tuesday

www.theguardian.com

The federal judge who presided over the seditious conspiracy trial of far-right Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes rescinded an order that barred Rhodes and his co-defendants from traveling to Washington, D.C. The Justice Department had called on him to modify the sentences of the group members, who were serving years-long sentences after their convictions on crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta said Monday, "t would be improper for the court post-commutation to modify the original sentences," but because President Trump's clemency "can reasonably be read to extinguish enforcement of Defendants' terms of supervised release," the judge vacated his order.

Mehta on Friday had ordered the Oath Keeper members Rhodes, Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins, Roberto Minuta, Edward Vallejo, David Moerchel, and Joseph Hacket to be barred from entering Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Capitol building "without first obtaining the permission from the Court."

The decision prompted staunch opposition from Washington, D.C. Acting U.S. Attorney Edward Martin, who wrote that the defendants, including Rhodes, were "no longer subject to the terms of supervised release and probation."

Mehta, in reversing his decision, said he ultimately found Martin's interpretation of President Trump's unconditional commutation to be "reasonable."...........

Judge reverses course, grants Oath Keepers access to Capitol after Trump grants clemency

A judge had ordered the Oath Keeper members convicted of crimes related to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, to be barred from entering the U.S. Capitol court permission.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Optimus Prime]

RENSSELAER, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man was fatally shot by a deputy during a traffic stop just days after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump for a misdemeanor related to the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot.

Matthew Huttle, 42, of Hobart was killed Sunday by a Jasper County sheriff’s deputy, authorities said.

State police are investigating. They said the deputy tried to arrest Huttle when “an altercation took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect.

“The investigation also shows that during the traffic stop, the suspect was in possession of a firearm,” state police added.……

Indiana man pardoned by Trump is fatally shot during traffic stop

An Indiana man was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop, just days after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump for a misdemeanor related to the 2021 U.S.

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