Jan 6 Breach of the Capitol: Consequences & Repercussions III

Hans Blaster said:

Henry Tarrio (Proud Boys),

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Henry? I thought he went by Enrique.

DaisyDay said:

Henry? I thought he went by Enrique.

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He does, but his legal name is Henry.

Sarah Palin On ‘Disheartening’ Jan. 6 Sentences: ‘Makes the Good Guy Think, What’s the Use in Being a Good Guy?’​

I mean, if I get ten years in prison for patriotically assaulting a cop, what's the point?

In other trial news...

Yesterday as ol' Henry "Enrique" Tarrio was snagging the longest Jan 6th sentence to date (22 years), there were 3 trials active in the same courthouse about the same event. At least 2 of them started that day and one more started today.

Ryan Zink (not to be confused with the former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke) is a fairly ordinary chum with a fairly ordinary "trespass + obstruction" case that he decided to take to trial (he has that right) except he apparently subpoenaed Reps. Kevin McCarthy, Gym Jordan, and MTG as witnesses.

Zachary Alam is not a well known name, but his image might be, for Alam was the one who put his fist in his fur-lined hat and smashed through the window in the door leading to the Speaker's lobby just before a certain unhinged USAF veteran perched herself ready to leap through one of them before being shot. Alam has charges of assault, civil disorder, obstruction, and (shockingly, well not really) destruction of property. A jury was selected yesterday and the main trial began today.

Peter Navarro is the insurrectionist who publicly promoted and defended a plan to delay the count in Congress and send it back to the states (somehow, not legally mind you). His trial for contempt of Congress (for refusing to comply with a subpeona to the Jan6th committee) began yesterday with jury selection. Today the prosecution and defense cases were heard and closing arguments will be tomorrow. If convicted he could get 12 months (Steve Bannon got 4 months for the same thing.)

L. Brent "Zeeker" Bozell IV might be completely unknown to the general public and even most followers of the Jan6 cases, but his family sure isn't. His father "Brent III" is a well known conservative activist and commentator. His main schtick is "liberal media bias" about which he has written several books (including one called "Weapons of Mass Distortion") and started the Media Research Center to hunt "liberal media bias" and its offshoot the Parents Television and Media Council which tried to ruin several good TV shows (and some lousy ones) and though they didn't succeed I'm sure they had a good time making a fuss. Late on Jan 6th Brent III said "you can never countenance police being attacked. You cannot countenance our national Capitol being breached like this. I think it is absolutely wrong.” on FBN, but equivocated on their goals with "Look, they are furious that they believe this election was stolen. I agree with them." (Did he know his son was there?) Brent III's mother is the sister of William F. Buckley, Jr. Zeeker's grandfather is "Brent Jr.", a conservative activist and Catholic convert. Brent Jr. became "best friends" with Buckley at Yale eventually marrying Buckley's sister. H worked for Buckley's National Review and then as a speechwriter for Sen. Joe McCarthy, then for Sen Barry Goldwater. He ghostwrote Goldwater's "Conscious of a Conservative". In 1965 he moved his family to Francoist Spain because it would seem that he liked their government better. He founded Triumph magazine as a "National Review for Catholics" the next year. It's not clear when he moved back to the US, but in 1970 he and his wife led the first "Operation Rescue" operation in 1970. During their invasion of the Georgetown University hospital "[Brent Jr.] Bozell and the rest of the group entered the building and began shattering windows". OK, he was "fun". Brett Jr.'s father Leo B. Bozell was just a successful ad executive in Omaha who built up a bit of wealth and founded the ad agency now called just "Bozell". Who knows how conservative old Leo B. was, since his accomplishments were outside conservative activism.


Now what is "Zeeker" Bozell accused of (just the felonies): obstruction, assault, civil disorder, and destruction of property. He has chosen to waive the jury and have a bench trial that began today. Just like a normal trial, except no jury and the judge will rule on the facts of guilt. In a bench trial each side submits a "trial brief" describing their case to the judge before trial:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.228765/gov.uscourts.dcd.228765.66.0.pdf

The Government alleges that Zeeker:
1. That he participated in breaking a window to gain access to the Senate wing using a grate he picked up from the ground
2. After entering he wandered around for a while and then joined a small group that rushed the Senate Gallery.
3. In the Gallery, he pointed a C-SPAN camera down so that it couldn't document what was happening
4. He then proceeded to the Senate floor and rifled through desks before being escorted out of the Chamber by police clearing the floor.

Arrests continue in Jan. 6 riot; fifth man charged in attack on Fanone​

Lewis Wayne Snoots is linked to the assault that caused Michael Fanone to retire from D.C. police; about 190 Jan. 6 arrests have occurred this year​

Lewis Wayne Snoots, 59, of Louisa, about 33 miles east of Charlottesville, was charged with felony assault on a police officer, felony civil disorder and three misdemeanors.

Lock him up!

Sacramento Man Sentenced to 18 Months Federal Prison for Jan. 6 Insurrection​

Jorge Aaron Riley, a Sacramento man who appeared to be one of the first people to illegally enter the U.S. Capitol in the Jan. 6 insurrection, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Wednesday. He faced up to 20 years behind bars.

The former corresponding secretary of the California Republican Assembly was also sentenced to two years of supervised probation, and will have to pay $2,000 in restitution and a $100 fine.

Riley, 45, told the court Wednesday that he was “speaking on behalf of all the patriots” and that GOP legislators should have “adjudicated” the 2020 election results—then protesters would not have felt the need to come to the Capitol on Jan. 6.

From March:

Jorge Riley, 45, of Sacramento, California, pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia to obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony.

On December 31, 2020, the defendant purchased a “6 Ninja Tactical Combat Hunting Kunai Throwing Knife Set” and later posted on Facebook, “I just bought new kanai throwing knives and am going to do what my president asks” and “I’m going for the war.” The defendant later posted on Facebook, “Do you really not get what is going to happen on the 6th? I absolutely am looking forward to that and NO MATTER WHAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN STOP IT!!!!”

We stopped the steal because they were in there and they [GOP legislators] weren’t going to stop the steal, so we stopped the steal, we took our country back.”

essentialsaltes said:

Navarro's excuses move from 'weak' to 'failed'​

Judge rejects Navarro’s ‘executive privilege’ claim for defying Jan. 6 committee​

The ruling paves the way for Navarro’s trial to begin next week on contempt-of-Congress charges.

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Navarro's status moves from 'presumed innocent' to 'guilty'.

Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro convicted of contempt of Congress​

Navarro is the second ex-aide to the former president to be prosecuted for his lack of cooperation with the committee. Steve Bannon was convicted last year on two contempt counts. Bannon’s case is currently on appeal.

“Why didn’t the government present evidence to you about where Dr. Navarro was or what he was doing” on the day of the scheduled deposition, [defense attorney] Woodward asked the jury. “Something stinks.”

Prosecutor John Crabb responded: “Who cares where he was. What matters is where he wasn’t.”

essentialsaltes said:

“Who cares where he was. What matters is where he wasn’t.”

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Excellent!

The courts are getting there.

Before trial, USA offered Proud Boys plea deals, revealed yesterday. They passed.
Result:
Offer | Sentence after trial
Tarrio 9-11 yrs| 22 yrs
Nordean 6-8 yrs | 18 yrs
Biggs 6-8 yrs | 17 yrs
Rehl 6-7 yrs | 15 yrs
Pezzola 4-5 yrs | 10 yrs

wing2000 said:

Maybe he and Bannon can be cell mates.
(Bannon has appealed his conviction, as will Navarro)

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Don't make me feel sorry for Navarro.

camille70 said:

Proud Boys Turned Down Plea Deals, Got Twice the Prison Time

Gang leader Enrique Tarrio and four members took their chances at trial—and it backfired.

www.thedailybeast.com

Before trial, USA offered Proud Boys plea deals, revealed yesterday. They passed.
Result:
Offer | Sentence after trial
Tarrio 9-11 yrs| 22 yrs
Nordean 6-8 yrs | 18 yrs
Biggs 6-8 yrs | 17 yrs
Rehl 6-7 yrs | 15 yrs
Pezzola 4-5 yrs | 10 yrs

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Martyrdom is never cheap.

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It is not. Mr. Snoots (I did not realize which post your were responding to and what that post seems to be replying to, so I mistook it for the a response to the posts immediately above it about Federal prisioner Tarrio.) was not arrested for what he looked like.

He was arrested for attempting to place a police officer in a head lock and otherwise assaulting him. While that was going on, another violent rioter was getting his taser ready to attack that officer. (The attack triggered a cardiac arrest and the attacker has received 12 years in prison for that attack.)

I read the FBI affidavit for his arrest Tues or Wed (which ever of them it was when he was arrested) and certainly saw the video of his attack 2.5 years ago.

camille70 said:

Proud Boys Turned Down Plea Deals, Got Twice the Prison Time

Gang leader Enrique Tarrio and four members took their chances at trial—and it backfired.

www.thedailybeast.com

Before trial, USA offered Proud Boys plea deals, revealed yesterday. They passed.
Result:
Offer | Sentence after trial
Tarrio 9-11 yrs| 22 yrs
Nordean 6-8 yrs | 18 yrs
Biggs 6-8 yrs | 17 yrs
Rehl 6-7 yrs | 15 yrs
Pezzola 4-5 yrs | 10 yrs

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I have long thought the Proud Boys were of limited intelligence. Now I know - they are idiots.

Sors said:

(staff edit)

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Look, this thread has a very simple topic.

Jan 6th Breach of the Capitol ---> People finding out the consequences

Please stick to the topic.

End of week trial update...

Hans Blaster said:

In other trial news...

Yesterday as ol' Henry "Enrique" Tarrio was snagging the longest Jan 6th sentence to date (22 years), there were 3 trials active in the same courthouse about the same event. At least 2 of them started that day and one more started today.

Ryan Zink (not to be confused with the former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke) is a fairly ordinary chum with a fairly ordinary "trespass + obstruction" case that he decided to take to trial (he has that right) except he apparently subpoenaed Reps. Kevin McCarthy, Gym Jordan, and MTG as witnesses.

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Trial continues on Monday.

Hans Blaster said:

Zachary Alam is not a well known name, but his image might be, for Alam was the one who put his fist in his fur-lined hat and smashed through the window in the door leading to the Speaker's lobby just before a certain unhinged USAF veteran perched herself ready to leap through one of them before being shot. Alam has charges of assault, civil disorder, obstruction, and (shockingly, well not really) destruction of property. A jury was selected yesterday and the main trial began today.

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Trial continues on Monday.

Hans Blaster said:

Peter Navarro is the insurrectionist who publicly promoted and defended a plan to delay the count in Congress and send it back to the states (somehow, not legally mind you). His trial for contempt of Congress (for refusing to comply with a subpeona to the Jan6th committee) began yesterday with jury selection. Today the prosecution and defense cases were heard and closing arguments will be tomorrow. If convicted he could get 12 months (Steve Bannon got 4 months for the same thing.)

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Guilty on both counts. Sentencing in January.

Hans Blaster said:

L. Brent "Zeeker" Bozell IV might be completely unknown to the general public and even most followers of the Jan6 cases, but his family sure isn't. His father "Brent III" is a well known conservative activist and commentator. His main schtick is "liberal media bias" about which he has written several books (including one called "Weapons of Mass Distortion") and started the Media Research Center to hunt "liberal media bias" and its offshoot the Parents Television and Media Council which tried to ruin several good TV shows (and some lousy ones) and though they didn't succeed I'm sure they had a good time making a fuss. Late on Jan 6th Brent III said "you can never countenance police being attacked. You cannot countenance our national Capitol being breached like this. I think it is absolutely wrong.” on FBN, but equivocated on their goals with "Look, they are furious that they believe this election was stolen. I agree with them." (Did he know his son was there?) Brent III's mother is the sister of William F. Buckley, Jr. Zeeker's grandfather is "Brent Jr.", a conservative activist and Catholic convert. Brent Jr. became "best friends" with Buckley at Yale eventually marrying Buckley's sister. H worked for Buckley's National Review and then as a speechwriter for Sen. Joe McCarthy, then for Sen Barry Goldwater. He ghostwrote Goldwater's "Conscious of a Conservative". In 1965 he moved his family to Francoist Spain because it would seem that he liked their government better. He founded Triumph magazine as a "National Review for Catholics" the next year. It's not clear when he moved back to the US, but in 1970 he and his wife led the first "Operation Rescue" operation in 1970. During their invasion of the Georgetown University hospital "[Brent Jr.] Bozell and the rest of the group entered the building and began shattering windows". OK, he was "fun". Brett Jr.'s father Leo B. Bozell was just a successful ad executive in Omaha who built up a bit of wealth and founded the ad agency now called just "Bozell". Who knows how conservative old Leo B. was, since his accomplishments were outside conservative activism.


Now what is "Zeeker" Bozell accused of (just the felonies): obstruction, assault, civil disorder, and destruction of property. He has chosen to waive the jury and have a bench trial that began today. Just like a normal trial, except no jury and the judge will rule on the facts of guilt. In a bench trial each side submits a "trial brief" describing their case to the judge before trial:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.228765/gov.uscourts.dcd.228765.66.0.pdf

The Government alleges that Zeeker:
1. That he participated in breaking a window to gain access to the Senate wing using a grate he picked up from the ground
2. After entering he wandered around for a while and then joined a small group that rushed the Senate Gallery.
3. In the Gallery, he pointed a C-SPAN camera down so that it couldn't document what was happening
4. He then proceeded to the Senate floor and rifled through desks before being escorted out of the Chamber by police clearing the floor.

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Guilty on all 10 counts. Judge says Zeeker was a very bad boy.

essentialsaltes said:

A Texas man who joined the US Capitol riot armed with a holstered pistol and threatened his own children to keep quiet about his role has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.
Guy Reffitt, 49, was found guilty in March on five felony counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding and interfering with police in a riot.

His sentence [was at the time] the longest imposed on any of the US Capitol rioters.
According to court papers, he had told fellow members of the [three percenter] militia that he planned to drag US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of the Capitol building by her ankles, "with her head hitting every step on the way down".

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Jan. 6 shattered her family. Now they’re trying to forgive. [gift link]​

Peyton Reffitt has watched her family come apart after her father joined the Capitol riot mob. Now she and her family are confronting the perceived betrayals and broken relationships.​

Peyton, 18 years old at this latest gathering, wasn’t sure whether she was ready to confront her brother, Jackson, for everything that had happened since he secretly turned their father in to the FBI.

“Actions are actions. Dad went to the Capitol with a gun,” said Jackson, then 20 years old. “He walked up the Capitol steps with a gun on his hip.”

“Me, Sarah and Mom just felt a lack of empathy on our part from you afterwards,” Peyton said to Jackson as their mother and sister nodded.

“It’s not that I’m proud of it, or I’m so happy about it,” Jackson said.

Since the Capitol riot, Peyton had watched her family come apart. Her brother moved out right before the CNN interview [where he revealed he had dropped a dime on his father]. Her mother, a former department store operations manager, left their Dallas suburb and moved to D.C. to attend nearly every Jan. 6 trial in support of the defendants. Peyton eventually moved in with her sister, Sarah, 26, after enduring regular panic attacks brought on by her family’s public falling out.

They had all staked out their corners: The sisters, fiercely loyal to their father but “disturbed” by the attack on the Capitol, as Peyton said, thought Guy had been given an unfairly long sentence. They blamed Trump for how that January day in 2021 had played out. Jackson did, too, but he also believed his father was an “active threat” and an adult who was responsible for his actions. Nicole thought her husband was standing up for a president who had been cheated out of an election victory.

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For the sentencing, Peyton wrote a letter to the judge asking for leniency and saying the former president had led her father astray. When Trump spoke, she wrote, her father “fell to his knees.”

“Trump deserves life in prison if my father is in prison for this long,” she said of the former president [after her father was sentenced to 7 years]

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The next time they all saw one another again — without Guy, of course — was at a Lazy Dog restaurant near Dallas in November 2022 for Nicole’s birthday. The mother began the meal by telling her children that she was lost.

[Bickering started] Peyton asked everyone to raise their right hand.

“I solemnly swear to not talk about politics while Peyton goes to the bathroom,” she asked them to say. They still were arguing when she returned. Everyone left soon after without finishing their food.

Hans Blaster said:

'Zip tie guy' and his mother convicted of conspiracy, multiple other counts in Jan. 6 case​

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Capitol rioter who carried zip-tie handcuffs in viral photo is sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison​

Eric Munchel, 32, was convicted of conspiracy and other charges alongside his mother, Lisa Eisenhart, 59, who was also sentenced on Friday to two-and-a-half years in prison.