The Washington Post asks "now what?" now that there are 11 people charged with seditious conspiracy. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/… The answer is that they now have to prove the charges. However, the FBI has charged over 700 people and investigated thousands...
...but relied largely on such charges as trespass and unlawful entry. Many of us previously discussed how some came to the Capitol with violent intentions. However, the FBI said previously that it did not find an overarching conspiracy and that most of these were "one offs"...
...We have previously discussed radical elements that fueled the violence. This indictment does not describe a large conspiracy on that day. It does not alter the view that this was a protest that turned into a riot.
...Is the Post suggesting that these charges convert this riot into an insurrection? Even if proven, this is a tiny percentage of those charged. Are the hundreds charged with trespass or unlawful entry now going to be charged with seditious conspiracy? No.
As I noted earlier, we will see if there are more charges (and whether these men will cooperate in supplying such new information). However, after a year of investigation, this indictment does not allege a conspiracy outside of this small group of individuals.
... The public overwhelmingly rejects the relentless effort to call this an "insurrection." jonathanturley.org/2022/01/07/pre… Would the intentions of a few individuals (even if proven) convert the intentions of the hundreds previously charged with simple trespass or unlawful entry?
...When rioting occurred in Seattle and Portland (including the burning or attempted burning of police stations and courthouses), there was also a small number of violent extremists like Antifa. However, their pre-planning did not convert the rest of the protesters into rioters.
@Kareem_is_it @john_yazek @JonathanTurley Along with all the other major news reporting indicating that trump was clearly trying to sow discord in the process to throw the elections to the house of Rep. There is Eastman and Navarro’s plans… Trump saying to just leave it up to congressional republicans. I mean come on.