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FBI Arrests MI Republican Candidate for Governor — Over Jan 6 Protest
I’ve done a little digging about this story: here’s the video on YouTube.
Michigan is having a lively Republican primary. The FBI arrested one of the contenders at his home and the local news, of course, broadcast pictures of his home showing the street number.
He was arrested for something like remaining in a public building without the King’s warrant. Hard to tell. It’s a misdemeanor.
He needs to run for federal office if he wants to use candidacy as a defense — works for Democrats. Most of the comments on the YouTube video are pretty good.
Published in General
The polling consistently shows that the number of people that care about Jan 6 continues to decline. It is declining amongst Republicans, Independents and even Democrats.
Even the Democrats realize this will not change the election, people are not paying attention.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/09/housse-democrats-jan-6-2024-00038305
Duplicate MI docket populated with some of the documents:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63372988/united-states-v-kelley
Released on personal recognizance with almost no restrictions:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.105032/gov.uscourts.miwd.105032.4.0.pdf
Still waiting for the DC case 1:22−mj−00133 to hit the database.
The horror of Jan 6.
Thanks for the information, Mark.
Given FST’s lament (or warning) here…
…I do feel obliged to ask if what I’ve been (provocatively) saying for several years now — that the law is dead — is true or not; and if true, to what extend do US lawyers believe it is true. Of more precisely, What is the health status of American law and juris prudence? Is the law:
Alive and well?
Wounded but still standing?
Wounded and on life support?
“Mostly dead”?
Or, dead?
And for whom, and to what ends, does the law now apply?
Clearly, one member wants a particular class of protester (or rally-goer) to be PROSECUTED for entering, and being ushered into by police, the nation’s Capitol — as “invaders”. This member has already — apparently from news reports — come to the conclusion that these citizens need to be arrested and punished far beyond the existing law for trespassing, and this seems to be an obviously emotional, irrational, and prejudicial, mean-spirited, and spiteful posture for one who is arguably a licensed law professional.
If I fear anything, it is the spread of this phobic, anti-American, and evil mentality within an otherwise sober, rational, and societally-necessary professional arena.
I won’t back down.
Are you watching the January 6th Committee Hearing?
Apparently you are not watching the January 6th Committee Hearing.
I would completely support the prosecution of the 7,000 people who overran the Wisconsin State Capitol.
The overwhelming majority of Independents disagree with you.
We’re not interested in porn, thanks.
I did not ask you to back down. I am asking you to go away.
I watched the Benghazi hearings. No thanks.
Insurrection:
This is pretty provocative stuff. Where’d you find it?
Just some old crusty document lying around somewhere…
I am a member just as you are. I decline your request.
Biden had the consent of the governed; he won the election.
He may have “won”, but it is not clear he has the consent of the governed. He has the consent of the lords and ladies.
But aside from that, he is destructive to our rights and his government should not stand.
Even if true — and it’s not — show me the exception where it says “Oops, we can’t make this Declaration because the Senile, Totalitarian Tyrant won an election.”
The Founders rebelled against a KING. In contrast, rebelling against a nasty, brain-damaged, lying, racist, corrupt, illegitimate president is NBD.
Then without backing down, will you please refrain from your unhinged rants on this thread of mine. It’s not a hard and fast rule, just an idea that I like a lot. Poster preference. Please?
This thread.
More evidence of our bifurcated justice system. “And Justice For All” used to be more than just a heavy metal album. Now it’s just a quaint notion of how things used to be.
Lyin’ Liz deliberately leaves off a portion of the President’s Tweet so that she can claim it was inciting.
Due process should be required to strip someone of a right. There is no due process in any of this.
He lost. I watched 2000 Mules. You bailed.
Why has Ray Epps not been arrested? https://twitter.com/skmorefield/status/1451290535981948935?s=21&t=Fgzpzg0Hwek3fAtJG3VAmg
Why is the FIB not pursued the pipe bomber? I would guess it’s because the person works for the Department of Injustice.
Doctoring evidence. It’s all in a day’s work for Dims and NTs.
For real. I almost responded to one of his nonsense posts last week, and then I said, “Why even bother.” Then I went into the kitchen and ate some cheese. It was a better use of my time.