Number of people charged in Jan. 6 rioting surpasses 1,100

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The DOJ announced that as of Aug. 6, more than 1,106 defendants were charged in nearly all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for actions they took during insurrection.

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I'd prefer a headline that reads convicted instead of charged.

By the end of June 2023, about 700 defendants had been found guilty (most by pleading guilty, the rest convicted at trial), and over 550 of them had been sentenced. Hundreds were still awaiting trial or sentencing.

I would too, but that would imply we trust our judicial system. Given their wrongful conviction rate, I guarantee there's at least a few falsely accused in there.

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How’s that boot taste?

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Carefully coordinated is a stretch. It was haphazardly coordinated at best.

I'm sure the planning was done in a highly coordinated way. But project execution always comes down to your resources, and .. well .. the rioters aren't exactly the yummiest crayons in the box.

It's was as carefully planned as a bunch uninformed, violent, gullible traitors coulld get

I suppose we have to be thankful that collectively they couldn't outwit a potato. It's also fortunate for them as well because if they had actually succeeded in their objective they'd probably all been shot.

Hey man, they did the best they could with the minds they had available.

By who?

Idk, great question. Maybe it was the cult leader?

[Twice impeached, ex] president donald trump repeatedly said he wanted his supporters to fight Congress on accepting the electoral college results that showed Joe Biden won.

“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women,” Trump told his supporters shortly before the Capitol assault. “We’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”

The words Trump used to urge his supporters to show up and “fight” on his behalf Jan. 6.

'We will stop the steal' 'We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesn't happen' "You will have an illegitimate president. That is what you will have, and we can't let that happen." 'If you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore'

“Let’s have trial by combat,” said Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, warming up the crowd for Trump.

Hmm. Who was leading this failed coup?

I wouldn't say any of that is evidence of careful coordination. Careful implies intentional and thorough strategizing.

By multiple convicted insurrectionist groups, and trump.

No but I mean specifically, as in who carefully coordinated. That's my question.

Proud boys (the ones Trump told to stand back and standby as if they’re his personal militia) for one:

1776 Returns is the title of a document that outlined strategic plans for the takeover of US government buildings on January 6, 2021. It was circulated among the Proud Boys organization.

A section titled the "Patriot Plan" was intended for public distribution, calling on people to gather at 1 p.m. on January 6 and await a signal to attack,[1] with a demand to nullify the elections results and have the military hold a new election.

On June 6, 2022, the Justice Department announced that five Proud Boys had been indicted for "seditious conspiracy,"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776_Returns

Oath keepers:

In 2023, Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, and another Oath Keepers leader, Kelly Meggs, was sentenced to 12 years for the same crime.[4] Three other members have pled guilty to this crime, and four other members have been convicted of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_Keepers

And the six people named in the latest Trump indictment, and Michael Flynn. They wanted invoke martial law. They wanted to use Jan 6 as a reason to. And trump openly encouraged insurrection attempt.

https://www.justsecurity.org/73986/invoking-martial-law-to-reverse-the-2020-election-could-be-criminal-sedition/

to https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/trump-oval-office-meeting-special-counsel-martial-law/index.html

Here’s the Trump indictment:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/01/us/politics/trump-jan-6-indictment-2020-election-annotated.html#

This is a lot of work. Because tbh the list could go on forever. It was poorly organized. But it was planned.

Okay thanks for the link about 1776 Returns- I hadn't seen that before.

I'm always curious when I read a thread and see that one downvote over and over on sane comments that have many upvotes. If you're a conservative-leaning, elornmuskrat-apologist, conspiracy-minded type, why do you stick around here, on Lemmy, where you are clearly in the MEGA-minority, where peopler clearly dislike your views? Who are you, you dumb fuck?! Why are you here?

They are desperate for the attention that being a contrarian invites, so of course they aren't leaving.

curious if your 1 downvote is for irony or not..

but back to the subject at hand... they get off on anger. it's addicting. they're addicted. if they leave, they won't get high.

Maybe they're being downvoted because they're uninteresting comments that add nothing to the discussion?

Not that I am that downvote but do you think it is a good idea to create an echo chamber?

Personally I think it is a very bad idea and while I don't agree with many posts, I prefer alternate views more than a bunch of people telling me how right I am.

What client do you want that shows the upvotes and downvotes?

Just a bunch of enthusiastic tourists /s. GOP terrorists.

That's great, but it's the former guy at the top that needs to be tried for treason. And they aren't quite doing it.

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This is the best summary I could come up with:

The number of people charged for their connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol surpassed 1,100 earlier this week, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced.

The DOJ announced that as of Aug. 6, more than 1,106 defendants were charged in nearly all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for actions they took during insurrection.

The announcement noted that 372 people were charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers and employees, including 112 people who were charged with using a dangerous or deadly weapon or causing serious injury to an officer.

Eleven individuals were also arrested in connection with assaulting a member of the media or destroying their equipment.

The DOJ said that about 64 people were charged with destruction of government property, and 51 with stealing it.

More than 310 individuals were also charged with “corruptly obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding, or attempting to do so.” Forty-two defendants were charged with either conspiracy to disrupt a congressional proceeding, obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder or to injure an officer.

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"Nearly all 50 states"

Good news, there's a number for that.

I kinda wanna know which states didn’t have any… and if that’s more of a “couldn’t get there” (Hawaii? Alaska?) or a “we just don’t have nutters” (I dunno where that would be.)