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Yes. You read that right. Johnson is saying that he is intentionally hiding insurrectionists from prosecution in the release of tapes that Republicans claim will vindicate them on January 6th.

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[-] fubo@lemmy.world 234 points 7 months ago

That'd be a confession to treason, then.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 34 points 7 months ago

Right???? What the hell?

[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 163 points 7 months ago

Far-right Republicans like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and former President Donald Trump have praised Johnson’s promise to release the footage, saying it will “prove” that the activities of Jan. 6, 2021, were peaceful.

Only morons and guilty people believe this. I saw evidence to the contrary on live broadcast.

[-] chowder@lemmy.one 115 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Someone was peacefully trampled to death, Ashley Babbitt was peacefully shot breaking into the capitol, and those were gallows of peace.

[-] HerrBeter@lemmy.world 55 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They literally dragged a security guard out of the door and ~~beat him to death~~. Because of all the preconditions that the seditionists set up, there were few guards and they didn't escalate. It saved their lives at least, but it was corrupt to the core

[-] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago

I think you're confusing Michael Fanone (dragged out, tased and beaten, had a heart attack but survived) with Brian Sicknick (had a stroke late that night and died the next day). To my knowledge, Sicknick wasn't involved in any assault that is believed to have caused his death.

(Before anyone jumps down my throat, I think all the Jan 6th rioters are traitors. I just think it's important to be accurate.)

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[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 39 points 7 months ago

I was gonna say, we watched the events play out live on both news and social media. Peaceful protestors don't scale the walls of the capitol building, bulldoze baracades, and threaten capitol police, all while chanting stop the steal.

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago

That’s like saying a school shooting was peaceful because over 99.9% of people weren’t being violent.

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[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 105 points 7 months ago

Wouldn’t the DOJ have already seen this footage. Why would Congress have access to security footage that the cops don’t have already have access to?

This smells like some sort of play for time and or a way for GOP leaders to pretend to have their base’s backs.

[-] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 7 months ago

Yup, it’s just theatre. Their idiot base will eat it right up too, because they are hateful idiots.

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[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 100 points 7 months ago
[-] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Half the country takes their bullshit seriously.

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

Not half of the country. Remember that Trump lost the popular vote.

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[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 89 points 7 months ago

Why would you have to blur the faces of people doing nothing illegal or wrong?

[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

So they're not still claiming they were FBI plants or Antifa?

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Fuck it, at this point the GOP thinks they were peaceful Antifa Trump-supporting FBI Agents Provacateur.

Or something.

[-] Heresy_generator@kbin.social 81 points 7 months ago

"We have to obstruct justice"

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[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 80 points 7 months ago

I'm so confused by the GOP play here. I, along with hundreds of millions of people, saw this unfolding live on TV. Do they think that by releasing more footage we're going to somehow be less mad?

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 37 points 7 months ago

This will appeal to their idiot voters who will say "look! 99% of the time they were peaceful! Nothing happened! You're making a big deal of nothing.'

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 21 points 7 months ago

I dunno man, if I see 99% of the crowd is there in areas they're not supposed to be with the intent on stopping the election certification, I don't care if they're arm in arm singing kumbaya, I want them in jail.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

And, as always, they’d be lying.

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[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

No, they're going to keep drilling their talking points. The GOP aren't doing engagement rhetoric anymore, they're manufacturing consent for their next coup attempt. DOJ have tipped their hand and aren't going after open and unrepentant criminals in power.

[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 74 points 7 months ago

Speaker Johnson implicates House GOP in conspiracy to obstruct justice and commits high treason along the way

[-] AshMan85@lemmy.world 70 points 7 months ago

Obstruction of justice

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 57 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Pikachu face when we unblur them with AI & send another 600 of his #fascist supporters to Federal prison.

BTW, #Jan6th has been adjudicated as an insurrection, twice. This is quite literally giving aid & comfort to enemies of the USA.

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Cross ref blurred faces with unblurred media footage - Voilà! You have your perps.

Edit: Spelling. Lol

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[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 53 points 7 months ago

we don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ, and to have other concerns and problems

I thought bringing charges against people was a basic job requirement at DOJ.

This guy’s like no no no hol’ up lemme get this one because…why?

[-] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 12 points 7 months ago

Ever since Reagan, the Republican party has been trying to destroy and dismantle the United States federal government. Their goal is no government.

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[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 40 points 7 months ago

Criminals all from the top down.

[-] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 38 points 7 months ago

I remember when many GOP lawmakers were reliving what happened on 1/6, and talking about how Trump almost got THEM killed, and I thought finally, we were going to see some action, thought they would finally have Trump cooked. So naive, I was.

I fully believe it has to do with Project2025. They want it so bad they are willing to die for it, and in all likelihood even kill for it.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 37 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

see for themselves what happened that day, rather than having to rely upon the interpretation of a small group of government officials.

Dude, just stop.

I live on the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean and I clearly saw many laws being broken via a live internet stream. Everyone in the world with the opportunity who cared and/or fretted enough did.

Jericho Johnson is trying to change what the world has already seen clearly INTO the alternative reality interpretation of a small group of government officials.

[-] raynethackery@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago

So, obstruction of justice.

[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago

Wait, can someone get his son on the horn to see if this is some kind of Japanese porn blur fetish thing?

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[-] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago

They have to blur the faces to keep the public from helping identify them and thus help the DoJ.

[-] PeckerBrown@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago

Fucking traitor.

[-] tiita@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago

How come excrements like this get to sit as the speaker of the house is beyond me

Something is seriously wrong with the world

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[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago

So he is going to release fabricated evidence at best and tampered evidence at worst. Way to go GOP!

[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 25 points 7 months ago

Sooooo, the party of "law and order" wants to hide the faces of LAW BREAKERS? Yeah, fuck no, go fuck yourself. How can anyone support this shit? If you support this, you're either a fucking criminal or a piece of shit. No in between.

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[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago

"We have to blur some of the faces to ~~protect them from the DOJ~~ obstruct justice."

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

Forget the fact that the DOJ already has the tapes and this dude is just signalling to Republican voters, why would it be the purview of the Speaker of the House to obstruct DOJ investigations and admit to it publicly?

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[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

Also, why is it up to this weird little man (and total asshole), anyway?

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[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

We’re working steadily on it. We’ve hired additional personnel to do that

I wonder what the hourly rate of a GOP Face Blurrer/Justice Obstructor is. I bet the dollar number is smaller than the maximum number of years in prison they would each be facing if the DOJ was still allowed to pursue justice..

[-] DigitalFrank@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

DOJ already has the unblurred tapes. They are blurring faces to hide the Feds.

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