Republicans Are ~~Blurring the Faces of~~ Obstructing Justice So Capitol Rioters ~~so~~ They Won't Get Arrested
FTFY
His office later noted that DOJ already has the raw footage.
and later in the article:
Johnson's spokesman suggested that the speaker was trying to keep the raw footage away from online sleuths who have helped identify hundreds of Capitol rioters and aided in the FBI's investigation.
i.e. Let's not let the taxpayers aid law enforcement. Let's make the government spend taxpayer dollars when the public could help out.
Sounds like we're going to find Mike Johnson or people close to him financially in the mix.
They're traitors tho. Why are you defending traitors hmmmmm???
Also I thought the troublemakers were Antifa? Why are they protecting Antifa?
“But they’re PATRIOTS and SO AM I!!” -Johnson, maybe, who hasn’t learned to crack a dictionary
It's either foolish or malicious to deliberately misrepresent the actions or motivations of these ass-hats just because they're ass-hats.
The DOJ already has unredacted footage and the blurring of faces is meant to avoid retaliation by "non-governmental actors", i.e. vigilantes, not to save anyone from arrest.
I disagree. These people broke the law in a serious way. There is no "light treason" when it comes to attempting to obstruct the public vote. We all should know who they are.
There have already been well over 1,000 arrests, a few hundred sentenced, etc. (https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases) and you can look up names/details of those who've gone through due process. That's the system at work, like it or not. I don't think it's up to you or me to convict, or harass, or whatever else. You can maybe ID folks whose images are posted by the FBI requesting information from the public. I just hate to see crappy headlines and social media posts distorting what's happening when it seems pretty simple to verify through non-extreme media outlets.
I say this all with respect.
I hope everyone who gleefully rampaged around the capital gets what is legitimately coming to them.
I understand your point, and appreciate your respect too. If this were petty crime, e.g. shoplifting by some individuals, then I'd agree on keeping the video sealed until due process has, well, processed.
What do we do with several thousand people attacking the core of our democratic process? How do we keep historical accuracy for the future as well, we need to teach people what happened.
I'm conflicted, personally, because I'm glad our representatives see that they're not untouchable. Maybe it'll keep them interested in serving those ordinary citizens outside the vaunted halls of the capitol. On the other hand, I strongly disagree with the reasoning behind the traitors' attempt, and find both the timing and the method suspiciously well planned, by someone who I generally find despicable on multiple levels.
Is this the part where we start up the rumours again that Mike Johnson is anti-MAGA by trying to protect the FBI from Trump vigilantes by only blurring out the faces of informants, and just seeing what happens? Chaos for the sake of chaos?
Some of the IDs and arrest happened because people identified the person and reported them. And that's just from media footages.
The guy literally said it was to stop the DOJ from charging them. It's in the quote in the original post.
Why would a self-proclaimed patriot be against charging literal insurrectionists?
Nothing to hide, nothing to fear, right?
Sometimes hypocrisy is reason enough, but deterrence is good too
you mean the faces that are already posted by the FBI for everyone to see ?
Unblur their faces; I just want to talk
Which is it? A "peaceful protest by MAGA infiltratded by A Deep State/BLM/Antifa instigating a sedicious Riot" or "Need to blur faces to protect from the non-government retaliation". If it's the former, surely the GOP would not desire protection of the latter.
Or should I just now start saying that the GOP led Congress is protecting Antifa/Deep State/BLM traitors? I'mma run with that one....
GOP double think is nothing new. Guns can't be regulated or considered dangerous, but books must be banned.
I'm relatively new to this country, has it been always a joke like this? Politics are fucking hilarious here. Wtf is going on?
Where are you from? From what I gather (not American) after Obama won the right went ape shit.
Also not American, and from what I gathered I think Nixon and the Bushes also contributed a lot to the enshitification of the USA.
And that fuck strain Ronald Reagan
Things were pretty fucked up before. But racist bigots like Nixon and Reagan calling to their kin post 1964. Absolutely contributed massively to the polarization, and the party of hate. That is the Republican party today. They definitely weren't the first though. I think it needs to be pointed out repeatedly. Since our history lessons in the United States tend to be whitewashed heavily. But the Republican party was planning an attempted fascist overthrow here in the 1930s. Just like Hitler. They were caught but never actually punished for it. And have only spent the intervening 100 years laying better plans and putting more groundwork in place for their fascist overthrow. They've gotten quite far on it as well. You yourself mentioning the son and grandson of the person they most likely intended to install as dictator being presidents.
no definitely not
we're just getting ready to fight the Civil War all over again
I hope we learned from the first one and be harsher on the losers. I think it was Sumner or Stevens that wanted land redistribution to freed slaves and military rule and treating the south as conquered territory.
Well we don’t want the criminals to be charged, and have problems! Jeez!
Then arrest the entire GOP.
Isn't it obstruction of justice to hide evidence of crimes being committed?
So, he's literally saying that it was a criminal act?
What a complete fucking buffoon. Where’s the transparency in blurring the guilty parties?
He's a Christofascist. Every fucking word out of his mouth is self-serving bullshit as a matter of course and should be disregarded as having been said in bad faith.
Faces have been blurred to protect the guilty.
Johnson says the J6 committee was a partisan action and that the Republicans on the committee were following some other agenda. Therefore, the Republican party is a criminal conspiracy to commit treason against the United States.
"We want to conceal evidence of a crime"
I’m no legal expert but could this be construed as aiding and abetting criminals?
the same ones who ran like little girls while the traitors took a shit on the entire history of our Republic.. are those the Republicans who are blurring the faces of their criminal help? i hope they catch you assholes next time..
Wait, wouldn't any tapes the congress have also already be in the hands of the FBI/DOJ? If not, where are the Republicans getting the videos from?
The DOJ definitely has the raw footage already. This is equal parts publicity stunt and trying to keep internet sleuths from getting too involved.
That coming from the same party that supports a guy who is famous for doxing people he wants to see in trouble.
Assholes.
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