Feds back away from claim of assassination
plot at Capitol
Associated Press,
by
Alanna Durkin Richer
&
Jacques Billeaud
Original Article
Posted By: earlybird,
1/16/2021 12:38:16 PM
PHOENIX -- Federal prosecutors who initially said there was “strong evidence” the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials” backed away from the allegation after the head of the investigation cautioned Friday that the probe is still in its early stages and there was no “direct evidence” of such intentions.
The accusation came in a court filing by prosecutors late Thursday in Phoenix in the case against Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man who took part in the insurrection while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
hershey 1/16/2021 12:40:45 PM (No. 663139)
There's lies, LIES, and Damned LIES...all fodder for the democrat stable..believe nothing they say....
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
LadyHen 1/16/2021 12:48:48 PM (No. 663149)
So the Feds lied. Is anyone shocked?
As I said, basing your case on the insane ramblings of a DnD larper who thinks he regularly defeats "sorcerers" with his chanting and drums and his "quantum energy" might not be quite as rock solid a case as you would hope.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
VAPMAN 1/16/2021 12:50:03 PM (No. 663150)
The narrative has been written by the DNC. Now all they need is for the police and prosecutors to fabricate lies from the interviews of the participants and the Enemy Of The State Media will do the rest.
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Isn't this the idiot who had his picture taken with Pelosi's son-in-law?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 1/16/2021 1:02:11 PM (No. 663165)
The seed is planted now their media will promote it. If the left is thinking assassination then it's what they thought all along about President Trump it's their final solution.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 1/16/2021 1:07:33 PM (No. 663173)
Because they knew it was a total fabrication, had no basis whatsoever in fact.
Even the Enemedia couldn't sell that lie.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
rememberwhen 1/16/2021 1:41:48 PM (No. 663208)
Will the retraction get anything like the airtime of the original false allegations? Methinks not.
12 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
RedWhiteBlue 1/16/2021 1:43:28 PM (No. 663210)
What's the matter with these so-called professionals? They should be investigated and tried and more!!!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 1/16/2021 1:47:46 PM (No. 663221)
The lie is out there. That's what leftists will run with.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
smokincol 1/16/2021 2:35:18 PM (No. 663261)
as time moves on they will disavow all of their lies and totally embarrassing Nancy and all of the other seditious traitors involved in this matter. biden will be arrested on the the steps of the capital while taking the oath of office and maybe even john roberts, too. clean sweep down, fore and aft.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
plainjane 1/16/2021 2:48:56 PM (No. 663275)
As Jade says, “We did it.” Got the claim out there. No concern about anyone believing them. The feds are simply professional liars.
5 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
cor-vet 1/16/2021 3:24:58 PM (No. 663298)
I'm waiting for a half-hearted 'assassination' attempt during the inaguration, by a disguised AnTifa, so they have something else they can stand up in congress, pontificate and blame President Trump for!
0 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 1/16/2021 3:25:59 PM (No. 663301)
I had to turn off the video when the news reader mentioned having just heard from Christopher Wray. Oh Puleeeze!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
bad-hair 1/16/2021 3:44:05 PM (No. 663316)
Sure thing. There was a cunning PLOT to assassinate the Goose that laid the Golden Egg.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
XCenturion 1/16/2021 4:04:26 PM (No. 663327)
Why are the feds relentlessly prosecuting those they identify as "pro-Trump" yet they turn a blind eye to the crimes committed by Hillary Clinton and the lying FBI miscreants that were involved with the fake Russian investigation to take down President Trump? And why isn't Joe Biden and his family being investigated for their ties to the Communist Chinese? After allowing obvious election fraud to go forward without any type of investigation our federal law enfacement agencies have proven to the American public that they are no better than the Soviet style KGB.
5 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/16/2021 4:48:26 PM (No. 663354)
There probably never was a real assassination plot at the Capitol just a bunch of crazies and fringe extremists talking back and forth to each other. What law enforcement must do is identify, arrest, and prosecute everyone of those people from both the left and right fringe who broke the law that day. That's the real deterrent.
By allowing the Capitol building security to remain so lax in the face of a scheduled protest involving hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country who do not know each other, a lot of them making their first trip to DC, who these days are bound to be infiltrated by crazies and extremists, as we have seen since last summer with the riots in the big Democrat run cities. The law breaking fiasco at the Capitol building was most directly the fault of McConnell and Pelosi who have the ultimate responsibility for the security of the Capitol building through their Capitol Police Force, obviously all three failed in their duties. Both McConnel and Pelosi know that, and is why they were so quick to project their failed responsibly off by casting blame on Trump who gave a speech that was well within his First Amendment right to give, who was not there, and who does not have direct responsibility for Capitol building security.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
NeverForget 1/16/2021 5:21:42 PM (No. 663374)
A lie is halfway around the world before the truth gets out of the barn.
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