DOJ: On Second Thought, There’s No Proof Rioters Were Intended To ‘Capture And Assassinate’ Anyone

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So apparently what the DOJ said about the people wanting to capture and assassinate anyone is not true. So it seems to me they just said that to make everything look worse than it actually was: 

https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2021/01/16/doj-second-thought-theres-no-proof-rioters-intended-capture-assassinate-anyone/
 

The DOJ made a lot of news yesterday when it claimed in court documents that various members of the mob that stormed the Capitol last week had intended to “capture and assassinate elected officials.” Here’s how CNN initially reported it:

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Federal prosecutors offered the most chilling description yet of rioters who seized the Capitol last week, writing in a new court filing that the intention was “to capture and assassinate elected officials.”

 

This Norah O’Donnell clip from the CBS Evening News Friday night shows how this was treated as the lead story of the day: 

The specific language all of these reports are based on comes from documents filed in the case of Jacob Chansley, the so-called Q-Shaman who was seen entering the Capitol in a horned cap with his face pained red, white and blue.

Around the same time this was gaining traction, the Associated Press published a separate report about Retired Lt. Col. Larry Rendall Brock Jr., one of the men seen inside the Capitol holding flex cuffs, the kind of zip ties used by law enforcement to restrain people. Here’s what the AP reported: 

So far, Sherwin said, officials have not found “direct” evidence of a kill-capture plot — as federal prosecutors had initially alleged in a court filing that said Capitol rioters sought to “capture and assassinate elected officials.” But they are pursuing that possibility as part of the investigation based on the evidence they have, CNN had learned, and Sherwin added that counterterrorism prosecutors are still looking at coordination between groups.

There’s a pretty big gap between the claim that some of the rioters intended to capture and kill lawmakers and the statement that there’s no evidence of that yet. Soon after the statement from Sherwin, authorities went further and actually requested that the claim made in court documents in the Jacob Chansley case be removed from those documents:

A federal prosecutor in Arizona asked a magistrate judge in a hearing on Friday to strike the line in a recent court filing about defendant Jacob Anthony Chansley, a man who is alleged to have led some in the crowd in the first wave into the Capitol with a bullhorn while carrying a spear and wearing a fur headdress.

The entire line the prosecutors want to omit from their court filing is: “Strong evidence, including Chansley’s own words and actions at the Capitol, supports that the intent of the Capitol rioters was to capture and assassinate elected officials in the United States Government.”…

In court, Todd Allison, a line prosecutor for the Justice Department in Arizona, said DOJ may want to argue that type of assertion if Chansley goes to trial, but cannot say that at the moment.

“We do not want to mislead the court by discussing the strength of any specific evidence” related to his intent, Allison said.

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We really need to stop taking people who storm the Capitol, breaking windows and crushing Capitol police in the door, scream where's Pence?, And threaten to kill Pence and Pelosi as FIGURATIVE sedition and not a literal federal crime.

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5 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

I got to admit that is funny even though it is false. The only people actually looking like fascists are Silicon Valley. 

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1 hour ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

So apparently what the DOJ said about the people wanting to capture and assassinate anyone is not true. So it seems to me they just said that to make everything look worse than it actually was: 

https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2021/01/16/doj-second-thought-theres-no-proof-rioters-intended-capture-assassinate-anyone/
 

The DOJ made a lot of news yesterday when it claimed in court documents that various members of the mob that stormed the Capitol last week had intended to “capture and assassinate elected officials.” Here’s how CNN initially reported it:

SEE ALSO: Apaws! Major Biden honored at virtual ‘Indoguration’

Federal prosecutors offered the most chilling description yet of rioters who seized the Capitol last week, writing in a new court filing that the intention was “to capture and assassinate elected officials.”

 

This Norah O’Donnell clip from the CBS Evening News Friday night shows how this was treated as the lead story of the day: 

The specific language all of these reports are based on comes from documents filed in the case of Jacob Chansley, the so-called Q-Shaman who was seen entering the Capitol in a horned cap with his face pained red, white and blue.

Around the same time this was gaining traction, the Associated Press published a separate report about Retired Lt. Col. Larry Rendall Brock Jr., one of the men seen inside the Capitol holding flex cuffs, the kind of zip ties used by law enforcement to restrain people. Here’s what the AP reported: 

So far, Sherwin said, officials have not found “direct” evidence of a kill-capture plot — as federal prosecutors had initially alleged in a court filing that said Capitol rioters sought to “capture and assassinate elected officials.” But they are pursuing that possibility as part of the investigation based on the evidence they have, CNN had learned, and Sherwin added that counterterrorism prosecutors are still looking at coordination between groups.

There’s a pretty big gap between the claim that some of the rioters intended to capture and kill lawmakers and the statement that there’s no evidence of that yet. Soon after the statement from Sherwin, authorities went further and actually requested that the claim made in court documents in the Jacob Chansley case be removed from those documents:

A federal prosecutor in Arizona asked a magistrate judge in a hearing on Friday to strike the line in a recent court filing about defendant Jacob Anthony Chansley, a man who is alleged to have led some in the crowd in the first wave into the Capitol with a bullhorn while carrying a spear and wearing a fur headdress.

The entire line the prosecutors want to omit from their court filing is: “Strong evidence, including Chansley’s own words and actions at the Capitol, supports that the intent of the Capitol rioters was to capture and assassinate elected officials in the United States Government.”…

In court, Todd Allison, a line prosecutor for the Justice Department in Arizona, said DOJ may want to argue that type of assertion if Chansley goes to trial, but cannot say that at the moment.

“We do not want to mislead the court by discussing the strength of any specific evidence” related to his intent, Allison said.

Was pretty clear from what I've seen this guy was on his own and not taking seriously the gravity of circumstances.

 

That being said, there were people that clearly did look organized and there for a purpose.

 

What people are supposedly shouting doesn't mean a whole lot if their actions aren't consistent with what they say. The police officer following him around clearly didn't think much of it which is why he was nicely asking him to leave and not trying to restrain him or put bullets into him like other officers did.

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12 hours ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

I got to admit that is funny even though it is false. The only people actually looking like fascists are Silicon Valley. 

Edited January 19, 2021 by Ban Hammer