Those are central issues. Many of Trumps assertions are seditious in nature. BUT whether they meet the test of being a crime of sedition under US statute is a different matter. And most of the assertions are framed as double talk or innuendo. So whether they cross the threshold of crime would need to be assessed in a competent forum.
Yes. BLM was not calling for arson.maybe its time for bed.
Article: Very few of those charged appear to be affiliated with highly organized extremist groups, and many are young suburban adults from the very neighborhoods Trump vows to protect from the violence in his reelection push to win support from the suburbs.
Even though most of the demonstrations have been peaceful, Trump has made “law and order” a major part of his reelection campaign, casting the protests as lawless and violent in mostly Democratic cities he says have done nothing to stymie the mayhem.
my post had nothing to do with that. sleep tight.
You are saying that Trump is a victim, is that right?
that's productive. good job.
I'm trying to understand your point.
That is a tweet Trump published in response to the protests in the summer, isn't it?
so.. you are saying that this tweet (post #53) was productive and helpful? i dont understand the spin you are going for here.
Trump was fomenting division over the BLM protests (e.g. by lying about them, and portraying them as more violent than they were). He did that to curb popular support for BLM. (He also sent troops and black vans.)
eh. i acknowledge your opinion on that. i think his wording was pretty clear myself.
i think he did that to increase his voting base. but potato, potato.
yes he sent troops to the federal courthouse.
i disagree on this one.
i just posted news articles this morning for Leifer, how the NG was set up the day before the protest and riots. ABC and NBC news reporting.
yea. men like their boys clubs.
100% agree.
um. maybe sorta. i dont know about that.
agree.
oh so now he's rational all of a sudden? i acknowledge your opinion on that but im pretty sure i disagree.
Yes. That was for traffic control. Your quotes made that very clear.
Article: The decision to mobilize the D.C. National Guard — by Secretary McCarthy and Christopher C. Miller, the acting defense secretary — came as a pro-Trump mob breached the Capitol earlier in the day.
Defense and administration officials said it was Vice President Mike Pence, not President Trump, who approved the order to deploy the D.C. National Guard. It was unclear why the president, who incited his supporters to storm the Capitol and who is still the commander in chief, did not give the order.
i said i wasnt doing whataboutism about the BLM thing. reframing the topic of discussions is what conspiracy theorists do all the time, perhaps you should try to not behave similarly.
I never bring up politics on MB. (just pointing that out).
quote from me, "But if I ever do....."
its right below it. but it makes no sense, i never said any of those things.
i did a search to see if i missed it, but noone posted about that on Metabunk. im glad you brought it up. Guiliani should be prosecuted for that.
Article: In one of her final tweets, authored on January 5, she wrote: 'Nothing will stop us. They can try and try and try but the storm is here and it is descending upon DC in less than 24 hours….dark to light!'
Article: Babbitt's husband told KUSI she was a 14-year veteran who served four tours with USAF in the Middle East as a 'high level security official,'
"The Storm" is QAnon mythology derived from a quip Trump made years ago. I don't think he's used the term recently.
Article: 18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection
Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
Article: 18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
Article: One NATO source set the stage, using terms more commonly used to describe unrest in developing countries.
"The defeated president gives a speech to a group of supporters where he tells them he was robbed of the election, denounces his own administration's members and party as traitors, and tells his supporters to storm the building where the voting is being held," the NATO intelligence official said.
"The supporters, many dressed in military attire and waving revolutionary-style flags, then storm the building where the federal law-enforcement agencies controlled by the current president do not establish a security cordon, and the protesters quickly overwhelm the last line of police.
"The president then makes a public statement to the supporters attacking the Capitol that he loves them but doesn't really tell them to stop," the official said. "Today I am briefing my government that we believe with a reasonable level of certainty that Donald Trump attempted a coup that failed when the system did not buckle.
"I can't believe this happened."
You'd need to pay me.
