#obstruction of congress

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Barely a day after former President Donald Trump was indicted for the third time, some Senate Republicans are already trying to undermine the credibility of the federal judge who was randomly assigned to preside over his trial.

Here’s a detail they’re hoping you won’t notice: They unanimously voted to confirm her.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), speaking on his podcast on Wednesday, accused U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan of being “relentlessly hostile” to Trump and claimed that she has “a reputation for being far-left, even by D.C. District Court standards.”

But Cruz voted to put Chutkan into her seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2014. So did every other Senate Republican when she was unanimously confirmed, 95-0.

That includes Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who nonsensically claimed Wednesday that “any conviction in D.C. against Donald Trump is not legitimate.”

“The judge in this case hates Trump,” Graham said in a Fox News interview. “You can convict Trump of kidnapping Lindbergh’s baby in D.C. You need to have a change of venue. We need a new judge. And we need to win in 2024 to stop this crazy crap.”

Aides to Cruz and Graham did not respond to requests for comment on how the senators square their votes to confirm Chutkan with their criticisms of her ability to be a fair judge.

Tuesday’s federal indictment of Trump accuses him of serious crimes related to the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.

Chutkan, a Jamaica-born former assistant public defender and an appointee of former President Barack Obama, has already been overseeing cases related to the Jan. 6 attack. She’s handed out some of the most aggressive sentences yet to rioters who took part in the violence that day. Of the 11 cases that have come before her, she imposed tougher sentences than those sought by the Justice Department seven times and matched what the Justice Department was seeking four times, according to an Associated Press review.

In all 11 cases, Chutkan sentenced the defendants to prison time.

This is what is likely driving the GOP attacks on Chutkan: They know she’s not likely to go easy on Trump now.

Beyond trying to discredit the judge, some Republicans, like Graham, are parroting Trump’s absurd demand for a change of venue. The former president has called for moving his case to the “more diverse” and “politically unbiased nearby State of West Virginia!” (Virginia and Maryland are much closer to D.C., for what it’s worth.)

Not a single Republican raised concerns about Chutkan during her nomination hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee in February 2014. In fact, only one GOP member of the committee even showed up to the hearing: Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), who was only there to rave about a separate Texas judicial nominee on the schedule. He left before Chutkan was up.

Cruz and Graham were both members of the committee at the time.

Neither attended Chutkan’s hearing.

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Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who was also stopped, pointed out that it was a public road.

Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who was also stopped, pointed out that it was a public road.

Political Controversy Erupts as Police Block Visits to Sandeshkhali: Congress and BJP Delegations Stopped

The political atmosphere in West Bengal has become charged following the police’s obstruction of visits to Sandeshkhali by both Congress and BJP delegations. The BJP’s planned visit saw a diversion to the West Bengal Raj Bhavan, while Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury staged a protest where he was halted.

The actions of the police drew sharp criticism from both parties, with accusations of unconstitutional and unethical behavior directed towards West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

The six-member BJP delegation, including Union Ministers Annapurna Devi and Pratima Bhowmick, was halted merely five kilometers from Sandeshkhali, at Rampur. Similarly, the Congress team, led by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, faced obstacles at Sarberia and Rampur. The parties condemned these actions in unison.

The unrest in Sandeshkhali has led to the imposition of prohibitory orders under CrPC Section 144, following violent protests by local villagers. Allegations against local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shahjahan Sheikh and associates include land grabbing, sexual harassment, and assault on local laborers.

Reports indicate that the BJP leaders were stopped by the police upon reaching Rampur, where they alleged mistreatment and were compelled to stage a dharna for hours. Annapurna Devi expressed dismay, highlighting the contradiction of allowing criminals freedom while impeding elected representatives from addressing citizens’ concerns.

BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul emphasized their attempts to comply with regulations, only to be met with persistent obstruction. Despite this, the delegation managed to connect with women in Sandeshkhali via video call before redirecting their efforts to the Raj Bhawan in Kolkata to meet Governor C V Ananda Bose.

Meanwhile, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s protest in Rampur underscored his questioning of the legitimacy of police barricades on public roads. He dismissed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegations linking the BJP and RSS to instigating trouble in Sandeshkhali, condemning what he deemed divisive politics.

In contrast, TMC MP Shantanu Sen defended the police’s actions, questioning the BJP’s motives and citing their alleged lack of proactiveness in previous incidents. Sen echoed the sentiment that allowing the BJP delegation entry could destabilize the state’s atmosphere.

[intelligentchristianlady]

Priorities

The Federal Government will shut down a week from today unless a government funding bill is passed. The Republican-dominated House of Representatives can't agree on one, and anyway, they're too busy with articles of impeachment against many Democrat officials and bills to reduce the salary of many Democratic officials to $1 a year.

The Republican House, and in fact all Congressional Republicans, are apparently not interested in doing any of the work of government. Their prime motivation is obstruction--like the toddler who throws a tantrum until she gets whatever it is she wants. Only in the Republican case, they can't even agree on what they actually want. Some of them don't even seem to know what they want--but by gum, they'll hold the government hostage until they get it.

[i8i8t]

h/t Chris Poulouin on facebook

[filosofablogger]

The Hostage Situation Grows By Day

So, not only are the Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives holding the nation at knifepoint in the debt ceiling drama, but they are bragging about it!  Kevin McCarthy, Matt Gaetz and others have actually bragged about their efforts to attach ‘conditions’ to raising the debt ceiling … something that was not done during any of the three times the debt ceiling was raised under Donald…

[tomorrowusa]

The House January 6th Committee will go out with a bang.

According to multiple (AP) reports (CNN) published Friday night (NYT), the committee is gearing up to refer Trump for obstructing an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States. And in something of a surprise development, the committee is adding “insurrection” to the package. Trump’s allies are also on the hook: According to the Times, “the panel is likely to consider referring charges against John Eastman, a conservative lawyer who was an architect of Mr. Trump’s efforts to invalidate his electoral defeat.”

The referrals don’t automatically mean Attorney General Merrick Garland will pursue the committee’s recommendations. Federal prosecutors are already in the thick of their own extensive probe. And according to CNN, the committee is preparing to issue a slew of “five to six other categories of referrals, such as ethics referrals to the House Ethics Committee, bar discipline referrals and campaign finance referrals.”

Trump’s legal problems may be the real reason he’s engaged in odd fundraising such as the recent sale of poor quality NFTs. Lawyers cost money and Trump has a record of being a deadbeat; any law firm which takes his case may want ongoing payment for their services.

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner explains why he feels the charges against Trump will stick.

[wilwheaton]

Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch used a range of hypotheticals — pointedly including recognizable conduct by liberals — to demonstrate the supposed breadth of the obstruction statute, and to downplay an argument deployed by the government: the insurrection was a singular moment in American history that does not invite easy comparisons. “What happened on January 6 was very, very serious, and I’m not equating this with that,” Alito said, before citing Monday’s pro-Gaza protest on the Golden Gate bridge and stringing together a hypothetical where a similar protest blocks members of Congress from getting to a vote. “Would pulling a fire alarm before a vote qualify for 20 years in federal prison?” Gorsuch asked incredulously, clearly alluding to Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY).

Right-Wing Justices Haggle Over Law Used To Nab January 6 Rioters

These corrupt, deeply dishonest, right wing activists cosplaying as Justices sure do love their hypotheticals, don’t they.

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

A jury has convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes of masterminding a plot to violently subvert the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden, finding that he entered into a seditious conspiracy against the U.S. government.

The jury also convicted Rhodes ally Kelly Meggs, leader of the Florida Oath Keepers, of seditious conspiracy. But the jury acquitted three co-defendants — Jessica Watkins, Kenneth Harrelson and Thomas Caldwell — of joining Rhodes in that conspiracy. All five, however, were convicted on additional felony charges, including obstruction of Congress.

Rhodes’ conviction is the most significant to emerge from the Justice Department’s sprawling investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, when dozens of Oath Keepers joined the mob that stormed the building and chased Congress, as well as then-Vice President Mike Pence, into hiding.

Rhodes faces a maximum sentence of 20 years on the seditious conspiracy conviction. The other defendants also face 20-year maximum sentences for the obstruction conviction. The 12-juror panel deliberated for three full days before reaching its verdict.

All of the defendants but Watkins were also convicted of tampering with evidence. Meggs, Harrelson and Watkins were also convicted of a conspiracy to prevent members of Congress to discharge their duties. The same three defendants were all acquitted of property destruction at the Capitol.

During the nine-week trial, prosecutors contended that the group, at Rhodes’ direction, prepared for an armed rebellion against the government shortly after Biden was projected to be the winner of the 2020 election. Government attorneys painstakingly reconstructed thousands of text and Signal messages sent among key players in the alleged conspiracy during that crucial time period — as Trump falsely claimed to be the victim of widespread fraud and his allies began mobilizing to help him subvert the election results.

Some of Rhodes’ lieutenants, including Meggs, Watkins, Harrelson and Caldwell, were heavily involved in those conversations or, prosecutors claimed, deleted evidence of their involvement. Several others charged in the seditious conspiracy plot are slated to go on trial next month, and another group of Oath Keepers facing obstruction charges for their own Jan. 6 actions are scheduled to go on trial in February.

Throughout the two months after Election Day, Rhodes employed increasingly bellicose rhetoric to urge on supporters to reject the incoming Biden administration, suggesting at times that he and other Oath Keeper allies should resist the authority of the government and even take up arms against it if Biden were to be inaugurated. He mounted a public effort to persuade Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act, a 19th-century statute that he claimed would permit Trump to deploy the military and deputize the Oath Keepers as a government-backed militia in order to prevent the transfer of power.

But prosecutors noted that Rhodes repeatedly told followers — using rhetoric drawn from the Revolutionary War era — that they would have to take matters into their own hands if Trump didn’t act. He was present outside the Capitol while a mob of Trump’s supporters ransacked the building and bludgeoned police lines, celebrating the crowd’s actions while two dozen of his allies were inside.

And he later lamented after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol that his supporters opted not to bring their rifles to Washington.

Defense attorneys contended that Rhodes and the other four Oath Keeper defendants were prone to violent rhetoric but took no effort to back up their words. They noted that they left their firearms arsenal at an Arlington, Va., Comfort Inn on the day of the riot. They traveled to Washington to perform security details for speakers at Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally and related events, including figures like longtime Trump ally Roger Stone and event organizer Ali Alexander, who were among those in a Signal chat with Rhodes shown by prosecutors and defense attorneys.

Rhodes’ lawyers said he didn’t order or authorize his allies’ decision to enter the Capitol during the riot, and some witnesses said he later described their decision to go inside as “stupid.” The Oath Keepers also had a practice of establishing an armed “quick-reaction force” alongside security operations they participated in, just in case events turned violent — not an arsenal meant to overthrow the government, their attorneys said.

[mariacallous]

Apart from the fact that Biden and the democrats have been articulating a positive vision for what they want to do, and how they need larger majorities in Congress to carry them out, and how they’re obstructed by republicans and the Supreme Court, my controversial yet brave opinion is that defeating Trump is at the very least co-equal to a positive vision, if not the primary focus of this election. The fact of the matter is that if we don’t defeat Trump, and don’t ensure Democratic control of Congress, all the positive visions will have no value because we will have no way to enact them and we will be fucked as a country and as a planet.

And defeating Trump doesn’t just mean voting for Biden - it means voting for the democrats in every contest this election, down to the public works guy in your town.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Echoes of January 6th.  ::  January 6, 2023

Robert B. Hubbell

         On January 6th, 2021, insurrectionists assaulted Congress to subvert the Constitution and overturn an election. Two years later, many of those insurrectionists are engaged in a similar assault on Congress. In place of physical violence, they seek to manipulate procedural rules to convert the “people’s House” into a political “hit squad” for the Republican Party. In the process, they are eroding the understructures of Congress and the Constitution. In their fight to gain control of the House through the Speakership, the so-called “Freedom Caucus” is continuing the insurrection that began two years ago.

         The parallels between the January 6th insurrection and the Republican fight over the Speakership are obvious yet nuanced, simple but profound. I will not attempt to repeat the abundant commentary on those parallels but will instead recommend the always excellent Dahlia Lithwick in Slate, Another January, Another Attempt at Destabilizing the Government. In a delightfully descriptive passage about a painful subject, Lithwick writes,

the events of Jan. 6, 2021 and Jan. 3–? of 2023 are not at all unrelated. Nor are they sequential points along a continuum that is leading us to a better place. Instead, they represent the locomotive and the caboose of the same train: Each is a point along a terrifying line of governmental failure; each is a subversion of the principles of lawful transition of power. But certainly they are moving in the same direction, and there should be no joy found in watching the present and past pancaking back on itself.

         It is also worth noting the responsibility of the reactionary majority of the Supreme Court in delivering us to this point, as explained by Dennis Aftergut in Slate, The Chaotic House That SCOTUS Built. Aftergut notes that the Supreme Court gave its blessing to radical partisan gerrymandering in 2019 in its decision Rucho v. Common Cause. Aftergut explains the inevitable fallout of a decision to allow politicians to choose their voters:

From gerrymandered Republican seats come noncompetitive districts that elect hardliners with little to no incentive to compromise on choosing a speaker—or anything else. They gain attention via television and social media and raise money from their MAGA base by standing firm and dropping pipe bombs on the system of governing, and rarely face consequences for the fallout.

         When there are no political consequences for seditious and obstructionist behavior, we should not be surprised when Congress becomes a breeding ground for seditionists and obstructionists. I doubt that is what the Framers intended when they drafted the Constitution, but the reactionary majority on the Supreme Court convinced itself otherwise—to the nation’s great injury.

         The events of January 6th are seared into my memory. I watched the coverage of the insurrection non-stop for fourteen hours and published three newsletters during that time. Those newsletters represent my “real-time” reactions to the violence I was watching in horror (along with millions of Americans). I reviewed those three newsletters today and was transported back to the disturbing moments of January 6th. In remembrance of that day, I excerpt below one of the three newsletters.

         Many of my reactions excerpted below from January 6, 2021, have stood the test of time, though some were wrong or premature. At the end of the excerpt, I include a link to my wife / Managing Editor’s video blog that was included in the newsletter. Her effort to emotionally process what we had just witnessed is worth reviewing two years later.

         The following was published on January 6, 2021:

Today’s Edition (No. 1,063) Failed Rebellion

         Trump’s rebellion failed. But let’s recognize that we are in a moment of crisis. As such, we must speak plainly and truthfully. Calling people who attacked Congress “protesters” or “rioters” is dishonest.  They are terrorists, insurrectionists, and traitors. To state the obvious, if Democratic “protesters” had stormed the Capitol, Republicans would not hesitate to call them terrorists—accurately so. We must do so as well. If we are to overcome this national disgrace, we must not shrink from calling today’s events by name: domestic terrorism, rebellion, and insurrection. Those who perpetrated the violence are traitors and should be prosecuted as such, including Trump.

         The headline of the New York Times said it all: MOB INCITED BY TRUMP STORMS CAPITOL. Yes, it was a Trump-incited mob. Trump made that fact clear by calling them patriots after they attacked the Capitol. Indeed, Donald and Ivanka Trump both tweeted statements that referred to the insurrectionists as “patriots.” Trump tweeted,

         These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!

         Trump did not condemn the violence; instead, he glorified it by saying, “Remember this day forever.” (Twitter has suspended Trump’s account and deleted the tweet so I can’t link to it.) Trump’s breezy observation that “these are the things that happen” when ‘people don’t get their way’ is a damnable lie. The violence happened because Trump urged his followers to resort to violence by using inflammatory language in a volatile situation. Hours before the attack, Trump urged a crowd of supporters to march on the Capitol, telling them,

         This election was stolen from you, from me, from the country . .  . You'll never take back our country with weakness.

         Senator Josh Hawley likewise incited violence when he walked into the Capitol and raised a clenched fist in solidarity with terrorist mobs on their way to storm the Capitol. More on Hawley in a moment. For now, see Washington Post, “Trump, Hawley and Cruz will each wear the scarlet ‘S’ of a seditionist.”

         In an earlier newsletter today, I urged that Trump be prosecuted for insurrection against the United States. While I still believe Trump should be prosecuted (because a conviction will put him in prison), more immediate action is necessary: He should be removed from office under the 25th Amendment, or he should be impeached and removed from office, posthaste. The only question is whether the Cabinet or Congress will rouse themselves to protect the Constitution. David Frum has suggested that Trump be removed from office tonight. See David Frum, The Atlantic, “Remove Trump Tonight.” There are unconfirmed reports that some members of the Cabinet are considering invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump. (This per Rachel Maddow during the 9:00 PM hour.)

         Senator Josh Hawley should also resign or be forced from office by the Senate. He played a pivotal role in encouraging the violence. Hawley’s hometown newspaper published an editorial saying that Hawley “has blood on his hands.” Per the Kansas City Star, Hawley sent a fundraising appeal while terrorists were attacking Congress. See Kansas City Star, “Editorial: Assault on democracy: Sen. Josh Hawley has blood on his hands in Capitol coup attempt.”

         No one other than President Donald Trump himself is more responsible for Wednesday’s coup attempt at the U.S. Capitol than one Joshua David Hawley, the 41-year-old junior senator from Missouri, who put out a fundraising appeal while the siege was underway.

         For readers who are nervous about Trump’s future actions, I acknowledge your fear has a basis in fact. But it appears that the national security apparatus of the United States has begun to circumvent Trump. His press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, issued a false statement claiming that Trump called in the National Guard after the Capitol was invaded. The New York Times is reporting that it was Vice President Mike Pence (not Trump) who ordered the deployment of the National Guard. Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller issued a statement about the deployment of the National Guard that conspicuously omitted any mention of Trump. Miller said,

         The D.C. Guard has been mobilized to provide support to federal law enforcement in the District. Acting Secretary Miller has been in contact with congressional leadership, and Secretary McCarthy has been working with the D.C. government. The law enforcement response will be led by the Department of Justice.

         Moreover, well-known Trump loyalist Robert O’Brien, National Security Adviser, issued a tweet mid-afternoon in which he praised Mike Pence, saying that Pence is a “fine and decent man [who] exhibited courage today.” O’Brien did not mention Trump—a significant oversight for a presidential hopeful in 2024 who presumably needs Trump’s support.

Congress Reconvenes to Count Electoral Votes

         After order was restored in the Capitol, congressional leadership wisely decided to resume the count of Electoral votes. Vice President Pence—who bears substantial responsibility for encouraging the election fraud theory that led to the violence—made a strong statement saying that insurrectionists would not interfere with the people’s business. Mitch McConnell then spoke, condemning the effort to overturn the election—an effort he abetted by his long silence in recognizing Joe Biden’s victory.

         Debate then followed in both the Senate and House. A half-dozen Republican Senators who previously said they would support objections reversed course and voted to overrule the objections by Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley. The final vote in the Senate was 93 votes to overrule the objections, 6 votes in favor. Notably, outgoing Senator Kelly Loeffler said that in light of the violence, she was withdrawing her objection to the Electoral votes from the Georgia delegation.

         There were notable speeches on both sides in the Senate. Although I did not see all of the speeches, those by Senator Cory Booker and Mitt Romney stood out. Booker noted that the terrorists waved two flags during the assault on Congress—one flag with the name of a despot, Trump, and one for the racist legacy of the Old South. Mitt Romney blamed Trump for the violence, saying that this was “an insurrection, incited by the president of the United States.” Romney drew a sustained round of applause when he said that the best way to convince Trump supporters that there was no fraud “was to tell them the truth.”

         In the House debate (which I did not see), Kevin McCarthy refused to back down, offering the same election fraud conspiracy theories that led to the attack on Congress.

         As it appears that the debate may continue for several hours, I will break here to send the second newsletter of the day. I may send a short coda later this evening, and promise not to send three newsletters per day in the future.

The Passive Response by the Capitol Police

         The apparent weak response by the D.C. Capitol Police needs to be investigated. The security failure is unforgivable; that alone deserves investigation. But the D.C. Police seemed to be in a “stand down” mode that allowed the terrorists to breach the security perimeter without resistance. See this disturbing video, which seems to show D.C. Police escorting the insurrectionists into the Capitol. Video here.

         We should not engage in conspiracy theories, but something is seriously wrong with the police conduct shown in the video. Moreover, once the terrorists were inside the Capitol, it appears that they were allowed to roam free without challenge—at times, at least. (I haven’t seen all of the available video, and I have heard the repeated praise by members of Congress for the actions of the D.C. Police, so I have an open mind.) But video of confrontations between the Capitol Police and terrorists seem to show a double standard. The Capitol Police seem to view white terrorists as peaceful protesters to be treated with respect and deference. That response stands in stark contrast to the militarized police violence against Black Lives Matter protesters in D.C. during the demonstrations following George Floyd’s murder.  

The Role of Racism in the Insurrection

         The insurrection today is the dying gasp of the Old South. One Trump terrorist paraded in the Capitol with a Confederate flag—the modern symbol of racism. Another group of terrorists attempted to replace the U.S. flag over the Capitol with a Confederate flag. See People Magazine, “D.C. Rioters Attempt to Replace American Flag with Trump Flag at U.S. Capitol Building.” The message could not be clearer: The Old South will not recognize the legitimacy of an election where Black voters played a critical role in electing the President. They have found their voice in Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, who proved his racist bona fides by giving a clenched fist salute to the insurrectionists as they advanced on the Capitol.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

[trickricksblog08]

Behizy - BREAKING: Pending the Supreme Court's review of the 1512 obstruction of congress charge that has been used against all J6ers and Trump himself, the Chief Judge of the DC District court has ordered the release of J6er Sandra Weyer

FREE THEM ALL

[allthecanadianpolitics]

OTTAWA – Canadian Labour Congress President Bea Bruske was joined by workers’ representatives from across the country today to deliver a warning to politicians from all parties that workers are demanding more than supportive words.

“Workers are standing united, with a clear message to all parties: if you want our votes, you must respect our rights and deliver real help to workers and families. We demand concrete action, not pretty words,” warned Bruske. “All parties must pledge support for concrete actions to dismantle barriers to joining or forming a union and crack down on any company that unfairly obstructs workers from organizing.”

Bruske and her fellow labour leaders warned that workers will hold politicians to account if they fail to support concrete measures, including: [...]

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The El Dinder Resistance Committees in Sennar said that six of its members were released by Military Intelligence on Wednesday, while two remain in detention. Several Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Sudan have condemned the increase military detentions, that target activists and human rights defenders in particular. In a press statement following the detainees’ release on Wednesday, the resistance committees of El Dinder in Sennar accused “members of the [dissolved] National Congress Party (NCP)” of coordinating with the General Intelligence Service* (GIS) and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) intelligence units. The activists now released were reportedly held in the ‘third phase’ of a Military Intelligence detention campaign in late December, along with 30 other people from El Dinder. These campaigns are widely believed to be part of attempts by elements of the former Al Bashir regime to return to power through the continuation of the war. The El Dinder Resistance Committees accused Sudan’s Military Intelligence of “enabling elements of the former [Al Bashir] regime to continue the war, and obstruct all efforts by revolutionary forces to stop it”, and noted a return to its “previous approach of committing violations against civilians” through arbitrary detentions.

05/01/2024

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We all know it. It's a cover-up. It is the obstruction and corruption that Republicans and conservatives love to use.

Law enforcement is full of these liars.

Congress is full of these enablers.