!!! NEW: US Justice Dept tells judge Riley Williams, woman accused of stealing computer from Nancy

[demmiblue]

!!! NEW: US Justice Dept tells judge Riley Williams, woman accused of stealing computer from Nancy Pelosi's office, is suspected of using internet in recent days, encouraging people to destroy evidence in Capitol insurrection case. They want judge to prohibit internet access

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[BrightKnight]

1. Obstruction nt

[MagickMuffin]

2. Send the FBI to arrest her once again and the Judge cannot interfere with this

She is a national security risk and tried to overthrow our government. LOCK HER UP!!!

[Rebl2]

38. Absolutely!

She should have never been out on bond!

[ChazInAz]

58. They hanged the Rosenbergs.

[greenjar_01]

3. She should be immediately rearrested

"Restrict internet access?" What in the whole wide world?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. She should be in jail and judges should have an IQ higher than room temperature.

[Jopin Klobe]

42. Don't ever forget ...

... Loonie Gohmert was a judge ...

... twice ...

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

45. Not such a big deal. He's dull, but even he can follow a few simple

guidelines for deciding how to rule:

White Man vs Person of Color or Woman: White Man wins

White Woman vs Person of Color: White Woman wins

White Man vs White Man: Richest man wins. If of equal wealth, man who donated most or gave the most kickbacks to you wins.

Etc...

[onecaliberal]

5. Why do these people break the law and get away with it.

I’m so fed up with the white privilege.

[Iggo]

48. It's white on the tip of my tongue.

[obamanut2012]

6. Good lord! Pull her bond!

[crickets]

7. Gee, this sounds like something Riley Williams would not be able to do

if she were still in jail. That would definitely prohibit her internet access, at least the kind of access that would allow her to communicate with her buddies so freely.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. That's what judges do, they let the ferrets run so as to widen the net

sometimes on requests from other jurisdictions, and they catch more vermin that way!

See how that works?

[greenjar_01]

12. Quite the optimistic take

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Well we know DOJ was keeping an eye on her internet access

because they caught her using it! They couldn't do that if she were locked up.

[emmaverybo]

65. You got it.

[friendly_iconoclast]

18. On the contrary, a realistic one, imo. Think 'honeypot'

[ProfessorGAC]

52. That's a Pure Example of The FBI's...

...RICO playbook.
Squeeze the little fish, turn them into chum.
Harass the medium fish, monitoring their every move & utterance. Baiting them into something stupid.
And, identifying more of the food chain to catch the sharks.
This is almost exactly how they brought down the Chicago Outfit.
So, the optimism is not misplaced.

[greenjar_01]

53. I'll believe it when I see it

[ProfessorGAC]

57. OK

But, I did see it in Chicago, and in the 70s if there was any group that appeared to be above the law, it was the outfit.
They've been little more than a street gang for 40 years.
I'm talking a couple thousand years of jail sentences.
So, I share the optimism because I slavishly followed those stories in our papers back then.
This looks just like it to me.

[orangecrush]

43. Interesting!

Thanks, bucolic!

[bucolic_frolic]

46. An observation I picked up from some news article years ago

glad you like it!

[orangecrush]

47. Hope that's what happened

And not just stupidity.

[BGBD]

9. Why jail her

when she's giving you a trail to everyone she knows?

Anybody she's communicated with is now on FBI radar too.

[flibbitygiblets]

17. Any smart would-be terrorists would have blocked her already

I'm assuming there are at least a few smart ones out there. They still haven't caught the pipe bomber(s).

[friendly_iconoclast]

24. The smart ones would never have talked to her in the first place. She's a catspaw.

I (alongside many, many others) pointed out what you did months ago:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1172209673#post14

It's not the doofus majority of them I worry about-it's the more functional ones going on the DL...

...and actually organizing in earnest.

Small, well-organzized groups can raise a level of hell far out of proportion to their numbers for a very long time.

See:

Provisional IRA
Revolutionary Organization 17 November

[dlk]

10. Where have so many timid judges come from?

The federal judges I’ve known were anything but.

[Retrograde]

14. Who's been stacking the courts for the last 4 years?

Looks over at Moscow Mitch, busy pulling his head into his shell

[dlk]

21. Yes, it's obvious the law and order party

Only believes in law & order for “those people.” I would think a violent attempt to overthrow the government would have made them sit up & take notice. Apparently not.

[dalton99a]

55. +1

[Ingersollman]

11. Skinny,

entitled little white girls don't go to jail, silly rabbit.

[asiliveandbreathe]

15. So the Fed. prosecutor explained to the judge, after letting Williams released to mom

A federal prosecutor earlier this week argued that Williams should not be released on bail pending trial, claiming she might flee or try to obstruct justice.

I believe this to be "obstruction of justice" ..

[2naSalit]

16. Lock her up...

She can't obey even her terms of release.

[SheltieLover]

19. Lock her up!

Wtaf is she doing out of jail???

[bdamomma]

49. She's under her

mother's supervision, this girl is playing the system, that white entitlement rears its head.

[SheltieLover]

51. Grrrrrrr!

[bdamomma]

56. .......

Are you watching TV now? The House brought the Article to the Senate, here we go again.

[SheltieLover]

59. No tv service here

Cannot stand the lies.

Does trial start tomorrow?

Ty!

[flibbitygiblets]

20. The judge went on for like 20 minutes explaining why she was getting a break going home

Rachel covered it last week in detail about how this woman's mother was putting her own freedom at stake by agreeing to "watch" her.

Rearrest her and no bail this time.

[Tommymac]

28. Mom too.

Enabling obstruction of justice and general stupidity.

[NellieStarbuck]

22. Now, for today's episode of "White Privilege On Parade"!

[Bluethroughu]

23. Coordinated seditious conspiracy.

Attack the Legislative Branch and the building, steal computers with government secrets, get bailed out and go home to finish plotting.


White privilege power.

[NBachers]

25. Does she have to eat all her broccoli too? Yank her chain & pull her back in!

[Mr. Ected]

26. Only Republicans do illegal things and then cry political persecution

They politicized every job and function in government during Trump's tenure.

They politicized impeachment, the Mueller Report, the election results, the filibuster, the insurrection.

Criminals are criminals, whether their name is proceeded by a -R or a -D.

When will the media stop taking the bait?

[Jay25]

27. Must be nice...

[Augiedog]

29. Under the jail

[NBachers]

30. Put her on a diesel therapy bus & ship her to DC Women's Detention Center.

Take the long route to get there- every little prison and jail along the way.

Let her get a taste of what’s waiting for her.

[Grasswire2]

60. the treatment Susan McDougal got (for refusing to testify against Clinton in a civil matter) nt

[Hassin Bin Sober]

31. Nice job adding 5 years to your sentence

[Gothmog]

32. Revoke this terrorist's bond

[MontanaMama]

33. The rest of us deserve this woman

to be in custody for our protection. What in the hell is happening?

[Joinfortmill]

34. She needs to be in jail.

[KatyMan]

35. C'mon now, she's white

think about her future. We wouldn't want to throw that away for some youthful indiscretions would we?

[sakabatou]

36. Is she under arrest again yet?

[BobTheSubgenius]

37. The title/first sentence has some grammar issues.

To the point that, if you didn't know anything about the case, or at least very little, you wouldn't be very well-informed after reading it, unless you happened to hit on the correct interpretation.

[SayItLoud]

39. If she were a POC, sold pot, stole a care....well, locked up. nt.

The DOJ needs to crack down.

[Tarc]

40. I will gleefully enjoy seeing the look on this woman's face

when facing a 20-40 prison term.

[Takket]

41. Is obstruction of justice still a crime???

Wtf???

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

44. Well, at least she didnt take a knee in protest.

Or carry a toy gun. Then she might face some serious consequences.

[BobTheSubgenius]

50. You forgot Selling Single Cigarettes.

Selling out or actually attacking your country isn't a patch on these crimes.

[Hotler]

54. Her mom signed for her. Lock the mom and daughter up. nt.

[gldstwmn]

63. She needs to be in jail.

[sarcasmo]

64. White privilege on display.

[UCmeNdc]

66. WTF?

[Orrex]

67. How would they treat a young Muslim man who'd done what she's alleged to have done?

That's what should happen to this asshole.