Capitol rioter Garret Miller says he was following Trump's orders, apologizes to AOC for threat

[JonLP24]

A Texas man charged with invading the Capitol and threatening Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Monday that he was effectively following then-President Donald Trump’s orders when he joined a mob that stormed Congress on Jan. 6.

Garret Miller also apologized to Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for writing “Assassinate AOC” in a Twitter post. He said he would be willing to testify to Congress or in a trial about the riot.

Miller, 34, had on a social media account also threatened a Capitol Police officer who fatally shot a fellow rioter, saying he planned to “hug his neck with a nice rope,” authorities have said.

The Richardson resident’s apology came as a federal judge in Dallas ordered him detained without bail pending trial, after finding he was both a danger to the community and a flight risk, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/25/capitol-riots-garret-miller-says-he-was-following-trumps-orders-apologizes-to-aoc.html

[eleny]

1. Sounds like his attorney sat him down hard for a serious conversation

Coughing up an apology may be the least he could do but it's still a smart move.

[getagrip_already]

8. yeah, it's not like he can argue the facts.....

The facts will not be kind to him as laid out and found to be true in court.

[onecaliberal]

2. No excuse. Lock him up. Lock all of them up.

[Lunabell]

3. He needs to be an impeachment witness.

[Ohiogal]

4. And here's another one

A Columbus man accused of entering the U.S. Capitol and stealing a coat rack from the Senate during the Jan. 6 siege of the building was inspired to do so by former President Donald Trump's lies about election fraud, according to his attorney.

Based on video evidence, there are "very few factual disputes" about his client's actions on Jan. 6, when he was part of a mob that stormed the Capitol after a rally where Trump continued to claim that the election had been stolen from him, Shamansky told The Dispatch.

The focus of the defense, he said, will be how Thompson and others "got brainwashed to the point they felt duty bound to follow the encouragement of their commander-in-chief during a highly charged political rally immediately preceding the invasion."

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2021/01/25/trump-called-inspiration-one-columbus-man-accused-capitol-riot/6699363002/

[fescuerescue]

5. "following Trumps orders" what a moron

What kind of idiot thinks the President can give individual citizens orders anyway?

[Fullduplexxx]

6. Criminals always say this when they're caught. Before caught it was time to water the tree of

Liberty with blood. Now he's just an apologetic, easily led stooge who was only following orders.

[grumpyduck]

7. I wish donnie would order these asshole morons

to jump off a cliff.

[MyMission]

10. Only after they testify

So many who were arrested are using the "just following orders from the president" defense.
Enough to show a clear path to conviction.

After they testify, and get out of prison, then they can take a flying leap!
After they testify 45 will certainly try to make them suffer for it.

[getagrip_already]

9. even someone in the military would be forbidden from following an illegal order....

And they are duty bound to follow the orders of the cic.

Not even a remotely worthy claim.

Still, they have to be hoping for at least one radical magat on the jury.

[Grins]

11. Ah. The 'Sgt. Schultz Defense'....

“I vas chust following ohrders!”

Jenna Ryan said the same thing last week. More will say it in the coming weeks. And it will fall just as flat

[Hermit-The-Prog]

12. Yet the skinny white girl who stole Pelosi's laptop was sent home to her mother.

[choie]

13. Apology not accepted..

asshole