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On Jan. 6 anniversary, DeSantis disputes that Capitol attack was an 'insurrection'
On Jan. 6 anniversary, DeSantis disputes that Capitol attack was an ‘insurrection’Tampa Bay Times, 1/6/22
The governor said the day has been used as an opportunity for news outlets to “smear” Donald Trump supporters.
Calling Jan. 6 equivalent to “Christmas” for “D.C.-New York media,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said on the one-year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol that the day has been used by national media outlets to “smear anyone who ever supported Donald Trump.”
He also suggested that the riot, which interrupted the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory, caused millions in damage and left multiple people dead, was overblown, and disputed its characterization as an insurrection.
“When they try to act like this is something akin to the Sept. 11th attacks, that is an insult to the people who were going into those buildings,” DeSantis said Thursday at a news conference in West Palm Beach. “And it’s an insult to people when you say it’s an ‘insurrection’ and then a year later, nobody has been charged with that.”
The crime of insurrection is defined in federal statutes as “whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof,” and can carry penalties of up to 10 years in prison, plus a ban on holding public office. The law was created in reaction to the Civil War, and has been “largely unused” in prosecutions throughout American history, according to a report authored by an attorney for the Justice Department’s counterterrorism section.
He also suggested that the riot, which interrupted the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory, caused millions in damage and left multiple people dead, was overblown, and disputed its characterization as an insurrection.
“When they try to act like this is something akin to the Sept. 11th attacks, that is an insult to the people who were going into those buildings,” DeSantis said Thursday at a news conference in West Palm Beach. “And it’s an insult to people when you say it’s an ‘insurrection’ and then a year later, nobody has been charged with that.”
The crime of insurrection is defined in federal statutes as “whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof,” and can carry penalties of up to 10 years in prison, plus a ban on holding public office. The law was created in reaction to the Civil War, and has been “largely unused” in prosecutions throughout American history, according to a report authored by an attorney for the Justice Department’s counterterrorism section.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/01/06/on-jan-6-anniversary-desantis-disputes-that-capitol-attack-was-an-insurrection/
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