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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,112 posts)
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 04:41 PM Jan 2022

Alaska Rep. Eastman, a 'life member' of Oaf Creepers, blasts 'politically driven indictments' of

group's leaders

Jan. 17—Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman, revealed as a life member of the extremist group Oath Keepers last year, is blasting new federal conspiracy charges against the group's leader and his associates for their alleged roles in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Eastman was in Washington, D.C., for a rally that preceded the attack, but no evidence has emerged linking him to the subsequent riot at the Capitol, and he has not been charged with wrongdoing.

The indictment against Oath Keepers founder and head Stewart Rhodes, plus 10 alleged co-conspirators, was unsealed Thursday and cites the defendants' own encrypted messages. It alleges they traveled to Washington, "equipped themselves with a variety of weapons, donned combat and tactical gear, and were prepared to answer Rhodes's call to take up arms at Rhodes's direction."

Some of the people indicted also brought guns to the city's outskirts, distributed them to groups they called "quick reaction force" teams and planned to use them, the indictment said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/alaska-rep-eastman-life-member-104100280.html

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Alaska Rep. Eastman, a 'life member' of Oaf Creepers, blasts 'politically driven indictments' of (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2022 OP
Rule of Law as political vendetta will be a hard sell bucolic_frolic Jan 2022 #1
The gqp power structure has been pretty quiet since the indictments. Are they part and party? PortTack Jan 2022 #2
This guy might want to keep a low profile. Progressive Jones Jan 2022 #3
Fascists blame the prosecutor for being personally biased when applying the law Mr. Ected Jan 2022 #4
I'd say that the insurrection is about as politically motivated as it gets Walleye Jan 2022 #5
Wahwah Cha Jan 2022 #6
'Political,' as in, 'Treasonous.' Kid Berwyn Jan 2022 #7

bucolic_frolic

(42,681 posts)
1. Rule of Law as political vendetta will be a hard sell
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 04:42 PM
Jan 2022

But Democrats have to drive the point home with lot of noise and fanfare

PortTack

(32,606 posts)
2. The gqp power structure has been pretty quiet since the indictments. Are they part and party?
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 05:00 PM
Jan 2022

Or they just can’t really argue with the rule of law? Some of both?

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
4. Fascists blame the prosecutor for being personally biased when applying the law
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 05:18 PM
Jan 2022

It's a diversion, a PR move, and an extraordinarily dangerous thing to do.

They broke the law in broad daylight. We all saw it.

Kid Berwyn

(14,653 posts)
7. 'Political,' as in, 'Treasonous.'
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 10:13 PM
Jan 2022

I guess conspiring to overthrow the political system in place since 1776 may not be political enough for some people.

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