These charges 'renew', but also 'deepen' big problems, for trump/trumpers
' . . . “These charges are encouraging to me because it suggests that they are working their way up the chain, they are getting more serious. Oath Keepers have some overlap with Trump associates. One of these men was associated with Roger Stone, some of them were providing security for him on Jan. 5,” said Barbara McQuade, a former U.S. attorney.
“So now that these folks are facing 20 year felonies, might they be inclined to cooperate and talk about where did they get the money for all these weapons? Were they coordinating with anybody else about this particular aspect of it? Why was this the plan — the certification — why this? There's some talk that they were even thinking about the inauguration as a point of attack. I think it opens some doors to possible investigative steps to others who are higher in planning,” McQuade said.
In a defensive speech ahead of the anniversary of the attack, Garland suggested it was too early to judge the depth of the department’s investigation, vowing prosecutions “at any level.”
“We build investigations by laying a foundation. We resolve more straightforward cases first because they provide the evidentiary foundation for more complex cases. Investigating the more overt crimes generates linkages to less overt ones. Overt actors and the evidence they provide can lead us to others who may also have been involved and that evidence can serve as a foundation for further investigative leads and techniques,” he said.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/590670-oath-keeper-charges-renew-attention-on-trump-orbit?rnd=1642717094?userid=263162
= new reply since forum marked as read
