Oregon Lawmaker Who Let Protesters Into State Capitol Is Charged in Breach

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Source: New York Times

A Republican state legislator from Oregon who was captured on surveillance video allowing demonstrators to enter the State Capitol in December was charged on Friday in connection with the breach of the building, which led to a conflict between officers and protesters.

The lawmaker, Representative Mike Nearman, 57, was charged with official misconduct in the first degree and trespassing in the second degree, according to court documents.

Marion County prosecutors said in court documents that Mr. Nearman, “being a public servant, did unlawfully and knowingly perform an act which constituted an unauthorized exercise of his official duties, with intent to obtain a benefit or to harm another.”

On Dec. 21, while legislators were in session, Mr. Nearman calmly walked out a side door, allowing several demonstrators, many of them unmasked and holding American flags or pro-Trump signs, inside the State Capitol, in Salem. The moment was captured by widely circulated video surveillance of the breach.


Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/us/mike-nearman-oregon-charged-protesters.html

[jpak]

1. Too bad they're not felonies

N/T

[MyOwnPeace]

3. Surely should be.......

and I'm hoping that there is some way that they can simply push his ass out that same door - never to return.

[calimary]

7. Sometimes I just DO NOT get it.

I can't see a single reason to vote for ANYBODY in the GOP. Not one. At least speaking for myself.

How come?

Because they're for everything I'm against, and they're against everything I'm for!

[Grins]

2. Misconduct?

Like something a 2nd-grader would do?

[Evolve Dammit]

4. He should be indicted for sedition or aiding conspiracy. Traitorous asshole. nt

[Trueblue1968]

6. LOCK HIM UP .... 15 YEARS IN THE SLAMMER.

[Grokenstein]

5. Typical response from Neanderthal Nearman

“I don’t condone violence, nor do I participate in it,” Mr. Nearman said in January, according to The Salem Statesman Journal. “I hope for due process, and not the mob justice to which Speaker Kotek is subjecting me.”

Translation: "I aided and abetted a violent mob, but I didn't smash anything personally so I'm the real victim here."

He also agreed that he would give 24 hours’ notice to the legislative administrator and the Legislative Equity Office so that “arrangements can be made to allow me to enter into the building and to provide notice of my presence to all Capitol occupants.”

“I will not allow any nonauthorized personnel into the Capitol,” Mr. Nearman said.

Make the slobberfuck write it on the chalkboard a hundred times and he'll still be a worthless bastard. But I do like the part where he has to notify everyone that he's coming, like a registered sex offender.

[Jetheels]

8. Those are the only charges?

[lark]

9. Whats worse is that no one is holding US Congresscritters responsible for Capitol terrorism.

They gave out MAPS, security information, were live tweeting about Nancy's location, promoted and it appears even helped plan 1/6. Those asses - Gosar, Bolert, Brooks, are already implicated but capitol police ignore this for partisan reasons and no one in power will call them out. Garland should be investigating this and the results need to be made public so the rw movement can be shown to be the traitors they truly are.

Edit - fixed typo

[riversedge]

10. kandR.