U.S. says Proud Boys 'did not stand back' to keep Trump in office

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

Opening statements are underway in the trial of longtime Proud Boys Chairman Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and four other associates of the right-wing group charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

For over an hour, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason McCullough showed jurors violent video and profane audio of the defendants, saying the evidence is overwhelming that they planned to keep President Donald Trump in power by force.

“You will see the private communications, you will see the public statements, you will see their coordinated actions, you will see the celebration of the group’s activities, they will attempt to cover their tracks,” McCullough said. “You will know by the way they took direct aim at the certification of the election results, this is the direct result of their actions.”


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/12/proud-boys-trial-live-updates/

[peppertree]

1. Tarrio and feather him

That's how turncoats like him were dealt with during the Revolutionary War - which the far-right often evokes when describing their seditiousness.

[Evolve Dammit]

3. good one; albeit a nasty punishment. I'm good with prison.

[peppertree]

5. I hear you

Enrique and the rest of them are lucky we live in a country (and an administration) where human rights still matter - a lot more than it does to them, that's for sure.

[Evolve Dammit]

6. indeed!

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. What a clumsy headline

It reads like a denial, after someone else accused them of "standing back to keep Trump in office".

What they're actually saying is "the Proud Boys were involved on Jan 6th". Which, as a way to describe an opening statement for a trial about whether they were involved, is underwhelming. "Prosecution continues to say trial is needed".

[Alexander Of Assyria]

9. WP changed headline, now it has grammatical error lol

U.S. says Proud Boys ‘did not stand back,’ sought keep Trump in office

[GB_RN]

12. In The Same Vein...

The writers put Tarrio’s actual first name, Enrique, in quotes, rather than his nickname, Henry, which would have been the correct way to do it (Enrique “Henry” Tarrio). Sloppy writing there.

[IronLionZion]

4. "violent video and profane audio of the defendants"

Despite the dumb headline, it needs to be clearly stated that these boys don't have any political agenda and are therefore not terrorists.

Invoking Trump’s infamous words at a 2020 presidential debate, McCullough said, “They did not stand back, they did not stand by.”

Proud Boys planned to keep Trump in office by force, prosecutors say

Is a much better headline

[Justice matters.]

7. 'PROUD BOYS' (sic) PLANNED TO KEEP TRUMP IN OFFICE BY FORCE, PROSECUTORS SAY

I agree it should be front-page top headline in caps...

Apparently, we're not living in Brazil.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

10. ...in office by force, willing to kill...amendment to your correct headline.

DU has better headline editors.

[EarthFirst]

8. Look forward to their maximum federal sentence of 60 months...

[Alexander Of Assyria]

11. Love the terrorist's lawyer blaming tRump directly for incitement to riot...

Attorneys for Tarrio and the other defendants also pointed to Trump, saying the Proud Boys had become a “scapegoat” for the former president. “He is the one who unleashed that mob at the Capitol on January 6,” Tarrio’s lawyer said in his opening statement.

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Word for word to be used at tRumps incitement to riot charge, count 10 in the omnibus Indictments to come.