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[–] [email protected] 178 points 1 year ago (8 children)

"During the sentencing, US district judge Timothy Kelly, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, said the evidence suggested Tarrio was “the ultimate leader” of the seditious conspiracy, “the ultimate person, who organized, who was motivated by revolutionary zeal”."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/sep/05/proud-boys-jan-6-biden-trump-trials-senate-politics-live-updates

I can think of someone else, Judge Kelly. The tangerine nightmare that appointed you.

[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ugh, right? Really sounds like they set up Tarrio to take the fall for Trump. Fuck that.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's the picture they're painting, but unfortunately for them nobody's buying it.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 116 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's good that he's going away for 22 years. However, the sentencing guidelines called for between 324 to 405 months (27-33 years) so by the Judge's own calculations this is a miscarriage of justice and yet another right wing domestic terrorist is being handled with kid gloves. Fucking disgraceful.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He was an informant right? Distasteful as it is, informing has to be publicly seen as providing a tangible benefit, or future criminals wont talk

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Sentences can include upward and downward departures from the guidelines based on the circumstances of the case. It's also important to remember that the guidelines are non-binding on judges.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

2 decades is 2 decades. And, it's not like when he gets released he'll be hailed as a hero. Trump will be dead, most of his supporters will probably be dead of old age or COVID. The rest will be too embarrassed that they voted for him to admit it.

When he gets out he'll be 60. Having spent decades in prison, he won't be able to retire, and will probably live out the rest of his life working menial jobs that hire ex-felons until he dies in obscurity.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What's even better is him thinking he's not going to be in prison long because Trump is going to win the next election and pardon him. My brother, there's a greater chance of Trump becoming your cell mate.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah... Even if Trump wins there's no way he remembers or cares about anyone involved in Jan 6.

These guys are way more screwed than they realize.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Trump is a narcissist who cares about image and the cheers of crowds. If pardoning J6 traitors gets him that, he will do it.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, it could happen.

Most of the country is dealing with a 30% to 50% cost of living increase, and they're going to blame Biden for it. Trump got elected the first time because 6,000,000 were foreclosed upon when Obama was president.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It's possible, but as much as people are exhausted with Biden, nothing would get blue to turn out to vote like another chance of Trump. Blue would vote for a tent full of mosquitoes if it meant voting against Trump. Trump supporters have gotten more fanatical, not more numerous. Some of my own family members are currently in orange pill recovery. Not to mention all the Reds that died of COVID denial. Then you factor in young people now eligible to vote skewing blue. The only person I think Trump could beat honestly would be Hillary. Red would show up to vote against her if not for Trump.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That was the argument people made for Hillary's certain victory on Election Day, that the notion of Trump being elected would mean a huge Democratic turnout.

Thing is, people aren't going to give a shit who the candidate of change is when they can't afford their grocery bills, and Trump isn't going to have to lie about how little Biden has done to alleviate people's poverty.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I didn't vote when it was Hillary or Tbag. I hated both. But I'll keep voting to protect against him happening again. It's exactly what the dems are counting on, and it's unfortunately working on me.

Still waiting to see who I'll vote for in primaries, though. My vote only counts there in my state.

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago

Couldn't have happened to a prouder boy

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Federal informant, and still get 22 years?? Congrats on playing yourself, Ricky!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's a long time to fester in a place where they love rats.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What an achievement. He should be a proud boy.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Waiting for Trump to be all "When we retake what's rightfully ours, I'll make sure those who were wrongly imprisoned by Crooked Joe Biden are exonerated as the patriots they are!"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Those in prison can't vote so Trump will just write them off as useless.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trump might say that but he’d never actually do it. He never does anything to help others.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

Should be 222 years. Rot in cell, traitor.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

LOL GET FUKT TRAITOR!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

Good. Fuck that guy.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mark my words they'll try and break him out.

Don't trust these fuckasauruses to play by the rules.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

They're fascists - the rules exist exclusively to protect them, and subjugate those they don't like.

They play by the rules - it's just their own rules that boil down to toddler-tier "I win."

I'm glad the fuckasauruses are turning into foundoutasauruses.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Traitors only get 20 years? Dang, soft punishment for treason, but at least it's something eh.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Don't think you understand what 20 years in prison looks like.

I don't either, but it sure would ruin my life

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (8 children)

"Only" 20 years? There can be whatever number and people will still say it is too little

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guys losing 1/3 of his adult life, and won't get out of prison before his 60s. I'm extremely anti-j6, but 22 years seems like a nice hefty sentance to me

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

May he die from an embarrassing and uncomfortable medical condition exactly 5 minutes before release.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not a fan of incarceration or the police state, but sometimes you just gotta vibe

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He attacked the Capitol, this isn't vibing, this is what you have to do with violent criminals

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some people are too dangerous to be allowed to roam freely. Rapists, murderers and insurrectionists are all examples.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

I saw numerous videos where these guys went out of their to beat the living shit out of blm protestors (not rioters), while calling people antifa - who clearly weren’t, in broad daylight, and nothing happened to them. I can only imagine if I were one of their many victims, that seeing this would be give me some great pleasure. Especially since the “fuck around and find out” rallying call was the thing they said as the brutalized people who were simply protesting brutality.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Delightful!

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