Winter is apparently coming for one person accused of criminal intent in the Jan. 6, 2020 Capitol building uprising. Prosecutors filed a sentencing memorandum on Tuesday that used a Cersei Lanniste…
quote from the HBO series to argue for serious punishment for Jeremiah Caplinger, one of the many people who entered the Capitol building that day.
Prosecutors had to explain the context for the quote in a footnote. “Cersei Lannister is a fictional character in the HBO television seriesAfter being confronted by a group of politically-empowered religious zealots, who warn her that if she does not yield to them, ‘There will be violence,’ Cersei Lannister responds, ‘I choose violence.
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