OPINION: Anyone who is thinking about answering Donald Trump’s latest call for protests should consider messages that a Proud Boys leader posted after the storming of the Capitol two years ago: “Alright I’m gonna say it. F*CK TRUMP.'
“Alright I’m gonna say it. FUCK TRUMP. Fuck him more than Biden. I’ve followed this guy for 4 years and given everything and lost it all,” 32-year-oldThe Jan. 20, 2021, post from a Telegram chat group was entered into evidence on Thursday in Washington, D.C., federal court. Nordean and four other senior members of the far-right white supremacist group are on trial there for sedition.
The time stamp was 2:28 p.m. Trump’s presidency and his power to pardon had officially ended at noon that day. Those who had been pardoned included Jared Kushner’s father, Charles, who was convicted of sending his sister a sex tape he made of her husband with a prostitute. Nordean was left to face up to 40 years in prison.The postings were recovered by the FBI from Nordean’s phone following his arrest several days later. They initially appeared in court papers in May of 2021, and they reappeared as evidence submitted by the prosecution before it rested its case on Friday.
Meanwhile, Trump called Bragg a corrupt lawbreaker. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other Republican leaders accused the prosecutor of playing politics. Roger Stone, the recipient of a Trump pardon, ramped up the looniness on Truth Social by announcing that that “Pastors for Trump” were joining in a “call for prayer.
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