Author: Freedom Watch

Judge sentences ‘Baked Alaska’ to 60 days in jail for Jan. 6 conduct By Kyle Cheney POLITICO January 10, 2023 A federal judge sentenced pro-Trump livestreamer Anthime “Baked Alaska” Gionet on Tuesday to 60 days in prison for his actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6, calling his raucous conduct “shocking” amid the chaos of the mob. U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden, a President Donald Trump appointee, said Gionet made a “mockery of democracy,” live streaming while he marauded through the Capitol, swore at Capitol Police officers trying to force him to leave and entered the private…

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U.S. attorney reviewing documents marked classified from Joe Biden’s vice presidency found at Biden think tank CBS News January 10, 2023 Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review documents marked classified that were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, two sources with knowledge of the inquiry told CBS News. The roughly 10 documents are from President Biden’s vice-presidential office at the center, the sources said. CBS News has learned the FBI is also involved in the U.S. attorney’s inquiry. The material was identified by personal…

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Ronna McDaniel slams House Republicans over speaker vote: ‘We’re doing exactly what the Democrats want’ By Madeline Coggins Fox News January 10, 2023 Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel called on the party to unite Tuesday after House speaker front-runner Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the votes needed to win leadership of the 118th Congress. “As long as we’re fighting each other, we are not keeping our eye on the prize,” McDaniel said on “America Reports” as lawmakers cast their votes. “I think we have to get the speakership settled and we have to go forward if…

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Dear Friend, Please give a crucial $25, $50, $100, $250, or more IMMEDIATELY to fully fund my two critical, class action lawsuits and other hard-hitting legal actions to FREE ALL JANUARY 6 PROTESTERS and GET THEM JUSTICE. The lawless January 6 Congressional Committee is trying to conceal its crimes against the Constitution and the American people. Yahoo News reports: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) already named the House Committee on House Administration the custodian of the records. Under current House rules, the committee is obligated to hand over the official records to the House clerk, who transmits them…

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Bolsonaro supporters break into Brazilian Congress and presidential palace | CNN By Flora Charner,Marcia Reverdosa,Rodrigo Pedroso,Dakin Andone,Alaa Elassar,Heather Chen CNN January 9, 2023 Brazilian President Luiz In��cio Lula da Silva on Sunday pledged to punish hundreds of supporters of the country’s former leader Jair Bolsonaro after they stormed major government buildings, smashing windows and using furniture to form barricades against security forces. In a news conference, Lula da Silva described events in the capital Brasilia as “barbaric” and said “a lack of security” had allowed Bolsonaro’s “fascist” supporters to breach barriers set up by the Armed Forces outside…

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Biden administration condemns storming of government buildings in Brazil’s capital By Olivia Olander, Nahal Toosi POLITICO January 9, 2023 The Biden administration on Sunday condemned the attacks by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil on the country’s congress, supreme court and presidential palace. “I condemn the assault on democracy and on the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil,” President Joe Biden tweeted Sunday evening after a visit to El Paso, Texas. “Brazil’s democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined.” The storming of government buildings on Sunday…

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House Republicans Preparing Broad Inquiry Into F.B.I. and Security Agencies By Charlie Savage and Luke Broadwater New York Times January 8, 2023 WASHINGTON — Newly empowered House Republicans are preparing a wide-ranging investigation into law enforcement and national security agencies, raising the prospect of politically charged fights with the Biden administration over access to sensitive information like highly classified intelligence and the details of continuing criminal inquiries by the Justice Department. The House plans to vote this week on a resolution to create a special Judiciary subcommittee on what it calls the “weaponization of the federal government,” a…

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The feds say they’re in for the long haul on Jan. 6. Online sleuths want them to pick up the pace. NBC News January 8, 2023 The federal probe into Jan. 6 has led to 900-plus arrests, nearly 500 guilty pleas and more seditious conspiracy convictions than the U.S. had seen in several decades. Still, the FBI has arrested just a small fraction of the more than 3,000 people who could be charged. At least 250 suspects wanted by the bureau on accusations that they assaulted officers on Jan. 6, 2021, are still at large, according to federal…

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