President Donald Trump’s mass pardon of his pet insurrectionists wiped their slates clean, freeing them of any consequences for their treaso
Lisa Needham at Daily Kos:
President Donald Trump’s mass pardon of his pet insurrectionists wiped their slates clean, freeing them of any consequences for their treasonous assault on democracy. But of course, that’s still not enough. Three insurrections have just filed a class action lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, claiming that the police used indiscriminate and excessive force against them—and the only remedy is cash, cash, cash. Specifically, your cash.
Two of the named plaintiffs, Patrick and Marie Sullivan, were never even charged with a crime for their flirtation with treason, but they suffered because police indiscriminately attacked their peaceful protest. All they were doing was a mass insurrection where they attacked cops and broke into the U.S. Capitol, threatening to kill members of Congress. How dare the police try to stop them! What is this country coming to? The lawsuit asks the court to certify a class of 46 rioters, giving them more than $18 million in damages because they were just widdle guys peacefully milling about when cops attacked without warning. The other named plaintiff is Alan Fischer, who helped lead the charge to overwhelm the police; encouraged the crowd to attack officers; and threw a traffic cone, a chair, and a pole at the cops. So peaceful!
Who else needs your money? What about Christopher Worrell, who sprayed police with pepper spray? Or maybe Dominic Pezzola, who smashed a window of the U.S. Capitol with a riot shield he stole from police? The insurrectionists have displayed a regrettable tendency to commit other crimes, with at least 33 of those pardoned being charged with other offenses. No biggies, really, just little things like threatening to murder House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
[...] Jan. 6 insurrectionists are going to continue to push for money. Trump created this monster not only by pardoning them, but also by outright saying that he’s been kicking around compensating them. No doubt much to their chagrin, this has not happened—even as Trump made his own demand for $230 million for the pain and suffering he endured while being investigated for his obvious crimes, for which he faced no consequences. The insurrection occurred because Trump hyped up the most suggestible, conspiracy-minded, violent people in his orbit. And then he rewarded them for that violence, wiping away their convictions.
This is what happens when an insurrection-inciting “President” pardoned the terrorists who stormed the Capitol in service of his lies about the 2020 election outcome.
