US Capitol riot: Republican Senator Ron Johnson criticised for racist comments
13 Mar, 2021 10:23 PM
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More than 300 Trump supporters have been charged after the storming of the US Capitol. Photo / AP
More than 300 Trump supporters have been charged after the storming of the US Capitol. Photo / AP
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Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson is being called racist for an interview in which the white Republican said he wasn t worried about the predominantly white supporters of President Donald Trump during the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol, but that he might have been if they had been Black Lives Matter protesters.
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Former co-workers of a man charged in the Capitol riot explained that the Army reservist had previously shown a white supremacist ideology and spoken openly about hating Jews.
According to the Justice Department, Timothy Hale-Cusanelli was arrested in January and charged with civil disorder, aiding and abetting, and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, and disorderly conduct in connection to the January 6 insurrection.
On March 2, according to Politico, Hale-Cusanelli s lawyer, Jonathan Zucker, had motioned his client to be released without bail before trial, or to have him released into a third-party s custody through a High Intensity Supervision Program.
Security forces draw their guns as rioters loyal to former President Donald Trump try to break into the House of Representatives chamber to disrupt the Electoral College process at the Capitol in Washington in January. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced later in January that she would send the article of impeachment against Trump to the Senate, triggering the start of the former president’s trial on a charge of incitement of insurrection over the deadly Capitol riot.
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Is Portland prosecutor Mike Schmidt leading a biased criminal trial against Joey Gibson? (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file)
The legal team for Joey Gibson, the leader of Patriot Prayer who was accused of riot crimes in Portland in 2019, released a statement on Thursday announcing that the district attorney has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate his actions in the prosecution of the case. Several questions have arisen to call the whole process into doubt.
In the statement, Gibson’s legal team said:
Special Prosecutor Investigating District Attorney Mike Schmidt for Biased Enforcement
Yamhill County D.A. Brad Berry has been assigned as special prosecutor to oversee an investigation into political and religious bias in the prosecution of Joey Gibson and Russell Schultz for violation of the Oregon anti-riot statute, ORS 166.015 during a political protest held outside the former Antifa hangout known as Cider Riot in Portland.