Three anti-Muslim militia members, on trial for plotting to slaughter Somali refugees in southwest Kansas, have adopted a defense strategy that could’ve been culled directly from President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed: suggesting that a biased FBI conspired against them in the lead-up to the 2016 election due to their political beliefs.
Curtis Allen, Patrick Stein and Gavin Wright are on trial in connection with their arrest in a FBI domestic terrorism sting just weeks before the 2016 election. Their defense attorneys, in turn, are putting the FBI on trial ― accusing the nation’s premier law enforcement agency of improperly targeting the three men due to their conservative ideology.
It’s common for defense attorneys to suggest their clients were wrongfully singled out by biased law enforcement officials. And to be sure, there’s nothing wrong with healthy skepticism about law enforcement and the FBI.
But the situation here is striking: A U.S. president has taken pains to undermine the FBI (declaring that the bureau’s reputation is “in Tatters—worst in History!”), and defense attorneys for accused terrorists are seeking to capitalize on that reality. This is happening as the president is trying to neuter a special counsel probe that’s already resulted in multiple charges against and guilty pleas from a variety of his associates. The government, meanwhile, will have to deal with jurors primed to believe a conspiracy theory fundamentally at odds with the facts ― namely, that the FBI is a hotbed of liberalism that worked behind the scenes to somehow try to stop Trump’s election.
You know the really troubling part is that Trump and his supporters would probably find nothing wrong with this.
After all these planned attacks were against Muslims, not REAL Americans.
You know, white people.
JHC! I detest Trump! He is so non representative of most of America and Americans. May he meet Satan soon from a stroke or massive heart attack!
ReplyDeleteSatan doesn't exist, but he should stroke out or suffer an MI asap.
DeleteI share your sentiment 100%
DeleteThank you, 12:16! We are all different in America and that is what we celebrate.
DeleteSome Christian - atheist - non conforming as to religion - Jews, Muslims, etc.
I appreciate and like the diversity. Most enjoy learning about others, in America, that are different than me!
Faux is also attacking the institutions of this nation(in support of Trump) in an attempt to spread distrust. It's a real shame this anti American propaganda organization can't be muzzled. They are evil.
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ReplyDeleteWe are totally fucked now.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-reinhardt-liberal-circuit-court-judge-dies-87-012916129.html
"Judge Stephen Reinhardt, a liberal stalwart on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for nearly four decades, died Thursday in Southern California. He was 87."
"He was considered to be one of the most liberal judges on the 9th Circuit and his rulings often placed him on the side of immigrants and prisoners. Reinhardt wrote a 2012 opinion striking down California's gay marriage ban."
That's right. The ninth. The bane of Trump's life. Now he gets to put the worst judge ever on the ninth circuit court of appeals FOR LIFE.
Those men and their leaders are not funny.
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck happened to TV personality Roseanne Barr and the company she keeps?
Roseanne producers have invited President Trump to guest star on one of next seasons shows https://twitter.com/rangersfan1966/status/979804986887598080
Her viewership is not going to be what they anticipated by having Trump on their show and being so public about Roseanne's support of him.
DeleteShe has lost this viewer!
Its not a TV show. Its a propaganda piece.
DeleteAnd the republicans do nothing and look the other way. As long as they get what they want, they don’t care that this lard-ass of a president tears down a long-standing American institution.
ReplyDeleteAnyone that watches this show is a terrorist.
ReplyDeleteThe hateful ignorance of these folks is beyond disturbing and probably is incorrigible. They are dangerous to society. They need to be institutionalized in some manner.
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