nother one: MAGAt who asked where Capitol ‘swamp rats’ were Jan. 6 GUILTY!

[SteveG]

Shoulda shot'em

more than 985 people have been arrested in almost all 50 states for being involved in the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol, and about 319 of them have been charged for “assaulting or impeding law enforcement"


https://thehill.com/regulation/court-bat...y-charges/
A Georgia man who asked where the “swamp rats” were hiding during the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol was found guilty of felony charges, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Bruno Joseph Cua, 20, was found guilty on two felony charges – obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting, interfering with, intimidating, opposing or impeding officers – during a stipulated trial on Feb. 24. He was arrested on Feb. 5, 2021, and his sentencing is scheduled for May 12, where he could be sentenced up to 28 years in prison for both felony charges.

The Justice Department said that government evidence showed Cua traveled to D.C. with his parents from Milton, Georgia on Jan. 5, 2021 before attending a rally at the Washington Monument, where former President Trump told the crowd to head to the Capitol.

Once he arrived at the Capitol, Cua was separated from his parents and entered the Capitol building with a baton at about 2:36 p.m., the Justice Department said. After he arrived to the third floor, he tried to open numerous doors and yelled, “This is what happens when you piss off patriots!” and “Hey! Where are the swamp rats hiding?!”, according to the Justice Department.

At about 2:41 p.m., Cua encountered U.S. Capitol Police officers who were trying to lock the doors to the Senate Gallery, where he then assaulted one of the officers by shoving him at least twice. The Justice Department said in the release that as a result of Cua’s and other’s actions, the officers retreated and Cua was able to enter the Senate chamber, where he spent time sitting in the Vice President’s chair, putting his feet up on the desk and helping others get in to the chamber. He was escorted out of the building by law enforcement at about 2:53 p.m.

The Justice Department noted in its release that Cua posted on social media before the attacks that he planned to interfere with the election proceedings, and then bragged on social media after the riot that he “stormed” the Capitol.

[Ted King]

18 years old when he attacked the Capital. What led him there? Maybe his parents had something to do with it:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/embarrasse...to-capitol

About Cua's detention hearing:

During a Friday hearing, Cua’s father testified on behalf of his son and attempted to take the blame for his son’s belief in baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. After realizing there would be no “big reveal” proving a widespread voting conspiracy stole the election, Joseph Cua said he now feels embarrassed that he believed the “BS.”

“I myself feel pretty embarrassed that a lot of us feel like this is what happened,” he said, adding that he no longer believes the election was stolen. “There was no big reveal and nothing came out.”

As it says in the OP, the kid was there with his parents. The judge in the detention hearing let them have it:

Before handing down his detention ruling, [judge] Baverman slammed Cua’s parents for allowing their son to carry a weapon on Jan. 6 and blaming “leaders” for misleading them, when they should have been setting a better example for their son.

“Mr. Cua said he is misled by leaders. Well, Mr. Cua is supposed to be the leader,” Baverman said. “These were not spontaneous youthful actions.”

So after this but before the trial, Cua's lawyer filed a motion to be withdrawn as counsel:

https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-brea...-to-judge/

“Good morning, Your Honor,” Cua said. “I’m here by special appearance, not a general appearance,” he continued, echoing fellow Jan. 6 defendant Pauline Bauer, who had memorably told the judge in her case, Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, that she was appearing in his court by “special divine appearance.”

Those are fairly standard statements for followers of the “sovereign citizen” movement, which relies on conspiracy theories and misinformation to justify adherents’ apparent belief that they are exempt from U.S. law.

During a back-and-forth between judge and defendant, Moss tried to clarify what Cua meant, to no avail.

“I don’t know where you found this material, but I have no idea, frankly, what you’re talking about,” Moss eventually replied, after Cua repeated his “special appearance” statement.

“Let me ask you a question: do you want to have a lawyer in this case, or do you want to represent yourself?”

Cua repeated some of his talking points, and then asked: “What need is there for an attorney?”

It goes back and forth until the judge finally gets fed up and says if he didn't answer the question he would be arrested immediately. Cua talked with his lawyer and they set up a date for another hearing.

Those parents fucked up their kid. But he was 18 and the law says he was responsible for his owns actions at that age. I hope he comes out of prison having reflected on what he did and what led him up to it and makes his life better. I hope his parents help other people like them understand how they went wrong and for others not to do the same. It's going to be hard for them because to the degree that they admit their mistakes, that is the degree that they should, and may very well have, regular feelings of shame and regret.

[Ombligo]

A guy who lives in my town was arrested yesterday for his part in the attack on the capitol. Jesse James Rumford aka The Sedition Panda has been charged with numerous felonies. He wore a Panda costume but took the head off on camera allowing himself to be identified.

https://www.fox13news.com/news/citrus-co...itol-riots

[mrbigstuff]

Ted King wrote:

Those parents fucked up their kid. But he was 18 and the law says he was responsible for his owns actions at that age. I hope he comes out of prison having reflected on what he did and what led him up to it and makes his life better. I hope his parents help other people like them understand how they went wrong and for others not to do the same. It's going to be hard for them because to the degree that they admit their mistakes, that is the degree that they should, and may very well have, regular feelings of shame and regret.

yeah, even though this kid committed acts on his own, clearly being schooled and sanctioned by authority figures, his parents, had a huge bearing on his behavior. I'm tempted to say I hope they don't sentence him to prison for very long, although even a few years may screw him up pretty bad (yes, worse than he is already). it's times like this that there should be some middle ground, although I do not know what that may be.