# 7 Jan 2021 and beyond - the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 8, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020 "2021-01-08T10:28:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 122
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2429 "2021-11-09T17:36:53Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > > [@Gyrate](#): > > > > Hey, she only committed a crime for “2 minutes and 8 seconds”. > > I wonder if Matt Gaetz is going to try that defense. - I wouldn’t believe he lasted 10 seconds let alone over two minutes. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2430 "2021-11-09T17:38:30Z")
Yeah, my first thought was “Brock Turner.” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2431 "2021-11-09T18:06:31Z")
Same. “Hey, I only committed a crime for the half-second it took me to shoot someone!” ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2432 "2021-11-09T21:41:14Z")
More subpoenas: > **[January 6 committee issues 10 more subpoenas, including to Stephen Miller and...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/09/politics/january-6-subpoenas-stephen-miller/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%2Brss%2Fcnn_topstories%2B%28RSS%3A%2BCNN%2B-%2BTop%2BStories%29)** > > The House committee investigating the deadly January 6 riot at the US Capitol announced on Tuesday a new batch of 10 subpoenas to former White House officials under President Donald Trump, as the panel charges ahead in seeking testimony and documents... ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2433 "2021-11-09T21:47:22Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Hey, she only committed a crime for “2 minutes and 8 seconds”. By that standard, shooting someone is barely a crime at all - bullets move _very_ fast, so really, you’re only being a criminal for a fraction of a second. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2434 "2021-11-09T22:15:42Z")
So, what is going to happen when all these people refuse to comply with the subpoenas? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2435 "2021-11-09T23:27:53Z")
Nothing ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2436 "2021-11-10T00:25:56Z")
They may be faced with a wagging finger. ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2437 "2021-11-10T02:30:53Z")
Surely, the Democrats will not get that brazenly out of control! What of the norms? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2438 "2021-11-10T14:20:36Z")
Meanwhile, in Federal court: > **[Federal judge denies Trump's attempt to withhold records from January 6...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/09/politics/trump-documents-january-6-committee-national-archives-judge-ruling/index.html)** > > A federal judge will allow the US House to access hundreds of pages of documents from Donald Trump's presidency leading up to and about the January 6 attack at the US Capitol, in a forceful rejection of Trump's recent attempts to control information... ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2439 "2021-11-10T14:36:26Z")
Who knew that _unitary executive_ meant a Democratic president would get executive privileges? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2440 "2021-11-10T14:47:47Z")
Who knew that when you stop being an executive, you lose your executive priviledges? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2441 "2021-11-10T16:17:18Z")
Things that make you go “hmmm”: > [@](#): > > Biden largely waived executive privilege on documents held by the White House. The records that would be given to the committee include call logs, drafts of remarks and speeches and handwritten notes from Trump’s then-chief of staff, Mark Meadows, according to a court filing by the National Archives. There are also copies of talking points from then-press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and **“a draft Executive Order on the topic of election integrity,”** the National Archives has said. > **[Trump’s White House records on Jan. 6 attack can be accessed by Congress,...](https://globalnews.ca/news/8362871/trump-jan-6-attack-records-judge/amp/)** > > The judge rejected an argument by Trump's lawyers that the documents should be hidden from the Jan. 6 committee under executive privilege. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2442 "2021-11-10T16:21:58Z")
“a draft Executive Order on the topic of election integrity,” So could be anything from some vague guidance to states to ensure election integrity to a declaration of Trump being King Emperor in perpetuity. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2443 "2021-11-10T16:50:29Z")
I read your post in a hurry and thought you were predicting that Trump wanted to become an Emperor penguin. 🐧 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2444 "2021-11-10T17:03:22Z")
We really need an LOL button. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2445 "2021-11-10T17:09:10Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I read your post in a hurry and thought you were predicting that Trump wanted to become an Emperor penguin. 🐧 Well, now I’m picturing Trump in a tuxedo and really…he’s like halfway there. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2446 "2021-11-10T17:13:47Z")
Wait wait wait! Apparently, this is a whole thing that I wasn’t aware of. [People are replacing pictures of Donald Trump with Penguins](https://www.buzzfeed.com/laurasilver/people-are-replacing-pictures-of-donald-trump-with-penguins). [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dmaag8BXoAATMG4?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dmaag8BXoAATMG4?format=jpg&name=small) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2447 "2021-11-10T19:44:23Z")
Enjoy your stay in the Bighouse, asshole! “A New Jersey gym owner who punched a police officer during the [Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol](https://apnews.com/hub/capitol-siege) was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in prison, a likely benchmark for dozens of other rioters who engaged in violence that day. Scott Fairlamb, 44, was the first person to be sentenced for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the Capitol riot. His 41-month prison term is the longest among 32 riot-related sentences handed down so far.” > **[Capitol rioter who hit officer gets over 3 years in prison](https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-sentence-scott-fairlamb-8fef3ecc6888ace1b9f949f21b625363)** > > A New Jersey gym owner who punched a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in prison, a likely benchmark for dozens of other rioters who engaged in violence that day. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/2448 "2021-11-11T01:25:29Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Wait wait wait! Apparently, this is a whole thing that I wasn’t aware of. > > [People are replacing pictures of Donald Trump with Penguins](https://www.buzzfeed.com/laurasilver/people-are-replacing-pictures-of-donald-trump-with-penguins). > > [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dmaag8BXoAATMG4?format=jpg&name=small](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dmaag8BXoAATMG4?format=jpg&name=small) PENGUINS WILL NOT REPLACE US! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020.md?page=123)