# 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:** 173
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3449 "2022-08-05T16:42:51Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > It’s going to get Jones’s lawyer in Texas, and the Proud boy lawyer in Connecticut sanctioned by the court. > [@Gyrate](#): > > In the grand scheme of things, yes. But Alex Jones has been burning through a LOT of incompetent lawyers. It won’t help his cases in either state, and it won’t make hiring new ones any easier. Right, I see that, and it’s lovely. But this is the “aftermath of Jan 6” thread, so a couple of lawyers getting sanctioned and a multi-millionaire having to hire a new lawyer doesn’t seem to justify some of the breathless reporting I’ve seen about it, IMHO. The alleged texts between Jones and Stone - now _that_ has my heart all a-flutter hoping it’s true! ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3450 "2022-08-05T16:51:53Z")
The medical records weren’t just disclosed inappropriately, but were shared by Jones’s team with Jones’s other team in a different suit in a different state. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3451 "2022-08-05T16:53:40Z")
okay, the judge was on them like a jersey devil… good grief, the amount of collateral damage from trump is stupendous. the wheel of justice goes squish, squish, splat. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3452 "2022-08-05T17:27:45Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > good grief, the amount of collateral damage from trump is stupendous. “Everything Trump touches dies.” It’s the opposite of the Midas touch. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3453 "2022-08-05T17:37:43Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > It’s the opposite of the Midas touch. You get covered in a thin layer of cheap gold paint, feel good for about a scaramucci, and then suffocate. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3454 "2022-08-05T18:22:02Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > It’s the opposite of the Midas touch. Or the My-ass touch. It all turns to crap. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3455 "2022-08-05T18:27:27Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Point of order-pumas are not native to Connecticut. Wildcats have been extinct since the late 1800’s apparently, but could be reintroduced and considered native I would think. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3456 "2022-08-05T18:45:25Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Wildcats have been extinct since the late 1800’s apparently, but could be reintroduced and considered native I would think The CT judge was on them like a fast-zombie-puma. And there aren’t many things more terrifying than a fast-zombie-puma judge. Apparently there was one who showed up in 2011 that somehow made an [epic journey on foot from South Dakota](https://www.ctinsider.com/connecticutmagazine/article/There-are-no-mountain-lions-in-Connecticut-so-17044867.php). And having extended it, I think I will now drop this very far afield hijack 🙂. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3457 "2022-08-05T19:50:24Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Wildcats have been extinct Extirpated. When a species no longer exists within a specific geographic area. Extinct is all gone, forever, everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3458 "2022-08-06T00:51:49Z")
~~Exit~~ Extirpate stage left… [![](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/hanna-barbera/images/c/cc/Fb937116b3c974d6e7bb172677e91316.jpg) ](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/hanna-barbera/images/c/cc/Fb937116b3c974d6e7bb172677e91316.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3459 "2022-08-06T06:56:28Z")
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Yogi_Bear_Yogi_Bear.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Yogi_Bear_Yogi_Bear.png) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3460 "2022-08-06T13:10:01Z")
Standing apart from the normally calm, even-handed and downright staid proceedings at CPAC, was [this performance artist representing a MAGA prisoner of conscience.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=17uOr9ySJg0). Unlike a [Marina Abramović,](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Abramovi%C4%87) performance however, a $295 ticket into CPAC didn’t include an invitation to stick pins into the artist. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3461 "2022-08-06T13:17:00Z")
BWAHAHAHA his name is Brandon! And he snitched on the other morans. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3462 "2022-08-06T13:46:20Z")
This dude is grifting the grifters. I almost applaud him for that. And WTF message is he trying to send by crying in fake jail cell at a CPAC gathering? Remorse? Trying to show how mean the system has been to him for breaking the law? What is it? And as CMC said above, he snitched on others. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3463 "2022-08-06T14:00:10Z")
He is also somebody who has supplied the DOJ/January 6th committee with significant amounts of cooperation. This is his way of doing MAGA penance. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3464 "2022-08-07T14:05:05Z")
He’s repenting for having done wrong? At a CPAC gathering? Done wrong for snitching I guess? The done wrong for participating in the insurrection would not fit with that crowd. I think two things. He’s trying to show how persecuted he is. And/or he’s trying to somehow turn his fuck up into a buck up. It fits. They are all snowflakes and attention whores at the same time. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3465 "2022-08-11T18:25:54Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Yogi\_Bear\_Yogi\_Bear.png](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Yogi_Bear_Yogi_Bear.png) Are _any_ of Jones’s lawyers smarter than the average bear? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3466 "2022-08-12T16:54:31Z")
I hate to let these little stories slip through the cracks. More good work by DOJ and the courts: Gift link: > **[Ex-Police Officer Gets 7 Years in Prison for Role in Jan. 6 Attack](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/us/thomas-roberston-jan-6-sentenced.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DFDm8biPkORJSA_ELEfu95YNE-xS-HQ9kEMrYpAaI31eJZI0FrQASk5JuYnZBPawMElbWOZEJklZTcQeJ_tjbwcmiyLOo4mOHu50_bOmD1D62IhWkmdghkvcNiIlu1jH1ckvrAF-Z-jtl6zu5hUs4hPUoIZCiOvvTqAhV7KY_GOkmasl9qLrkfDTLDntec6KYCeRFRCj_FS3B44WU86rBMKY9dffa_f1N7Jp2I0fhGAXdoLYypG5Q6W4DX8r1uurLOoheNo9GkgEbiLD1Ivm3MmjLVN_428g&smid=url-share)** > > Prosecutors said that Thomas Robertson, 49, had wielded a large stick and donned a gas mask during the riot, and that he confronted police officers who were trying to stop the increasingly violent crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3467 "2022-08-12T17:32:20Z")
Damn, this has been a good news week. Long overdue. How can it get better? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020/3468 "2022-08-12T17:33:29Z")
Let’s see what’s in that unsealed warrant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020.md?page=172) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-jan-2021-and-beyond-the-aftermath-of-the-storming-of-the-capitol/930020.md?page=174)