Yeah, something happened. She would’ve gladly voted for the bill.
My statement on today's vote on the January 6th commission. pic.twitter.com/KPXfXeiMkI
— Senator Patty Murray (@PattyMurray) May 28, 2021
Not every case is as strong as every other:
Yeah… fuck 'em. Another one just ‘caught up’ in the insurrection. We need a very, very large net.
The case against Paul Allard Hodgkins was strong:
AIUI, Hodgkins is being convicted specifically of “obstruction of a public proceeding”, which sounds bureaucratic but can carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. He’s getting four other charges dropped and is looking for a shorter sentence because of the plea agreement.
You can run, but can you hide, when you’re a Congressman…?:
The investigator should claim to be a big money donor. That’ll get him to see just about any member of Congress.
The lawsuit, as lawsuits tend to do, could open up a lot of other hidden doors to people with direct involvement in the funding and planning. I suspect Brooks has shit to hide, and not just for himself.
I think you’re probably right.
And here’s the understatement of the year, nay, the century:
It takes real courage to think of an event where a crowd was trying to kill you, and meekly mention that you don’t “see eye to eye” with the person who caused it.
Then immediately return to a “…but the Dems” schtick, and vote not to investigate what actually happened that day.
Courage my ass. He’s scared shitless of the MAGA base and is afraid to call out the guy who was perfectly willing to see a mob have him drawn and quartered. Pence is a back bench politician who won’t win a single primary in 2024.
I thought the sarcasm was obvious…
For people outside Oregon, this was a case where an Oregon legislator opened a door to let protestors into the Oregon Capitol. There’s been a new developement. Someone found a video of the legislator, Mike Nearman, giving explicit (albeit ostensibly hypothetical) instructions on how he would do this. Posted just a few days before the incident. A smoking gun, no, a smoking howitzer.
Nearman in oregonive video:
Oh ok, at least you’re honest about being dishonest.
(bolded) That could be in violation of Terms of Service.
In the good name of Powers Booth - absolutely traitorous as fuck - put this shitheel on blast. Curious to see what will come of this Wednesday’s committee personnel report on him to determine what happens to the scumfuck.
My understanding is that that agreement was made after and in response to the incident in question. So there wouldn’t be a violation unless he did it again.
Hell, they’d go to his house.
Ah yes, thanks.
You’ve been served, m’f’er!
So isn’t claiming that you were illegally served an admittance that you were served? 
“Well, Swalwell FINALLY did his job, served complaint (on my WIFE). HORRIBLE Swalwell’s team committed a CRIME by unlawfully sneaking INTO MY HOUSE & accosting my wife!” Brooks wrote on Twitter.
I would say that this is a pretty good basis for a lawsuit for defamation from the process server who gave the papers to Brooks’ wife.
This process server, who presumably does this in a professional capacity, has just been directly accused by a sitting politician of committing an illegal act while conducting his business. I would say that this process server has an open and shut case, as it would be easy to show that he acted legally, and that Brooks’ public lies have the potential to cause harm to the process server’s public and business profile.
Politicians do not have the complete freedom to defame professionals doing their jobs by spreading lies about them. Brooks needs to be held accountable for this tweet.