Last week, FBI agents arrested a Maine man for his involvement in the January 6 events. According to the Department of Justice press releaseLincoln Deming spent approximately 30 minutes in the building after entering through an open door in the presence of Capitol Police. Deming faces numerous charges, including civil disorder and intimidating “parade,” in connection with the misconduct at the Capitol.
The Department of Justice boasted in a press release about the number of scalps the government suffered for its unprecedented prosecution of January 6 protestors. “More than 1,424 people have been charged in nearly all 50 states with crimes related to breaching the Capitol agenda,” boasted Matthew Graves, Joe Biden-appointed U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Graves warned that the investigation into the four-hour riot is “ongoing.”
Actually. Surprisingly, the Department of Justice is on track to arrest one J6 protester per day this year; Graves has stated that he intends to bring the entire case to at least 2,000 defendants before the statute of limitations expires.
If the Department of Justice didn’t have a double standard, it wouldn’t have a double standard at all… Oh wait
At the same time, the Department of Justice is dwindling to bring federal charges against pro-Palestinian protesters, who in many cases over the past six months have engaged in similar, if not worse, behavior in Congressional buildings.
A spokeswoman for Graves recently confirmed to me via email that all cases arising from arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters are handled by a local D.C. prosecutor.
In other words, there will be no obstruction by federal authorities in official impeachment proceedings against those who repeatedly interrupted Senate and House hearings to protest the Israel-Gaza war. No federal “parading” fees for illegal protesters occupied government buildings in Washington, D.C. on multiple occasions. Even the demonstrators who attacked The Capitol Police outside the DNC headquarters last November did not face federal charges — a shocking double standard since hundreds of J6 members have been charged federally with assaulting police, even for minor confrontations, often resulting in lengthy prison sentences and, in several cases, short-lived arrest.
Which makes Attorney General Merrick Garland’s recent comments all the more outrageous – and patently false. Before two House committees voted Thursday to censure Garland for defying a congressional subpoena demanding an audio recording of Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur last year, Garland composed himself to explain how House Republicans and not him, they threaten the legitimacy of the Department of Justice – “a fundamental institution of our democracy,” Garland said. (Garland advised Biden to invoke executive privilege to prevent the tapes from being presented to Congress; Biden happily accepted her advice.)
Garland brazenly stated that politics plays no role in determining what investigations his department conducts.
Without political influence?
If there were a real news media in the country and not boot lickers who question Garland about his hurt feelings when people criticize the Department of Justice, at least one reporter would confront Garland about the ongoing prosecution of J6 members while exonerating the Hamasurrectionists.
A reporter would ask Garland how many times the Justice Department had sought pretrial detention for political protesters accused of assaulting police, as it did in dozens of J6 cases.
A reporter would ask Garland how often the FBI conducts armed raids on Americans accused of nonviolent crimes, as the FBI did in hundreds of J6 cases and continues to do so.
A reporter would ask Garland about the possibility that the Supreme Court would reverse the way his Justice Department applied the post-Enron law against some 350 J6 employees, turning many otherwise non-violent protesters into convicted criminals.
The reporter would also ask Garland about two recent D.C. Court of Appeals decisions that invalidated motions filed by the Department of Justice on excessive penalties.
A reporter would ask Garland why he authorized an armed FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago to search for secret documents, but he did not do the same for Joe Biden and Mike Pence.
A reporter would ask Garland why he shouldn’t be held in contempt of Congress for defying the House subpoena, while his prosecutors charged Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro – who is currently in prison in Miami – with contempt after they defied the subpoenas House of Representatives. January 6 Select Committee.
A reporter would ask Garland why his office he boasted regarding the jailing of several people, including two 70-year-old women, for protesting outside a DC abortion clinic in 2020, while dropping almost all federal charges against the 2020 BLM rioters.
You catch the drift.
The fascinating background is that the Biden regime and the media are warning that a second Trump presidency will lead to a crusade of revenge and retaliation against his sworn enemies – including Justice Department and FBI officials.
Given Garland’s performance as attorney general, one can only hope this is true.
Part of Garland’s letter to Biden
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Julie Kelly is a freelance journalist reporting on the US government’s utilize of weapons against its citizens. Keep following Kelly Twitter / X.
