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Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump gets life in prison for plot on FBI (www.cbc.ca)
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Edward Kelley was convicted of plotting to attack FBI office in retaliation for his Capitol riot charges

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[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Too much confidence in what sense? Seriously, what happens when we see someone kill someone in a really pro-Trump way and spew pro-Trump bullshit at every opportunity. Might they get pardoned?

[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Confidence in their ability to get away with it. They've been pardoned once, why not again?

You're right to ask the question, it's an unsettling thought that something like that is actually plausible.

[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

We're thinking similarly :). The Minnesota shootings is probably the test case at the moment (https://www.npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s1-5433748/minnesota-shooting-suspect-vance-boelter-arrested-melissa-hortman-john-hoffman). No terrorism charges laid AFAIK despite targeting multiple legislators. How crazy far will the impunity (and increased criminal brazenness as a result) of sycophants go and how quickly?