From: slider@anashram.com

An ardent supporter of Donald Trump who called for the “slaughter” of members of Congress two days after the Capitol riot faces up to 10 years
in prison after a jury found him guilty of threatening lawmakers.

On 8 January, two days after the assault on the Capitol, Brendan Hunt
posted a video titled “KILL YOUR SENATORS: Slaughter them all” to a
website popular with the far-right.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brendan-hunt-guilty-prison-sentence-b1839246.html

He also posted several threats on social media in December targeting
Democratic lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and US Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The 37-year-old was arrested on 19 January. He will be sentenced in June.

“We need to go back to the US Capitol, when all of the senators and a lot
of the representatives are back there, and this time we have to show up
with our guns,” he said in a video posted to BitChute. “And we need to slaughter these mother*******.”

On the right-wing platform Parler, he also called for Trump supporters to “bring your guns” to the Capitol on 20 January, the date of Joe Biden’s inauguration, according to court documents.

Attorneys for Mr Hunt, who was prosecuted in US District Court in
Brooklyn, argued that the comments made from his home in Queens were constitutionally protected speech that did not constitute legitimate
threats, despite their content.

In testimony to the court on Tuesday, Hunt – the son of a retired judge – said he was joining in with inflammatory online rhetoric at the time and
was under the influence of drugs and alcohol while posting.

“The idea that I would somehow borrow somebody’s gun, waltz into Biden’s inauguration ceremony like some Looney Tunes character and somehow line up
all senators and execute a firing squad on them, I think is a pretty
ridiculous idea,” he said. “I’m sort of just a YouTube guy who makes controversial content and clickbait videos.”

The jury returned a verdict after three hours of deliberation on Wednesday.

In their verdict, jurors indicated that they found only the video – not
the Facebook and Parler posts – to be a true threat for his conviction.

Though Hunt did not participate in the deadly riots at the Capitol on 6 January, he is among the first to be convicted of crimes in connection
with the attacks, and the first to face a prison sentence for online
threats made in its wake.

The Justice Department has charged at least 400 people in connection with
the assault on Congress, fuelled by the former president’s persistent lie that the election was stolen from him and supporters.

Federal prosecutors expect “at least” 100 more people will face charges, they revealed in court documents last week.

“The investigation and prosecution of the Capitol attack will likely be
one of the largest in American history, both in terms of the number of defendants prosecuted and the nature and volume of the evidence,”
prosecutors wrote in district court filings on Thursday.

Prosecutors are targeting individuals as well as members of far-right
groups as part of several conspiracy investigations, they said.

“As the Capitol attack investigation is still on-going, the number of defendants charged and the volume of potentially discoverable materials
will only continue to grow,” they argued in filings. “In short, even in cases involving a single defendant, the volume of discoverable materials
is likely to be significant.”

### - haha had to laff at this far-right moron for getting 'himself' into trouble and now facing 10 years for admitting: "I’m sort of just a YouTube guy who makes controversial content and clickbait videos." - coz he
effectively dug his own grave and then threw himself into it lol :)))

but which unfortunately sets a dangerous precedent, wherein 'anyone' can
now be had-up for making controversial political comments online and can't
then just claim they were only enjoying themselves?

i mean, no one's gonna particularly miss this moron and his equally 100
nutjob buddies all facing similar charges & sentences, society in all likelihood actually being better off (and far safer) without them... but
the trials of all of them are gonna be big news and will definitely leave
their mark, maybe even to the point of eventually outlawing all these
far-right armed militia once and for all...

gud! :D

(slider humming the words...)

"now you don't feel sooo 'proud'
how does it feeeeel!"

ahaha :)))

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