This is a ridiculous take. The plea deal was in a Georgia state RICO case, the rioters were tried in federal courts for totally different crimes. Powell, Cheese Bro, et al. still face charges in Jack Smith's inquiry.
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My understanding is that Powell's charges in GA were mostly related to some voting machine shenanigans in one county. Whatever else she may have done - fake lawsuits in 49 non-Georgia states, propaganda inciting mobs, even if she had, herself, stormed the Capitol - weren't part of Georgia state charges.
Jimmy McGill is going to try every possible whining, ridiculous take to get his clients preferential treatment, though. That's why Jan 6 rioters better call Saul.
Boo hoo! Cry me a river.
Maybe next time have enough sense to not toss in with traitors. Powell is despicable but she is now a useful idiot.
Always has been. But now she changed side and is the useful idiot for the better side.
Wow I wish there was some penalty for lawyers who deliberately made statements with this much bad faith. First off it's State vs. Federal, so fuck off. Then we're talking breaking into a building to prevent Congress from doing it's job, while assaulting federal law enforcement, versus non-violent document, election, and conspiracy charges, so fuck off again. And by far most important, we're talking about know-nothing foot soldiers who committed blatant federal felonies and had nothing to bargain with, vs Sidney the Goddamn Kraken Powell who must have hard evidence by the boatload that she forked over to score this deal, and who can directly testify about Trump's words and actions and meetings she was in. There's no comparison here, no equivalence, and these J6 defense lawyers trying to gin one up is just offensive.
i think people who were charging the Capitol that day should have been shot dead on site.. go ahead and feel gobsmacked all you want, you fucking traitors..
I was in favor of using the gallows they brought to the capital for them
I feel like gobsmacked was not something bandied about and suddenly its showing up constantly.
I feel like bandied about was not anyone's aesthetic and suddenly I'm gobsmacked with it constantly.
good show!
On the other hand, I don’t think she actually took part in storming the capital and all the destruction and violence. She may be looney but at least she didn’t go that far.
Neither did trump, or bannon or manafort or all the rest. They all played a part.
No fucking shit, but to the J6ers whining about why she got less punishment, that’s one reason. Along with pleading guilty and flipping.
Yeah idk, maybe.
But all of a sudden "Gobsmacked" is the word of the week.
Jesus christ people try and at least kind-of think for yourselves.
At least "Full Throated" has died.
It got "Slammed"
Some think it's based, but I think it's cringe. I just yoink it, then yeet it the hell out of here.
You're a bad person.
Why you gotta yuck my yum?
Are they still using “unprecedented”? Because that was starting to get annoying.
lol. Fucking idiots.