Jonathan Pollock

Jonathan Daniel Pollock, a man from Lakeland, Florida, has been charged with assaulting multiple police officers with a deadly weapon. He has been accused of a violent entry into the Capitol building and using a shield to attack three law enforcement officers.

Federal agents tracked Pollock while he was in California and Florida, and the fugitive is believed to have friends and family in several states. A reward of $15,000 was offered for the arrest of Pollock in March. This has since doubled. It is believed that the FBI has active surveillance on the Pollock family.

Pollock was part of a group of friends and family from Polk County. He also has a sister, who is in court awaiting trial.

The affidavit lists the suspects, including charges, where they are from, and their status. Some have ties to right-wing extremist groups.

Guy Wesley Reffitt

After a jury convicted Guy Wesley Reffitt of five crimes associated with his involvement in the January 6th Insurrectionist attack, he was sentenced to more than seven years in prison. His sentence is the longest yet imposed for any defendant involved in the Capitol riot.

According to the FBI, Mr Reffitt was part of a militia-style Three Percenters movement. These groups are named after a small percentage of the colonial US population that fought against the British in the War of Independence.

The jury found Reffitt guilty of five counts, including obstructing an official proceeding, carrying a firearm during a civil disturbance, and transporting a firearm during a civil disturbance. He was sentenced to serve at least three years of supervised release.

The charges against Mr Reffitt stem from his actions on January 6, 2021, when he went to the U.S. Capitol wearing body armor and a helmet, and armed with a semiautomatic handgun.

Michael Perkins

The list of insurrectionist convictions involving the Capitol riots in 2021 includes several Floridians. Among them, Jonathan Pollock stands out. He was a part of a group of rioters who slammed into the police line and then engaged in tug-of-war style conflict. During the attack, he also broke an officer’s grasp.

Another prominent rioter was Joshua Christopher Doolin. He was a member of the group that pushed through the Capitol Police. His family and friends were reportedly gathered around him when he was arrested.

In addition to Pollock, dozens of other rioters are in jail. Some are accused of participating in the insurrection, while others were arrested for their roles in destroying property or assaulting law enforcement officers.

One of the most serious charges is seditious conspiracy, which can carry a prison sentence of more than five years. Other charges involve violent entry into the Capitol grounds, disorderly conduct in a restricted building, and obstructing an official proceeding.

Olivia Pollock

Despite the fact that many rioters have been put behind bars, a number of Floridians are still at large, accused of participating in the deadly Capitol insurrection. Some of them have been linked to right-wing extremist groups. And the FBI is reportedly actively looking for them.

In a federal investigation, prosecutors have primarily relied on social media posts. But they are also seeking financial records and credit card information. Depending on the standard of evidence, agents can get court orders to review these records. Using a “trap and trace” device, agents can track all calls from a particular phone line.

A federal statute makes it illegal to cross state lines to avoid prosecution. The FBI was able to monitor Pollock’s movements while in California. It also tracked him when he was in Florida.

By Norman Gregory

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The impeachment managers from the United States House of Representatives have delivered articles of impeachment against Donald Trump for incitement and insurrection against the United States government.

This would make Donald Trump the first president in United States history to be impeached twice. The Senate failed to convict Donald Trump the first time he was impeached.

Certain Republican senators have expressed that they do not support the present impeachment because Trump is no longer in office. They state that the second impeachment would serve to divide the nation further.

However, other Republican senators have stated that they would support impeachment under the circumstances because of the severity of what Trump is alleged to have done, i.e., incitement of insurrection against the government.

Most legal scholars agree that impeachment even after the president has left office is legally constitutional, because he was impeached while still in office, and the impeachment would serve to disqualify Donald Trump from ever holding office in the United States.

A minority of legal scholars’ state that it is not constitutional to impeach Donald Trump because he is no longer in office.

It does appear there is precedent for impeachment of a person once they leave office on the basis that a person who is impeached could simply resign without having to face the consequences of their actions and could potentially hold office again.

Whatever the case, there have been only four presidential impeachments in United States history, and now Donald Trump holds half of those four.

It will now be up to the Senate to determine the trial rules, and the timing of the trial. The House of Representatives will be the prosecutors in the impeachment.

By Norman Gregory

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Outgoing President Donald Trump was impeached for a second time today by the United States House of Representatives, for inciting sedition related to the attack on the United States Capitol building.

History was made for two reasons, first Donald Trump is the only president in American history to be impeached twice during a four-year term or any term for that matter, and secondly this was the most bipartisan impeachment of a President in United States history.

Obviously, the fact that Donald Trump was impeached for sedition against the United States government makes him the only president to ever be impeached for sedition as well.

Now Nancy Pelosi must transmit the impeachment documents to the Senate. The Senate leader McConnell says that he will not call the Senate back in the session until after Joe Biden has been sworn in as the new president.

This effectively means that the trial in the Senate on the impeachment will not occur until after Donald Trump has transitioned out of office, and Joe Biden is the new president.

Many Republican House of representative members questioned why the Democrats would impeach Donald Trump if he has only one week to remain in office, although ten Republicans joined in the vote for impeachment.

The Democrats responded by saying this type of conduct cannot be tolerated under any circumstances, and they want to ensure that Donald Trump will never be able to hold office again on the grounds that he is a clear and present danger to the United States of America.

Only 16 Republican senators need to join in on the Senate impeachment for all Trump to be convicted on the impeachment. It Donald Trump is convicted in the Senate on the impeachment, a simple majority vote will that be done to confirm that Donald Trump will no longer be able to hold office.

President elect Joe Biden has stated that he will defer to the Congress to decide the matter, and that his main interest is in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and bringing back the economy.

By Norman Gregory

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Watching enemies of the United States of America waving our Star-Spangled Banner, Confederate flags, and other white supremacist symbols while they attacked our government with the goal of destroying our government, yes destroying our government not just changing the results of the election, was the absolute worst.

Thoughts of Civil War and wanting to get revenge went through my head when I looked at these people. I thought of all the men and women who have died serving United States for freedom so that these traitors and insurrectionists could just take it away in a single afternoon?

Donald Trump was their cheerleader. Incitement is not protected speech. Incitement in a nutshell is trying to get people to do something by speech, that is illegal, with the intent that they do the illegal act.

Donald Trump telling his supporters to go to the capital and use force was textbook incitement. His incitement to insurrection was a total violation of his oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, which is no doubt a high crime and misdemeanor, which should subject him to at the minimum impeachment, and I believe criminal prosecution.

If Vice President Pence does not act to remove Trump through the 25^th amendment of the Constitution, then the House must at the minimum impeach Donald Trump. Most likely there will not be a trial on the impeachment before Trump has to go on January 20, 2021 when Joe Biden takes office, but the trial must be done after that to ensure that Trump can never hold office again, loses his Secret Service protection, and loses the person benefits of the office that he shames.

We can never allow sedition and insurrection to happen like this in our nation again.

By Norman Gregory

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At the time we called this a bloodless coup d’état or insurrection, but in fact blood was spilled.

As United States Air Force veteran who used to salute the Star-Spangled Banner every day, and who has sworn an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution twice in my life the last time being in 1997 up to the present, I was appalled. I am sure most Americans who observed what was going on were also appalled.

Since the attempted coup d’état and insurrection of Trump supporters, I have been watching the news constantly as are many of you as well.

I am not a psychiatrist nor am I some kind of left-wing radical, I am a middle road of the road type a guy, and it is not hard to see that Trump supporters and many on the right have become radicalized by constant seven day a week 24-hour right-wing propaganda of the type that Goebbels used when he served Adolf Hitler, to radicalize the Germans to start World War II, and to murder 6 million Jews.

In essence not only have many Republicans and Trump supporters become radicalized, but they are brainwashed into a Trump cult. They being the victims of constant propaganda which spews hate and demonization against Democrats and so-called liberals, like drug addicts have no clue that they are in what amounts to a death cult. They do not know they are brainwashed. The parrot the crap they have been fed.

You can see the difference between the way Donald Trump was campaigning, and the way Joe Biden was campaigning. Donald Trump talked about the radical left and how the country would not survive if the Democrats were elected, and that the Democrats were radical, and that the Democrats were communist and socialist, and that there is no way the economy would do good under the Democrats.

Whereas Joe Biden talked about bringing the nation together and representing all Americans.

The hateful and divisive rhetoric not only from Donald Trump, but from his supporters and political party, the Republicans, have never in our history been so insidious and hateful.

For the eight years before Pres. Trump was elected, Barack Obama ran the country just fine and saved it from economic calamity and brought the nation back. If you listened to the rhetoric from Donald Trump and the Republicans, Barack Obama destroyed the nation which in fact was not only not the case, but it was a boldface lie. This is called disinformation.

When you have a political party that is so hell-bent on gaining power or staying in power that they will say and do anything, we are in big trouble. There are feebleminded people amongst us who will believe the false narrative and take action which was seen during the insurrection this week.

What is the scary part of the insurrectionists at the capital were people from all walks of life including lawyers, firefighters, retired military personnel, etc. being a part of it.  In other words, not all of the brainwashed insurrectionists that tried to take down our country were feebleminded, some of them were smart enough to know better.

The people that attacked our capital and our Congress with the intent to overturn the election and therefore our constitutional government, because they did not like the results, are enemies of our nation and our people. They are the enemy within. These are not ordinary people; these are people who are brainwashed and not in their right mind. These are people who have been listening and watching compartmentalized brainwashing propaganda and disinformation from right wing media sources, and these people for the most part do not get news or information from any other sources.

After a while someone who nonstop listens to disinformation and propaganda begin to believe the bull crap that they are being fed which is exactly what is happened to the Republican Party of today.

I am hopeful that the people that are brainwashed by right wing disinformation are too lazy to actually really start a civil war. The fact is we Americans all have more in common than not. You know there is something seriously wrong though with people who know hundreds of thousands of people have died from a coronavirus pandemic but yet they will still walk around without a mask acting like nothing is wrong simply because Donald Trump told them so.

The mob that descended upon Washington was a wake-up call for us all. A motivated force could have easily gotten into the capital and taken out one branch of our government.

If you do not know you should know based upon the insurrection that took place last week, our representative democracy is hanging by a thread. There is a percentage of the population that does not want to abide by the results of election because they lost the election. They are willing to tear down our government because they lost. Democracy requires cooperation from everyone. If your party does not win, you vote when the next election comes along and maybe you will win, maybe you will not.

I like you want those who attacked the United States Capitol to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I want Donald Trump removed from office now. I want Donald Trump prosecuted for inciting an insurrection along with Rudolph Giuliani, Donald Trump’s sons, and any other party who incited the insurrection.

I want a quick reaction force to be stationed in Washington DC to prevent what happened at the US Capitol building from ever happening again.

I love the United States of America, but there are people that love Donald Trump out there more than they do their own nation. It is time now for we as Americans to call out the constant right-wing propaganda that is creating these monsters that attacked the United States Capitol. It is time for United States businesses who love capitalism, to shut down advertising for media that promotes right wing extremism. As they can see, if allowed to go unchecked, they will soon lose their nation as well.

I am a free-speech guy, but not when that speech incites insurrection against the United States government, that speech should not be protected.

By Norman Gregory

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