Jan. 6 rioter who used sovereign citizen ‘gobbledygook’ at trial is found guilty

by BigOmet

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  1. Isn’t that also the backup plan for Trump’s lawyers for every case rn?

  2. >More than 1,200 people have been charged in connection with the Capitol attack, and more than 400 have received sentences of incarceration. Online “Sedition Hunters” say about 1,000 additional rioters have been identified, but not yet arrested.

    This is the *peaceful protest* Republicans have been talking about. The last sentence doesn’t surprise me, even if we are only talking about tresspassers. And, as if anyone with a functioning brain needed it, 1000 uncharged insurrectionists roaming free shows the Justice Department has definitely not been politically weaponized by the Biden administration.

  3. Of course he’s from Washington. Sovereign citizens are a dime a dozen in the boonies up here.

    I hope the video from the trial is released at some point. It’s always fun to watch judges smack down their strange legal maneuvers.

  4. So if this kook believes US law doesn’t apply to him, why the fuck was he trying to overthrow the US government?

  5. [“I do not recognize the authority of a court that hangs the gold-fringed flag. A flag with gilded edges is the flag of an Admiralty court. An Admiralty court signifies a Naval court-martial. I cannot be court-martialed twice. That is all. Furthermore….”](https://www.reddit.com/r/KingOfTheHill/s/yhIT5idiTA)

    Bailiff, gag him.

  6. Didn’t anyone see his ~~badge~~ vape pen?! 🤦‍♂️

  7. I do not recognize the authority of this prison cell! LOL!

  8. I LOVE WATCHING SOVEREIGN CITIZEN VIDEOS! The way they think in the most pompous way that they are a sovereign citizen and are above the law! Then get arrested, is the best.

  9. I saw a video of a sovereign citizen talking to a cop once. I could believe what I was hearing. It’s the craziest shit out there. Just absolutely bonkers.

  10. Check out Gordon Kahl if not familiar . The late 20th century North Dakota OG farmer grampa turned ultimate sovereign citizen and killed three federal marshals in a shootout in 1983. Book Bitter Harvest details the whole insane episode very well. I’m amazed I never see his name mentioned as a martyr or inspiration for the extreme wingnuts today

  11. Meanwhile Harrison Floyd sent out tweets to witnesses and fellow co-conspirators via twitter and other social media which was against his bail requirements, but the judge just yawned and said the prosecutor just needs to more specific in who he can contact that the defendant was confused and wasn’t being a bad boy. This is Judge McAfee who was being a reasonable previously but like other judges (the Colorado and Florida Cannon flakes) who have joined the Trump Train to protect the Orange Blob.

  12. Good news and good riddance. Get this trash as far away from society and regular decent people as possible. The new few years of his life will be akin to Purgatory.

  13. Man who could believe that thinking you can opt out of having the law apply to you was complete nonsense huh?

  14. This guy’s gobbledygook sounds similar to Vivek’s crack legal theory about being able to deport children born in the US to undocumented immigrant parents:

    The parents are here illegally, so they’re not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States as referenced in the Fourteenth Amendment, so their kids aren’t either(?)

    Newsflash, dumbasses. When you’re within the United States, you’re subject to its jurisdiction. No amount of sovereign citizen nonsense or right wing fear mongering makes any difference.

  15. I just sat on a jury where a sovereign citizen represented themselves and attempted to claim that the Uniform Commercial Code prevented the State from requiring people to register their cars and obtain a drivers license. Things didn’t go well for them either.

  16. i shared office space with a sovereign citizen for a couple months. they were “interesting” to talk to for awhile after i figured out what was up with them. thank god for ear buds.

  17. Few things bring me more joy than when Sovereign Citizens catch an ice cold splash of reality.

    This whole “I want to benefit from society but want to contribute nothing to it” mentality somehow manages to be even more immature than your average toddler.

  18. Dude if you’re a “sovereign citizen” wtf are you doing far from home fighting United States police officers for a wannabe dictator?

  19. If you’re a sovereign citizen then why tf do you care who the president is? It’s almost as if you don’t by your own bs…

  20. “Gobbledygook” is by far the best overall description of the Sovereign Citizen ramblings that I have ever heard.

    Thanks.

  21. A reasonable person would observe that every time this has been tried it has failed.

    Fortunately sovereign citizens are not reasonable so they will happily keep trying and failing.

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