In finding Klein #guilty, Judge #McFadden, a Trump appointee, …emphasized that #FedericoKlein had repeatedly told associates that he was intimately familiar w/the congressional proceedings occurring in the Capitol on Jan.6, underscoring his intent to obstruct & disrupt lawmakers' effort to certify Joe #Biden's victory in the #2020election.
Prosecutors, who asked for a 10yr #sentence, say #Klein was an early adherent of Trump's #BigLie that the #2020election was stolen, taking time off from the #StateDept to investigate claims of #fraud in Las Vegas. He repeatedly told friends & acquaintances that #Jan6 was the last chance to reverse #Trump's defeat in the election.
After a prolonged confrontation w/police in the tunnel, …Klein grabbed a police riot shield & used it to prevent officers from closing an ext door to the Capitol.
(Using) the shield as a wedge, #Klein & other insurgents pried the doors open again & cont’d their attacks on the police in the tunnel, which lasted close to 2 more hrs,.
Klein asked to be sentenced to 40 days in prison, which appears to be roughly the amt of time he spent in pretrial custody in 2021. He contended that prosecutors overstated his role in the violence & he also pointed to his 9 yrs in the #Marine Corps, incl’g a tour in #Iraq 2005.
Federico #Klein, who served as a political appointee in former President Donald Trump's State Department and who had a top secret security clearance, is now headed to federal prison for the next 70 months.
Those counts include charges involved with assaulting US Capitol Police and Washington, DC Metro Police officers, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds...
'Hands Off Arundhati Roy!': #Progressive Voices Decry Possible Prosecution of Indian Author
"You have no idea what you will unleash is you pursue this political prosecution aimed at silencing your most eloquent critic," #Canadian author Naomi #Klein warned Indian Prime Minister
'Hands Off Arundhati Roy!': #Progressive Voices Decry Possible Prosecution of Indian Author
"You have no idea what you will unleash is you pursue this political prosecution aimed at silencing your most eloquent critic," #Canadian author Naomi #Klein warned Indian Prime Minister #Modi.
Progressive writers and advocates around the world on Tuesday rallied behind acclaimed Indian author and activist Arundhati #Roy after a top New Delhi official reportedly approved..
Here's a neat #github trick for #OpenSource maintainers: are you ever working on a bunch of changes and they kinda depend on each other but you don't want to submit a gigantic PR, but you also don't want to wait a week between each one waiting for someone to have the spare time to do a review? Submit your first PR to trunk, then submit your second PR to merge into your branch.