Sen. Ron Johnson's Lies in Senate Hearing into Capitol Attack Give Aid & Comfort to Insurrectionists

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🗓️ 25 February 2021

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Senator Ron Johnson tells outrageous lies during the Senate hearing into the January 6 attack of the US Capitol. Indeed, CNN reported: "Ron Johnson just dropped a ridiculous conspiracy theory at the Senate Capitol attack hearing." Johnson's lies clearly were designed to give aid and comfort to the insurresctionists. In this video we tackle the following question: do Johnson's lies constitute the federal offense of Accessory After the Fact, in violation of 18 US Code, Section 3? Please consider becoming a #TeamJustice patron at: https://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner My podcast, "Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner" can be downloaded where you get your podcasts. Follow me on: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/glennkirschner2 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glennkirschner2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glennkirschner2 Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	So, let's talk about Senator Ron Johnson's statements in yesterday's Senate hearing
0:06.6	investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
0:10.0	And then let's ask ourselves this question.
0:13.3	Do Senator Johnson's statements satisfy the legal elements of the crime of accessory
0:19.7	after the fact?
0:22.4	Because not giving aid and comfort to insurrectionists like justice matters.
0:45.8	Hey all, Glenn Kirschner here.
0:48.2	So did you see Senator Ron Johnson give aid and comfort to the insurrectionists during
0:57.6	yesterday's Senate hearing into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol?
1:03.8	Here is how CNN reported it.
1:06.9	Headline.
1:09.2	Ron Johnson just dropped a ridiculous conspiracy theory at the Senate Capitol attack hearing.
1:17.6	And in substance, this is what Ron Johnson was saying.
1:21.6	He said, a few provocateurs who were not Trump supporters started the violence and then
1:29.9	quote, the Capitol police badly overreacted to the crowd which turned things violent.
1:38.7	So then Senator Johnson goes on quote, these provocateurs placed hundreds of unsuspecting
1:46.5	supporters of the president in physical danger.
1:53.7	So to summarize, Senator Johnson says it was a few provocateurs who were not Trump supporters.
2:01.0	That's code for Antifa who started the violence.
2:06.3	Then the police overreacted badly putting all of the innocent Trump supporters in danger.
2:14.3	And I guess they were all just protecting themselves from the bad police behavior.
2:20.8	Make no mistake about it.
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