2 posts tagged ‘jan. 6’
U.S. Capitol rioter convicted and sentenced in secret
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Samuel Lazar was among those who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, but his case was shrouded in secrecy: what he did was kept under seal, as was his conviction and sentence. Now we know a little more, even as "lawyers said they objected to the release of all of the documents and wanted the court to post only blacked-out versions". — Read the rest The post U.S. Capitol rioter convicted and sentenced in secret appeared first on Boing Boing.
Mike Pence hits Donald Trump under oath by zapping a comma from his book
The small but potent comma might seem like an innocuous part of English grammar, but sometimes it can radically change the meaning of a sentence — as in the old example, "Lets eat, Grandma," vs. "Lets eat Grandma." And sometimes, a misplaced comma can make the difference when it comes to evidence of a Trump trial, as is the case with what Vice President Mike Pence says he didn't mean to write. — Read the rest