Capitol rioters are arguing to judges that they shouldn't be tried in DC because of "cancel culture"

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/capitol-riot-cases-dc-venue-cancel-culture

WASHINGTON — Defendants charged in the Capitol riots on Jan. 6 are trying to get their cases moved out of Washington, DC, arguing jurors in the Democrat-leaning capital will feel forced to convict because of “cancel culture.”

A lawyer for Jenny Cudd, a flower shop owner from Midland, Texas, filed a brief arguing that there was now a “social expectation” that Democrats “cancel” anyone associated with white supremacy, Trump, and conservatism. Cudd went viral in February for asking a judge to let her go on a “work-related” retreat to Mexico after she was charged in the insurrection; the judge agreed.

“The D.C. venire is polluted by the city’s political culture of ‘canceling’ those associated with allegations of ‘white supremacy,’” Cudd’s attorney Marina Medvin wrote in March. “The media’s characterization of the incident compels a socially-responsive Washington D.C. Democrat jury to enter a guilty verdict regardless of the applicability of such a verdict to the facts of the case.”

Cudd is one of a handful of defendants who have invoked “cancel culture” in arguing for a venue change so far. It’s the latest instance of defense lawyers rolling out strategies that lean into the political maelstrom surrounding Jan. 6 and attempting to tap into public sympathy for defendants among conservatives, even as prosecutors have said that these cases aren’t politically motivated.

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[NBachers]

1. Ah Yes, the long-venerated legal principle of cancel culture. Found in every law book.

[hibbing]

2. Nice picture with the mic in her face...

Corporate media amplifying what these idiots have to say.


Peace

[Aristus]

3. 'Cancel' violent armed insurrection?

Yes! You're goddamned fucking-well right we will!

If you cud-waddles can't do the time, don't fucking-well do the crime.

You took up arms against MY country, and now you're going to pay the price. So quit your fucking whining and bleating and take your punishment like the semi-evolved apes you are!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

8. So MUCH THIS!!! nt

[sheshe2]

9. All this!

Thank you, Aristus.

[LiberalLoner]

12. Yes!!! 👏👏👏

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Well said

[bdamomma]

18. I would

like to see them all put in jail.

[NCjack]

4. They should be held and tried in Gitmo.

[Claire Oh Nette]

5. Accountability pains them

A lawyer for Jenny Cudd, ... filed a brief arguing that ...Democrats “cancel” anyone associated with white supremacy, Trump, and conservatism.


Lawyer admits white supremacy = trump = republicans.
cancel = condemn and hold accountable for sedition.

[underpants]

6. Yes Jenny you are completely surrounded by white supremacy

That’s the flea you get with those dogs.

[Chainfire]

7. There is a long standing tradition to try people where the crime was committed.

I see no reason to change that in this case.

What the real issue is is that they are deathly afraid of getting a predominantly black jury. So my advice for them, for the future, would be to invade the State House in Montana.

[Nevilledog]

10. It's not tradition, it's jurisdiction.

[csziggy]

17. Yes, if they didn't want to be tried in Washington, D.C., they should have stayed home

And not traveled to the city to attempt an insurrection.

[dawg day]

11. maybe they should have stormed the capitol building in Helena MT

No "cancel culture" there-- lots of senators packing pistols, however.

[MissMillie]

13. They tried to "cancel" the peaceful transfer of power

And that's illegal.

And their actions were violent.


No change of venue. They CHOSE the venue by their actions.

[Midnight Writer]

14. They won't be satisfied until they move the trial to Moscow.

[FakeNoose]

19. That's not a bad idea

Joe Biden can cancel their U.S. passports while they're over there.
Let them stay in Russia and they won't be missed.

[lame54]

16. Bumper sticker mentality

[Takket]

20. good. i'm glad that is their defense

because if that is their defense, they are going to be convicted. keep it up!

[bullwinkle428]

21. They believe "jury of your peers" should mean "JURY OF YOUR BROS".

[oasis]

22. "Will you walk into my parlour?" said the spider to the fly.

[jmowreader]

23. Well kids...

If you didn’t want your gun rights, your voting rights and your “get a job that only hires people with no convictions for violent crimes” rights cancelled, you really shouldn’t have done what you did.