Emptywheel - THE TACTICS OF THE LOUIS ENRIQUE COLON COOPERATION AGREEMENT

[Ohio Joe]

Starting a few paragraphs in:

In my opinion, this is, by any measure, the most lenient overt plea deal a January 6 defendant has gotten (and a comment that one of the lawyers in the plea hearing yesterday made suggested that it had recently been sweetened). On top of this charge and trespassing, Colon was originally charged in a conspiracy with other members of the Kansas City Proud Boys, as well as individually with obstruction. With credit for cooperation, according to his plea deal, the former cop may avoid any prison time.

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In other words, either Colon’s cooperation is so valuable, or DOJ needed it so badly, that he got a really sweet plea deal even in spite of bringing an “improvised weapon.”

So I’d like to discuss what DOJ may be doing tactically.

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But it also significantly advances the evidence that some of the Proud Boys, like some of the Oath Keepers, were thinking of using force against the government.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/04/28/the-tactics-of-the-enrique-colon-cooperation-agreement/

Again... A real deep dive by Emptywheel that has a lot of facts in it and has a lot to unpack and digest. This is perhaps the largest, most complex and most important case in DOJ history... It has no precedent. IMO, we owe it to ourselves to understand what is going on instead of just complaining that the DOJ does not have TFG in cuffs yet.

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. But OJ, complaining is so much more satisfying and easier than reading long articles

And using critical thinking.