One item that has barely been addressed (J6)

[Aviation Pro]

Where did the insurrectionists get the material (wood, rope, hardware, tools) to construct a gallows? Other than the one picture there's no other pictures or video of these motherfuckers erecting this horror.

I hope this gets answered soon and I hope DoJ finds a way to nail these fuckers' peckers, metaphorically, to a wall.

[mercuryblues]

1. that and who planted the bombs.

[Meadowoak]

4. My money is on MTG.

[Stinky The Clown]

2. I think non-metaphoric pecker nailing better suits the situation

[cbabe]

3. And why was he allowed to construct the gallows in full public view?

[orthoclad]

5. I wondered that, too

It's not easy to conceal a couple of long 4x4's, tools, etc., in what is likely the most-surveilled plot of land in the US. They needed a pickup. For such an iconic image, there HAS to be a documented backstory.

And the weapons. I swear there were pictures of the guy in the tree with an AR-15. I saw the videos of people demonstrating how to thrust their sharpened flagpole-spears.

Cheney's insistence on Trump is obscuring a LOT of collusion and collaboration. She's trying to preserve the oligarchic GOP by sacrificing the QOP.

[Beastly Boy]

6. It has barely been addressed in public.

At this point, we can only guess to what degree it has been addressed, by either J6 or DOJ, outside of the spotlight of publicity.

[getagrip_already]

7. Not an excuse, but I think it was a miniature......

Just symbolic and far too small to use.

That's what I read anyway, I'm sure someone has pics that will show it with something to put it in perspective.

[Effete Snob]

8. What's the charge?

I’m sure one can’t build things in general on federal land without permission, but it’s probably not the most whopping penalty.

Erecting a hazardous or injurious device on public land:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1864

It covers things like unattended traps or devices set up by moonshiners.

[keithbvadu2]

9. It took planning, logistics, and knowledge of the scene to arrange that.

It took planning, logistics, and knowledge of the scene to arrange that.

[onenote]

10. Story about the gallows from six months ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/us/politics/jan-6-gallows.html

The story notes that it was too small to be used.

[Bev54]

11. I would think this should be addressed by the DOJ

[canetoad]

12. This is the first pic I've seen

That indicates the scale of the thing. It's not exactly a 'long drop' is it?

There's a BBC doco called "Four Hours at the Capitol" with a lot of footage that is not generally seen. While tfg was waffling on at his rally, thousands of folk were streaming towards the Capitol. It would only have taken half a dozen of them to carry this flimsy thing.

On Edit: See those two round fittings, left and right sides of the platform? Are they those instant fixture things often found on flat pack furniture? That could be the answer - ready to assemble private gallows.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. If she stuck her head in the (badly tied) noose and stepped off the edge between the posts...

The drop would be sufficient. It would take longer than a proper gallows, but it would do the job.

Assuming the structure is held together well enough.