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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,485 posts)
Fri Nov 12, 2021, 05:11 PM Nov 2021

'Unbalanced' Trump Fanatic Who Took An Arsenal To The Capitol On Jan. 6 Pleads Guilty

Source: Huffington Post

A fanatical Donald Trump supporter who parked his truck full of weapons in Washington on Jan. 6 and then joined in the Capitol mob while carrying firearms because he believed the then-president’s lies about a stolen election pleaded guilty to two counts on Friday.

Lonnie Coffman of Alabama, an Army veteran who served two tours during the Vietnam War and was described by one family member as “a hermit,” pleaded guilty to a count of possession of destructive devices ― 11 Molotov cocktails ― and a count of carrying pistols without a license during a virtual hearing before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. He will also enter a guilty plea for possession of destructive devices in Alabama. Coffman will give up all the weapons he brought to D.C. as part of the plea deal. Coffman admitted in his statement of offense that he was knowingly carrying two loaded firearms around D.C.

Coffman was arrested in the District of Columbia on Jan. 6 after he approached officers in an attempt to get to his Red GMC Sierra, which was inside a police perimeter. Coffman had parked just off the U.S. Capitol grounds, near the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee buildings, which had been targeted by a pipe bomber who still remains at large.

After they shut down the area because of the pipe bombs, a law enforcement officer spotted a gun on the seat of Coffman’s pickup. A subsequent search of the truck turned up a “loaded 9 mm Hi-Point handgun; a loaded Windham Weaponry rifle; a loaded Hatfield Gun Company SAS shotgun; several large capacity ammunition feeding devices loading with more than ten rounds of rifle ammunition; hundreds of rounds of ammunition; a crossbow with bolts; several machetes; camouflage smoke devices; stun gun” and 11 Molotov cocktails.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/unbalanced-trump-fanatic-took-arsenal-164214186.html

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'Unbalanced' Trump Fanatic Who Took An Arsenal To The Capitol On Jan. 6 Pleads Guilty (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 OP
I wonder if he will get his Fox News in his jail cell? Botany Nov 2021 #1
Misdemeanor charges? orangecrush Nov 2021 #2
Parking ticket? Ford_Prefect Nov 2021 #3
Not likely. orangecrush Nov 2021 #4
Not likely he was out hunting rabbits for dinner. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2021 #5
2 notes had contact info for hannity, mark levin, jay sekulow radio shows. who woulda thunk certainot Nov 2021 #6

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,502 posts)
5. Not likely he was out hunting rabbits for dinner.
Fri Nov 12, 2021, 10:06 PM
Nov 2021

If nothing else, I would love to see these miscreants go on national TV and confess to buying into TFG's Big Damn Lie.

However, in this case...

He was originally indicted on 17 counts, including possession of an unregistered firearm, carrying a pistol without a license, carrying a rifle or shotgun, possession of a large-capacity feeding device, possession of an unregistered firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition.
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Coffman will continue to be held in jail until his sentencing before Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

I also would like to see a summary of just how many family's lives have been ruined by tRump's Big Damn Lie.

Our mass hubris in America is no better symbolized by the fact that our media is not pointing out that the Jan. 6th rally and insurrection was based entirely on lies. Therefore, there was no foundation in reality for even holding such a rally.

KY......
 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
6. 2 notes had contact info for hannity, mark levin, jay sekulow radio shows. who woulda thunk
Sat Nov 13, 2021, 07:33 AM
Nov 2021

if you've just taken over the capitol and reinstalled trump president who else do you call to celebrate? or you're trapped in there surrounded by feds and their BLM shock troops what better way to call for reinforcements?

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