They’re not actually obstructing justice, since the feds have had this footage since day 1. They’re blurring the photos so the public can’t ID them. The idea is to prevent citizens from taking matters into their own hands.
Which is clearly somehow different from what the insurrectionists did.
Speaker Johnson explicitly said the blurring is so the DoJ isn’t “weaponized” against these people. It is precisely to prevent further prosecutions by making it harder to identify people in newly released footage, they aren’t even trying to pretend otherwise.
Yeah, the difference is that the “taking matters into their own hands” has been traitors being reported to the FBI, not an angry mob calling for blood.
They’re not actually obstructing justice, since the feds have had this footage since day 1. They’re blurring the photos so the public can’t ID them. The idea is to prevent citizens from taking matters into their own hands.
Which is clearly somehow different from what the insurrectionists did.
Are we sure that they aren’t doing it so people don’t ID the insurrectionists and force the feds to prosecute?
Speaker Johnson explicitly said the blurring is so the DoJ isn’t “weaponized” against these people. It is precisely to prevent further prosecutions by making it harder to identify people in newly released footage, they aren’t even trying to pretend otherwise.
i mean… I’m sure that’s why they’re doing it…
Yeah, the difference is that the “taking matters into their own hands” has been traitors being reported to the FBI, not an angry mob calling for blood.
But you knew that already
I did, unfortunately. What a freaking mess this is.