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6 insurrectionist found guilty on all counts [1]

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Date: 2022-07-23

Loser

Matthew Bledsoe, a January 6 insurrectionist from Tennessee who has famously described himself as a “loudmouth” and who filmed himself screaming "WE IN THIS B----" as he stormed the Capitol, has been found guilty by a jury of all counts against him: a felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding and four misdemeanors, including entering or remaining in a restricted building and disorderly and disruptive conduct. The 38-year-old faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, but given past sentences for January 6 insurrectionists he’s likely to get a much lighter sentence (which is BS).

Bledsoe took the stand as a witness, and from all accounts it was a pretty pathetic performance. He seemed to have selective memory, forgetting anything about his participation in the insurrection that might make him look guilty and giving outrageous answers to some of the questions.

For example, Bledsoe tried to claim that he was completely unaware of what was going on in Congress on that day and didn’t have a clue that Congress was certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election while he was storming the Capitol, despite proof that his wife and brother sent him updates about the congressional proceedings going on inside the Capitol that day.

Also, as Bledsoe entered the Capitol through a door with broken glass panels, he filmed himself (idiot) saying, "Where are those pieces of s--- at” as alarms blared in the background. However, Bledsoe tried to claim that he didn’t hear any alarms. When Assistant U.S. Attorney Jamie Carter asked him, "Who were the pieces of s---?" Bledsoe said he was "being a loudmouth" and was not referring to lawmakers. Yeah right. Things got worse for Bledsoe from there.

Carter then showed an image that Bledsoe had reposted on social media that depicted members of Congress hunkered down inside the House amid the riot, with a caption suggesting that politicians should be scared. Bledsoe said that it was "just something I reposted," and that he didn't have all the information at the time. When prosecutors confronted him with a text he sent to his wife, saying it was "good" that someone planted bombs near the Capitol, Bledsoe said he really didn't mean "good." He also claimed he didn't really mean it when he wrote that he "stormed the Capitol."

Things got even worse for Bledsoe, if you can believe that. “:Loudmouth” was one of those a-holes who climbed the walls of the Capitol to get in. But you see, that’s just a Tennessee thing.

In an attempt to explain why he climbed a wall to get to the Capitol, Bledsoe said his home in Tennessee was "quite a bit different" than D.C., and that he climbed walls back home regularly.

My Tennessee friends out there, please tell me more about this common wall climbing thing you have going on there. Thanks.

Prosecutor Carter rightfully blasted Bledsoe in court.

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