OMG! This will likely make the Proud Boys throw their fearful leader under the bus.

[Joinfortmill]

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-proud-boys-2656167211/

Trump seems to throw the Proud Boys under the bus for Capitol riots in new legal filing

In his effort to have a lawsuit accusing him of sparking the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol dismissed, former President Donald Trump is arguing he's not responsible for the violent actions his supporters took, Bloomberg reports.

“Speakers at political rallies do not owe a duty of care to members of Congress or Capitol Police Officers not at the rally,” Trump’s lawyer Jesse Binnall said in the Dec. 24 court filing.

Trump's team argued that his words on Jan. 6 were in line with a president’s right to “take advantage of the bully pulpit.”

"The complaint, which also names right-wing groups like the Proud Boys, alleges many of the defendants 'planned, aided, and actively participated in that attack' and that 'all defendants are responsible for it,'" Bloomberg reports.

[sakabatou]

1. TFG no longer sees them as useful.

[EYESORE 9001]

6. He's replicating Hitler's purge of the brownshirts

Can’t have paramilitary groups operating without accountability, yunno.

[Joinfortmill]

34. 👍

[Poiuyt]

44. Night of the Long Knives

I love that name. Very descriptive.

[Fullduplexxx]

7. No when they can be jettisoned to lighten his load

[rockfordfile]

43. true

[Faux pas]

2. Ha Ha Ha

And

[dflprincess]

3. I see he's still hiring quality lawyers

How about a duty not to incite a riot?

[Miguelito Loveless]

12. They better get paid up front

Since Trump ALWAYS stiffs his help.

[patphil]

4. What happened to good people on both sides?

There going to need a whole lot of buses at Mar-a-Lago for TFG to be able to throw all those January 6th "tourists" under.

Donnie's keeping busy these days cutting the cords to his base.

[spanone]

5. They're going to have to build a bus bigger than the world has ever seen...

[Justice matters.]

8. No mention of his "presidential" duty to tweet them to stop the violence though.

A DUTY he didn't do for 3 HOURS and 7 MINUTES AFTER the violent assault started.

Of course no mention of that "little" detail, as he's asking the SC to cover up his crime(s) for him.

[OMGWTF]

9. We know Shitler was in charge because these fidiots went home when he told them to.

[Skittles]

10. right-wing groups

more like right-wing groupies

[dchill]

11. 'all defendants are responsible for it,'

Yep. And guess who's gonna be a defendant, soon.

[global1]

14. TFG Demands Loyalty From His Base - But....

He has no loyalty FOR his base.

When his base comes to that realization - that will be the end of TFG.

[keithbvadu2]

15. Weren't some of the defendants using the defense/excuse that Trump told them to go there for just th

Weren't some of the defendants using the defense/excuse that Trump told them to go there for just that action?

[Joinfortmill]

35. 👍

[Grokenstein]

16. The Fifth Avenue Theory is about to be tested.

I'm not so sure they'll abandon him, though. Remember, he left the cultists at one of his rallies stranded in freezing weather, miles from their cars, and never gave any indication afterwards that he gave a crap. That should've been the final nail, but then any number of incidents before and after should've been the final nail.

[monkeyman1]

17. he already knows he is "TOAST " !!!

[ShazzieB]

18. Oh, I do hope they throw him under the bus!

If they get mad enough at him, their little forked tongues will start wagging, and I'm sure they know some stuff that he doesn't care to have known.

Talk, guys, talk! Bury that orange abomination! Throw him under the bus, and when he rolls out the other side, throw him under again, as many times as it takes!

[Joinfortmill]

36. 👍

[SeattleVet]

19. Anyone else reminded of that classic, "The Big Bus"?

Yeah, they'll need at least one of those...

[Progressive Jones]

20. He is forsaking his most loyal, drooling fan base. They are mentally challenged,

and prone to violence, as they have already proven to the World.

What could possibly go wrong???

[Dirty Socialist]

45. Gee, I didn't see violence coming

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. TFG is negate or strike down as unconstitutional the concept of conspiracy

TFG, Rudy, the war room and the proud boys/other groups are or were all part of a conspiracy and as such the actions of one part of the conspiracy are applicable to the the other members. This brief seems to ignore the concept of a conspiracy other than to claim that if the KKK Act covers such conduct, then that statute is too broad and is unconstitutional. This is from the filing

If Plaintiffs are allowed to bring this claim under § 1985, an unlawful
conspiracy could be construed any time there is a standoff between the political
branches that involves emotionally charged speech. This would make the statute
subject to a facial challenge for being overbroad or void for vagueness. The
overbreadth doctrine allows facial challenges to unbounded statutes to prevent the
chilling of First Amendment speech.

[KS Toronado]

22. Hope the pissed off Proud Boys testimony is broadcast live

telling the entire world what _rump promised them to overthrow our government and keep him in power.

[Joinfortmill]

37. 👍

[keithbvadu2]

41. Was it Meadows who promised them a pardon?

[KS Toronado]

46. Waiting for official word from the Jan 6th committee

There are rumors someone in the White House mentioned pardons. Plus I'm sure they promised them other
goodies as well, money, no gun buying restrictions was probably on proud boys bucket list. It's harder for
felons to overthrow a Government if they can't buy any fully automatic gun they want with 1000 round clip.

[Orrex]

23. Trump could forcibly sodomize their children in front of them, and they'd still worship him

As a group, nothing will turn them away from the kkkult. Sure, some outliers might see the light, but for the most part they've made him a part of their identity, and nothing so petty as a legal firing our documented betrayal will change that.

[Aussie105]

24. "Well, he started it!"

It is a school yard defense that doesn't go down well in an adult courtroom.

Same for Trump's defense - well yes, I stirred them up into an irrational rage, but I didn't expect them to ACT it out!

As for Jesse Binnall of Trumps defense team - dude, the President of the United States owes a duty of care to ALL people in the country!
Nor does the Freedom of Speech thing allow words that are encouraging others to break the law or harm others.

Some followers of TFG will shake their heads and go to jail, others will shake their heads and sever the imaginary links they developed with him in the past.
Others would follow him to the gallows, so expect those to act up.

[Captain Zero]

25. A proper use of the BULLY PULPIT

Would have been to encourage proper public health measures by EVERYONE during a pandemic, not to encourage a group of Nazis to attack the US Congress.

[Aussie105]

27. Never, in the history of all mankind . . .

has the leader of one country done so much, and left such a mess to be cleaned up in 4 short years, to destroy Democracy.

History books will say that clearly.

And please carve that into his tombstone.

Is there a special graveyard for leaders the USA would rather forget about?

[AZLD4Candidate]

26. He's a classic Dark Triad slug. Use people until they are not useful anymore

or make you look bad, then into the trash you go.

[Aussie105]

29. But Trump never saw other people as human beings.

They were just pawns, bit players in the script he wrote. Where he became King of the USA, and his offspring royalty and hereditary rulers in perpetuity.

Pawns that don't stick to the script get discarded. Without a second thought.

One of TFG's failings as a human being. Amongst others.

[Joinfortmill]

38. 👍

[lees1975]

28. Criminals having a falling out?

Hope they put Trump in the same cell with some of the people he's thrown under the bus in desperation.

[Aussie105]

31. I predict Trump will never go to jail.

Sorry.

But he will have a difficult life from now on. Maybe a short one.

[Joinfortmill]

39. 👍

[Marcuse]

30. "Stand down and stand by!"

[FakeNoose]

32. The parallel story is that Chump got thrown under the bus by his benefactor

... Pootie! He's got a new boyfriend now.

[Joinfortmill]

40. 👍

[Crowman2009]

33. Now when will Gavin McGinnis be deported?

He's that prick from Canada who founded that terrorist organization.

[Qutzupalotl]

42. Sounds like Trump is dictating his legal strategy again

which seems … unwise.

He is arguing in court essentially, “I can say what I want without consequence,” and “Why should I care what harm my words cause to a bunch of cops and members of congress?” — neither of which is likely to go well.