this post was submitted on 05 Dec 2023
413 points (97.7% liked)

Not The Onion

12224 readers
791 users here now

Welcome

We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!

The Rules

Posts must be:

  1. Links to news stories from...
  2. ...credible sources, with...
  3. ...their original headlines, that...
  4. ...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”

Comments must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.

And that’s basically it!

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ScottThePoolBoy@lemmy.world 168 points 11 months ago (18 children)

I'm not a lawyer, so I'm probably wrong, but wouldn't that be obstructing justice, or something?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 190 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (9 children)

It is the exact textbook definition of obstruction of justice. It doesn't get any more obstruction of justice than to literally hide identities with the express stated goal of obstructing the work of the Department of Justice.

He's taking a page out of Trump’s "it's not a crime if you brag about it on tv" playbook.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Fortunately for the FBI, and for anyone who still believes in democracy, most of these idiots brought their smartphones with them so video hasn't even been necessary to secure convictions. And lots of them recorded video themselves, OF themselves, in order to brag about their crimes online.

[–] BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Of course, why take precautions? They didn't expect to lose. They expected King Trump to be crowned and bring his chosen people to paradise, and they wanted to make sure they weren't left out.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

Yeah, although something tells me that a lot of them aren't exactly the type who think very far ahead regardless of what they expected the outcome of that day to be.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (6 replies)
load more comments (14 replies)