• TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    This fucker should be banned from running. He engaged in an insurrection and was found guilty of doing so.

    Put on that 14th Ammendment boot and kick his ass out the door.

      • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        No, they’re deliberately not enforcing it because that means Trump would be disqualified and all of the judges handling Trump’s cases have already shown to be spineless.

      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8 months ago

        Unfortunately, there are no laws that would bar him. The only way the current laws would apply is if he previously held office.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Grillo in May filed as a candidate for New York’s 3rd Congressional District seat — the seat Santos, a Republican, held until his expulsion from the House last week following a scathing Ethics Committee report. The Justice Department noted that during his trial, Grillo testified that he had “no idea” that Congress convened inside the Capitol.

    In other words, the perfect Republican congressional candidate.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    8 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    WASHINGTON — A New York man who is running for the congressional seat previously held by George Santos was convicted this week of charges relating to the Jan. 6 riot after testifying during his trial that he didn’t know Congress convened inside the Capitol.

    Philip Sean Grillo of Queens was found guilty Tuesday of the felony charge of obstruction of an official proceeding, along with a series of misdemeanors like entering restricted grounds and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, the Justice Department said in a news release.

    Grillo, 49, entered and exited the Capitol on Jan. 6 multiple times, at least once through a broken window, according to the Justice Department.

    Grillo’s attorneys had argued that he “believed he was authorized to engage in the conduct set forth in the indictment.”

    Grillo in May filed as a candidate for New York’s 3rd Congressional District — the seat previously held by Santos until his expulsion from Congress last week following a scathing House Ethics Committee report.

    The Justice Department noted that during his trial, Grillo testified that he had “no idea” that Congress convened inside the Capitol.


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  • vitamin@infosec.pub
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    8 months ago

    This race is going to be a fucking circus, but having a few QNuts run and take votes from the repub establishment pick isn’t a bad thing…