FBI Arrests GOP Candidate for Governor of Michigan Over January 6 Misdemeanors and What That Means for 2024 – Opinion

Ryan Kelley (Royal GOP Candidate for Governor of Michigan) was taken into custody by federal agents on Thursday. The charges stemmed from January 6.

In a criminal case, Kelley was accused of committing violence to an individual or property restricted, damaging federal property and disorderly conduct, as well as entering restricted buildings or grounds unpermitted. All four charges are misdemeanors, according to a spokesman for the United States attorney’s office in the District of Columbia.

F.B.I. agent described Mr. Kelley’s actions in a filing to the court, saying at one point that Mr. Kelley appeared to use his phone “to film the crowd assault and pushing past U.S. Capitol police officers.” The filing also said that Mr. Kelley used “his hands to support another rioter” who was pulling down a metal barricade, and that he gestured “to the crowd, consistently indicating” that it should continue moving toward the entrance to the Capitol.

Wow. He recorded the entire event. He gestured. He “used his hands” to support a protester. These alleged offenses were misdemeanors and occurred nearly two years ago. The arrest also occurs within the context of an election campaign for the governor.

I suspect the real reason for Mr. Kelley’s bullsh** arrest on chickensh** charges stems more from his politics than anything else.

It is part of a growing trend that Democrats and allies at the Department of Justice use federal bureaucracy and the legal system to defend their citizens and to destroy anyone who opposes them.

Peter Navarro was attempting to board a Nashville plane when he was stopped by federal agents. The offense was a single count of contempt of Congress brought on by Navarro’s insistence, to the extent of filing a federal lawsuit against the January 6 Committee, that his conversations with President Trump were covered by executive privilege. After being handcuffed and immobilized at the airport, Navarro denied him communications with his lawyer. Then, he was taken to DC and strip-searched before being placed in a cell. Later that day, he appeared before a federal magistrate and was released on his own recognizance—definitely a hardened criminal.

They intercepted me getting on the plane, then they placed me in handcuffs and brought me here. They put me into leg irons. They lock me up in a cell.

— Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro on being charged for contempt of Congress for defying a January 6th Committee subpoena. pic.twitter.com/GOee9R3GUB

— The Recount (@therecount) June 3, 2022

Shortly after Navarro’s release, the Department of Justice asked for a “gag order” against him to prevent him from discussing his case in the media.

The FBI coordinated with CNN to film Roger Stone’s arrest. This was in response to the illegal Mueller investigation that held the national media under its aegis.

Judicial Watch Tuesday released additional documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act lawsuits and requests. Some of these documents cover the cold-blooded execution by USAF veterans Ashli and David Babbitt. It was part of the Jan 6 protest. While video of her killing shows a) she was unarmed, b) presented no danger to anyone, c) never received a warning from police, and d) was just a few feet from a Capitol Police SWAT team, Babbitt’s murderer was exonerated of all wrongdoing without so much as a cursory investigation (WARNING. GRAPHIC VIDEO. Ashli Babbitt’s Shooting by Capitol Police Shows No Weapon and No Danger or Threat to the Cop or Anyone Else).

“He [Byrd] did not create any police reports or documents relating to the incident, and did not provide an official statement regarding use of force” though he did provide a voluntary “debrief” and walk-through of the scene with his lawyer.”https://t.co/e6UvEcazde

— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) June 7, 2022

“These records show that Lt. Byrd was given special treatment by the Biden DOJ and that there was a miscarriage of justice in the half-baked shooting death investigation of Ashli Babbitt,” said Judicial Watch President @TomFitton (3/3). https://t.co/IDhK7RJSP8

— Judicial Watch ⚖️ (@JudicialWatch) June 7, 2022

Think about the fact that the prosecutors of two law firms who had firebombed police cars (The Weeping Over the Fight-Bombing Lawsuits Is How You Got Trump), have suggested a maximum sentence of 24 months imprisonment, which is less than the possible 20 years each in the original indictments. The majority of Antifa suspects operating in Seattle or Portland were cleared. They were instead given what amounts to a “jaywalking ticket” for their presence at the Capitol the 6th of January. This has resulted in them being imprisoned for close to two years without any trial. Kevin Clinesmith was the lawyer that lied to the FISA Application targeting Trump’s campaign team. He spent only zero days in prison and has retained his law license. Michael Flynn was persecuted Soviet-style, for a nonsense offense to the ambiguous Foreign Agents Registration Act. Tony Podesta the Democrat moneyman was not.

If you haven’t noticed, we are past the point where “equal protection under the law” is anything other than an empty slogan or an excuse to carve out sinecures for preferred groups. To punish anyone opposing the current woke culture or the Biden White House, the Biden White House uses the federal bureaucracy. I don’t want to sound like a broken record on this subject; I’ve posted on this subject in more detail on at least two occasions (The Rule of Law Has Been Replaced by One Set of Rules for the Left and Another for the Right and The Democrats and the Deep State Won’t Be Content With a Biden Presidency, They Are Going to Punish President Trump’s Supporters). If we are to win the White House in 2024, the top priority of any Republican must be to burn the federal bureaucracy and subordinate agencies. We must be driven to accomplish that mission. Fighting inflation, building a border wall, and reinvigorating American manufacturing are great, but if you aren’t willing to go after the progressives who have stopped enforcing the law and started using it as a tool to oppress and punish their opponents, nothing else you do really matters.