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Internet-obsessed Dear Leader lost his legal bid to re-haunt Twitter. On January 8th, two days after he sent a mob to storm the Capitol in order to stop the Electoral College vote count, Twitter suspended his account indefinitely due to "further incitement of violence". Federal District Court Judge James Donato dismissed his suit to be reinstated. He did so primarily on procedural grounds, but also noted that as a private company, Twitter is free to regulate access to its platform as it sees fit, since the First Admendment only applies to government abridgements of free speech. He rejected the legal theory that Twitter performs a governmental function and therefore should be subject to First Amendment restrictions on denials of free speech. See the full ruling here.
The January 6th Committee asked three Repugnants to testify about the Insurrection on Monday. By the next day those requests were rejected. However, the Committee has balked at issuing subpoenas for Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) In their letter of invitation, the Committee said it was interested in the reported attempts to obtain pardons from the idiot in the oval*. Biggs was named as a "potential participant" in that effort. It also said that Biggs was a potential contact for the extremist militia group, Oath Keepers. Biggs struck back by saying,“I will not participate in the illegitimate Committee’s ruthless crusade against President Trump and his allies,” The hostility of his response gives some idea of the resistance encountered by congressional investigators during their investigation of events surrounding the coup. Brooks told interviewers that if the Committee wants his testimony he will have to be subpoenaed, vowing to fight such a writ.
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