{"id":192675,"date":"2023-10-26T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=192675"},"modified":"2023-10-26T08:02:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T12:02:04","slug":"patriot-alert-attacks-on-the-first-amendment-unconstitutional-imprisonment-americas-first-thought-crime-j6-defendants-in-the-dc-gulag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=192675","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">PATRIOT ALERT<\/span>: <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Attacks on the First Amendment, Unconstitutional Imprisonment, America\u2019s First \u201cThought Crime\u201d &amp; J6 Defendants in the DC Gulag<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">An Open Letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dear Mr. Speaker:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Re: Attacks on the First Amendment with the Unconstitutional Imprisonment of Owen Shroyer as America\u2019s First \u201cThought<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Crime\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Journalist<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Prisoner and J6 Defendants being held in the DC Gulag<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Congratulations and welcome to a new life adventure as you step into a high profile role as third in line to the Presidency, a role that brings the utmost responsibility to resuscitate the Constitution and the Bill of Rights which have been cast aside and recklessly abandoned by the current Administration.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As you are probably aware, millions of Americans are hopeful for your success especially as the country is foundering in its most severe crisis ever experienced, economically and militarily; one that defies any expectation of what the future may hold.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the interests of restoring some hope that our country is still the vibrant Republic that most of us grew up with and as a Constitutionally designated officer for the Country, it would be helpful if you might offer a public clarification for all Americans to have a better understanding as to the extent of your legal and moral authority as Speaker. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>In that regard, i would like to bring to your attention the recent imprisonment of Owen Shroyer who has been a news editor and journalist on Infowars.com. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Owen was sentenced to two months in the DC Gulag on one Misdemeanor count of entering and remaining on restricted grounds during the January 6<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> event although he never entered the Capitol. <\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s4\">His sentencing also included one year of unprecedented supervised probation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In August 2021, the DOJ filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23972550-owen-shroyer-criminal-complaint\"><span class=\"s5\">Criminal Complaint<\/span><\/a> asserting that Owen \u201c<i>spread election disinformation<\/i>\u201d <\/span><span class=\"s6\">in the months leading up to the Capitol attack as US District Court Judge Timothy Kelly identified many factors in his sentencing decision that Owen \u201c<i>played a role in amping up crowds<\/i>.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Shroyer had previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/01\/20\/media\/infowars-owen-shroyer\/index.html\"><span class=\"s7\">asked the judge<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to drop the four misdemeanor charges he was facing for his attendance at the Capitol. Kelly denied the motion and Shroyer would eventually plead guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s4\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>In its September, 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.234903\/gov.uscourts.dcd.234903.46.0.pdf\"><span class=\"s5\">Sentencing Memorandum<\/span><\/a>, the DOJ further claimed that Owen \u2018<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>spread election disinformation paired with violent rhetoric to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of viewers\u201d <\/i>and <\/span><span class=\"s8\">as Judge Kelly told Shroyer during sentencing, \u201c<i>You kind of stand out as a unique case<\/i>,\u201d and told him he was \u201c<i>not nearly just a trespasser<\/i>,\u201d on January 6. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In other words, it is extraordinary to be sentencing a First Amendment protected journalist to time in jail.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As the country\u2019s first \u201c<i>thought criminal<\/i>\u201d and journalist to be formally imprisoned, Owen will be incommunicado from his family, his attorney, his friends and supporters who are <i>very concerned<\/i> about his well being during these two months. His imprisonment is an egregious First Amendment violation to all that most of us hold sacred and honorable.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition, you are aware that millions of Americans are in hopeful anticipation that the immediate release of the J6 video will be ordered<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>as soon as possible.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>As you are aware, there are hundreds of incarcerated Americans whose only crime was to be at the Capitol on January 6<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> and who walk into the Capitol without any intent or evidence of violence or destruction.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Release of and the follow-up scrutiny will help resolve many outstanding questions as to the full extent of alleged law enforcement participation, encouragement and initiating events on January 6<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> that may lead to a<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>new round of legal challenges on the sentencing and imprisonment. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Adjacent to the above issues, is the cabal of unconstitutional degenerate legalists posing as Constitutionally-minded professional attorneys representing an independent judiciary at the Federal District Court in DC is an alarming indication of the broken, malfunctioning state of the country\u2019s tainted and partisan judiciary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Many thanks for your attention, Mr. Speaker. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Whatever I can do to assist and help your efforts\u2026don<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">\u2019t hesitate<\/span><span class=\"s8\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s6\">Owen\u2019s defense fund can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givesendgo.com\/defendowen\">DefendOwen.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Open Letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=192675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=192675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=192675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=192675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}