Posted on May 3, 2023
'The Donald' forum user convicted of assaulting officers on Jan. 6
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A member of the pro-Donald Trump online forum "The Donald," who espoused violent rhetoric and advocated for overthrowing the government, was convicted on 10 counts on Wednesday for repeatedly assaulting law enforcement officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Jose Padilla, who was arrested in Georgia in February 2021, was convicted after a bench trial before U.S. District Judge John Bates. Video shows Padilla repeatedly attacking officers on Jan. 6, including by pushing up against officers and hitting an officer with a flagpole. He has been held in custody since his arrest.
Padilla was found guilty of 10 crimes, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers; civil disorder; assaulting resisting, or impeding an officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon. He was found not guilty of just one count, which involved the mob pushing an enormous “TRUMP 2020: KEEP AMERICA GREAT!” against a police line because Bates found the evidence of Padilla's intent in that incident "ambiguous."
Jose Padilla, who was arrested in Georgia in February 2021, was convicted after a bench trial before U.S. District Judge John Bates. Video shows Padilla repeatedly attacking officers on Jan. 6, including by pushing up against officers and hitting an officer with a flagpole. He has been held in custody since his arrest.
Padilla was found guilty of 10 crimes, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers; civil disorder; assaulting resisting, or impeding an officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon. He was found not guilty of just one count, which involved the mob pushing an enormous “TRUMP 2020: KEEP AMERICA GREAT!” against a police line because Bates found the evidence of Padilla's intent in that incident "ambiguous."
'The Donald' forum user convicted of assaulting officers on Jan. 6
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Padilla told an officer he faced off with at the Capitol that the machine "will be gone" if the officer let them through. Padilla testified that he wasn't talking about overthrowing the government or killing politicians, as he had discussed extensively online. Instead, he told the judge under oath, the mob would have entered the Capitol to "convince legislators" to "adopt constitutional amendments" and get Trump in for a second term, when Padilla said he believed Trump would "fire everyone he could legally fire," and probably fire some people illegally too.
Bates indicated that he thought Padilla's testimony was not credible.
“I don’t credit his self-serving claims that he only intended to follow legal processes," Bates said."
..."Padilla told an officer he faced off with at the Capitol that the machine "will be gone" if the officer let them through. Padilla testified that he wasn't talking about overthrowing the government or killing politicians, as he had discussed extensively online. Instead, he told the judge under oath, the mob would have entered the Capitol to "convince legislators" to "adopt constitutional amendments" and get Trump in for a second term, when Padilla said he believed Trump would "fire everyone he could legally fire," and probably fire some people illegally too.
Bates indicated that he thought Padilla's testimony was not credible.
“I don’t credit his self-serving claims that he only intended to follow legal processes," Bates said."
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