With their unrelenting witch hunt and their bogus committee hearings and prosecutions, the Democrats and their supporters in the Department of Justice, the establishment wing of the Republican Party and the corrupt mainstream news media have triggered another January 6th protester to take his life. Last week, Mark Aungst of South Williamsport, PA committed suicide, according to the Coroner Charles E. Kiessling Jr.
Aungst, a gas field well service technician, traveled to Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021, to attend the “Stop the Steal” rally organized by supporters of President Donald Trump. After the rally, Aungst joined thousands of others in marching to the U.S. Capitol.
He did not attack any police officers or engage in any violence. He did not destroy or damage any property in the U.S. Capitol.
Aungst entered the building twice and walked around. Along with co-defendant Tammy Bronsburg, Aungst took images and videos on a cell phone. According to federal prosecutors, he committed the misdemeanor crime of “parading or demonstrating inside a restricted building.”
Aungst and Bronsburg pleaded guilty to this misdemeanor, after three other charges were dismissed. He was scheduled to be sentenced on September 27, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton. Aungst faced the possibility of six months in prison and a fine of $5,000.
In his obituary, Aungst was described as a “loyal and dedicated man,” who “loved his daughter and any time they spent together, as she was truly his world.”He is survived by his mother, his three siblings, and his daughter, who is expecting her first child.
The Aungst family are not the only ones to lose a loved one due to the reckless prosecution of January 6th protesters. Matthew Perna, another Pennsylvania man who traveled to Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021, and entered the U.S. Capitol, committed suicide in February.
He was facing several years in prison and was discovered hanged to death in his garage. According to his obituary, Perna “didn’t break, touch, or steal anything. He did not harm anyone, as he stayed within the velvet ropes taking pictures. For this act he has been persecuted by many members of his community, friends, relatives, and people who had never met him.”
As of several weeks ago, 855 Trump supporters had been arrested by U.S. Department of Justice officials for their involvement in the activities of January 6, 2021. Of that group, 300 have pleaded guilty to criminal conduct and 80 have been imprisoned.
Many of those prisoners have not been convicted in court and have been denied their basic due process rights. These prisoners have also made disturbing reports of mistreatment, assault, and the denial of basic human rights such as medical care. Their prison accommodations have been described as the “D.C. gulag.”
This travesty of justice must end. Republicans in Congress must demand this tyrannical persecution of the participants in the January 6th protests cease before more Americans are jailed or killed.
Unfortunately, this horrific abuse of Trump supporters by the Department of Justice has been mostly ignored by Republican lawmakers. Only a handful, such as U.S. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA), have advocated for better treatment of these defendants.
Taylor-Greene claimed that the defendants are “pawns to dangle…to show that if you cross a certain line…you’re going to be used.”
The January 6th protesters are being treated worse than terrorists at Gitmo or the Antifa hooligans who committed 574 violent riots in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. In those riots, 2,000 police officers were injured, at least six people were killed, and there was billions of dollars in property damage as buildings were ransacked and destroyed nationwide.
The double standard of justice was on display last week. In June, several staff members associated with left-wing comedian Stephen Colbert’s television show illegally entered the U.S. Capitol on two occasions to record video segments.
According to the U.S. Capitol Police, the staffers were “disruptive, loud,” and “theatrical” and “lied,” about their credentials. In addition, the intruders pretended to leave notes under the door of various congressional offices inviting members to a cocaine orgy.
Despite the voluminous evidence compiled by the U.S. Capitol Police, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia declined to prosecute these individuals. Their behavior was worse than the actions of many of the people prosecuted for their involvement in the January 6th intrusion into the U.S. Capitol. The difference is that these Colbert staffers work for an ultra-left comedian and the January 6th protesters supported President Trump.
What really matters is not the illegal entry into the U.S. Capitol building, but who is involved. According to Taylor-Greene, persecuting these Trump supporters is meant to send a message to every American not to “speak up against the government.”
The double standard of justice has been evident since the Obama administration and the lack of prosecution of those involved in the IRS abuse of the Tea Party organizations and the Fast and Furious scandal. It continued during the Trump/Russia collusion hoax and the Deep State involvement in the surveillance of the President.
Today, it is evident by the lack of prosecution in the tawdry activities of Hunter Biden, his uncle and his father, President Joe Biden.
While those involved in Democratic Party scandals are exonerated or ignored by the Justice Department, individuals connected to President Trump like Roger Stone have been treated quite differently. He received a late-night raid by FBI agents with CNN cameras nearby.
When former Trump Trade Representative Peter Navarro was arrested for ignoring a congressional subpoena, FBI agents handcuffed him at the airport, placed him in leg irons and threw him in a jail cell once occupied by John Hinckley, who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. In contrast, former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder and IRS official Lois Lerner ignored congressional subpoenas and neither were charged with a crime nor publicly humiliated.
With such a double standard, our entire system of justice is threatened.
Jeff Crouere is a native New Orleanian and his award-winning program, “Ringside Politics,” airs Saturdays from Noon until 1 p.m. CT nationally on Real America’s Voice TV Network & AmericasVoice.News and weekdays from 7-11 a.m. CT on WGSO 990-AM& Wgso.com. He is a political columnist, the author of America’s Last Chance and provides regular commentaries on the Jeff Crouere YouTube channel and on Crouere.net. For more information, email him at [email protected]
This treasonous, dishonest, destructive, immoral, demonic, socialist Democrat Party revolves around and its philosophy is based on Total Control, Hate, Lies, Cons, Deceptions, Immorality and the lack of Integrity, Ethics or Honor.
The reign of the Socialist Democrat Party State Dictatorship is just getting started.
The “Socialist Democrat Party State” political officers, Gestapo, Woke and Cancel Culture are just getting started.
You will obey, be loyal and support the policies of the “Socialist Democrat Party State” or you will be classified as “Enemies of the State” and “Domestic Terrorists”.
24 Aug. 2020 – Monday on MSNBC’s “Live,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
referred to President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters as
“domestic enemies” and “enemies of the State”.
We the People have a choice – we either keep electing these treasonous, unlawful, destructive, immoral, self-righteous, Democrat dictators and become servants, slaves, subjects and ward to this treasonous Democrat Party dictatorship.
OR
We the People destroy this treasonous, unlawful, destructive, immoral, self-righteous, Democrat dictatorship and LIVE FREE!!
Vote every Democrat OUT of office EVERYWHERE, from the president to the school board. Get rid of these verminous Democrat creatures!
When we elect Godless, dishonest, immoral, hateful self-righteous, self-serving representatives like the corrupt puppet Joe Biden, Tinkerbell PinocchiObama, the hateful Nancy Pelosi, racist Maxine Waters, Liar Adam Schiff, Chuck Schumer, Camel toe Kamala Harris, Bimbo Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Muslim Ilhan Omar, squaw Elizabeth Warren and Ayanna Pressley who intentionally pit one group against another to divide the country and cultivate hate and distrust, you got to ask yourself; what are the motives of these type people? To lead the country into prosperity OR to gain control, stay in power any way possible and to dominate the citizens? No matter the costs to the people, the government or the nation. Vote ALL Democrats and RINOs OUT of Office everywhere. Return this country to we the people and by the people.
ANd people wonder why i keep saying, we need to SCORCH EARTH the entire Dept of INJUSTICE, into the ground, then SALT its remains, if/when we win back control over both houses AND the white house…
This is an outrage, that people are losing their life from a Witch Hunt. Because of Dems fears of DJT running again and winning in 2024! But we can let Domestic Terrorists”, that friends of the left from a late night show go!!!!.
How many times are we going to allow this treasonous, unethical, hateful Democrat Party try to destroy their political adversaries with NO proof, just unfounded accusations?
Nancy Pelosi admitted an unfortunate truth about her
orchestrate and fabricated President Trump’s impeachment “farce”
– It hinges on witness’s “allegations” not “proof”.
It’s Not A Question” Of “Proof”, It’s About “Allegations”
https://youtu.be/7dzhIxeF204
Which is why IF and when we win back control, WE NEED TO DO TO THEM, what they’ve been doing to us..
the witches of the west wing showing the hateful bias they have for true americans.
Only ONE shot was fired January 6th; and it was by a documented racist Black Capitol Police officer, killing an unarmed middle-aged White woman. This murderer was no less guilty than Officer Chauvin killing “martyred” George Floyd.
If one reads the Constitution, NOWHERE is there permission granted for Congress to hold a TRIAL, but in ignorance–or defiance –of that fact the Marxist Left segment of the Democrat Party are attempting just that. Remember this when November arrives. The people on this panel are breaking laws every day in their obsession with keeping power in the hands of a criminal few.
All true but they continue to get away with it. Why not? When you can steal a Presidential election and get away with it everything else is relatively easy. They knew from the beginning the spineless Republican leadership and American citizens would do nothing of merit to stop them.
AND when they control the dept of injustice, why WOULDN’T they keep doing things the way they are.. THEY KNOW, no one is going to do jack squat, about it.
I hope Karma has some special revenge for every single member on the Jan 6th Instigative Committee.
What a waste of time, money and would say talent, unfortunately, there is none to be found here. Most of these people look more fossilized than petrified wood. They are the perfect reason to bring back the use of public stocks, and this would even be an honor for them. All they have done is pervert the very essence of the Constitution of this United States. Where are the fair and speedy trials by a jury of the peers of those imprisoned?
AHH, but they are insurrectoinists.. They don’t deserve any constitutional rights. Just ask Adam Shiff..
Enemies of the State. Properly defined, that mean enemies of those in power. That isn’t a material, moral or ethical transgression, it’s a nebulous political crime. I though our Constitution was fashioned to exclude that imperialistic behavior, but alas, if you ignore the Constitution, anything goes. That is why the Constitution is under siege with this administration. My abhorrence with the Democrat party in which I belonged as a Vietnam Navy vet, started with the treachery of Hanoi John and Hanoi Jane. When they were iconically elevated, my mind and heart were rescued by then Governor Reagan. Now we have the Cheneyites nibbling at the foundations of the Republican party and this Republic.Please Dear God, MAGA.
Because this is not a legal proceeding, once we retake congress, any and all “convictions” handed down by this fraudulent bunch of TDS mental cases should be erased as a first order of business. Then Pelosi and her husband need to be brought up on charges for insider trading. If Martha Stewart can go to prison for (perhaps) saving $36K, the Pelosi’s’ need to spend many years behind bars for the millions they made.
Hey Jan. 6 committee and all of you corrupt judges. Karma can be very cruel, but only to those who have earned it. Do not complain when bad things start to happen to you. Do not complain when illness strikes you. Do not ever wonder, ‘why me!’ I don’t make the ‘Karma’ rules. Bad Karma seeks out those with an evil, corrupt heart!
To me, as average American citizen, the most tragic loss from this Jan6 Show Trial is—The Truth.