'Assisting criminals': Mary Trump accuses MAGA Mike Johnson of obstruction and accessory
Mary Trump is throwing the book at Speaker Mike Johnson.
Former President Donald Trump's niece recruited a lawyer to help her determine if Johnson committed obstruction of justice and accessory after the fact when he publicly announced the blurring of faces belonging to hoards of people who descended on the Capitol back on Jan. 6, 2021.
"Speaker Mike Johnson says he’s blurring the faces of more than one January 6 Insurrectionist to help them avoid prosecution," Mary writes in her latest edition of "The Good In Us." "That is a crime."
On Tuesday, Johnson boasted about releasing video footage from the Capitol but caveated that there would be a blurring faces “of persons who participated in the events of that day.”
“We don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ and to have other concerns and problems,” Johnson explained.
Shortly afterward, the Speaker released an update: “The Department of Justice already has access to raw footage from January 6, 2021."
A spokesman for the Speaker came forward a day later to clarify that ultimately by releasing the altered footage they want "to prevent all forms of retaliation against private citizens from any non-governmental actors."
Mary writes that the words chosen weren't random, writing, "'Retaliated against' is Republican speak for 'held accountable.'"
"Mike Johnson is actively assisting criminals evade apprehension, trial, and, potentially, punishment."
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Burrowing deeper, she and esquire Joe Gallina determine if indeed the masking of the crowd constitutes a crime.
With accessory after the fact, if Johnson were to be charged and ultimately found guilty of accessory (the exercise being completely hypothetical and not at all in the real world as yet) — she calculates that he could be imprisoned up to 15 years.
Mary believes that Johnson's in trouble because he ordered the doctoring of the footage to conceal the identify of offenders so that they wouldn't be identified, the action of altering the footage of a known criminal act constitutes a crime, and he's helping them "escape capture."
"If it can be proven Johnson did not know the DOJ had the footage, he could be in serious legal trouble – he made his intent to cover up criminal activity extremely clear," she wrote paraphrasing Gallina.
The actions of Johnson are troublesome for Mary who believes that they are proof he is attempting to "circumvent justice."
She concludes: "In any sane reality, actively supporting insurrectionists should get you censured, and if indicted, possibly expelled.”