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A fringe website featured the purported names and addresses of the Fulton County grand jury that indicted Trump and 18 others for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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[–] athos77@kbin.social 178 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I looked at the indictment last night and noticed it included the names of the grand jurors. I dropped my head into my hands, knowing this was inevitable. I don't understand why the names weren't reacted.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 116 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Georgia law is that grand jurors names are public.

Yeah, pretty naive. Or evil. Maybe both?

[–] athos77@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

I didn't know that. I wish they had a process for applying to redact, for cases like this :(

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 40 points 1 year ago (16 children)

There's all kinds of laws like this that are super old, and really harmful in modern life. Like name changes having to be published in the paper, and home ownership being public information. Sorry trans people, if you want to legally change your name, you have to be out to everyone! And don't even think about buying a house if there's someone you don't want knowing where you live, like an abusive family member or ex!

They're left over from times when information was harder to come by, and they absolutely need to be changed, but our governments are bad at legislating for modern problems

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And don’t even think about buying a house

Well that is a problem that is fading away.

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[–] MicroWave@lemmy.world 79 points 1 year ago (3 children)

“It’s becoming all too commonplace to see everyday citizens performing necessary functions for our democracy being targeted with violent threats by Trump-supporting extremists," Jones said. "The lack of political leadership on the right to denounce these threats — which serve to inspire real-world political violence— is shameful.

And there’s also this:

Yesterday — after Trump posted on his social media website that authorities were going "after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!" — Advance Democracy noted that Trump supporters were "using the term ‘rigger’ in lieu of a racial slur" in posts online.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Advance Democracy noted that Trump supporters were “using the term ‘rigger’ in lieu of a racial slur” in posts online.

Classy as ever

[–] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The instant I saw the word "RIGGERS" in his bitch ass post yesterday, I knew exactly what it actually meant. Just more ~~dog whistling~~ fog horn blasting racism from The Cheeto Mussolini. 😡

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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good old MAGA maggots. They are such a fine bunch of people.

[–] PRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm partial to "Cult 45" ...or just "domestic terrorists" if we're not trying to be cheeky about it.

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[–] stochasticity@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

They're the same picture

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 62 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Faster. Go to trial faster.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 59 points 1 year ago

Sadly, predictable.

Equally sad and Equally predictable, this (and the ensuing harrassment) will have the approval of the Republican party.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

When someone quite obviously rejects both the electoral system and the legal system unless they work to his advantage, one must surely get the impression that this person simply has no interest in democracy at all.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm starting to get the feeling that this guy might not be the best choice for president.

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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago

Extremist fascists gonna fascist.

[–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Give every single doxxed GJ member secret service protection, and make Trump pay for it.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even easier: just reassign the guys from his detail to protect those people, until there's nobody left to cover his entourage.

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Give the people Trump trusts with his life to the people he likely wants to be silenced? Good idea.

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 32 points 1 year ago

If those were BLM activists, they'd have a SWAT team breaking down their door within minutes of posting this.

[–] Smacks@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Everyone involved in this case should have 24/7 protection. This is probably gonna get messy

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This could be either a great time to be an FBI agent - or the worst time.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Imagine becoming a fed because you want to uphold the law and chase down bad guys, figuring you're going to be tracking down drug dealers and human traffickers and mafia goons, and instead you get tasked with running down Karen and Cletus who decided to firebomb a house based on something they read on RealTruthPatriotNewsDaily-dot-net.

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine the briefings with everyone just sitting there with their heads buried in their hands

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[–] Syrc@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Completely normal behavior for peaceful supporters of a law-abiding citizen. Who wouldn’t do some friendly doxxing to support their absolutely innocent leader.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder in what ways this will impact the trial. Everyone on the jury knowing that they are supposed to be annoymous but the jury that was not was targeted.

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[–] Ryan213@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] 0110010001100010@kbin.social 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, probably someone getting hurt or killed. To the GQP the political violence is a feature, not a bug. I hope I'm wrong.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

their final phase is terrorism. we must resist and crush them

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I'm literally running out of horrific descriptions of Trump & his cult.

[–] silentmaster@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I feel like this should be another charge against Trump. I know he didn't do it, but he was still responsible for this.

[–] Debs@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 year ago

This must be so scary for those jurors. Our legal system and democracy are about (continues) to be tested.

[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just to be clear, the names of the grand jury members are public. They are written right there on page 9 of the indictment.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/1ccdf52e-1ba2-434c-93f8-2a7020293967.pdf

[–] stealthnerd@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Right, the fact that they dug up their addresses and posted them is the disturbing part. The article, particularly the headline, is misleading.

[–] pizza-bagel@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yikes, I hope these people's entire family has some sort of protection. It's normal for them to attempt to kill anyone they don't like.

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[–] Objects@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago

We now know at least one trumper can read.

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