Disrupt J20 was a website put together for organized resistance to Donald Trump's administration. This case is specifically tied to an overturned trash can and mass marches that were held on inauguration day in DC.
From Nate Cardozo, senior staff attorney at the EFF:
"The government asserts that there were crimes committed on January 20th. You know, there was some petty vandalism or whatever. The government is claiming, of course, felony rioting, which is another thing altogether.
So, the government’s theory of the case, laughable as it is, is that everyone who visited J20—DisruptJ20.org did so in order to plan a crime."
230 people that participated that day were mass-arrested and 194 are potentially facing 75 years in prison. http://defendj20resistance.org/
> Just look at the amount of times he has settled claims for misrepresenting individuals and organizations
There appear to have been two settlements, one to Izzy Santa and one to Juan Carlos Vera. In the ACORN videos, the guy was playing along with them and reported the contact to the cops. As for the CNN thing, I honestly don't know what was going on there, because the settlement was paid to one of Veritas' own employees and the whole thing is crazy.
I understand that there were claims that this video was like the ACORN video, incidentally. We'll know if that's what really happened or not once the police finish their investigation and the evidence comes out at trial.
Some background on the case: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/18/trumps_doj_demands_pe...
From Nate Cardozo, senior staff attorney at the EFF:
"The government asserts that there were crimes committed on January 20th. You know, there was some petty vandalism or whatever. The government is claiming, of course, felony rioting, which is another thing altogether.
So, the government’s theory of the case, laughable as it is, is that everyone who visited J20—DisruptJ20.org did so in order to plan a crime."
230 people that participated that day were mass-arrested and 194 are potentially facing 75 years in prison. http://defendj20resistance.org/