>>19218565

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/j6-defendant-sentenced-extra-time-taking-stand/

January 6 defendant Chris Alberts, who conceal carried during the Capitol riot to “protect his life,” would have only served three years in a federal penitentiary if he would have pled guilty.

Instead, Judge Christopher Cooper sentenced Alberts to 7 years in prison on July 19 for possession of a gun on the Capitol grounds and allegedly assaulting police officers.

“In this country, you cannot make your voice heard with a gun. That’s not what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they wrote the Constitution,” Judge Cooper admonished moments before he sentenced Alberts to nearly a decade in prison. “There is no Second Amendment right to bring a gun to the Capitol. You may think that constraint is unconstitutional but you can constitute that with the Supreme Court.”

Prosecutors manipulated Alberts’ sentencing range by adding almost a half dozen “terror enhancements.”

>>19218601

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/20/business/digital-world-acquisition-corporation-sec-settlement/index.html

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that it settled with the blank-check company seeking to merge with former President Donald Trump’s media company.

The SEC said Digital World Acquisition Corporation (DWAC) violated anti-fraud laws by failing to disclose to investors that it was actively pursuing a merger deal with Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which owns the social media site Truth Social, before it went public.

Nearly two years ago, TMTG announced that it would merge with Digital World, which is a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. However, the SEC alleges that DWAC had held talks with Trump’s team long before that, despite DWAC stating in a previous SEC filing that none of its officers or investors had any discussions with potential acquisition targets.

In a statement, the SEC called the filings by DWAC “false and misleading.”

“In the context of a SPAC – a ‘blank-check’ entity without business operations – these disclosure failures are particularly problematic because investors focus on factors such as the SPAC’s management team and potential merger targets when making financial decisions,” said Gurbir S. Grewal, director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement.

A SPAC, also known as a blank-check company, is a shell company that debuts on the public market with the stated intent to acquire an existing private company. SPACs are often used as a way for private companies to go public without the time-consuming and expensive process of raising money through a traditional initial public offering.

DWAC agreed to a cease-and-desist order and to pay an $18 million penalty if it closes a