NY trial over US Capitol riot tests freedom of expression limits

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Free speech may be sacred in the United States but calling for the killing of US lawmakers on social media is unlawful, a New York jury ruled Wednesday after a weeklong trial that revisited the January 6 riot at the Capitol.

The federal trial, the first related to the storming of Congress by supporters of ex-president Donald Trump, was viewed as a test case for the limits of freedom of expression protected by the First Amendment of the US constitution.

Hunt was also charged with “intent to retaliate” over the electoral college vote count, which affirmed that Trump would have to leave the White House after just one term. Hunt, using a number of expletives, added that he would “go there myself and shoot them and kill them.” Officers did not find any weapons or evidence of involvement or communication with any extremist groups.Prosecutors did not claim that Hunt, who read “Mein Kampf” and called on Trump to seize power “like Hitler,” was in Washington on January 6 or even that he intended to go.

She argued that they should not have been taken seriously given that Hunt had admitted alcohol problems and his video channel only had 99 subscribers.

 

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