President Trump is now threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota, particularly the city of Minneapolis. Hrrah! That action by the president is way past due. He has a duty to do this and much more to quell defiance of our laws by elected officials, not only in Minnesota but in every Blue state and sanctuary city and state in our nation.
The president’s authority for taking this action is laid out in the Insurrection Act signed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807. It has been used thirty times since its enactment, the last being in 1992 by George H W. Bush to quell the Loas Angeles riots. It can be invoked by the president under the following several circumstances:
–Suppressing an insurrection or rebellion.
– Enforcing federal law when it becomes impracticable for civilian authorities.
– Protecting constitutional rights when a state is unable or unwilling to do so.
The president has a pressing cause to invoke The Insurrection Act now in Minnesota, Oregon, and other leftist cities and states. This action by him is long overdue. But I am puzzled and appalled by the DOJ’s failure to charge public officials who are aiding and abetting criminals who have violated our immigration laws, many committing egregious crimes in the United States and their home countries. These officials are accessories to crimes and should be arrested and charged with those crimes. I offer the following assessment of “Accessory to a Crime”.
Accessory to a Crime means helping someone commit a crime or helping them escape afterward, even if you never personally laid a hand on anyone. In federal cases—such as an attack on federal law enforcement—being an accessory can still carry serious penalties.
Under United States. criminal law, an “accessory” is a person who aids, assists, encourages, or helps conceal a crime committed by someone else. The law divides accessories into two categories:
Under 18 U.S.C. §3, an accessory after the fact to a federal crime can face up to half the maximum prison sentence of the principal offender or up to 15 years if the underlying crime is punishable by life or death. Even if someone never participates directly in an attack on federal officers, they can still face major federal charges if they encourage it, provide tools or information, or hide the attacker afterward.
We have ample proof that Governor Walz, Attorney General Kieth Ellison, and Mayor Jacob Frey encourage, advise, and protect the criminals hiding in Minneapolis and other Minnesota cities. The arrest of these “elected officials” should serve as a warning to governors and elected officials in other sanctuary cities and states and to the U.S. Representatives and Senators who stand with the criminal invaders of our country.
It is way past time.
You’re exactly right and thanks for the US criminal law definitions and specifics. I realize our President is reluctant to go all-in doing the right thing, given our current state of lack of accountability, slowness and reluctance of prosecutorial agencies and personnel, fear of rulings of corrupt federal district judges, and more importantly, a tolerant We The People who seem to have no stomach for outright prosecution and punishment. Of course, a remnant of patriots want justice; however, the propaganda media in collusion with blue states, the Democratic party, and a sizable segment of our population who are indoctrinated or otherwise demonized, are exercising too much influence. Our President has taken bold moves; he ought go ahead and indict those aiding and abetting as you describe.