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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4740484" data-attributes="member: 48469">LOL<a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/gop-lawmaker-resigns-after-livestreaming-himself-in-trump-incited-mob/?comments=1" target="_blank">Republican lawmaker resigns after arrest for storming US Capitol</a>&quot;The Republican lawmaker who was arrested for storming the US Capitol has resigned from the West Virginia State Legislature. &quot;I hereby resign as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, effective immediately,&quot; Derrick Evans wrote in a <a href="https://wvmetronews.com/2021/01/09/derrick-evans-resigns-w-va-house-after-entering-u-s-capitol-with-mob/" target="_blank">one-sentence letter</a> to West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Saturday.Evans also released a <a href="https://www.wdtv.com/2021/01/09/derrick-evans-announces-his-resignation-from-wva-house-of-delegates/" target="_blank">statement</a> saying, &quot;I take full responsibility for my actions, and deeply regret any hurt, pain or embarrassment I may have caused my family, friends, constituents and fellow West Virginians. I hope this action I take today can remove any cloud of distraction from the state Legislature, so my colleagues can get to work in earnest building a brighter future for our state.&quot; Evans also wrote that he hopes his resignation will help &quot;begin the healing process&quot; for the United States.Evans, who served in the state legislature for just one month before his resignation, was part of the Trump-incited insurrectionist mob that broke into the US Capitol on Wednesday last week in an attempt to stop certification of Joe Biden&#039;s presidential election victory. Evans <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/republican-state-lawmaker-livestreamed-himself-in-mob-storming-us-capitol/" target="_blank">livestreamed himself on Facebook</a> while chanting Trump&#039;s name and yelling, &quot;We&#039;re in! We&#039;re in! Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!&quot;Under US law, the charge of <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1752" target="_blank">illegally entering a restricted building</a> with the intent to disrupt government business can be punished by a fine and one year in prison, or up to 10 years in prison if the offender &quot;uses or carries a deadly or dangerous weapon or firearm&quot; when committing the offense. The FBI affidavit didn&#039;t mention Evans carrying a weapon.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4740484, member: 48469"] LOL [URL='https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/gop-lawmaker-resigns-after-livestreaming-himself-in-trump-incited-mob/?comments=1']Republican lawmaker resigns after arrest for storming US Capitol[/URL] "The Republican lawmaker who was arrested for storming the US Capitol has resigned from the West Virginia State Legislature. "I hereby resign as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, effective immediately," Derrick Evans wrote in a [URL='https://wvmetronews.com/2021/01/09/derrick-evans-resigns-w-va-house-after-entering-u-s-capitol-with-mob/']one-sentence letter[/URL] to West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Saturday. Evans also released a [URL='https://www.wdtv.com/2021/01/09/derrick-evans-announces-his-resignation-from-wva-house-of-delegates/']statement[/URL] saying, "I take full responsibility for my actions, and deeply regret any hurt, pain or embarrassment I may have caused my family, friends, constituents and fellow West Virginians. I hope this action I take today can remove any cloud of distraction from the state Legislature, so my colleagues can get to work in earnest building a brighter future for our state." Evans also wrote that he hopes his resignation will help "begin the healing process" for the United States. Evans, who served in the state legislature for just one month before his resignation, was part of the Trump-incited insurrectionist mob that broke into the US Capitol on Wednesday last week in an attempt to stop certification of Joe Biden's presidential election victory. [B]Evans [URL='https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/01/republican-state-lawmaker-livestreamed-himself-in-mob-storming-us-capitol/']livestreamed himself on Facebook[/URL] while chanting Trump's name and yelling, "We're in! We're in! Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!" Under US law, the charge of [URL='https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1752']illegally entering a restricted building[/URL] with the intent to disrupt government business can be punished by a fine and one year in prison, or up to 10 years in prison if the offender "uses or carries a deadly or dangerous weapon or firearm" when committing the offense. The FBI affidavit didn't mention Evans carrying a weapon."[/B] [/QUOTE]

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