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Summary

Antony Vo, convicted for participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots alongside his mother, has fled to Canada and applied for asylum instead of reporting to prison to serve a nine-month sentence.

Vo claims his conviction was “political persecution” and part of a government conspiracy.

Currently living in Canada with his mother, who also faces federal charges, Vo believes Trump will pardon Jan. 6 rioters.

U.S. authorities have been actively searching for him, while his asylum application remains under review by Canadian officials.

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[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

How did a convicted criminal get into Canada while skipping out on his sentence?

Deport this fucker, unless he runs into an accident on the slopes.

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

“I really thought that the police were keeping their oaths to the constitution and were stepping aside to let us exercise our constitutionally guaranteed rights,” he told WISH. “I thought it was totally permitted.”

on one hand, this is so dumb that i have a very hard time believing anyone would actually think this. on the other hand, he is a trump supporter, and he did walk into the capital with his mom and then take pictures of it. i’m really at a loss here.

[-] Tillyrblue@lemmy.world 131 points 1 week ago

Seeks asylum in another country while probably having a problem with people seeking asylum in the US

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well his situation is different. Did you ever stop to consider that?

[-] Tillyrblue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Thats right I forgot he is one of Trump’s “warriors”

[-] adaveinthelife@lemmy.ca 63 points 1 week ago

As a Canadian I feel like I just saw a rat scurry under my bed while I'm snuggled under the covers.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

Yeah, now We got to root the bastards out.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

Since Trump's going to pardon them, justice will never be done by the judicial system. So if justice is to be done, it will be by other means.

Keep Alberta rat-free

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago
[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

What a whiney bitch that doesn't take responsibility for being an easy dupe that went on to violate the law in several ways. How is any of this political persecution?! It's collective mental disorder, that we may all end up paying for.

[-] Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 week ago

9 month sentence? Just go do it you pussy. I've served longer for possession of fucking WEED.

[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago

You have to understand though, these people are cowards who absolutely do not think the laws or rules should apply to them, because they've never faced any consequences in their life up to this point.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Get him the fuck outta here.

He's just waiting out the clock, Trump is almost certainly going to pardon his insurrection accomplices.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 week ago

Why would he do that?

What do they have to offer him now?

[-] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Adoration from his base.

It's a mistake to assume because he's been voted in his base has nothing left to offer.

For him to fully seize permanent autocratic power or even implement the most horrific parts of his agenda, he needs Congress to stay under his thumb. The pardon will cost him nothing, and keep his base rabid, which will keep Congress in line.

Edit: A few important additional reasons:

  • Trump never admits he's wrong and never forgets being "wronged."
  • Pardons continue to overwrite history of Jan. 6th with the narrative he was the victim.
  • They help create noise to drown out signal as to whether it was an insurrection, demotivating people to further seek justice.
  • They solidify further his claim related prosecutions (including of him by extension) were politically motivated.
  • They demoralize his opponents by subjugating reality to his own narrative (a classic Putin move, maybe not coincidentally).

It's doubtful he consciously thought any of this through. If probably just "feels right" to him. But in typical Trump fashion, by pardoning those involved, he'd be doing something deeply nefarious for coincidentally shallow narcissistic and instinctive reasons.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

I wonder if he has to physically sign each pardon. That alone could keep him from getting everyone off.

[-] clif@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I doubt he's ever gotten anyone off.

[-] boydster@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

Someone else on Lemmy referred to him as an instinctual fascist, and I really thought that was a succinct way of framing the "just feels right" aspect you laid out here

[-] normalexit@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Hopefully they catch another charge for resisting, which isn't pardoned.

[-] sturmblast@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Sounds like a something a piece of shit traitor would do. Fuck that guy and his mother.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Well he only has a few more weeks until he's pardoned.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

This is why trebuchets were invented. Load them up and yeet them back to the USA.

Make sure you secure a rope around his neck that will reach over the boarder.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago

No need to bring another character into this

(It's spelled 'border' when talking about the line between countries; a boarder is a person renting a place to sleep)

[-] rekabis@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

Send him back. We don’t need no seditionists.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Ain’t you about to be da fiddy first state doe?

[-] Lennny@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Just shoot him and save us both some tax money. He's Asian so the people that should care, won't.

[-] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

this headline needs some work. I can see a few different meanings...

dude is seeking asylum in Canada with his mom

they're both seeking asylum because they skipped prison

dude skipped his prison time (for some other offense) to go storm the Capitol with his mom (awww...)

one or both of them stormed the capitol, got prison time, skipped it, and have fled to Canada to ask for asylum.

...

probably some others...

[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago

They probably did that deliberately, to draw you into reading the article to solve the conundrum

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

This is one of donvict's patriotic heroes. He should come on home since donvict will likely pardon all these pillars of humanity.

"Political persecution", LOL.

[-] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They could just return Jan 20 at noon, and kneel and lick the boots of their master and beg for a pardon, and maybe get a pardon.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Some 4d chess there. When Canada becomes the 51st state, they’ll have to extradite him. But when Canada becomes the 51st state, all Jan 6ers will be pardoned.

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Hypothetically, if Canada and the US merged, wouldn't they add like 10 states?

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

They know so little about Canada that they think it's just one continuous state.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

Technically there are zero states in Canada

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

True, was just using it loosely kinda like we call our states states in the US, but it could also refer to a nation state, or separate providences, etc

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