“Some defense attorneys have echoed those arguments, saying that those who participated in the attack were doing so at the behest of Trump.” “But for the president, they would not have walked down Pennsylvania Avenue,” Al Watkins, defending “QAnon shaman” Jacob Chansley, told the Post. “They believed the president was going with them. Kramer, chief of the Federal Public Defender Office for Washington, said he expects numerous attorneys for Capitol rioters to argue that Trump “told them to march up Pennsylvania Avenue, and he be leading them, and he the commander in chief of the military and the nation top law enforcement officer.” You can read more about what Trump and the Capitol insurrectionists said before and during the assault, and preview likely legal arguments, at The Washington Post.

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This year has seen Valve make a host of changes to how it manages customer support, curation, and games on Steam. While its unlikely that the Steam Sale will be subject to sweeping reform, it’s interesting to see how it treats this year’s Steam Summer Sale amidst changes galore. One of these major changes was removing Steam Greenlight and replacing it with Steam Direct..

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In a blow that shook China’s human rights and legal circles, mainland Chinese lawyers Lu Siwei and Ren Quanniu found themselves disbarred at the start of this year. Judicial officials turned up at their law firms with letters saying the two human rights lawyers’ practising licences were being revoked. Mainland lawyers of Hong Kong fugitives to appeal against disbarments The pair drew attention last year as the most outspoken among lawyers representing 12 Hong Kong fugitives who were arrested while trying to flee to Taiwan in August to avoid prosecution for involvement in the 2019 anti government protests.