Russian State Media Melts Down Over Riot Hearings

The Daily Beast reports:

Assuming that a criminal prosecution against Trump is all but inevitable, state TV host Vladimir Solovyov seemed perturbed during his show The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov last Friday: “Look at what’s going on in America. A criminal prosecution against Trump and his followers is an obvious step towards a dictatorship.”

Solovyov failed to mention the kind of penalties one might face in Russia for attempting a violent insurrection, where people get arrested for something so innocuous as holding up a sign that says “Peace,” or even a blank sheet of paper.

Channel Rossiya-1 aired translated video clips condemning the proceedings that featured Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, as well as Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson.

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