DOJ Targets 18-Year-Old Homeschooler, Suggests It's a Crime to Believe 2020 Election Stolen

Patrick Delaney : Mar 10, 2021
LifeSiteNews.com

"[t]he Cua case has nothing to do with seeking justice for the melee on January 6 or appropriately prosecuting one of the participants ... The Justice Department, which acts more like a consigliere for the Democratic Party than an impartial enforcer of the rule of law, wants to ruin the Cua family and send a message to others..." -Julie Kelly, American Greatness

(Milton, GA) — [LifeSiteNews.com] An 18-year-old homeschool student has languished in prison since February 5, for his participation in the US Capitol breach of January 6, and, as suggested by prosecutors, for his disbelief in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. (Image: Bruno Joseph Cua inside the Capitol building /11Alive-YouTube /via LifeSiteNews)

Bruno Joseph Cua, who remains the youngest of around 300 people arrested thus far under the US Department of Justice's "unprecedented" investigation into the events of that day, by all accounts is not unlike other adolescents. According to an American Greatness (AG) report, "neighbors, family friends, and classmates describe him as hard-working, kind, respectful, and patriotic."

He likes to fish, build tree houses, and is "not into drugs or alcohol—his biggest high last year was organizing Trump truck rallies in his community." As AG's Julie Kelly describes, similar to "many teenagers interested in politics, Bruno is a bit of a rabble-rouser and social media loudmouth."

Prior to his travels to Washington with his mother and father to attend President Donald Trump's rally, Bruno was completing his high school diploma in an online school program. His mother left her veterinary practice years ago to homeschool Bruno and his two younger siblings.

Following Trump's speech, the Cuas walked with the crowd to Capitol Hill, and Bruno, having asked permission of his parents to see what was happening closer to the Capitol building, made his way in.

Several videos of the day's events show Capitol police removing barricades, functionally inviting crowds into the building. Thus, many such protestors thought they were allowed to be on the premises, and, as one expert stated, security "knew it was going to be [an] enormous [crowd] but they didn't do any preparation to control [it]."

Under such conditions, sociologists will explain that principles of crowd psychology are predictable and begin to influence personal conduct due to the perception of a "universality of behavior" resulting in a perceived loss of individual responsibility.

An adolescent like Bruno Cua would be considered far from immune to such influence. And thus, as explained by Kelly, he certainly did act badly. "He climbed on scaffolding outside the Capitol building and went into areas he should not have entered."

He also sent out some "alarming" social media posts. Following the Capitol breach, the teen posted on Parler that he "stormed the capital [sic] with hundreds of thousands of patriots. Yes we physically fought our way in."

After his arrest by the FBI, the high school student was indicted by a grand jury on 12 charges "including assaulting a police officer and possessing a ‘dangerous or deadly' weapon." After languishing for three weeks in solitary confinement, he was transferred to Oklahoma City, where he shared a cell with 30 other inmates, and "like the families of dozens of January 6 defendants, has been denied the opportunity to post bail."

With his trial scheduled for May 10, there is a chance Bruno may have to remain behind bars until that time, unless Obama-appointed US district court judge Randy Moss decides to release him to his parents... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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