As Trump was on trial for inciting violence, Joseph Cua said he "should've known better" than to believe the bogus claims that brought him and his son Bruno Cua to D.C. in January. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bruno-cua-father-trump-capitol-attack_n_60273806c5b680717ee7d557?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 via @HuffPostPol

Joseph Cua and his wife took their 18-year-old son, Bruno Cua, to the nation’s capital in January because they ― like millions of Americans ― believed the conspiracy theories about a stolen election being floated by Trump.

Bruno Cua is facing a host of federal charges for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, including assault on a federal officer, civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding. His dad testified that he knew he son had brought a baton with him as they went to the Capitol.

“President Trump is calling us to FIGHT!” the younger Cua posted on the right-wing social media website Parler under the name [@]PatriotBruno, according to the feds. “This isn’t a joke, this is where and when we make our stand.”

His father bought into the lies too, convinced there was “all this fraud and the election was stolen.” But now, testifying in the hopes of securing his son’s pretrial release, Joseph Cua said he now recognized that the he was misled.

Bruno Cua, his father said, “parroted stuff from other leaders on social media and leaders ― like the president ― or the attorneys like Lin Wood and all these people saying ‘We have all this information and everything’s gonna come out.’”

“I myself feel pretty embarrassed that I think a lot of us felt like this happened and we believed these people and be disillusioned that there was no big reveal, and nothing came out. It’s disillusioning, disheartening and embarrassing, quite frankly,” Joseph Cua said.

Joseph Cua said he had hoped that seeing a massive crowd outside the Capitol would “bolster” the “courage” and “confidence” of Republican lawmakers to object to the certification of state electoral votes and overturn the election results, which Cua believed were fraudulent.

Now, he said, he realized the truth ― that Joe Biden was the legitimate winner of the 2020 election, and that Trump and his enablers were feeding him and his son a bunch of lies.

Ryan Karim Buchanan, a prosecutor for the Justice Department, moved to detain Bruno Cua, saying home wasn’t a “suitable place” for him.

The things that Bruno Cua had ingested, not only from the internet but from his parents, led him to the attack on the Capitol.

“He went up to D.C., his parents went with him, and then he committed multiple felonies there. The idea that this is some type of learning experience for him ... the danger he poses has not been mitigated. The danger he poses, I believe, is mitigated with him in custody.”

Chief Magistrate Judge Alan J. Baverman agreed.

Bruno Cua, he ruled, would be held in custody until his trial. He would be sent back to D.C., where he’ll face trial for his crimes or, more likely, take a plea deal.

Judge Baverman said that, outside of a drug case, he had has rarely seen this much family involvement in a crime.

Judge Baverman said it was “not very credible” to him that Cua’s father didn’t see the danger of what was happening, given that he saw the Trump supporters in paramilitary gear, knew his son had a weapon on him, and allowed his son to go up the scaffolding around the Capitol.

Judge Baverman said the attack on the Capitol was an “attempt to overthrow the lawful processes” of the United States government.

“And now we’re saying ‘Well, darn, I really didn’t mean any of that.’"

But that’s what his mindset what, and his mindset continued after the sixth, when there was no evidence,” Baverman said. “Even when the ex-president said ‘Go peacefully,’ we’re still hearing talk from this defendant of revolution, ‘I want to fight.’”

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Word to the wise, this mentality - that there is a fight, civil war, or violent means to reinstate Trump or follow Trump's agenda - is still prevalent. And Trump knows it. Trump's post acquittal message is exceptionally dangerous. He continues to stoke them.