The Washington Post dubbed the 41-year-old New Jersey man arrested for alleged intent to “kidnap or injure” outside of a judiciary-themed Catholic mass traditionally attended by Supreme Court justices a mere “demonstrator.”
Louis Geri was not simply a protester who set up camp on the steps of the Washington, D.C., Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle ahead of the special “Red Mass” service dedicated to kicking off the judicial year. According to authorities, he was a repeat offender of a premises ban who was found with suspicious materials, including “vials of liquid and possible fireworks.”
Investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal team and Arson Task Force following Geri’s arrest yielded at least one Molotov cocktail, an incendiary weapon often described and treated by law enforcement as a “crude bomb,” tucked away in his belongings.
The discovery not only prompted law enforcement to charge Geri with “unlawful entry” for violating the premises ban and “possession of a Molotov cocktail,” but also “threats to kidnap or injure.”
As the news developed, WaPo debuted an updated version of the same headline, which further downplayed Geri’s plot and arrest by referring to him as a mere “man with a tent.” In the text of the article, WaPo emphasized that “it was not clear why the man was at the cathedral, why he had the items, or why police thought he had a Molotov cocktail, a type of firebomb.”
Geri’s arrest came mere days after a left-wing judge awarded Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s would-be assassin an unprecedentedly short sentence. Deborah Boardman gave Nicholas Roske, a man masquerading as a woman, only eight years in prison despite his plot to break in, pepper-spray, duct tape, and gun down Kavanaugh and his family. Trump’s Department of Justice recently announced it will appeal the “woefully insufficient sentence.”
This is not the first time the WaPo hoaxers have minimized violence against conservatives or Americans in general. In September, the outlet brushed past the extensive criminal past of the man suspected of brutally murdering Iryna Zarutska in favor of smearing President Donald Trump and Republicans. WaPo even won a Pulitzer for referring to the July 2024 assassination attempt on Trump as “loud noises.”
Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.
