The cost to repair damage to the Colorado Supreme Court building in downtown Denver could reach $35 million, after a man allegedly broke into the building and set a fire that triggered the sprinkler system for hours causing extensive flooding, officials said Friday.
“It is a disaster recovery site and not a workplace at the current moment,” State Court Administrator Steven Vasconcellos told lawmakers Friday during a meeting of the state House and Senate judiciary committees.
Risk experts continue to assess the damage after a man shot through the window of the building to break inside Jan. 2 and set a fire on the 7th floor. The sprinkler system was triggered and ran for several hours, causing “ankle-deep water” that flowed to the floors below, Vasconcellos said.
What do you call someone who uses violence for a political reason? Cause that’s the charge the guy needs to get.
So reading the article, looks like it really might have not been a politically motivated thing. Dude got in a car accident and then went insane. Lucky he broke into an empty government building rather than some business or home
How strange.
Chief Justice Brian Boatright told legislators he believed Olsen’s actions to be a “random act” and not politically motivated. The Colorado Supreme Court last month blocked Donald Trump from appearing on Colorado’s 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot after finding that he is disqualified from running for office again because he violated the so-called “insurrection clause” in the U.S. Constitution.
Days later, Denver Police and the FBI said they were investigating “incidents” directed at the justices.
“I told people, we could have been a Walmart and it wouldn’t have mattered,” Boatright said. “The gentleman just picked that building.”No but don’t you understand? It’s a government building, so it must be political!!!1!!1!1!
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