The Tampa Bay Times on lame excuses from Jan. 6 Capitol rioters: Some of the defendants facing charges in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol deserve points for creativity. Among the defense arguments emerging in court documents: âI got caught up in the mobâ and âTrump told me to do it.â But the âmobâ and the individuals charged in the insurrection are one and the same, and breaking the law just because you think a higher authority with a well-known penchant for dangerous rhetoric said you could doesnât make it right. The attempt to brush aside criminal behavior with such lame excuses turns the concept of personal responsibility on its head.