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Jul 20, 2021, 5 tweets

Latest videos released by DOJ from Jan. 6 are from the case of defendant Jeffrey McKellop — McKellop was indicted on multiple counts of assaulting police officers, and prosecutors cited these videos in successfully arguing to keep him in jail pending trial

Here's the government's brief, which explains where the govt identified McKellop in each of these videos: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2051…

Exhibit 2 is where the feds say you can see McKellop lunging at officers before he's hit with a chemical spray

Exhibit 3 offers a perspective on police retreating back as the front line of the mob surges forward

In the fourth and final exhibit, the feds say you can see McKellop using a flag pole to try to hit police and then throwing it like a spear

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