A DC federal magistrate judge just ordered Jan. 6 defendant Robert Morss to stay in jail as his case goes forward. Morss "didn't stumble into the violence, he planned for it," MJ G. Michael Harvey says. More on the charges against Morss: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2088…
In advance of this hearing, DOJ released videos they cited in arguing for detention. Not going to thread all of them, but here are a bunch — in these videos, Morss is usually ID'd with an arrow or box. At the end of this one, he's seen allegedly trying to grab an officer's baton
In this one, the govt IDs Morss with a red box as he hangs back for a bit, as other people berate the officers. At the 1:05 mark, the person ID'd as Morss appears to lunge at the metal barrier
This video begins in the middle of another man's explanation of what he wants: "Put the bastards in a room and find out how they got rich" — an example of how Jan. 6 was a convergence of assorted anti-govt grievances, not just re: the election
This video begins with an officer leading an injured colleague away as they clutch their head. The man ID'd as Morss is seen right behind that, and he's later seen gesturing at the officers and yelling, "We're gonna take our Capitol back"
Last one of these I'll share for now, the govt says this shows Morss trying to coordinate with other rioters to collect stolen police riot shields to create a "shield wall" (starting at around the :37 mark)
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