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the defense will be presenting the bulk of their case today. to those affected & all those watching: you do not deserve to be gaslit by nazi conspiracy theories. i’m sorry.

the recap of the end of the state’s case & the first few witnesses for the defense isi5KGEejk
headed into the courthouse now. we’ll probably hear from a few psychiatric experts and the unite the right participants fields spoke to immediately before the attack. i’ll update you at lunch.
i'm a little too tired to do a full write up on today's proceedings, but we heard from 6 more witnesses for the defense, including 2 of the 3 unite the right participants fields spent the hour before the attack with.
it feels like the admission of the phone calls between fields & his mother, in which he says his victim was an anti-white communist & it "doesn't fucking matter" that she died really took the wind out of the defense's already tattered sails.
today was full of fits & starts and long waits -- the beginning of the day was delayed two hours by the need to question each juror individually in chambers to ensure they hadn't accidentally overheard any discussion of the case outside the courtroom.
there was another hour long delay after lunch regarding the admission of a surprise expert witness for the defense -- a forensic data specialist who testified that fields used his google maps app minutes before the attack to search for maumee, OH (his home).
the defense is expected to call only two additional witnesses tomorrow before resting their case. fields' mother, originally expected to testify, was present in the courtroom today, which means we won't be hearing from her on the stand.
they also appear to have abandoned the plan to put several mental health experts on the stand. perhaps now the jury has heard him angrily yell at his mother that he doesn't care that heather heyer is dead & seen the picture of hitler he texted before the rally, it doesn't matter.
sometimes you get somebody on the stand & you can just tell they're so excited to have a captive audience for their weird, boring story. today's last witness was the boomer confederate version of that archetype. it was painful, awkward, and had zero apparent evidentiary value.
i have been waiting and waiting for the defense's strategy to coalesce into something coherent. for the moment it zooms out and you can see all the bread crumbs actually form a trail to... something? and it hasn't happened. it's all loose ends and false starts. it's nothing.
i need to rest my brain & my hand so i can capture as much as possible of tomorrow's closing arguments. maybe we'll finally get some indication of what the hell the defense is even trying to tell the jury about the case.
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