U.S. Magistrate Judge Reona J. Daly asks the defendant's consent to participate in today's hearing remotely.
The defendant, Mathew Capsel, agrees.
Judge Daly asks whether Capsel is asking the court to appoint counsel for him.
"Yes, ma'am."
She reviews his financial affidavit, and she agrees to his public defender.
The prosecutor asks for detention, saying that he's a danger to the community and a flight risk.
They will proceed on that motion.
Prosecutor said that Capsel had a suicide attempt over marital issues.
"There's violence in this defendant's history, as a juvenile and as an adult."
He alleges that he has a history of trespass as well, before the Capitol insurrection.
Prosecutor:
Capsel has a record of domestic battery, and he tried to leave the state of Illinois, failing to appear to a proceeding for this incident.
"He was half a country away."
Prosecutor:
Capsel has a history of not following court orders.
Probation says there are conditions that can ensure his appearance at trial.
Capsel's attorney, Hill, urges the judge to follow that recommendation and release her client.
"Although he does have some criminal history," she says most of that is his juvenile record.
Defense attorney Hill cites Eric Munchel, the "zip tie guy" with tactical restraints, being released on bond despite allegations that he wanted to take Congress members hostage.
The defense counsel also notes that another Capitol rioter was allowed to be released after being accused of stealing a laptop from Speaker Pelosi's office.
Mark Leffingwell, charged with assault law enforcement during the Capitol insurrection, has an arraignment coming up before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson.
The Capitol Police officer he allegedly assaulted narrated the incident.
Live-thread ahead.
"All rise."
We begin.
AUSA Christopher Berridge for the govt
Mark John Carroll for the defense.
Judge ABJ asks whether Mark Leffingwell waives his physical presence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Carroll mentions that his client has a traumatic brain injury from an IED in the Iraq War, but he is competent to proceed.
This is an attorney for Lin Wood's former law partners during a hearing on Sept. 23, 2020, in a transcript.
Lin Wood's counsel R. Joseph Burby attributed his client's "emotional tailspin" to the toll of the turmoil in his firm and his ex-partners telling his children he was having mental health issues.
Wood claims he felt they were trying to drive a wedge with his family.
Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell's thundering ruling keeping Richard Barnett behind bars before trial ranks as one of the most outraged and passionate speeches that I have heard delivered from the federal bench.
The developing story above only captures a sliver of it.
But Howell's oratory can be summarized by those three words: "Brazen. Entitled. Dangerous," a trio of adjectives the judge repeated twice—and a distillation of the smirking image of Barnett with his feet on a desk in Pelosi's office with a stun gun in his pants.
Richard "Bigo" Barnett, seen here with a stun gun in his pants and foot on a desk inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, has a remote hearing now in the District of D.C.