Rep. Plaskett's presentation is a preview of what jurors may see if the criminal cases go to trial — it reminds me of the govt's presentation when the J20 cases were tried. A key question will be if defense lawyers can argue to keep the focus narrower to conduct of individ. defs
The vast majority of defendants have their own individual criminal cases (as compared to those charged jointly with conspiracy, for instance), and to the extent they go to trial, it's not clear if they'll be tried in groups, a la the J20 cases
Most of those charged in the insurrection have been granted pretrial release, but the individual defendants that Plaskett highlighted by name (Dominic Pezzola, William Calhoun, Richard Barnett) remain in custody buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
A few hours before Plaskett's presentation highlighted Dominic Pezzola breaking a window to climb into the Capitol building, he filed a motion arguing he should be granted conditional release pending trial: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2047… 
New Impeachment Video Shows Officer Eugene Goodman Saving Mitt Romney From Running Into Capitol Rioters buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmc… via @pdmcleod
Senators Saw Shocking Bodycam Footage Of Cops Being Attacked During The Capitol Assault buzzfeednews.com/article/davidm… via @davidmackau
Republicans Were Shaken By Dramatic Riot Footage, But Still Say Trump Isn’t Responsible buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmc… via @pdmcleod
@pdmcleod Seen nods to plea talks in just a few Capitol insurrection cases so far — latest is Matthew Council, accused of pushing a police officer (he's not charged with assault). Govt asked to delay his next court date "to continue negotiations in an effort to achieve a resolution"
Here's the govt's latest motion in Matthew Council's case: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2047…
Charging doc: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2047…
Charging doc: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2047…
In the days after the election, Capitol insurrection defendant Michael Lopatic posted a series of photos of birds he apparently shot and killed and named after Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and other prominent Democrats, per court docs assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2047…
(Deleted a previous version of this tweet that incorrectly said some of these posts were before the election, they were all after. Conflating Jan. 6 with Nov. 3 in my mind - can't imagine why...)
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