Thread by @innercitypress

OK - now #insurrectionBlues John Earle Sullivan has a hearing on release conditions- as Inner City Press reported, he wants to keep getting money from CNN et al innercitypress.com/uscapitol5sull… Inner City Press will live tweet - for now, song soundcloud.com/innercitypress…

AUSA: We propose home detention, GPS monitoring, Internet monitoring - and on Insurgence USA - "seek or maintain employment and no longer work for Insurgence USA, only paying taxes & maintaining existing bank accounts.
[Here's the site: insurgenceusa.com

Assistant US Attorney: We proposed either no Twitter or Facebook, or if platforms are used, no organization of protests, riots, armed conflict or violence.
[Defense has yet to speak: I'm expecting a First Amendment push back]

Another proposal is made: Mental health treatment with John Earle Sullivan to pay as much of it as he can.
[Note: now in the record, and on DocumentCloud, payments to Sullivan for $35,000 from CNN and NBC beta.documentcloud.org/documents/2048…

Sullivan's lawyer: He makes his living through Insurgence USA. We showed the Court, he has legitimate contracts. It has nothing to do with the crimes, if there were crimes, inside the US Capitol.

Sullivan's lawyer: The social media limitations are incredibly oppressive. They serve no purpose except to basically oppress. He'll be separated from his friends and his ability to market his legitimate business.

Sullivan's lawyer: Why should Mr. Sullivan pay for mental health treatment? There's no basis. Nor for any search of his home or car. He has Fourth Amendment rights.

Sullivan's lawyer: And how can you say, No contact with witnesses? Of course we want to interview witnesses, 1000s of them. So there are Sixth Amendment violations. He already turns in his guns.

Sullivan's lawyer: My client has to leave his current residence by the end of February. He'll look for an apartment in Salt Lake City - if he can't find one, he'll move in with his parents.
[$35,000 from CNN - how are rental prices in Salt Lake?]

AUSA: Insurgence USA is the vehicle through which he engaged in the underlying activities. In Utah, Insurgence USA organized the riot. On January 6, it justified his presence in the Capitol.
He said he was undercover and didn't agree with the protesters

AUSA: Insurgence USA has material about Molotov cocktails. "There's nothing typical about these kinds of activities." In December 2020, he posted a guide to keep yourself safe at protests. It's "an expert resources for rioters."

AUSA: He said, if you don't have a gun or need a less lethal option, go with a tactical knife. He called his rifle a "Chud killer." [Proffers a definition of "chud"] He claims to be there to live stream these events

Judge Meriweather: Did Insurgence USA urge people to go to the Capitol on January 6?
AUSA: Many of his accounts have been suspended for violations of the terms of service. But we have screen shots from December 2020, praising riots

AUSA: In the InfoWars interview your Honor is familiar with, he talked about it... His own footage documents his actions on January 6, his obstruction of the proceedings. He is a prolific uses of social media, he retweets himself.

Note: DOJ Assistant US Attorney has not mentioned Sullivan's CNN contract; she keeps saying he filmed the footage only to put it on his social media channels. But see beta.documentcloud.org/documents/2048…

AUSA quotes, then explains, ACAB: All Cops Are Bastards. "There is footage of him on a microphone, 'We got to trip Trump out.' His social media is not typical of a 24 year old [?] It is not about the weather... He wrote, the Black Block has a projectile launcher"

AUSA: We started with 13 platforms, now we're only focused on the two most available, Twitter and Facebook. It would not be an Internet ban.
Sullivan's lawyer: He should not be punished for being in an event in Portland that became disruptive

AUSA: The complaint is on camera in the Capitol saying, I have a knife. He glorified riots in a tweet on December 26. He told others, You'll be fine, I go as a photographer, it's only a little bit of jail time. "He was there with a woman fatally lost her life."

Judge Meriweather: I'll take a break and then rule.
Thread will continue here, most probably in 20 or so minutes. For now, most recent #insurrectionBlues song: soundcloud.com/innercitypress…

OK, Judge Meriweather is back. She asks about Internet conditions and Pre-Trial Services in Utah, search condition.
Pre-Trial officer: We would search if we came to suspect he had other devices.
Sullivan's lawyer: We object.

Judge Meriweather: I am going to partially grant the US request. I am suggesting home detention with GPS monitoring. I am rejecting the proposed condition he avoid contact with witness. I am rejecting mental health evaluation. I am rejecting search condition

Judge Meriweather: I am rejecting the proposed ban on Twitter and Facebook but adopting the more limited restrictions.
Judge Meriweather: He is to no longer work for Insurgence USA - no marketing, only paying taxes and maintaining bank accounts

Judge Meriweather: I will not impose a prohibition on narcotics and controlled substance; the general prohibition applies.
Sullivan's lawyer: When will GPS bracelet be picked up, now it is not required?
Pre-Trial: He can cut it off and I'll pick it up tomorrow.

Sullivan is prohibited from inciting any *violent or unlawful* protest.
Sullivan's counsel: My emails with my client should not be monitored.
Judge Meriweather: OK. That's it.
Story later on InnerCityPress.com & patreon.com/MatthewRussell…