More #insurrectionBlues: Isaac Sturgeon was arrested March 6 by the FBI at JFK Airport, charged in Jan 6 Capitol riots in DC. He's 32 & owns a lawn care business in Montana. US will seek ongoing detention this afternoon. Another song: soundcloud.com/innercitypress…
OK - it has begun, the detention (or free on bail) hearing of Isaac Steve Sturgeon, before EDNY Magistrate Judge Cheryl Pollak. Sturgeon traveled to Kenya on Jan 24 & got a ticket to return on April 5. He was deported by #Kenya in advance of the return date.
Sturgeon's lawyer: As his Instagram will show, he has been to Kenya before, he likes to travel.
Judge: I'm going to release him [Sturgeon] on $250,000 bond.
Sturgeon: I travel a lot, that's why I asked for a new passport, mine was full of stamps. That's how much I travel.
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OK - now in Luigi Mangione Day 7 of suppression hearings in NYS case, Inner City Press on Dec 3 filed letter to unseal exhibits matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/extra-inner-… & some have been unsealed Dec 4 & on, many used. 1st Book amazon.com/dp/B0FYJ7MBX3/ 2d soon & will live tweet, thread below
Come to order!
Justice Carro: Call your first witness.
ADA: The People call officer Samuel McCoy... What did you do before that?
McCoy: I delivered pizza at a Papa Johns
McCoy: I also served in the military.
ADA: Where?
McCoy: Base in the UAE.. I mean, Qatar.
ADA: Were you on duty on December 9, 2024?
McCoy: Yes
OK - Do Kwon sentencing in crypto case, US wants 12 years, Do asks 5, 6 victims set to testify patreon.com/posts/crypto-i… Inner City Press wrote the book on Luna amazon.com/Crypto-Death-S… and will live tweet, thread below
11:17 am - Do Kwon is in yellow prison jumpsuit of Essex County Jail in NJ; he's sitting at defense table with four of his lawyers. There has been a check of the call-in line(s); US says six victims want to speak, one in Russian: patreon.com/posts/crypto-i…
11:19 am
All rise!
Judge Engelmayer: Good morning, including to the handful of victim who have come... I have read letters from what the defense calls the "Terra community," as well as a Twitter post, a Slack thread, and the sentencing of Mashinsky
OK - now in Luigi Mangione Day 6 of suppression hearings in NYS case, Inner City Press on Dec 3 filed letter to unseal exhibits matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/extra-inner-… & some have been unsealed Dec 4 & on, many used. 1st Book amazon.com/dp/B0FYJ7MBX3/ 2d soon & will live tweet, thread below
9:33 am - defense team is here, including Marc Agnifilo, absent Monday & Tuesday. He has a conflict today with @SDNYLIVE case, as may yours truly. But we are about to begin - pool photographers waiting one pew over here in the gallery
@sdnylive Come to order!
Justice Carro takes the bench. Defense trio has come out of the holding cell; ADAs (and Office's tall appeals man) come out.
Coming out!
Luigi Mangione is led out in handcuffs, then uncuffed. NOW the photographer go forward for the day's stills
9:55 am - Justice Carro earlier dealt with another case (alleged shoplifting from Bergdorf) but still no Luigi Mangione. Jacob Kaplan and Zachary Kaplan are chatting and yes, they are the same height. Karen Agnifilo comes out of holding cell. Drum roll
9:57 am - Luigi Mangione is led out of holding cell in handcuff, then uncuffed. Three pool photographers are ushered forward to take the morning's stills, action shot of Karen Agnifilo and her client talking.
Come to order!
9:35 am - At defense table, Jacob Kaplan and Karen Friedman Agnifilo - as Inner City Press previewed in its weekend review (of the Diddy documentary on Netflix), Marc Agnifilo may be tied up on Jho Lo / Roger Ng 1MDB case matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/extra-review…
9:42 am - Luigi Mangione is brought out of the holding cell... Now pool photographers summoned forward to take some stills. No sign of Marc Agnifilo, but defendant far from under-represented
9:41 am - The lawyers are all here, door to the holding cell is open. Awaiting Justice Carro. Marc Agnifilo is chatting with court artist in the jury box- he'll have to be @SDNYLIVE at 1 pm for Alexander Bros sex trafficking case, Inner City Press'll be there too
@sdnylive 9:46 am Come to order!
Clerk: Calendar #1, Luigi Mangione.
Justice Carro: Apparently the defendant is ill today. So we'll continue on Monday morning.
Come on up for a second