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19 Mar, 4 tweets, 3 min read
The superseding indictment was unsealed today in the latest Proud Boys conspiracy case: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2051…

"I'm proud as fuck what we accomplished yesterday, but we need to start planning and we are starting planning, for a Biden presidency"
Govt says an encrypted messaging channel called "Boots on the Ground" was created on Jan. 5 for Proud Boys comms, and 60+ people participated. Unnamed unindicted co-conspirator allegedly messaged the night before: "...cops are the primary threat, don't get caught by them or BLM"
On Jan. 4, after PB chair Enrique Tarrio was arrested, govt alleges defendant Charles Donohoe was worried previous comms were compromised and took steps to "nuke" another channel.

"Everything is compromised and we can be looking at Gang charges ... Stop everything immediately"
"We are trying to avoid getting into any shit tonight. Tomorrow’s the day."

"...cops are the primary threat"

"...we can be looking at Gang charges"

"I’m proud as fuck what we accomplished yesterday"

On the latest Proud Boys conspiracy indictment: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…

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16 Mar
Hundreds Of People Who Joined The Capitol Riot May Never Face Charges buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil… with @kenbensinger & @jvgarrison
US Capitol Police estimates ~800 people went inside the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Roughly 300+ have been charged, and prosecutors shared last week they expect to charge "at least" 100 more.

This suggests hundreds who joined the riot could avoid prosecution.
buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
The vast majority of people were allowed to leave the Capitol that day. Court docs describe how alleged rioters used the days and weeks that followed to scrub online profiles, hide evidence, threaten witnesses, and even try to leave the country. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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16 Mar
The Judicial Conference of the United States, the federal judiciary's policymaking body, had its semiannual meeting today. It's not open to the public/press; reporters get a briefing after and there's a press release about what they did: uscourts.gov/news/2021/03/1…

Highlights:
The judiciary is asking Congress to create 2 new circuit court judgesips in the 9th Circuit and 77 new district court judgeships. Judge Claire Eagen, who did the press briefing, explained that they get these numbers based on a survey of courts
The last comprehensive bill creating new judgeships was in 1990, and an additional 34 district judgeships were added between 1999 and 2003. So it's been a while — the judiciary has made repeated asks for more judgeships based on increasing caseloads over the years
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15 Mar
Two Men Have Been Charged With Assaulting The Officer Who Died After The Capitol Riot buzzfeednews.com/article/davidm… via @davidmackau
George Tanios, one of two men charged with assaulting the officer who died after the Capitol riot (see: buzzfeednews.com/article/davidm…), is about to make his initial court appearance in federal court in West Virginia. His co-defendant Julian Khater is set to appear in NJ at 3pm
Tanios is appearing remotely for this video conference from jail — govt is seeking pretrial detention. The judge appears to be presiding from his chambers (I'm not allowed to share pics), I can see an eagle statue and what appears to be a bottle of hand sanitzer in the background
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9 Mar
A fed magistrate judge is hearing arguments now on the govt's request to keep alleged Capitol rioter Federico Klein in custody pending trial. Klein was a Trump admin political appointee in the State Dept. at the time, and is charged with assaulting police during the insurrection
Klein's charging docs: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2050…

Govt's brief arguing for detention: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2050…
AUSA Jocelyn Bond argues Klein "was a very enthusiastic participant in the violence." He resigned from State Dept. soon after, and Bond argues that his position as a fed employee at the time cuts against him, because he took an oath to support and defend the Constitution
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8 Mar
Bruno Cua, a Capitol insurrection defendant who is currently in jail and has been arguing for pretrial release, has tested positive for COVID-19, per new docket entry. Judge has asked the lawyers for updates on how he could now be safely released
Per hearing this a.m., a judge will grant pretrial release to Capitol insurrection def. Bruno Cua, over the govt's objection. Cua, 18, recently tested positive for COVID, so he'll stay in jail to wait out the 10-day period recc'd by the CDC, and then be released to his parents
Cua traveled to DC on Jan. 6 with his parents. His mother will be the custodian responsible for ensuring compliance with release conditions and reporting any violations. His parents had expressed regret for believing Trump's voter fraud lie; govt had argued Cua is still a danger
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4 Mar
Some non-insurrection court activity this a.m.: Trump continues to fight a House Oversight subpoena for his financial docs, and the parties were in district court to set a schedule for another round of briefing focused on applying the test that SCOTUS articulated last summer
For a refresher on how SCOTUS revived this fight last year and sent it back for more proceedings on the separation of powers issues at play: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
House Oversight reissued the subpoena in February, keeping the fight alive. Lawyers for Dems and Trump gave a very brief preview of what’s to come, incl. a fight over how much it matters that Trump isn’t president now re: the separation of powers issues that SCOTUS addressed
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