OK - now #insurrectionBlues detention hearing of Charles Donohoe before DDC Magistrate Judge Harvey. AUSA is seeking "continuing threat." Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below. Song: soundcloud.com/innercitypress…
Judge Harvey: I've read Judge Kelly's ruling. But distinguishing this defendant from the others, I think I have a good grasp on. Are you arguing risk of flight?
AUSA: No. We argue danger to the community. There is a rebuttal presumption - and the 1361 crime
AUSA: No. We argue danger to the community. There is a rebuttal presumption - and the 1361 crime
AUSA: In the wake of the Proud Boys chairman for behavior in December, Donohoe stepped forward --
Judge Harvey: Leader is one of the things in my mind. You say he was a president of the chapter of a city in NC.
Judge Harvey: Leader is one of the things in my mind. You say he was a president of the chapter of a city in NC.
Judge Harvey: You say Nordean is a elder, but not Donohoe. Can you speak to that?
AUSA: There are different levels. A first degree Proud Boy is an initiation member. There's a fourth degree.
AUSA: There are different levels. A first degree Proud Boy is an initiation member. There's a fourth degree.
Now Judge Harvey asks if pre Jan 6 texts weren't nuked, the lack of proof of planning might be significant.
AUSA: Donohoe replies, Stop writing. He might have been responded to the wrong chain. He said, We stormed it unarmed and took it over. It's never too late.
AUSA: Donohoe replies, Stop writing. He might have been responded to the wrong chain. He said, We stormed it unarmed and took it over. It's never too late.
A day later, the Donohoe detention hearing is resuming. Judge Harvey says he has reviewed the chats and wants them put on the docket - "all except the videos."
[Inner City Press: the video should be made public too - it wrote to Judge Cooper, but still nothing.]
[Inner City Press: the video should be made public too - it wrote to Judge Cooper, but still nothing.]
Judge Harvey: I do find that while I do not believe the defendant is a risk of flight, his release would be a danger to the community.
Judge Harvey: Mr Donohoe is a veteran, and was private security in Pakistan. But the presumption, even when rebutted, does not go away. The US says Mr. Donohoe's role was to maintain secure communications for the Proud Boys
Judge Harvey: The US says after the chairman of the Proud Boys was arrested here on local charges, Donohoe set up another Telegram groups. Telegram self-reported that it does not response to government process.
Judge Harvey: I'm not saying Donohoe is some sort of computer wizard. But he set up the communications, to evade law enforcement. On Jan 4, another member mentioned Minecraft, and said, don't have your phone with you. Minecraft is a reference to illegal activity
Judge Harvey makes a record on why he is ordering detention, no record of compliance with conditions of release. Several times, he refers to Donohoe as "Donovan." Story later on InnerCityPress.com and patreon.com/MatthewRussell…
But wait - there's more. Donohoe's lawyer ask that he be flown from the Oklahoma transfer center not to DC but to North Carolina, the Alamance County Detention Center in Graham, NC.
Judge Harvey: Are you in Winston-Salem? A: Yes.
AUSA: I'd like to ask my office
Judge Harvey: Are you in Winston-Salem? A: Yes.
AUSA: I'd like to ask my office
Judge Harvey: So we'll meeting again on Mr. Donohoe [for third day in a row] tomorrow at 4:30, on if he'll go back to jail in North Carolina. Parties are excused until tomorrow.
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