On CNN, DC Police Officer Mike Fanone said it’s a miracle that there wasn’t a higher body count on Jan. 6, and that he’d only seen combat that brutal on a mass scale in the movies.
Think this is a new one. They had a deportation officer with ICE (who is on a FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force) question a Capitol defendant who wore a "GOD, GUNS & TRUMP” sweatshirt to the insurrection.
Jeffrey Register gave up the goods pretty quickly here, helpfully knocking out elements. He self-surrendered in Jacksonville today, per DOJ. justice.gov/usao-dc/case-m…
Seen a lot of Capitol case affiants, but think ICE deportation officer may be a new one.
Although it’s really Google that did most of the work here.
Judge Chris Cooper is collecting his thoughts on whether to release Richard Barnett (aka “Bigo”) ahead of trial.
A lawyer for “Bigo” argued that FBI special agents are “far more sophisticated than him,” which isn’t really a matter under dispute.
Judge Cooper says Jan. 6 was “deadly serious” and perpetuated by people who were sold and willingly bought a bill of goods about the election being stolen without any proof whatsoever.
NEW: Judge Cooper says he’ll release Barnett under strict conditions. Conditions include home confinement and a ban on possession of weapons “including, obviously, stun guns.”
Reed Knox Christensen, 62, was arrested for attacking cops at the Capitol. Key court docs still unavailable, but feds say he initiated the “aggressive removal of metal bike rack barriers.” #SeditionHuntersjustice.gov/usao-dc/pr/ore…
Rodriguez is now consulting with lawyers. The group @1600PennPooch surfaced the video of him electroshocking Fanone, and he was identified by sleuths and antifascists. Rodriguez was arrested a month after this HuffPost story: huffpost.com/entry/fanone-t…
Magistrate judge read out the maximum penalties for all the charges Rodriguez faces. Up to 20 years. Up to 5 years. Up to 20 years. Up to 10 years. Up to 10 years. Up to 1 year. Up to 1 year. Up to 10 years. He’s now been arraigned, and entered standard not guilty plea.
The Simpsons meme applies to a lot of Capitol defendants. That includes the latest Capitol defendant, who may actually be live-action, middle-aged Jimbo Jones.