All hell broke loose during the virtual court appearance of US Capitol Insurrection defendant Landon Copeland.
A court released transcript shows how vulgar and disjointed the hearing became for this defendant from Utah, whose accused of assaulting police ==>
Copeland was screaming "objection" during the hearings of *other* defendants, including when prosecutors referenced Trump and FOX News.
Eventually, he promised to keep his "mouth shut"
Soon after, things began spiraling out of control. Copeland began yelling at judge. Wanted postponement, cited his military service... said "You owe this to me"
Then... screaming again.... he called the court "a robot" and said the court couldn't get to him in rural Utah, if he wanted to stop them
Yes he was --- and remains -- free from jail
Then the vulgarities started. Directed at the judge!
Court tried to mute him, but Copeland kept unmuting himself
Prosecutors allege Copeland has made troubling social media posts and messages, including references to "bombing" and honoring Ashli Babbitt
Judge scheduled another hearing later this Spring. And transcript says judge will decide at that hearing, whether to change Copeland's release conditions.
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THREAD: Don't take the feds at their word when they say a US Capitol Insurrection defendant is being "monitored" prior to trial.
Judge has ordered prosecutors to update her by Friday about what's going wrong with the monitoring of Daniel Egtvedt
Egtvedt is accused of grabbing at police on Jan 6 and disregarding orders.
Judge released him weeks ago saying "Being a jerk, a loudmouth and belligerent" was not reason to hold Egtvedt
But his release didn't go as planned
In court filings, prosecutors say the court's probation office couldn't properly equip Egtvedt with electronic monitoring devices. They didn't work at the home in which he's staying around remote Garrett County, Maryland.
The LITERAL cost of the US Capitol riots. I spotted this in a report from the DC Police Department to the DC Council ====>
DC Police needed to buy more pepper spray and tear gas. And a LOT of it!
Yes.... this is one reason why ===>
I asked DC police about the ten-fold increase from 2019
DC Police: "The increase in acquisition of OC Spray reflects both the increased occurrence of rioting so far this year (including Jan 6), as well as general preparations for possible civil disturbance the rest of the year"
Arraignment at 10am for Delaware man accused of bringing *Confederate* flag into Capitol on Jan 6
Initial court appearance at 1pm for Logan Grover of Colorado, who is accused of being in this wave of the mob near broken doors and windows at US Capitol on Jan. 6. Feds say Grover referred to 2020 election as "insane... treasonous insurrection"
I'll be closely monitoring the 12pm court hearing for accused Proud Boy & Capitol riot defendant Ethan Nordean. Nordan's accused of conspiring to organize the mob and allegedly said police are "part of the problem." He's challenging his pretrial detention to Court of Appeals
Overnight... the Justice Dept notified a judge they have additional phone records for US Capitol Insurrection defendant Brad Bennett of North Carolina. Bennett allegedly got inside the Senate chamber & is linked to Q-Anon.
Bennett's case is different than the others...
Feds say Bennett made his intentions clear on Jan. 2... changing his profile picture to read, “FAIR WARNING. IF THIS ELECTION IS STOLEN FOR BIDEN . . . PATRIOTS WILL GO TO WAR"
But it's what happened AFTER Jan 6 that's convinced the feds to ask Bennett be jailed
Prosecutors say Bennett suspected his arrest was imminent in March... and took off. Disabling his phone and connecting to the rest of the world through fast-food restaurant WI-FI
THREAD: We're reaching a new chapter in the prosecution of accused US Capitol Insurrectionists
And it's illustrated by the court filing Friday night from Robert Gieswein, who's accused of wearing riot gear, wielding a baseball bat on front lines & wielding Anti-Semitism too
In Gieswein's case (and many others) - the feds have sought extra time to proceed with the prosecution because of the tonnage of cases and evidence.
This week - for the first time - the Justice Dept indicated total arrests could top 500
But Gieswein's new court filing says he doesn't wanna wait for his case to be heard.
For a few reasons. He's been locked up for months - and doesn't wait to wait in jail much longer