Alleged Capitol rioters are arguing to judges that they shouldn't be tried in DC because of "cancel culture" buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/cap…
Defendants charged in the Jan. 6 insurrection are arguing to move their cases out of DC because of "cancel culture." On what they're telling judges, how prosecutors are pushing back, and why it's rare for these types of motions to succeed buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Prosecutors are arguing that if Roger Stone and the Nixon-era officials charged in the Watergate scandal could be tried in DC, so can the Jan. 6 defendants buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
These motions represent an early example of defendants (and in these specific cases, two attorneys with a history of taking on cases and speaking out on conservative issues) rolling out strategies that lean into the politics around Jan. 6 buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
(This story also took an unexpected twist, when it turned out venue change motions filed by two defendants this month had lifted whole passages from the original venue change motion filed by Jenny Cudd's lawyer) buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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