Judge Mehta has rebuffed defendants' request to set a trial date now in Oathkeepers’ #capitolriot case, which keeps growing, standing at 16 defendants, with several others referenced but uncharged. Doc: bit.ly/3vFu1Je
Judge still talking about splitting trials into 2 or more if necessary because of impracticality of a trial that large. Of course, some defendants will likely plead out.
Carmen Hernandez, atty for deft Donovan Crowl: 'My concern is we’re at 16 defendants at this point and if the govenrment’s going to be be seuprseidng every two months, I don’t know where we end….’
Hernandez also suggested others mentioned but not named in the indictment, such as OK founder Stewart Rhodes, are likely to be added as defendants….He is uncharged at this time, but referred to as “PERSON ONE” in the indictment….
Atty for Thomas Caldwell says Caldwell will likely need further back fusion surgery in coming months
Caldwell was supposedly keeper of the much-discussed quick reaction force outside DC on 1/6. But lawyer David Fischer makes him sound feeble: 'Mr. Caldwell rarely drives. He’s typiclal consuming a lot of pain medication.'
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