The filing just submitted in the Jan 6 prosecution of Ryan Samsel of Pennsylvania might be the most striking, horrific and brutal accusations I've read so far in *any* of these 460+ cases.
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Ryan Samsel had been accused of knocking over barrier & police officer on Jan 6, knocking her unconscious
Last week, Samsel requested release from DC jail, citing injuries he allegedly suffered in beating there
Check out the response from the Justice Dept to his request ==>
Prosecutors say Samsel has history of violence against women:
Accused of choking & beating his pregnant girlfriend in 2011.. Smashing hot pizza in victim's face, pouring beer over head, throwing her into canal, holding her head under
(more) ...
Feds: "In 2009, Samsel was convicted of simple assault and reckless endangerment after he held a victim
against her will for five hours, choking her to the point of unconsciousness, pushing her, beating
her, and chipping her teeth."
Feds also allege Samsel attempted to run a woman off the road in a dispute over $60 in 2006. They say he punched in her windshield and threatened he "knew where she lived"
(Feds say he was convicted)
Feds: "In 2015, Samsel was yet again convicted of simple assault...different victim.. recounting numerous assaults by Samsel, including.... at one point, he had choked her to the point of unconsciousness and that, at another point, he hit her so hard she had a hematoma"
In 2019, feds say another woman accused Samsel:
"Different victim came forward, recounting several incidents of Samsel choking her to the point of unconsciousness and breaking into her house and assaulting her. She described waking up vomiting, with him still in the house"
Samsel remains in the DC jail.... where he says he was beaten in March
I'm waiting for court to schedule a detention hearing on his request for release from custody before trial
I'll stay on this
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CBS News has learned police seized a ghost gun that a Maryland man attempted to bring through a security checkpoint at the Cannon US House Office Building last Tuesday, June 24, when the US House was in session and was staging a series of committee hearings (more)
According to an affidavit shared with CBS News, “There was no serial number present anywhere on the firearm” and it had a barrel length of less than 12 inches and was “fully functional.”
The incident at 8:33am on June 24, just as staff and some members of the US House were arriving at the complex.
ALERT: A former Coast Guard Lieutenant and sharpshooter, who also served as a FEMA instructor, has been arrested and charged with making threats to kill President Trump. The charging documents in the case include voluminous allegations of social media between 2020 and last week
The social media posts, which span from 2020 to 2025, include on-line statements of using a gun, a knife and poison against Trump, per federal prosecutors
And they include alleged death threats made as recently as last Wednesday on social media
Judge has just ordered Pete Stinson held in jail, pending a hearing WEDNESDAY
Here are some of the alleged threats, per charging documents ===>
In a flurry of legal filings this afternoon, the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation conservative action group is asking a federal judge for a hearing TODAY or TONIGHT on the matter of the leaked audio of President Biden’s interview by then-Special Counsel Robert Hur
Heritage is asking a DC federal judge "for a temporary restraining order directing defendant to produce all recordings of former President Joseph R. Biden’s Interview with Special Counsel Robert K. Hur.. within 4 hours of this Court’s order"
Heritage and media outlets had filed Freedom of Information Act requests for the audio last year
Heritage argues the release of snippets of the audio by the Axios news service adds urgency to their request
Court filing: "How did a record subject to a claim of Executive Privilege and possibly classified make it into the hands of Axios? Add to that how did that record end up being spliced without notion? The Court must require an immediate answer to that question. This situation is untenable. Full disclosure is necessary now"
In a scathing 4-page court filing overnight, a group of FBI employees who investigated the Jan. 6 attack have asked a judge to order the Justice Department to destroy its controversial list of 5,000+ FBI employees who were part of the US Capitol Insurrection investigation (more)
The filing notes this week’s public statements by Ed Martin, the newly-named member of Justice Dept’s “weaponization” group. The group of FBI workers is worried about the list being publicized or leaked by Justice Dept, subjecting the agents to retaliation & violence (more)
The FBI employees argue that Martin publicly pledged Tuesday to “name and shame” employees inside the department.
Inside federal court in Milwaukee, awaiting 10am arraignment of Judge Hannah Dugan, whose arrest was announced by FBI Director Kash Patel last month. She’s accused of obstruction and re-routing an undocumented immigrant in her court away from agents
Judge Dugan is asking that her case be dismissed. She’s laced her argument with reference to Supreme Court’s 2024 “immunity” ruling which benefited Trump. She’s arguing her actions in her court were “official” acts
Judge Dugan’s defense argued in a filing yesterday:
“The problems with this prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts. Immunity is not a defense to the prosecution to be determined later by a jury or court; it is an absolute bar to the prosecution at the outset”
NEW: In a blistering new order, federal judge Paula Xinis of Maryland says the Trump Administration is making "a willful and bad faith refusal to comply with discovery obligations" in the court case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Judge Paula Xinis also finds the Trump Admin has "sought refuge behind vague and unsubstantiated assertions of privilege, using them as a shield to obstruct discovery and evade compliance with this court's orders" in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case
The judge's order also throws shade on the Trump Admin's claim Abrego Garcia is out of their control ... in Salvadoran custody
Judge: "Indeed, custody can be joint, and custodial status may be controlled by the Defendants acting in concert with El Salvador"