Four videos released in the case against Grady Owens, who attacked officers with a skateboard after his whole family (including his grandparents) came to D.C. to support Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. One of the body worn camera videos is more than 50 mins long.
"YOU FUCKING TRAITORS!"
Here's a clip where Grady Owens (holding the skateboard) makes an appearance.
The new Jan. 6 attack body worn camera footage is pretty haunting. I’m working on uploading it in full now.
In the meantime, here’s some high quality footage of one of the eastern Capitol rotunda door battles:
More rotunda battle footage here:
“TRAITORS!”
“OATH-BREAKERS!”
“We are not the left! We are not the godless left!”
“YOU’RE ONE OF US!”
“We’re on your side!”
What D.C. Metropolitan Police officers walked into on Jan. 6:
“They are not getting in this building. Let’s go!”
“Please back up!”
“I can’t buddy, you’ll have to kill me.”
Full footage still processing. In the meantime, some stills:
"We aren't here to hurt anything or anybody," said the Trump supporter seconds before another rioter came up up behind him and blasted the officer wearing the body camera with pepper spray.
Alright, here it is: 50+ minutes of raw police body camera footage from Jan. 6.
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The full footage is a defense exhibit, but by making it public it’ll end up helping the government with the Jan. 6 investigation more broadly. Crowdsourcing might help connect some dots the fed might’ve missed.
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NEW: One of the worst Jan. 6 rioters, David Dempsey, hit with 20 years in federal prison by a Reagan-appointed federal judge who has spoken out about the “preposterous” and dangerous rhetoric some Republicans have used in an attempt to “rewrite history" on Jan. 6.
Dempsey appeared to flash an “OK” sign as he was led out of court, several witnesses observed. Other rioters have yelled “Trump won!” as they were led out of court.
DOJ inspector general concludes, as folks who were paying attention four plus years ago did contemporaneously, that having Bureau of Prisons guards man civilian protests was a bad idea.
"Allowing federal law enforcement to operate with anonymity all but eliminates accountability when force is inevitably used against demonstrators." huffpost.com/entry/william-…
"A senior Justice Department official credited Barr with the idea of bringing in federal prison corrections officers, calling it an example of Barr’s 'outside the box' thinking." huffpost.com/entry/william-…
“If [we] don’t have a charge, we don’t say anything about an investigation; we just don’t do that.”
From the OIG report on Willam Barr and the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney who helped fuel the ex-president's bogus voter fraud narrative back in 2020.
He announced his resignation just before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was fueled by Trump's election lies. huffpost.com/entry/david-fr…
"Freed’s unusual conduct came under intense scrutiny from Justice Department veterans who noted it was “wildly improper” for a federal prosecutor to be making public declarations about investigations that could be used as a political cudgel and help undermine confidence in the electoral process." huffpost.com/entry/david-fr…
DOJ inspector general's report on the Roger Stone sentencing recommendation (remember that?) is now out. It calls former interim U.S. Attorney Timothy Shea's leadership "ineffectual" and DOJ's handling of the Stone sentencing "highly unusual." Bill Barr refused to cooperate.
"we found that Barr had articulated his position about the sentencing recommendation both before and shortly after the first sentencing memorandum was filed, and before the President’s tweets." oig.justice.gov/sites/default/…
"Barr was in the middle of listening to what others thought about the idea of a second filing when someone mentioned the tweets, and then 'the air almost went out of the room.'"
"there really is no centralized role in this for Defense or the Federal government components. This sits squarely in MPD's realm. I'm trying to tamp this down with the Deputy like I have the last couple of protests but this one may be different..."
From the latest batch of FBI emails on Jan. 6:
"It's her very first day in this position. He didn't tell her what the document was, or who wrote it, unfortunately and then went back to the 7th floor for more meetings..."