Status hearing for Oath Keepers case. Judge Mehta presiding. 13 defendants. Thomas Caldwell asking for change of venue out of D.C.
Caldwell motion: "The Government’s initial charging documents contained multiple misleading, inaccurate, and false statements regarding Caldwell which, having saturated the District’s news media, have irreversibly prejudiced the District’s jury pool."
The motion repeatedly blasts Michael Sherwin, the first prosecutor on the case. "The 60 Minutes interview given by the former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia was beyond reckless." Sherwin bragged his office arrested 100+ people before January 20 to stop people from...
coming to DC to protest Biden's inauguration. Caldwell was in that first batch. "District residents have been bombarded with wall-to-wall coverage of the January 6th events, related arrests, criminal charges, and the aforementioned false and incendiary Government claims."
This entire motion is delicious. "Caldwell cannot receive a fair trial in the District because he is the victim of D.C.-
based systemic race-baiting. The President, Attorney General, Speaker of the House, prominent politicians, and media personalities have engaged in...
based systemic race-baiting. The President, Attorney General, Speaker of the House, prominent politicians, and media personalities have engaged in...
the most shameful race baiting regarding Caldwell and other defendants. They have repeated false claims that
Caldwell and others are “white supremacists,” “white nationalists,” and “racists.”
Caldwell and others are “white supremacists,” “white nationalists,” and “racists.”
"Caldwell, a retired Lt. Commander and intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy who held a top-secret clearance, hardly qualifies as a hillbilly or white trash. Other co defendants...were successful small business owners, a car dealership owner, and an MBA graduate." LOL
Prosecutor explaining DOJ still gathering video evidence against defendants--arrest first, build case later.
DOJ making it very difficult for defense lawyers to access video evidence, still not on an shareable database. Sounds like public defenders need to find their own vendor (?) to then download government's large trove of video evidence. Maybe by the fall? "Large amount of data."
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