Detention hearing was originally scheduled for 230pm today in Jan 6 case of Robert Morss of Pennsylvania (might be delayed)
Morss is accused of multiple assaults on police at Capitol, stealing riot shields, coordinating mob ... and more
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Prosecutors allege Morss brought the following to the Capitol on Jan 6:
Military utility bag
Black tourniquet
Fatigues
And they say he had notebook w/ writings that included "Step by step to create hometown militia"
Prosecutors say Morss faced off with police on multiple fronts. Outside during hand-to-hand combat. In the west front tunnel. And they say he breached a private hideaway office in US Capitol
The stolen riot shields accusation is striking. Feds allege Morss coordinated movement of stolen shields
Prosecutors argue he must be held in jail: "His willingness to arm himself on the 6th, his leadership role that day, his training in the military & use of that training"
Morss has pleaded NOT GUILTY... we'll see when court actually stages his detention hearing. I'll keep you updated
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Jan 6 defendant Paul Hodgkins asks for leniency in new sentencing memo, saying "It takes courage & strength of character to be the 1st person to step forward"
Then invokes Civil War reference & asks to not be "cancelled"
Feds: Hodgkins carried Trump flag into well of Senate
But wait... there's much more
Hodgkins attorney throws haymakers at American culture .. saying we seek to "cancel one another", saying we are suffering from becoming a "post-Christian society" and fail to see each other as "brothers & sisters"
And.. another Civil War reference
Then the attorney invokes BLM, Freddie Gray, George Floyd and Trayvon Martin
And then he makes more Civil War references
And then he talks about protestors arrested at Brett Kavanaugh hearings (which another defendant invoked to get count dismissed.. and failed)
Series of beatings against police and another defendant of carrying zip ties & chemical spray in new court filings
Stick with me on this THREAD
First: Jonathan Pollock who allegedly said "We didn't come all this way just to stand here .. just to push back the cops"
Feds say Pollock grabbed and pulled an officer down the stairs, punched multiple officers in the face and appeared to choke another
Court filings show images allegedly depicting Pollock leaping over others and engaging in hand to hand combat
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Joseph Hutchinson is charged in same case. He's accused of charging at police line, kicking at officers and pulling an officer out of the way. And he's accused of throwing punches
Duong faces lower-level charges (obstruction, disorderly conduct)... but court filings say undercover police & FBI worked Duong
And the accusations are striking
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Feds allege Duong talked about being aligned w/ THREE-PERCENTERS and indicated he was willing to die in a similar manner to David Koresh in Waco
Prosecutors say undercover officers met Duong on Jan 6 in DC
Then.. there's the issue of the Molotov cocktails
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In their court filings, feds allege Duong made plans to make Molotov cocktails and made a recon trip last month to Lorton, Va (near his home in Northern Virginia) w/ undercover agents to make future plans for testing of Molotov cocktails
Just read through Rep Mo Brooks (R-AL) legal filing today defending himself in lawsuit filed by Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA) alleging Brooks helped incite the US Capitol insurrection with "start taking down names and kicking ass" speech
It's quite something
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Rep Brooks specifies he was called by the White House on Jan 5 and invited to give the speech at Ellipse on Jan 6. And only did so because the White House invited him
He also says, at last minute, organizers tried to reduce the time he was allotted for speech
Rep Brooks' court filing includes the vote tally in his District for Trump and Biden
Arguing he was "representing the will" of the Alabama 5th District that day