QAnon believer and Jan. 6 defendant Douglas Jensen: “This is me, touching the fucking White House.”
NARRATOR: He was not, in fact, touching the fucking White House.
One of the latest Jan. 6 videos released by the feds this evening:
“Storm the White House! That’s what we do!” said Douglas Jensen as he prepared to storm the U.S. Capitol.
Here’s a video Jensen shot of the U.S. Capitol Police, who are not members of the U.S. Secret Service.
Doug Jensen was among the first rioters to enter into what he evidently believed was the White House, and chased Officer Goodman up the stairs off the chamber of the Senate (which, just for clarity’s sake, is part of the legislative branch).
Judge Kelly praises the actions of Officer Eugene Goodman, and reiterates that Jensen’s conduct was serious and waives in favor of detention (although not overwhelmingly).
Five years ago, @dliebelson, @shaneshifflett and I led a newsroom-wide effort to collect a year’s worth of data on jail deaths nationwide. This was the first piece in our series, focusing on the most common and preventable cause of jail deaths: highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/sa…
The jail deaths project remains one of the most important works of my career. Sadly, federal data on jail deaths remains outdated and aggregated at the state level, rendering it practically useless. huffpost.com/entry/jail-dea…
Newly released video shot on Oath Keeper Kenneth Harrelson’s phone shows the mob breaching the Capitol from the east and entering the rotunda. Feds say he sent it via text and later attempted to delete it.
Here's the rest of that clip that shows the chaotic scene inside the rotunda as the mob had control of the building:
"They're stormin' the fuckin' Capitol building..."
Here's another clip from the Harrelson case, from before the mob breached the actual building on the eastern front.
NEW: U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly indicates he believes it would be appropriate to release Doug Jensen under very strict conditions that amount to home detention.
(Standard reminder that pretrial release is theoretically the norm, and pretrial detention is supposed to be a last resort.)
Jensen’s obliviousness is helping him in court: Judge Kelly says it’s hard to imagine there was any preplanning when Jensen "had no basic understanding of where he even was.”
Shocked — SHOCKED — that one of the most shamelessly partisan U.S. Attorneys in modern American history would seek to leverage his DOJ experience for political gain!
Pretty much the worst possible scenario here for a RNC lawyer: Missing the moment to speak out and do the right thing at the time, but putting your thoughts in a private email where they come back and bite you down the road. washingtonpost.com/politics/rnc-t…
“As somebody who has been a registered Republican for virtually his entire adult life, I can tell you it smells of desperation… I’d like to see them stand up and be counted, and not buy into fantasy.” — David Iglesias Nov. 5 huffpost.com/entry/trump-vo…
“The whole world is watching, and our very legitimacy as a nation of laws, not men, depends on getting this right.” — a group of GOP-appointed federal prosecutors who did the right thing after the election: huffpost.com/entry/trump-vo…