As we continue to get videos from the Jan. 6 cases (thanks media coalition lawyers!) my goal is to be better about sharing them as they come in. The latest batch today are from the case of Kenneth Harrelson, charged in the Oath Keepers conspiracy case; govt says he recorded these
This is the second one from the Harrelson batch, recorded from what looks like the top of steps leading up to an entrance at the Capitol. You can see the crush of people trying to push through the door
Here's the third and final one from the Harrelson batch (shorter clip to make the file size work). Govt made a point of noting the loud alarm, arguing that "should have made it be obvious to Defendant Harrelson that the Capitol was under attack and the rioters were not welcome"
An Iowa man who led a mob that chased Officer Eugene Goodman inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 will be released from jail, six months after his arrest. What changed, and what it says about where things are at with these prosecutions:   buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
These aren't new anymore, but on the subject of Douglas Jensen — DOJ yesterday released videos from his cell phone that they cited in arguing to keep him in jail. He was off on the location, but they argued it showed his intent to cause "mayhem" and disrupt the democratic process
This next Jensen case video is only six seconds, but it's got a lot going on. The sound of the crowd, plumes of something rising up in the distance, people making their way up the stairs towards an entrance to the Capitol
The last one depicts rioters yelling at a line of police who are fully kitted out in riot gear

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15 Jul
The latest batch of videos released in the Jan. 6 cases are from the case of Michael Foy, who is charged with assaulting police with a hockey stick (a warning that these are violent). The videos are chaotic, here are some still from docs that the govt says show where he is ImageImage
The first video is very short, in the middle of the screen there's a man swinging down with a hockey stick, that's who the govt says is Foy
Second video begins with people chanting "I can't breathe." At around the 58-second mark the confrontation escalates and the man ID'd as Foy begins swinging the hockey stick. People in the background cheer and chant "USA!"
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14 Jul
Hello from Judge Thomas Hogan's virtual courtroom, where a plea hearing is set to begin soon in the case of Jan. 6 def Josiah Colt. He was indicted on one felony for obstructing Congress + misdemeanors.

He's the guy photographed dangling from the Senate balcony: ImageImage
A plea hearing is also scheduled for right now before Judge Trevor McFadden in the case of Danielle Doyle, but the laws of time and space mean I won't also be dialing in to that
Read 16 tweets
13 Jul
Tuned in late to this hearing, Kelly is still going through the pretrial detention factors and how they do/don't apply to Jensen. He seems persuaded Jensen wasn't actively posing a threat to Officer Eugene Goodman in the Capitol.
Kelly stresses he doesn't want to diminish seriousness of conduct that day + Goodman's bravery in confronting the mob. As for the knife Jensen had in his pocket, Kelly says the govt didn't present "persuasive" evidence that Jensen ever really tried to take it out
Important to note the context Kelly is operating in — the DC Circuit has weighed in a few times now on pretrial detention in these cases, and raised the bar for the govt to win if defs aren't charged with physically assaulting police or taking a leadership role/advance planning
Read 8 tweets
12 Jul
Hello from Judge Carl Nichols' virtual courtroom, where a plea hearing is set to begin soon for Jan. 6 defendant Michael Curzio. He's a misdemeanor-only case, but has been kept in jail post-arrest (see thread for more background)
Curzio is pleading guilty to one count of Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building (max. sentence is 6 mos in jail), which has been the standard deal so far for Jan. 6 defendants charged solely with misdemeanors
Curzio says he's pleading guilty, notes that his presence in the Capitol was captured on video. He tells the judge he didn't hear it when US Capitol Police came in and told people to leave, but isn't going to officially fight the govt's description of what happened
Read 11 tweets
12 Jul
Prosecutors have been filing similar status reports on how discovery is going in a bunch of Jan. 6 cases, here's an example of one: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2098…

A few highlights:
There's no language predicting how many more new cases to expect beyond the 500+ filed to date, but they note that there are open investigations in 55 of the FBI's 56 field offices (I've asked which one doesn't have any cases, will update if I get a response)
Their list of evidence includes specific line items for Parler, the social media platform that, as we prev. described it, was "favored by conservatives and extremists" and used "to stoke fear, spread hate, and allegedly coordinate" events on Jan. 6 buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpa…
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9 Jul
Notable newly unsealed Jan. 6 case: Govt charged Matthew Purse, who they noted wore gear with "PRESS" markings. The feds say he's not press, but initially a judge wasn't satisfied. Govt came back with a more robust explanation, and got the arrest warrant s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2098…
Here's the full opinion denying the govt's initial effort to charge Purse, citing the lack of explanation re: how exactly the govt decided this guy wasn't actually a member of the media: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2098…
(Deleted a previous tweet with the incorrect link to the document)
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