Another domestic abuse allegation surfaces in Jan 6 case

Matt Bledsoe asks court to remove his GPS ankle tether

Feds respond that police were called on Bledsoe in 2014 for punching pregnant woman & repeatedly kneeing her stomach (He wasn't convicted)

& Another call in 2020
Oh... and Bledsoe is asking the court to remove his tether device because he:

1) Owns a moving company
2) Is working a lot
3) Wants to wear shorts
4) Can't wear shorts, because of ankle tether
5) Says it's "hard" to conceal ankle tether
This is at least the second Jan 6 defendant who was accused of assaulting a pregnant woman prior to the Insurrection
I spoke about this dynamic a couple of weeks ago with @ZerlinaMaxwell @ZerlinaShow

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14 Jul
RIGHT NOW: Prosecutors are arguing to hold Jan 6 defendant Rob Morss in jail. Morss is accused of having military gear & being part of multiple fronts of assault vs police

Feds say Morss tried to "rob" baton and shield from officer's hands, engaged in violence for 2+ hours
Feds: Morss used stolen riot shield against the officers, told someone to block a camera, joined crowd as it did "heave-ho" attack against line of officers, went into Capitol thru broken window

Feds: He appears to put his military training to use that day. Morss was a leader
Morss has argued that he got "caught up in the frenzy" that day

But prosecutors say Morss packed military gear, including tourniquet.. and was "directing" others in mob
Read 6 tweets
14 Jul
TEXT MESSAGES released by feds in Jan 6 case of Rob Morss (ahead of today's detention hearing)

There's a lot to unpack in these texts, including this message in which he allegedly admits to freaking out ==>

(THREAD)
Morss is accused of assaulting or confronting police on multiple fronts on Jan 6, while carrying gear and tourniquet

In this alleged set of text exchanges, Morss messages someone about gear and preparations. And appears ready for all hell to break loose ==>

(MORE)
In this alleged message, Morss warns about the spilling of beans

(MORE)
Read 5 tweets
9 Jul
NEW: Jan 6 defendant Domenic Pezzola seeks release from jail, arguing ... well ... a lot

..He's been put in the "hole"

..He says Insurrection defendants are treated differently, hygiene is "nonexistent"

..He says Marjorie Taylor Greene has expressed concern about jailings
Here's his reference to Marjorie Taylor Greene ==>
And here are excerpts of the letter from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene referenced by Pezzola. It's now a court exhibit
Read 4 tweets
9 Jul
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)
Read 5 tweets
8 Jul
“Armed insurrection”

Items carried at US Capitol by some in the mob, per court filings:

Guns, bear spray, hockey stick, baseball bat, taser, sharpened flagpole, knives, scissors, tourniquet, plastic knuckles, lacrosse stick
Add:

Tomahawk ax
Zip ties
Add:
Strobe light
Read 8 tweets
7 Jul
!! ALERT

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

(MORE)
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

There are others charged.....

(MORE)
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