Hearing about to start for Robert Morss, the so-called Lego Man arrested June 11, transported to DC Deplorable Jail, and held ever since. Biden's prosecutors want him behind bars indefinitely. Full hearing last week, Judge Harvey scheduled to rule today. amgreatness.com/2021/07/15/the…
Morss is an Army ranger with 3 tours in Afghanistan. No criminal record, employed now as a high school history teacher. Absolutely no reason to keep him incarcerated for months on end. We'll see what happens.
Listening to sentencing hearing for Paul Hodgkins. He pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony DOJ is tacking on to mostly misdemeanor cases (like Hodgkins) for roughly 200 defendants. He has no criminal history, DOJ wants 18 months in jail.
While we wait, I want to share the silly rhetoric in DOJ sentencing memo. "Hodgkins admitted that he corruptly obstructed and impeded an official proceeding, namely the certification of the Electoral College vote count. He did so by unlawfully entering the U.S. Capitol...
alongside hundreds of other rioters with whom he shared in a unified goal: to block Congress from completing the certification. Defendant’s obstructive conduct took place amidst a violent riot that engulfed the entire Capitol. The riot resulted in evacuations,
vote count...
May 2020 column explaining how social distancing was rooted in a theory and widely condemned as useless by the same “experts” who promoted it in 2020 amgreatness.com/2020/05/04/the…
Social distancing went out the window during Floyd riots by same “experts” who kept our kids out of school and our businesses shuttered. amgreatness.com/2020/06/04/soc…
DOJ "unprecedented scope and scale" of evidence for J6 investigation.
Plea offer is guilty of one count of obstruction of an official proceeding.
Hale is not accused of any violent crime, only of white supremacy.
Hale has been incarcerated for six months. Transported to 6 different jails before arriving in DC Deplorable Jail. Now DOJ wants him to cop to the one felony count of obstruction.
Judge: "Pretty old case for defendant to be sitting in jail."
Back to virtual detention hearing for Morss. Continued from yesterday. DOJ was supposed to correct docket and provide new texts to defense. Judge Harvey presiding.
DOJ: Nothing can protect the community from Morss. Charged with multiple violent felonies - claimed he stole a weapons and assaulting officers. He was near Capitol for 2 hours.
Also allege he stole baton, a shield and a fence.
Important to note cops were attacking protesters.
These hearings are exactly why we need to see most of the video from that day. Cherry-picked video and claims by a partisan, abusive DOJ.
LOL: DOJ did not provide video to court. Only still shots. Judge seems fine with this.
Listening in on detention hearing for Robert Morss, the man arrested with Lego set of Capitol. At first, DOJ said it was assembled but it was in a box 🙄 amgreatness.com/2021/07/08/no-…
AUSA Melissa Jackson: “It is difficult to fathom a more serious danger to the community…than the one posed by someone who knowingly and eagerly engaged in a violent insurrection to occupy the United States Capitol and abort the certification of a lawful and fair election.”
Judge Harvey says up front he won’t rule today. Morss is in DC jail, was arrested June 11. Morss has a public defender.
DOJ: Says they found more clothing and new texts discovered re his plans to go to DC. They planned to bring food and water. Something about walkie talkies.
Lots to unpack in new filing today for Dominic Pezzola, arrested January 15. He’s been held in DC jail for months. Lawyers complain they don’t have access to client and client has no access to discovery material:
They want Pezzola out on bail. If not, lawyers asking for a laptop so Pezzola can communicate with defense counsel and review evidence against him @xoner8ed@metcalflawnyc
More evidence of inhumane conditions in DC jail for J6 defendants