In UN briefing Inner City Press is banned from, by still (3 week) vacationing @StephDujarric, this is Deputy @UN_Spokesperson Farhan Haq - he has received its Qs by email, incl on #Nigeria / Nnamdi Kanu, #Tunisia, UNOPS, #Haiti#Cameroon, UN rapes. Thread below
Banned Inner City Press asked what are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres and DSG @AminaJMohammed on that a high court judge in Nigeria has adjourned the treason trial of the detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu, after he was not presented to the court.
Inner City Press asked, with no answer from @UN_Spokesperson & @MelissaFleming, what are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres on that #Tunisia's president has sacked the PM and suspended parliament, after violent mass protests nationwide on Sunday.
Banned Inner City Press asked, On #UNOPS Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF, formerly WSSCC), what are the commnts and actions if any of SG Guterres on Inner City Press' exclusive article, from whistleblowers: innercitypress.com/ungate2unopsgu…
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OK - now arraignment of indicted #UAE illegal lobbyists / "spies" Tom Barrack & Matthew Grimes before #EDNY Magistrate Judge Sanket Bulsara, Inner City Press covered the LA $250 million bond, and will live tweet, thread below matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/indicted-uae…
Judge Bulsara: How do you plead?
For Tom Barrack: Not guilty.
Judge Bulsara: And Mr. Grimes?
He's charged in Court 1 and Count 2.
For Matthew Grimes: Not guilty.
Judge read Rule 5f Due Process Protection Act script.
Assistant US Attorney: The government is prepared to agree to a bond substantially similar to those imposed by Judge Donahue on Friday. For Mr. Barrack, at $250 million bond...
OK - now Jan 6 case of US v. Alan Byerly, before DDC Magistrate Judge Harvey (whose staff proved helpful in getting access to DOJ videos at least in the Morss case but not yet others). Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below. Song: soundcloud.com/innercitypress…
Judge Harvey: You have the right to counsel paid by the government if you are eligible. Do you have a job?
Byerly: I do not.
Judge Harvey: How much do you have in the bank?
Byerly: $50,000.
Judge Harvey: Can you complete a financial affidavit?
Federal Defender: He has no income. There was a report on him from Philadelphia, I mean, Pennsylvania...
[Inner City Press: here's the Affidavit in Support of the Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
OK - in UAE illegal lobbying case of Thomas Barrack & Matthew Grimes, now bail hearing re-starts. Seems US BOP couldn't fly them in custody from LA to NYC & so they are arguing to be freed. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
Magistrate Judge Patricia Donahue: Mr. Scott Grimes, is this your signature as a suretor?
Scott Grimes: Yes it is.
Judge: He is required to appear in EDNY on July 26 at noon.
Now Judge Donahue has moved on to Thomas Barrack.
AUSA: The government would ask that if pre-trial services in California is able to effectuate the bracelet that it be imposed until he travels to the Eastern District.
OK - now Jan 6 case of US v. NATHAN WAYNE ENTREKIN before DDC Magistrate Judge Harvey (before whom Inner City Press has a court transparency request / motion pending) - Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below. Song: soundcloud.com/innercitypress…
Entrekin was narrating the events of January 6 for his mother
Judge Harvey has moved on to US v Loganbill - alongside Q of recouping cost of public defender, US says Loganbill may have violated his conditions of release with gun(s). Meanwhile the absurdity of selective release of videos DOJ uses in court is coming into focus
OK - now detention hearing in United Arab Emirates lobbying prosecution of Matthew Grimes - Judge cites EDNY detention memo. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below documentcloud.org/documents/2101…
AUSA: This may be a bailable case at some point, but not now. The relationship between the foreign government and our government was at the highest level, on both sides. Grimes is a flight risk; a government would benefit from his flight.
AUSA: After an FBI interview in 2018 in Los Angeles, the co-defendant fled the US and has not returned.
Judge: So he's offered a bond but you deem it insufficient?
AUSA: Both quantitatively and qualitatively.
Grimes' lawyer: My client is a low level individual
Judge G. Michael Harvey, who seems to believe the videos have been made available to the public (they have not) is about to rule, based on the video. "I do not believe he is a risk of flight, but the government has shown he is a danger to the community."
Judge Harvey: The government points to his texts he sent, saying he was considering leaving the country because the government was "crushing" everyone. Mr. Morss was arrested 6 months later, in his home, in Pennsylvania. But in terms of danger, it's complicated