The feds have filed their memo in support of pretrial detention for Samual Lazar, aka #FacePaintBlowHard. It makes very clear that they’ve been following the work of #SeditionHunters closely. 
Samuel Lazar was arrested last week for assaulting officers at the Capitol on Jan. 6. We broke the news of his arrest here, in the middle of the Jan. 6 select committee hearing: huffpost.com/entry/samuel-l…
Feds note that Lazar was convicted of lying in an ATF form in an attempt to obtain a firearm at a gun show, and that he "hatched a plan with his brother for his brother to purchase the firearm, however, the gun store owner denied the sale.”
"The defendant’s crimes are serious and cannot be viewed in isolation—he was one of thousands of individuals who descended upon the Capitol on January 6 to obstruct a cornerstone process of our democracy.”
Feds also note that Lazar was captured yelling “Let’s get their guns! Let’s get their guns!” In a "recently released New York Times video of the assault on the Capitol.
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1410291458930774024?lang=en
"The defendant then yelled to police through his bullhorn 'stand the fuck down, LEOs. Stand the fuck down’ while also telling them to 'get the fuck out of the way, tyrants!’ The defendant offered for the police to 'join’ him…”
Feds saw the bullhorn now: "Through use of a bullhorn, he encouraged hundreds of others to charge the police line and take law enforcement’s weapons and accordingly, may have inspired further criminal conduct on the part of others.”
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1420043838618578956
"Multiple witnesses recognized the defendant in the videos and/or photos, including the defendant’s girlfriend, who identified him as the individual in each of the nine photos contained in the criminal complaint.”
"The defendant was vocal and assaultive in his actions at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, repeatedly approaching law enforcement, swearing at and mocking them until finally discharging a chemical irritant at law enforcement.” LINK: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Judges have cited defendants’ continued belief in the Big Lie as a component of their detention decisions in other Jan. 6 cases. You’ve got to wonder if a prosecutor brings this up this Rudy Giuliani event at the hearing: huffpost.com/entry/samuel-l…
Samuel Lazar’s detention hearing is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. today.
Samuel Lazar’s hearing should be underway shortly, but based on the pre-hearing discussion it sounds like we might not get to any substance on his detention today. That might be pushed back until next week. #facepaintblowhard
Samuel Lazar has retained counsel in the case (meaning a hired lawyer, rather than a court-appointed lawyer). David Barry Benowitz asks to set a detention hearing for Wednesday afternoon.
Government’s basis for pre-trial detention hearing is that the “Back the Blue” supporter is charged with a crime a violence: assaulting officers. huffpost.com/entry/samuel-l…
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