#Breaking@sdnylive arrests of PHYO HEIN HTUT and YE HEIN ZAW for conspiracy to assault & violently attack #Myanmar’s UN Ambassador 1/x
[Note: UN under @antonioguterres is corrupt and has banned Inner City Press 1231 days and counting
2/x HTUT communicated with an arms dealer in Thailand who sells weapons to the Burmese military, which overthrew Myanmar’s civilian government in Feb 2021. HTUT and the Arms Dealer agreed on a plan in which HTUT would hire attackers to hurt the Ambassador
3/x in an attempt to force the Ambassador to step down from his post. If the Ambassador did not step down, then the Arms Dealer proposed that the attackers hired by HTUT would kill the Ambassador.
ZAW contacted HTUT by cellphone and transferred $4,000 to HTUT as an advance payment on the plot. During a recorded call with ZAW, HTUT discussed how the attackers would require an additional $1,000 to conduct the attack on the Ambassador in Westchester County
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OK - Jan 6 guilty plea before DDC Chief Judge Howell in US v. Croy running into trouble - Croy says he didn't realize it was not authorized to enter. "I didn't see any signs." Inner City Press will live tweet - thread below
Judge Howell: You were on the Capitol steps for an hour, correct? [In the manner of cross-examination]
Croy: I was not on the steps for an hour.
Judge Howell: You're saying here today, under oath, you didn't know you weren't supposed to be there?
Croy: No sign.
Judge Howell: Did the police say anything?
Croy: They were shooting pepper spray and balls.
Judge Howell: That didn't give you a clue it was no OK to be there?
Defense lawyer: He just said that.
[Not really]
OK - now criminal presentment for attempt to kill Burma's UN Ambassador of PHYO HEIN HTUT & YE HEIN ZAW before @sdnylive Magistrate Judge Andrew E. Krause. Inner City Press has reported it (even as banned from UN by SG @antonioguterres) and will live tweet below
Zaw has a Burmese interpreter, a Mr. Leong - certified in California but not New York. He's being sworn in by Judge Krause. No one objects.
Judge: This is an initial appearance, to determine if bail may be set. You have the right to remain silent, any statement that you do make may be used against you. Do you understand?
Zaw (though interpreter) Yes
OK - now Jan 6 case of US v. Samuel Lazar before DDC Magistrate Judge Meriweather. He says he's doing fantastic. It'll be short, but Inner City Press will live tweet - thread below
Lazar: I'm a little hard of hearing so I just asked the gentleman to turn up the volume a bit.
Judge Meriweather's deputy: I'll ask people to speak up. This is an initial appearance.
Judge Meriweather: Counsel are you retained?
Defense: I am retained [paid]
Defense: We'd like a detention hearing on August 11, by video.
Judge Meriweather reads Rule 5f script, Due Process Protections Act.
AUSA: We are moving to detention: crime of violence with potential term of 10 years or more, assaulting officers.
OK - now Jan 6 "change of plea" proceeding in US v. Fairlamb, Inner City Press has reported on the case and obtained this video, will live tweet, thread below
Scott Fairlamb gets sworn in.
Judge Royce C. Lamberth: Do you understand you are entitled to a trial by jury?
Fairlamb: Yes your Honor.
[Here's initial complaint and affidavit: justice.gov/opa/page/file/…
Judge Lamberth: If you plead guilty you waive your right not to incriminate yourself, do you understand?
Fairlamb: Yes your Honor.
Judge Lamberth: Count Two reads, On or about January 6 you attempted to and did corruptly.. enter the Capitol and obstructed
Inner City Press asked, "In light of the #UNRWA investigation of 10 staff members immediately disclose the employment and payment status of the "UNTSO three" with roles in the public sex in the UN vehicles,
Banned Inner City Press asked, "On #Tanzania, what are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres on that the trial of Tanzania’s opposition leader Freeman Mbowe has been postponed until next Friday"?
No answer.
OK - now detention review in Jan 6 case of US v. NICHOLAS LANGUERAND, before DDC Judge Bates. Inner City Press, still waiting for DOJ videos in US v. Harrelson (Mehta), will live tweet, thread below
Languerand's lawyer: My client has grandparents in South Carolina who would have him.
Judge Bates: Didn't he live in Vermont? What are his roots in South Carolina?
Defense: His grandparents moved and asked him to come down once he lost his job. He's a hard worker
Languerand's lawyer: He digs footings for foundations, his former boss would love him back. The risks to the public could be addressed by turning in the weapons that the government discovered - and did not seized, mind you. He could be on a curfew.