STANDBY: Donald Craighead is scheduled to appear in court this hour. Craighead, of California, is accused of having a machete in his pickup truck near Democratic National Committee headquarters yesterday. And police say the truck had a swastika image on it
Per court filings from prosecutors, Craighead told Capitol Police, "Why are you pulling me over when there are brown people hurting white people" ==>
Prosecutors' court filing says the machete in Craighead's truck had a 21-inch blade and was on his front dashboard
Per @nbcwashington - Judge orders Craighead held without bond. Next hearing in late September.
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STANDBY: Another high-level plea agreement is imminent in Jan 6 prosecution. Accused OathKeeper conspirator nicknamed "Turmoil" (Jason Dolan) is expected to plead guilty in minutes
Will keep you updated
It'll be guilty plea to two counts:
Conspiracy
Obstruction of Official Proceeding
Dolan agrees to cooperate with the feds, testify before a grand jury
**Yet another accused OathKeeper who'll be working with the Justice Dept **
Heads-up: Court hearing is beginning in Jan 6 case of Brian Mock
Mock's accused of multiple assaults vs police (One of which led to "excruciating pain" for officer), alleged threats vs ex-girlfriend, prior case of putting gun to kids' heads
He's pleaded NOT GUILTY.. standby
Feds tell the court they have made a plea offer (verbally) to Mock. More formal offer forthcoming, per prosecutor
Standby... Mock is now speaking. And says he has a series of complaints about prior proceedings
Right now: Defense for Ethan Nordean is again for arguing for his release from jail in Jan 6 case, saying family will put up $1 million bond. Defense has accused Feds of falsely suggesting bond $$ might be “dirty money” (lawyer argued same to me in series of emails)
Feds are arguing Nordean was conspirator. And they tell judge “minutes after he arrived at Capitol, he stormed the gates”
Prosecutors specify there are “hundreds of thousands” of video files that are now part of US Capitol riot investigation. That’s one reason it’s being called largest criminal investigation in US history
ALERT: US Capitol Police announce disciplinary actions against six officers for conduct on Jan 6. Nothing criminal per agency. News release linked here ==> uscp.gov/media-center/p…
US Capitol Police: “The six sustained cases should not diminish the heroic efforts of the United States Capitol Police officers. On January 6, the bravery and courage exhibited by the vast majority of our employees was inspiring”
USCP (more):
6 disciplinary cases -
•Three for conduct unbecoming
•One for failure to comply with directives
•One for improper remarks
•One for improper dissemination of information
Cleveland Meredith is pleading guilty to interstate communication of threats. Feds allege Meredith arrived late for Jan 6, but came w/ ammo and sent series of violent messages, including some threats toward Nancy Pelosi & DC Mayor Muriel Bowser
And “burn DC to the **** ground”
He’ll remain jailed til sentencing
Meredith drove from Colorado to dc. Planned to arrive by Jan 5 and attend rallies for trump. But didn’t make it til the night of 6th. Per plea deal