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22 Sep, 4 tweets, 3 min read
DOJ today released a new set of Capitol surveillance videos from Jan. 6 after a judge ordered them to do so, rejecting the government’s argument that making the clips public presented a security risk buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
What do we see? Five clips totalling 33 minutes, spanning a roughly 15-minute period during the insurrection. Rioters streaming in through doors and broken windows, making their way around the Crypt, and exiting as riot police gather buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
US Capitol Police has tried to control who can see the 14K hours of surveillance footage from Jan. 6 and how much can be shared with the public. The judge in this case sided with a media coalition (incl. @BuzzFeedNews) that has been petitioning for videos buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
@BuzzFeedNews The latest cache of videos released by the government in the Jan. 6 prosecutions also included this clip of defendant Eric Torrens (fleece-lined hat, pleaded guilty) and his companions entering the Capitol:
"We in this bitch!"
"We goin' in!"
"Ahhh!"
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23 Sep
The fight over Texas's 6-week abortion ban SB 8 is back before SCOTUS: Abortion providers want the justices to address the big jurisdiction issue now, instead of waiting for the 5th Circuit to go through its full process: reproductiverights.org/wp-content/upl… Image
This is about whether abortion providers can bring an affirmative lawsuit to block the law — the very thing the law was crafted to try to avoid by leaving enforcement to individuals. Recall the district judge would have allowed the case to go forward, but 5th Circuit paused it
The 5th Circuit on 9/10 issued an order signaling they thought the Texas defs were likely to win in arguing the abortion providers couldn't sue, but it wasn't a final decision, and they put it on an expedited track for briefing
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23 Sep
Hello from Judge Trevor McFadden's virtual courtroom, where a plea hearing is about to start for Jan. 6 defendant Andrew Ericson. Feds received Snapchat pics that appeared to show him kicking back at a conference table, witness said he livestreamed s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2046… ImageImageImage
Ericson is pleading guilty to one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in the Capitol, a class B misdemeanor that carries a max sentence of 6 months in jail — the same charge we've seen in most Jan. 6 plea deals to date in misdemeanor-only cases
Prosecutor read a portion of the statement of offense describing Ericson's conduct on Jan. 6, confirms allegations from charging docs that he went into House Speaker Pelosi's conference room, had his pic taken with his feet on a table, and took a beer out of a mini-fridge
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22 Sep
Prosecutors Lost A Fight To Keep A Set Of Jan. 6 Capitol Surveillance Videos Under Seal buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
I see some readers are promoting some newly-released Capitol surveillance footage (see: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…) as evidence Jan. 6 wasn't violent. To clear up any confusion: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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22 Sep
Hello from Judge Timothy Kelly’s courtroom (they’re in-person, I’m virtual), where a hearing is about to start on Jan. 6 defendant Dominic Pezzola’s latest effort to get out of jail. Pezzola is charged in a Proud Boys conspiracy and with using a stolen riot shield to break in ImageImage
Pezzola is arguing that he's being mistreated at the DC jail and doesn't have sufficient access to his lawyers to prepare his defense, and that there are release conditions that could ensure community safety s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2098… Image
Prosecutors argue nothing significant has changed since a judge last considered whether to keep Pezzola in pretrial detention, and that his complaints about jail conditions/atty access don't meet the bar for the judge to revisit the issue now s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2104… Image
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21 Sep
Jan. 6 docket observation: Remember Jon Schaffer, the first rioter to plead guilty? buzzfeednews.com/article/kenben…

A series of status reports on his cooperation were supposed to be filed since his April plea, but nothing has shown up. On 9/12, judge noted counsel blew an Aug. deadline
I asked defense counsel and the govt for comment on what's up, and both declined to comment. Note the last minute order called for a filing by 9/17.

It's possible docs are being filed under seal — the docket #s stop in April, so we can't rely on skipped #s as evidence of that
We've gotten publicly filed status reports for other Jan. 6 cooperators — like this one on Sept. 17 from Caleb Berry indicating his cooperation is ongoing
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21 Sep
The motion hearing in the Proud Boys conspiracy case is just starting (was set for 11am), stay tuned
Judge Timothy Kelly begins by explaining the delay was because the facility where defendant Charles Donohoe is being held had an issue connecting him on time
Kelly begins by asking about Ethan Nordean et al.'s challenge to felony count for obstruction of an "official proceeding" — judge says govt "fairly" argued an official proceeding is tied to degree of formality, whereas defense is arguing there needs to be an investigatory purpose
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