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4 Oct, 14 tweets, 6 min read
A plea hearing is now underway for Robert Scott Palmer, aka #FloridaFlagMan. He lawyered up and contacted the FBI after he got a call from HuffPost. huffpost.com/entry/robert-s…
"I’m just trying to live my life right now.”

He hung up when HuffPost asked him about the fire extinguisher.

huffpost.com/entry/robert-p…
“I’m not, I’m not, I’m not, I’m not, I’m not saying anything ― anything more. OK?” huffpost.com/entry/florida-…
Robert Scott Palmer told the judge he went to school until the 10th grade, then got his GED. Also said that he’s pleaded guilty to crimes before (our initial story touches on that).

(Apologies, hashtag is #FloridaFlagJacket.)

huffpost.com/entry/robert-p…
“In the event of a Civil War, I’m not afraid of the 81 Million Biden Voters,” reads a meme he posted on Jan. 12. “Half are dead and don’t exist!” huffpost.com/entry/robert-p…
Judge: Did you throw a wooden plank at officers

“Yes, ma’am.”

Did you spray officers with a fire extinguisher?

“Yes, ma’am.”

Did you throw the fire extinguisher at police officers?

“Yes, ma’am.”
Parties agree that the sentencing range for #FloridaFlagJacket is 46-57 months under the plea agreement.

Government is seeking an order of detention, per defense attorney. (Robert Scott Palmer is at the hearing in person, and has sold his assets to prepare for detention.)
NEW: Judge Tanya Chutkan will order Robert Scott Palmer detained pending sentencing. Accepts his guilty plea. #FloridaFlagJacket
#FloridaFlagJacket held a garage sale before his hearing.
Robert Scott Palmer, who wore a “MASKING UNDER PROTEST” mask to the Capitol riot, had to abide by these COVID rules today. huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
The key section of Robert Scott Palmer’s statement of offense: huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
Documents here:
Here’s the DOJ press release on the Robert Scott Palmer #FloridaFlagJacket case.
Here’s how this all started: “Amy” got sick with COVID and decided to get to work finding insurrectionists. #SeditionHunters huffpost.com/entry/robert-p…

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4 Oct
The hearing will feature #TunnelCommander, who was nabbed with the help of a facial recognition hit on Classmates dot com.
That one still blows my mind.
Government is asking to admonish Dave Mehaffie for a violation of his pretrial release conditions. Defense attorney agrees he should be admonished.

Judge says he’s considering home detention.

Violation has to do with Mehaffie going into the water with his GPS.
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4 Oct
Hearing underway for Daniel “D.J.” Rodriguez, charged with electroshocking Officer Mike Fanone during the Capitol attack.

Rodriguez, who is appearing virtually, said he’s doing “okay.”

He’s got a new federal public defender out of Las Vegas.

Judge Amy B. Jackson presiding.
Defense says the government will not extend a formal plea agreement until Daniel Rodriguez sits down and talks.

Government says there are “extenuating circumstances” particular to this case, and they need him to debrief about “other individuals” he knows before plea offer.
D.J. Rodriguez has been in custody since March. He was arrested a month after HuffPost, building on the work of online sleuths and antifascists, identified him. #TaserPrick huffpost.com/entry/daniel-j…
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4 Oct
NEW: Trump fanatic Robert Scott Palmer, aka #FloridaFlagJacket, has pleaded guilty to attacking cops at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Palmer was arrested 12 days after HuffPost, building on the work of online sleuths, identified him in a story.

huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
Robert Scott Palmer will be locked up until his sentencing. His lawyer said he sold his assets to prepare for incarceration. huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
He’ll join D.J. Rodriguez, who electroshocked Officer Mike Fanone. Rodriguez, who was identified by sleuths and antifascists and named in a HuffPost story in February, has a court hearing at 2:30. huffpost.com/entry/fanone-t…
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4 Oct
“The country is watching.”

NEW: A federal judge, a former public defender, just sentenced a Capitol misdemeanor defendant to 45 days incarceration, saying a “slap on the wrist” isn’t appropriate in many Jan. 6 cases.

huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
“The country is watching to see what the consequences are for something that has not ever happened in the history of this country before.” huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
“The sentencing before US District Judge Tanya Chutkan marked the first time that any judge presiding over the hundreds of Jan. 6 prosecutions in Washington, DC, handed down a sentence that was harsher than what the government asked for.” @ZoeTillman: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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4 Oct
Sentencing hearing underway for Matthew Mazzocco. Judge questioned why Mazzocco’s lawyer filed her sentencing memo under seal without permission. It will l be unsealed, letters may be filed redacted.

Judge Tanya Chutkan says a large number of Mazzocco supporters wrote letters.
Prosecutor says everyone who was unlawfully present in the Capitol on Jan. 6 contributed to the riot.

“No rioters acted in a vacuum.”

Says probation should not become the norm for misdemeanor defendants, risks downplaying what happened on Jan. 6.
Prosecutor: This was a crime that literally played out before the eyes of the world… Rioters uploaded their crimes in real time.
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3 Oct
Busy day on the Jan. 6 front tomorrow.

Matthew Mazzocco sentencing set for 10 a.m.

Feds requested three months of home confinement.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Plea hearing at 11:15 for Robert Scott Palmer, who attacked cops with a fire extinguisher.

He lawyered up and reached out to the FBI after he got a call from HuffPost.

huffpost.com/entry/robert-s…
Hearing for Alan Hostetter and co. at 1 p.m. huffpost.com/entry/alan-hos….
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