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STANDBY: Hearing beginning in Jan 6 case of Timothy Hale-Cusanelli.

Hale-Cusanelli is accused Nazi sympathizer & allegedly harassed police at Capitol on Jan 6

His attorney previously said Hale-Cusanelli & others were "swindled" by Donald Trump's post-election challenge

Judge is detailing logistical hurdles with having Hale-Cusanelli's trial next month. COVID and firehose of Jan 6 cases are backlogging DC federal court

Judge: "We're only going to be running a certain number of jury trials next month"

Judge: We don't have room in the courthouse to have this trial on Tuesday, Nov. 9

There is a trial on Nov 8 for a defendant who's been in pretrial detention since 2020... per judge

COVID backlogs in American courts are real... and underreported by us in media

Judge is throwing cold water on idea of having a Jan 6 trial in November. Defendants have speedy trial rights and some are seeking to exercise those rights.

But as trial dates approach.... as COVID continues to hammer courts.. reality is sinking in

And here comes the US Justice Dept explaining why they will not be prepared to go to trial on Nov 9 in this case (they'd already requested continuance/extension)

Calling Jan 6 cases "unprecedented" .. compilation and prep of evidence has been challenge throughout

Feds have been making same argument in many Jan 6 cases.... that it's a Herculean effort to get voluminous evidence to defense and ready for trials

Thing is.. Timothy Hale-Cusanelli doesn't wanna wait. He wants to go to trial. Waiting to hear what his attorney has to say

NOTING THIS: Federal prosecutor tells judge the Justice Dept has provided 42 internal affairs reports from DC Police and 35 internal affairs reports from US Capitol Police to defense counsel in jan 6 prosecution

Defense questions whether feds will try to delay again.... but judge is going to grant prosecutor's motion for a delay in this case

Hale-Cusanelli is going to have to wait longer for trial