One of McCreary's co-workers from Domino’s gave the FBI a photo from the internet that had been photoshopped to include a meme in the background. It's a pretty legendary move that they're probably going to be bragging about / laughing about for awhile.
(In reality, the portrait is “Clay sitting on a chair.”)
As she has with prior defendants, Chief Judge Beryl Howell is pressing Brian McCreary hard on his actions throughout the day on Jan. 6.

Gets him to admit that he knew the certification was taking place when he went to the Capitol.
Judge Howell asks the prosecutor whether the Capitol damage estimate is still about $1.5M (which is really only a fraction of the total actual cost), and asks whether the restitution amount can go higher at sentencing if the estimate goes up.

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15 Oct
DOJ Spokesman Anthony Coley: "The Department of Justice will make its own independent decisions in all prosecutions based solely on the facts and the law. Period. Full stop.”
A pretty swift response from DOJ on that one! huffpost.com/entry/joe-bide…
Biden gets over his skis a bit and the Justice Department sets things straight in less than an hour.
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15 Oct
Read this piece, then read “Policing The Open Road” if you’re looking for yet another examination of the disastrous impact of car supremacy on American society.
“If we want to make America a decent place to live, dethroning the car from its policy throne is a good place to start.” theweek.com/articles/84544…
“‘We are punishing drivers for doing what the roads are asking them to do,’ Grembek told me in a recent phone interview. Narrow the road, protect bike lanes, and add medians, and drivers will slow down.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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15 Oct
“[I’m] a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance. Take down the part about being in the building they are currently investigating and everyone who was in the building is going to [get] charged. Just looking out!” huffpost.com/entry/michael-…?
“Next time you want to come to DC just call me, you can stay at my house on the shore for free and bring your daughter to the museums… If you want to see the capitol building, lets do it legally next time... I know a guy who can get you a tour... lol.” huffpost.com/entry/michael-…?
“Person-1” isn’t named, but appears to be Jacob Hiles, who turned himself in on Jan. 19, took a “hit” of an unidentified substance inside the Capitol, and has an interest in fishing (he’s a fishing charter captain, in fact!). His sentencing is next month. huffpost.com/entry/michael-…? Image
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15 Oct
NEW: Gary Wickersham of Pennsylvania, who may be the eldest Jan. 6 defendant, has pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor.

He’s an 81-year-old veteran living in a suburb of Philly, per defense attorney. (He was 80 when he stormed the Capitol.) ImageImage
"The defendant believes that the entire event was staged, and that law enforcement purposefully did not have enough resources there so that supporters of the former president could overrun the Capitol and be subsequently labeled as 'intruders.” justice.gov/usao-dc/case-m… ImageImageImage
Wickersham pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth, a 78-year-old on senior status who is a few years younger than Wickersham.
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15 Oct
A lot of reactions to this, but the buried lede is that the attorney general of Arizona is using the adjective as his title. Image
Calling yourself “General Brnovich” is like calling yourself “Generic Brnovich”or “Common Brnovich” or “Overall Brnovich” or “Limited Brnovich.” General is the adjective!
A reminder: Ted Cruz, as Texas solicitor general, once “begged” his wife to “just once” call him “general.”

I know this, and now you have to know this too.
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15 Oct
Really looking forward to this special o on Dan Day, the FBI informant at the center of a case against a trio of Trump supporters who plotted to slaughter Muslim refugees in Kansas.
Here’s my interview with Dan Day right after the trial, which @letsgomathias and I covered extensively: huffpost.com/entry/right-wi…
Here’s our piece on their conviction: huffpost.com/entry/trump-mu…
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