MAGA fanatic Samuel Lazar is appearing before Judge Amy B. Jackson for a detention hearing, and it’s not looking great for him.
“He calls them 'fucking tyrants,’” she says. “He thinks he’s above the law."
Previously:
huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
“He calls them 'fucking tyrants,’” she says. “He thinks he’s above the law."
Previously:
huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
Judge Amy B. Jackson: “I’m not sure I can derive much comfort from the fact that the defendant is only alleged to have participated in one insurrection while armed in between January and his arrest in July.”
#FacePaintBlowhard spent months going to pro-Trump events when he was wanted by the FBI: huffpost.com/entry/samuel-l…
He went to a Rudy Giuliani event in May: huffpost.com/entry/samuel-l…
Judge Amy B. Jackson: He dresses as through he’s ready for war, not as a tourist, not for an ordinary day.
Quotes Sam Lazar saying he maced police “right the fuck back."
Quotes Sam Lazar saying he maced police “right the fuck back."
Judge Amy B. Jackson: “Why shouldn’t I take him at his word?”
"There’s nothing ambiguous about ‘TAKE THEIR GUNS.’”
"There’s nothing ambiguous about ‘TAKE THEIR GUNS.’”
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1410291458930774024
Judge Amy B. Jackson says that Sam Lazar enlisted himself as a foot soldier in the attack on democracy.
“Being a mere member of the infantry wasn’t enough for this would-be warrior,” she says.
“Being a mere member of the infantry wasn’t enough for this would-be warrior,” she says.
NEW: Sam Lazar will be locked up until trial. Judge Amy B. Jackson orders the Marshals to transfer Lazar to D.C. Written order forthcoming.
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