Thread by @ryanjreilly

Before he stormed the Capitol and assaulted cops on Jan. 6, Cody Mattice planned on “pursuing a career in law enforcement,” according to his mom.

Mattice took a civil service exam to become a jail deputy, his mom said. He scored a 90.

#FenceSnatcher

The government is seeking Mattice’s pretrial detention. A federal magistrate judge in New York ruled he could go home, but there’s a hearing on the matter in D.C. tomorrow. huffpost.com/entry/cody-mat…

#FenceSnatcher: Wanted to pursue a career in law enforcement.

#IronWorkerGuy: Reenlisted in the U.S. Army after being interviewed by the FBI about his actions on Jan. 6.

huffpost.com/entry/james-ma…

“In short, it appears that the defendant’s family knew about, supported, and wanted to see proof of his riotous conduct.”

https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1451214320134729737

Cody Mattice’s aunt choose to go in front of the cameras and defend her nephew after her enthusiastic response to the news that he attacked officers at the Capitol.

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1450115962661900289

"they write about the criminal case as if it is something which suddenly happened to the defendant for no reason, rather than an understandable consequence of his participation in a very public, and very violent, event.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

"They either were written by people who did not know of the defendant’s conduct or were written by people who did know of this conduct but chose to remain silent about it—possibly out of fear of publicly revealing their support for the riot.”