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21 Oct, 6 tweets, 3 min read
In which Attorney General Merrick Garland gives a shoutout to “citizen sleuths across the country” who are identifying Capitol rioters. #SeditionHunters
“Some people crochet. Some people paint. I look up people.” huffpost.com/entry/sedition…
“Citizen sleuths” have also given us a real sense of the universe of potential defendant who committed chargeable conduct that day: huffpost.com/entry/feds-mad…
h/t to @emptywheel for that line, which I’d overlooked this morning. emptywheel.net/2021/10/21/mer…
Citizen sleuths are also responsible for one of the most serious Jan. 6 cases to date: the charges against the Trump fanatic who nearly killed Officer Mike Fanone. huffpost.com/entry/danny-ro…
“I mean,” Special Agent Enrique Armeta told Rodriguez, “they did all the work for us.” huffpost.com/entry/danny-ro…

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22 Oct
BREAKING: Chief Judge Beryl Howell orders Cody Mattice detained until trial.

Judge Howell said it was clear Mattice pre-planned to come to the Capitol and “fuck shit up” on Jan. 6.

She called the evidence against Mattice “overwhelming” and “very strong."

#FenceSnatcher
Judge Howell said some of Cody Mattice’s family members acted "as if he were a hero, as if he were a patriot that day, as opposed to what most of us saw, which is criminal conduct that shook the foundations of our democracy." huffpost.com/entry/cody-mat…
🚩🚩🚩Judge Howell said that Cody Mattice's view that he was acting like an American patriot on Jan. 6 was "a big red flag for this court." 🚩🚩🚩
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22 Oct
Hearing underway shortly on the detention of Cody Mattice, a "stay-at-home dad” who attacked cops on Jan. 6.

DOJ: “the defendant’s care of his children is commendable. But the needs of his children… did not stop him from using pepper spray against officers.” #FenceSnatcher ImageImage
Government also argues Mattice’s mother, brother, sister, aunt, and fiancée all either "encouraged him to riot, supported his choice to do so, or condoned his behavior after-the-fact.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… ImageImage
"Cody from Rochester.mp4” will be part of the record.

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21 Oct
Here’s what Jan. 6 defense attorney can access as of Oct. 21, per feds:

-16,925 CCTV files from 515 cameras (4,800 hours)

- 1,676 MPD body worn cameras (1,600 hours)
Here’s what’s still coming:
They are also trying to figure out a solution for detained defendants. Link here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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21 Oct
“When will the bigotry end?” Trump enthusiast Troy Smocks asks Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is now about to sentence him.
Judge Chutkan says it is “offensive” and “audacious” for Smocks to hold himself up as a victim of racial discrimination.
“I have not seen a scintilla of evidence” that prosecutors are making decisions based upon race, Judge Chutkan, a former public defender, says.
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21 Oct
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.

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20 Oct
“My story is just that we thought that we were going to save America, and we were wrong.”

If you need a read before HBO’s Jan. 6 doc, here’s the FBI interview with the self-described “fucking piece of shit” who electroshocked Mike Fanone because he actually believed the Big Lie.
“Are we all that stupid that we thought we were going to go do this and save the country and it was all going to be fine after? We really thought that. That’s so stupid, huh?” huffpost.com/entry/danny-ro…
MR. RODRIGUEZ: Is there really going to be all these prison cells open for all of us or what?

AGENT ELIAS: What are you talking about?

MR. RODRIGUEZ: Is there enough room for all those 10,000 patriots?

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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