Sentencing at 1:30 for Boyd Camper, who brought his 10-year-old son to D.C. on Jan. 6 but left him outside the Capitol when he went inside. Feds are seeking two months incarceration.
DOJ: "Camper shared his belief that the protesters were 'set up’… Camper then stated he believed several busloads of Antifa members, escorted by State Police, were brought to the Capitol to wreak havoc.”
"He said he ran his mouth, was in a bad state, and did not want his words used against him. Camper reiterated he was in a military state of mind and felt he implicated himself because he sounded like he was trying to take over the place…” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Defense: "the defendant found the president’s words wanting… Though not satisfied with the president’s speech, Mr. Camper still wished to register his disappointment with the results of the election and his distrust of the electoral process.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
"Apart from being prosecuted in a federal criminal case, one that has attracted enormous attention for obvious reasons, and living with the uncertainty defendants experience, he became a pariah in his home state of Montana.”
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly tells Boyd Camper he “surely would’ve been convicted” had he gone to trial.
Judge Kollar-Kotelly tells Camper he participated in an “inexcusable attack on our democracy and the peaceful transfer of power.”
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"there really is no centralized role in this for Defense or the Federal government components. This sits squarely in MPD's realm. I'm trying to tamp this down with the Deputy like I have the last couple of protests but this one may be different..."
From the latest batch of FBI emails on Jan. 6:
"It's her very first day in this position. He didn't tell her what the document was, or who wrote it, unfortunately and then went back to the 7th floor for more meetings..."
The only man known to have participated in both the newsman fight in Anchorman (2004) and the U.S. Capitol attack (2021) has formally pleaded guilty in connection with the latter.
Jay Johnston’s sentencing hearing in DC is set for Oct. 7, not long before his Mr. Show colleague David Cross appears in DC at the Warner Theater for his “The End Of The Beginning Of The End” show.
THREAD: Over two years ago, a Jan. 6 defendant told a court that he'd witnessed Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes (now serving an 18 year seditious conspiracy sentence) that he'd witnessed Rhodes try to contact Donald Trump during the Capitol attack.
That Jan. 6 defendant, William Todd Wilson, admitted that he heard Rhodes “repeatedly implore" an unidentified party he was speaking with "to tell President Trump to call upon groups like the Oath Keepers to forcibly oppose a transfer of power." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Rhodes himself was convicted at trial and, in May 2023, sentenced to 18 years in federal prison. But that phone call wasn't a focus for prosecutors.
The only man known to have participated in both the News Fight in Anchorman (2004) and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol (2021) plans to plead guilty on July 8, per court docket.
He doesn’t count for any “law enforcement officers who stormed the Capitol” stats, but he’s certainly played a cop a bunch! nbcnews.com/politics/justi…