Three Jan. 6 defendants are scheduled to enter guilty pleas in the upcoming week.
First up, on Monday, is William Blauser of Ludlow, Pennsylvania.
Next up, on Wednesday, is Mark Rebegila.
Also on Wednesday: Traci Sunstrum.
On the sentencing front: Kevin Cordon — who the feds says hung the flag he wore to the Capitol on Jan. 6 above his bed "like a trophy” — will be sentenced on Monday. DOJ wants 30 days incarceration. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Jacob Chansley -- aka the QAnon Shaman -- will be sentenced on Wednesday. Prosecutors are seeking 51 months (he's already served 10). huffpost.com/entry/qanon-sh…
David Mish's sentencing is set for Thursday. His defense team is asking for two days incarceration, and said he "drove to Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021 because he was a Trump supporter who sincerely believed in what his former President told him."
John Lolos' sentencing is set for Friday. His defense team said he's a Trump supporter "animated by claims of voter fraud which he believed was rampant in the United States," and requested a probationary sentence.
Also tomorrow: We should learn the government’s sentencing request for Frank Scavo. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 22. huffpost.com/entry/trump-ca…
On Tuesday, there’s a motion hearing for Danny Rodriguez, the MAGA fanatic who electroshocked Officer Mike Fanone. His federal public defenders are trying to get his confession tossed, and we may end up seeing video of Rodriguez’s confession. huffpost.com/entry/danny-ro…
Even without the confession, there’s zero doubt about Danny Rodriguez’s actions on Jan. 6.
"I'm going to take it to trial,” Danny Rodriguez told the FBI after his arrest. "I guess I'll take my chances with a jury, see how they feel.”
There are also a few potentially newsworthy status conference hearings this week. Rachel Powell (aka #BullhornLady) will be before Judge Royce Lamberth at 11 a.m. tomorrow. As of a few months ago she was weighing a plea deal.
"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…