Steve Bannon is in court for his initial appearance on two contempt of Congress charges. Magistrate Judge Robin M. Meriweather has advised Bannon of his rights.
The Bannon case has been assigned to Judge Carl J. Nichols (a 2019 Donald Trump appointee) going forward.
No arraignment today for Steve Bannon. His lawyer indicated he was willing to waive arraignment.
Status hearing before Judge Nichols set for Thursday, Nov. 18, at 11 a.m.
Bannon’s team would prefer a virtual hearing on Thursday.
United States not moving for detention (they’re misdemeanor charges, remember). Pretrial services has recommended he surrender his passport (it’s already in their possession), report in once a week, and report his travel plans to pretrial services. Defense has no objections.
Magistrate Judge Meriweather orders Bannon to report to pretrial services once a week and keep them advised of travel inside the U.S. (outside the U.S. requires court permission). Bannon confirms to the judge that he heard and understood his release conditions.
Bannon hearing has wrapped.
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“If the defendant had been peaceful on that day, your honor, we would not be here,” a federal prosecutor told Judge Royce Lamberth. huffpost.com/entry/qanon-sh…
THREAD: Sentencing for "QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley is now underway before Judge Royce C. Lamberth.
Chansley is in the courtroom in a prison jumpsuit. He now has a pretty lengthy beard, and his head is shaved.
Last week, Judge Lamberth sentenced Scott Fairlamb to 41 months in federal prison. Fairlamb was the son of a New Jersey trooper and the brother of a Secret Service agent. huffpost.com/entry/scott-fa…
"If the defendant had been peaceful on that day, your honor, we would not be here,” says Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly Paschall. She says Jacob Chansley gave a "call to battle" in the months ahead of the Capitol attack and engaged in the “chaos” on Jan. 6.
Danny Rodriguez, the Trump fanatic who drove a stun gun into Officer Mike Fanone’s neck on Jan. 6 and nearly killed him, was in court in D.C. trying to get his confession tossed. It didn’t go very well for him. huffpost.com/entry/daniel-r…
Jurors won’t be able to hear Danny Rodriguez say “Oh, God. I shouldn’t be crying… I’m a grown man and I knew what I was doing” before he was advised of his rights, but they should get to hear him call himself “fucking piece of shit” and confess. huffpost.com/entry/daniel-r…
Judge Amy Berman Jackson to prosecutors after saying she’d suppress what Danny Rodriguez said pre-Miranda: “I think you can try this case without it, it’s not going to make that big of a difference one way or another.” huffpost.com/entry/daniel-r…
There IS video of Danny Rodriguez’s confession. And based on the monitor, we’ll get to see that today.
Court is working out some technical problems but hearing should be underway shortly. Danny Rodriguez’s Las Vegas based federal public defenders are here, but we haven’t seen Danny yet. huffpost.com/entry/danny-ro…
Kevin Cordon — who the feds says hung the flag he wore to the Capitol on Jan. 6 above his bed "like a trophy” — is due in court for sentencing at in five minutes. The feds want him locked up for 30 days.
Judge Trevor McFadden was upset that the government said that then-Vice President Elect Kamala Harris was at the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack when she wasn’t. Chewed out the prosecutor a bit about it, said they could’ve learned that had they read the Washington Post.
After saying that Kevin Cordon went into the Capitol through a “broken window, like a thief,” Judge McFadden said he thought he heard “real remorse” from Cordon. He rejected the government’s request for incarceration and sentences Cordon to 12 months probation.
NEW: The feds want Frank Scavo (a Pennsylvania man who organized buses to D.C. on Jan. 6) to serve two weeks of incarceration on his misdemeanor offense.
“tis me . . ur Capitol tour guide.”
"He acknowledged that 'January 6, 2021, was a dark day in our country’s history,' said his participation was 'wrong and it was a crime,' and expressed 'regret' for taking part."