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16 Nov, 10 tweets, 3 min read
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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…
The courtroom is now (very briefly, we’re told) under seal. There’s a preliminary matter up front before things get underway.
We never got an on-the-record reason why the government had not extended a plea offer to Danny Rodriguez, so that might be why we’re under seal now.
If Judge Amy Berman Jackson wants a more specific explanation, going under seal might make sense.
We had a long examination of one of the FBI special agents who interrogated Danny Rodriguez.

A sample:

Defense: “He says ‘I’m so stupid,’ right?”

FBI special agent: “He does say that.”
FBI Special Agent Nate Elias said he though Danny Rodriguez was being self-deprecating when he called himself “so stupid.” The defense asked whether he knew if Danny Rodriguez had taken special education classes. Elias hadn’t looked into that.
Danny Rodriguez has maintained his hairstyle since he’s been incarcerated. It looks pretty much the same as it does in the interrogation room back in March. He’s now wearing a forrest green prison jumpsuit reading NNRJ (Northern Neck Regional Jail). Same glasses.
The FBI special agent (who referenced HuffPost during the interrogation) said they had trouble finding Danny Rodriguez’s car, which shows that the FBI too is sometimes guilty of not reading the whole story. huffpost.com/entry/fanone-t…

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THREAD: Sentencing for "QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley is now underway before Judge Royce C. Lamberth.

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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…
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“tis me . . ur Capitol tour guide.”
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