Uh, it appears that Brad Geyer and Jonathon Moseley, attorneys for #CapitolRiot Oath Keepers defendants Kelly Meggs and Kenneth Harrelson, have responded to a judge's denial of their request to file a 130-page brief by filing... 677 pages of documents.
Brad Geyer here regurgitates a popular anti-vax "fact" you might find on Facebook, but it's not true. Of the 312 million Pfizer vaccine doses that have been distributed in the U.S., ~257 million have been administered – leaving ~55 million doses available currently.
Again, false. Blatantly false. See above.
What Geyer is attempting to do is argue detainees at the DC Jail are unable to give informed consent to the vaccine. However, in his own brief, he says non-incarcerated citizens ALSO can't give informed consent because of a "steady stream of propaganda." So... why let them out?
Continues to be false.
Ah, the FDA and Pfizer are in cahoots to... ensure Moderna's profit margins, apparently. Also "vaccine corporatism."
Geyer invites the judge to "extrapolate" that, actually, maybe 2 million people have died from the COVID-19 vaccine. That would be more twice the number of people who've died in the U.S. from the virus – and all unreported!
The problem with VAERS is that it's self-reported. So the anti-vaccine crowd has been encouraging followers to mass report issues to try to skew the data. It comes with a huge asterisk normally, and is now essentially useless for COVID-19.
Geyer then goes into a long rant about the Nuremberg Code, which codified ethics for experimental medical procedures in the wake of Nazi war crimes. Another popular talking point among anti-vaxxers. usatoday.com/story/news/fac…
Geyer goes on to "cite" the work of Dr. David Bauer, a virologist at the Francis Crick Institute, who he claims has said the COVID-19 vaccine "decimates" the body's natural ability to fight viruses Except: False again. Here's Bauer responding to that: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Here we go: January 6 defendants are being treated liked Jews during the Holocaust, attorney Brad Geyer implies.
There's just a lot going on here.
The 270+ page document appended to the filing is apparently just a print-out of every COVID-19 vaccine-related reaction reported to VigiAccess, which is the WHO's version of VAERS (also self-reported, so the same issues apply, just at a grander scale).
Many of the other filings are print-outs of news articles about disruptions during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.
Anyway, I'll update when Judge Mehta responds.
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BREAKING: In an apparent first, the DOJ says it will GO TO TRIAL on the newly narrowed Jan. 6 obstruction count.
Federal prosecutors say they believe their case against an Ohio couple can hold up even after the Supreme Court's ruling. wusa9.com/article/news/n…
The DOJ says it will prove Donald & Shawndale Chilcoat intended to obstruct Congress and "critically, they were aware that his proceeding involved records, documents, or other things — specifically the electoral votes that Congress was to consider." wusa9.com/article/news/n…
It's unclear whether Judge Kollar-Kotelly will agree the DOJ's evidence is enough to sustain the charge, or if it will hold up on review before the D.C. Circuit.
But, the DOJ's outline does align closely with how Justice Jackson said it *might* be done. wusa9.com/article/news/n…
NEW: I spoke with anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy's attorney about the plans for appeal as she begins serving her 4-year sentence.
They're aiming for acquittal, sure, but also something bigger: A long-awaited chance to get the FACE act before SCOTUS. wusa9.com/article/news/c…
Attorneys from the anti-abortion law firm the Thomas More Society hope Handy's case — plus two others in Tennessee and Michigan — will convince SCOTUS to do something it's never done before: hear an appeal on the constitutionality of the FACE Act. wusa9.com/article/news/c…
The FACE Act is the 1994 law that protects access to clinic and church entrances and makes it a federal felony to use force or obstruction to injure, interfere with or intimidate a person attempting to access reproductive health services. wusa9.com/article/news/c…
🚨 SENTENCE: Marine Corps veteran Ryan Nichols sentenced to 63 months (5.25) years in prison and what is, I believe, the largest fine in a Jan. 6 case to date — $200,000 — for assaulting police during the Capitol riot. wusa9.com/article/news/n…
Explaining the fine:
1. Judge Lamberth said Nichols didn't cooperate at all w/ the financial portion of the presentencing investigation.
2. Nichols raised more than $230,000 on a GiveSendGo account titled "Free My Patriot Prisoner."
Judge Lamberth seemed impressed by the mountain of letters and videos of support submitted on Nichols' behalf, particularly one from his father.
But he also said he had doubts re: Nichols' remorse because of statements made throughout his case. wusa9.com/article/news/n…
A bit of drama in the dockets of brothers and Jan. 6 defendants Matthew and Gregory Purdy. Last year, they and their co-defendant, Robert Turner, all decided to fire their lawyers and be represented by a single, new attorney. Judge Lamberth was skeptical but allowed it...
Then, last month, the new attorney asked for a continuance of their April 22 trial date — noting, among other reasons, that she had applied for a judgeship in Alabama. I was not at the hearing but Judge Lamberth was, I gather, not impressed. Motion denied.
Cut to last week, when two of the defendants — having, it seems, decided Judge Lamberth is now ill-disposed toward their counsel — fired the new attorney and got newer attorneys.
Now those attorneys, w/ less than a month left to go before trial, are seeking continuances.
Former Trump WH trade adviser Peter Navarro's sentencing hearing is set to begin shortly. DOJ is seeking 6 months in jail for Navarro defying a subpoena from the January 6th Committee. google.com/amp/s/www.wusa…
Like most, Peter Navarro's sentencing hearing begins with arguments over enhancements and credits. Navarro wants 2 levels of credit for acceptance of responsibility. Judge Mehta seems dubious.
Mehta: “I haven’t heard a word of contrition from Dr. Navarro since this case began.”
Navarro's attorney, Stanley Woodward, says Navarro wasn't playing "smoke and mirrors" with the January 6th Committee but was only doing what he thought he had to as a former WH adviser. He says he only went to trial to preserve a constitutional argument. Judge Mehta disagrees.
The plaintiffs are showing a video deposition w/ Mary Frances Watson, a former police lieutenant who was the chief investigator for the Georgia Secretary of State's Investigations Division during the 2020 election.
Watson says she reviewed footage from State Farm Arena where Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss were working. She says it shows "election workers doing their normal process.
Q: "So it doesn’t show hidden suitcases of ballots?”