NEW: Federal judge says Jan. 6 "pawns" are paying the price, while Donald Trump and those who led disinformation campaign about the 2020 election have not been held accountable.
Judge MEHTA: “We’re here today deciding whether Mr. Lolos should spend 30 days in jail when those who created the conditions that led to Mr. Lolos’ conduct, led to the events of Jan. 6 [haven’t been] held to account for their actions and their word.”
Mehta said other judges in D.C. hadn't fully expressed this point.
“Once you hear people who should know better tell you that an election was stolen and they say it loudly enough, frequently enough, it’s not surprising that people will believe it.”
BREAKING: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a brief hold on the Trump executive privilege decision, setting a schedule that includes arguments on Nov. 30.
THE PANEL:
Judge Patricia Millett (Obama)
Judge Robert Wilkins (Obama)
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (Obama/Biden)
IMPORTANT: The House and DOJ did *NOT* oppose this temporary hold. They got a pretty quick briefing schedule out of it. Puts them on track to get documents in early December, if they prevail.
HAPPENING NOW: A judge is preparing to sentence Scott FAIRLAMB, the first Jan. 6 defendant charged with assaulting a police officer during the attack to be sentenced.
NEWS: Proescutors are seeking a 51-month ail sentence for Jacob CHANSLEY, the so-called "QAnon Shaman" who stormed the Senate and scrawled a meancing note to Mike Pence.
@joshgerstein Chansley has become the most infamous defendant to breach the Capitol. Images of him shirtless, wearing a horned viking hat on the Senate rostrum — just after VP Pence was evacuated — helped define the insurrection.
@joshgerstein "When rioters flooded the U.S. Capitol and the defendant took the Senate dais, they accomplished the goal so many could never have imagined—they halted the peaceful transfer of power upon which our democracy is built."
BREAKING Judge Tanya Chutkan has rejected Donald Trump's effort to block the Jan. 6 committee from accessing his White House records, determining that Biden's decision to release them is more significant.
"Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President," she writes.
The ruling is a significant victory for the Jan. 6 committee's effort to peer into Trump's mindset as he stoked false claimed about voter fraud and sougth to delegitimize the outcome of the 2020 election.
@woodruffbets Williamson is the figure who will hit closest to home on Capitol Hill. He was Meadows' right-hand / press secretary in Congress and followed his boss to the White House. politico.com/news/2021/11/0…