Hearing up now on Ryan Samsel, the man who first breached USCP line at the perimeter of Capitol grounds right before 1pm on January 6. DOJ announced two other defendants will be added to his 2-person case.

This is where Ray Epps is seen whispering in Samsel's ear before he acted
Judge is Tim Kelly, a Trump appointee. Samsel has been detained since his arrest on January 30. He has been assaulted at least twice in 2 different jails.

New indictment is under seal bc there is a 5th individual who hasn't been arrested yet so name is redacted.
Samsel atty telling Kelly USMS still hasn't given Samsel's medical record to PA jail where he is detained. Also refuting DOJ adding defendants to Samsel's case since there is no conspiracy charge. 'Why not charge 725 people together?"

Samsel has no trial date.
Samsel atty says new indictment reads differently than the other indictments he been operating under.

Hard to see this as anything other than DOJ delaying Samsel's trial, discovery to avoid disclosures about Ray Epps.

Kelly "appreciates" Speedy Trial issues.
Downplays "gamesmanship" by DOJ, notes defense is not making that argument. Never mind its fricking obvious.

Kelly ONCE AGAIN will exclude time from Speedy Trial act. DOJ gamesmanship re new indictment pays off again. DOJ complaining about defense extensive discovery request
DOJ noting pandemic rules--chief judge cancelled all in person trials until 1/24. DOJ argues extensive discovery requests and Samsel's detention status (!) warrants more delays.

Kelly is "mindful" of speedy trial but says he has 3 good reasons why he will exclude more time
This has happened in other cases--DOJ adds defendants and new indictments even for detained defendants to delay trial dates and discovery obligations. Samsel atty notes DOJ evidence database still not accessible and no update available. Argues against excluding time.
BTW this is same DOJ requesting inmates released to home detention due to pandemic not return to jail.

Kelly claims he sympathetic to defense but sets next status hearing for January 27 to determine which judge will take the new case. Pandemic, new co-defendant, discovery.
LOL Kelly says DOJ working hard to produce requested discovery.

Samsel will stay in jail. He has no trial date.

Kelly is another gem of a Trump pick.

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12 Jan
Definition of an inside job:

•infiltrate “militia” groups months in advance

•conduct tabletop exercises to game out potential violence after Election Day

•deny offers of extra security on January 6

•assemble elite FBI forces at Quantico the weekend before January 6

/cont
•keep White House in the dark about potential threat

•deploy govt/political agents the night before at rallies, hotels, etc

•deploy hundreds of FBI “shadowy commandos” into the city that morning

•station DC DHS bomb squad right near the exact location of alleged pipe bombs
•coordinate first physical breach of outside perimeter with reports of a pipe bomb…just minutes before Congress convenes

•order LEO to start attacking crowds of protesters outside the building to prompt unrest and confrontations with police

•let hundreds into the building
Read 5 tweets
11 Jan
Cruz: How many people charged with crimes of violence in J6 investigation?

Olsen: Don't know.

Cruz: How many are currently incarcerated?

Olsen: Don't know

Cruz: How many placed in solitary?

Olsen: Don't know

Cruz: How many 2020 rioters charged with crimes of violence?
Olsen: Don't know

Cruz: We asked why you haven't targeted 2020 rioters who committed violent crimes. Americans "deeply concerned" about politicization of Biden's DOJ.

"Your answer to every damn question is 'I don't know.'"

Cruz: How many FBI agents or CHS participated in J6?
Cruz: Did any FBI agents or informants encourage or incite crimes of violence on January 6?

Sanborn won't answer.

Cruz: Who is Ray Epps?

Sanborn: I am aware of him but don't know.

Cruz now showing photos of Epps, explaining his behavior.

Cruz: Is Epps a fed?
Read 5 tweets
11 Jan
Sen Coons asking Olsen about his new NSD domestic terror unit.

GOP senators better raise holy hell on this. Under what authority does Olsen have to open up an investigative unit to target American citizens?

Olsen: "The world is watching" how we respond to J6.
Mike Lee: Has anyone been charged with insurrection?

Olsen: Not aware of anyone being charged with that.

Lee raises his June 2021 letter asking DOJ to explain discrepancies in prosecution of 2020 riots and J6.

DOJ reply 4 months later didn't answer a single question.
Lee: Did DOJ use geofence warrants to track protests in summer 2020?

Olsen: No information

Sanborn: Blah blah

Lee: Did you use in 2020 and January 6?

Sanborn: Will respond later.

Lee: How many 2020 rioters subjected to pre-dawn raids with SWAT teams?

Sanborn: Blah blah
Read 4 tweets
11 Jan
I just replayed Matt Olsen's testimony. It confirms DOJ NSD, an agency created to coordinate intel during the 1st war on terror, will create a domestic terror unit.

Anyone who still disputes that J6 is a pretext to launch a domestic war on terror against the Right is delusional.
Hirono expressing frustration of Democrats who are mad DOJ isn't yet using terror enhancements against "insurrectionists." She's including those who attacked police. Prosecutors have used "domestic terrorists" language in motions but not pursued enhancements
LOL Lindsey Graham asks Olsen if he has enough resources to protect the nation. "Do you need more money or changes in the law?" Asks Olsen if J6 is comparable to 9/11 or Pearl Harbor. "It was unique and singular." Asks about repeated attacks on Portland courthouse, 100 nights
Read 5 tweets
11 Jan
I know Senate hearing with Fauci and Walensky will get all the attention today but I will be covering Senate Judiciary committee on "Domestic Terror" attack of January 6. Will Republicans step up and finally confront FBI on its role that day?

judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/the-d…
Senator Durbin reminding us how McConnell and McCarthy condemned the "insurrection" and blamed Trump for it. We won't forget.

My free advice to @gopsenatejudiciary

amgreatness.com/2022/01/07/12-…
Grassley: Reminds committee of 600 separate riots in 2020. Playing video clips of "peaceful protests" from Summer of Love. Good for him.
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11 Jan
So @baseballcrank denies fed involvement in J6 and suggests the only reason I conclude J6 was an inside job is to sell books.

Since Dan has done zero reporting on J6, I will offer a few examples of how cops, agitators incited the crowd and let protesters into the building…
Surveillance video unsealed in Ethan Nordean case shows USCP allowing at least 300 people into the building that afternoon. No one arrested here, no on warned the building was closed: amgreatness.com/2021/10/18/new…
FBI opened Operation Cold Snap in early 2020 to infiltrate “militia” groups. This led to FBI-concocted caper to kidnap Whitmer, which presumably @baseballcrank thinks was a legit FBI mission that thwarted the plot. DOJ ties Whitmer and J6 together amgreatness.com/2021/10/14/was…
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