"WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are revising a plea deal for a Georgia man present at the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, citing new information that online sleuths attribute to video recently released by the Los Angeles Times.” latimes.com/politics/story…
"Since discovering the new evidence, the government has sent a revised plea offer to the
defendant… If the defendant does not accept the government’s plea offer, the government intends to bring additional charges…” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Sentencing hearing set for Feb. 18 is now a status hearing.
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Defense sentencing memo: "Robert Schornak thought the election was stolen… he trusted the voices of his party that repeatedly assured him that there was undeniable proof that Donald Trump won and Joe Biden lost."
"He understands that his actions were destructive to our Democracy and an embarrassment to the country on a global scale. He also recognizes that there was no conclusive evidence of election fraud and that President Biden is our legitimate president.”
Schornak agreed to publicly testify before the @January6thCmte if asked, per defense sentencing memo.
"He wishes to make a clean break from his past, from the thinking that led him to his actions on January 6th…"
Needs a bit of an edit, but a pretty solid sentencing memo lede, tbh.
"Ms. Acosta, usually a quiet, gentle soul started getting involved in rallies in her community to support police officers, firefighters and the military during President Trump’s run for election.”
NEW: The feds want Jan. 6 defendant Mariposa Castro to do 60 days behind bars.
“we’re breaking in! We are breaking in! We’re doing this. We’re breaking in, right?… We’re taking our house back. This is our Capitol. We’re taking it back. No more bullshit! That’s it.”
Passerby: It’s a war. It’s a civil war.
Castro: It is. It’s a civil war.
Passerby: Backed the blue all fucking summer and this is how they treat us? Fuck the blue. This is our country and we’re taking it back.
Castro: We’re taking it back. We’re not a communist country.
NEW: Gina Bisignano — the Beverly Hills cosmetologist seen on a bullhorn at the Capitol on Jan. 6 — had some second thoughts about the plea deal she reached in August.
"I want to help, because I want to get out of this mess,” Bisignano told me yesterday. "What am I going to do, be like all these other people and try to fight something that we're never going to win?” nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
BREAKING: Matthew Ryan Miller — who wore a Confederate flag as well as a Maryland state flag during the Jan. 6 attack — has pleaded guilty to two felony counts. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Now that Miller has pleaded guilty, DOJ wants him held until his sentencing. A prosecutor just asked for a self-surrender date in 7-14 days.
Defense has asked for 14 days for self-surrender. There’s no objection from DOJ. So he’ll self-surrender in two weeks.
The feds are seeking 21 months for Antoinne Brodnax, who used a Jan. 6 image "on the cover of a rap music album, which includes tracks with titles that reference the attack on the Capitol."
There’s no plea deal, he just pleaded guilty to four counts.
DOJ: "While higher than many Capitol riot misdemeanor sentences, that disparity is not unwarranted in light of the defendant’s lengthy and significant criminal history…” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Brodnax’s federal public defender says his "decision to enter a straight up plea in lieu of entering a plea agreement is not a factor for the Court to consider in imposing sentence in this case.” Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…