Before Oath Keepers' plea hearing, listening to Judge Amit Mehta considering pretrial detention for a new J6 defendant. Mehta wondering aloud why so many "law abiding citizens" acted up that day.
"Why, because you thought the election was stolen contrary to all the evidence?"
"Why, because you thought the election was stolen contrary to all the evidence?"
Someone needs to send Judge Mehta a copy of Mollie Hemingway's book or maybe even this.
time.com/5936036/secret…
time.com/5936036/secret…
BTW this is a new one for me. DOJ attempting to shield the name of police officers involved in brawls, attacks by insisting they are entitled to privacy under Victims Right Act. So this is how police are described: 
Mehta orders defendant released to home incarceration. DOJ asks for stay to consider appeal, Mehta is unamused but will hold defendant until new hearing at 3pm this Friday.
No consistency in Mehta's pretrial detention rulings, 2 of this defendant's co-defendants are detained.
No consistency in Mehta's pretrial detention rulings, 2 of this defendant's co-defendants are detained.
Mehta is deeply partisan but probably the smartest judge on DC District. I am sure he's angling for a promotion to DC Circuit when Brown Jackson is confirmed to SCOTUS
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