James is not detained, sounds like he is appearing remotely not in person. (Not the clearest connection.)
James, 34, pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding.
WOW
Mehta seems surprised, detected hesitation in James' voice, asks him again if he understands the plea agreement.
James was helping with "security" that day (Stone, I think) and was in the building for about 5 minutes.
He will cooperate with the government, per plea.
Mehta going thru lengthy plea agreement that is not yet available on PACER. Sounds like James will cop to numerous activities related to Stewart Rhodes' involvement before and during January 6.
There's now a pause after Mehta asks James about one stipulation in the plea--motive
for entering the Capitol was to "hinder" the certification of Biden's election.
Now discussing James' interaction with police. Worth noting James is the ONLY Oath Keeper charged with attacking police. He did not plead to that charge.
Another pause. It's not clear James has...
a full grasp of what's happening or what his plea means for the overall case against the Oath Keepers.
Again, I haven't read the agreement but sounds like lots of juicy sound bites for the media.
Defense atty says James wants to be clear there was no premeditation to engage...
with police. Mehta asks if he engaged with police to hinder the certification.
"No."
This is a...snag. Another side bar btw James and counsel. Mehta wants clarification before accepting his plea.
I know he will but hard to understand how Mehta can accept this plea...
when it's apparent James is reluctant to admit to some of this language.
Defense trying to explain to Mehta James' confusion on provision related to use of force against police.
Mehta re-reads that line, James reluctantly agrees.
Another snag--James opposes language that he...
planned to "retaliate" against the government so they clarify again.
Mehta now reviewing rights James will surrender by pleading guilty.
Mehta accepts James' guilty plea to seditious conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding.
Sentencing delayed while he cooperates.
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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?"
Someone needs to send Judge Mehta a copy of Mollie Hemingway's book or maybe even this.
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:
Status hearing now with Timothy Hale before Judge Trevor McFadden.
Hale has been imprisoned since January 2021; McFadden, a Trump appointee, has held Hale behind bars under pre-trial detention orders.
His trial is set for May 23, 2022.
DOJ says "hundreds of thousands of FBI...
files still have not been unloaded to the sharable database. They won't be available until April as they undergo "review."
DOJ addressing chronic issue of defendants in DC Gulag (where Hale is) not being able to see discovery. She blames it on Hale not signing protective order.
DOJ will file a superseding indictment in a "matter of weeks" to remove its lie that Kamala Harris was in the Capitol on January 6.
DOJ wants another exclusion from Speedy Trial clock; defense objects.
This is your average reply. After calling Trump an authoritarian for years without evidence, Democrats get mad when the label is accurately applied to Biden and in their rage endorse his authoritarianism against Trump supporters
Let's do a little flashback to late 2019, early 2020 when Democrats, supported by NeverTrumpers now banging the war drums, covered up Biden-Ukraine grift and Ukraine's interference in the 2016 election with impeachment ruse.
Forgot about this from my Feb 2020 column: "Under Biden’s direction, leaders in the European Union brokered a massive bailout for Ukraine. The veep helped negotiate a $17.5 billion aid package from the International Monetary Fund." amgreatness.com/2020/02/03/joe…
DOJ just changed the official name of its J6 investigation from “Capitol breach” to “Capitol siege.”
This new stunt, just like January 6 itself, is an orchestrated effort btw Democrats and Capitol police to demonize foes of the Biden regime and silence criminal dissent:
As I wrote today, DOJ opened a “Capitol siege” section in DOJs criminal division and is looking to hire at least 20 new lawyers to expand its abusive, vengeful prosecution of Trump supporters.
Sure, be outraged at Trudeau. What about tyranny here?