Testimony starting today in Timothy Hale-Cusanelli's trial. Will post periodic updates.
https://twitter.com/JordanOnRecord/status/1528723427728805890
Opening arguments have finished. DOJ told jury Timothy Hale-Cusanelli "genuinely believes" in civil war and that Jewish interests control President Biden. That's why, they said, he entered the Capitol. He lamented they didn't have enough people to hold it indefinitely.
Hale-Cusanelli's attorney, Jonathan Crisp, described his client as "bombastic" and "antagonistic."
Crisp: "He is the guy you have met who just wants to say things to agitate things." But, he said, that's all it is.
Crisp: "He is the guy you have met who just wants to say things to agitate things." But, he said, that's all it is.
Crisp said Hale-Cusanelli was "unequivocally" in the Capitol, but not with any specific intent. He wound up there because of group think. He returned to NJ "full of adrenaline and stupidity" and bragged to his roommate things that had no relationship to fact, Crisp said.
With opening arguments completed, the DOJ is now going through the boilerplate stuff we're going to hear in every #CapitolRiot case. The layout of the Capitol. The construction of the stage for the inauguration. The restricted area. Etc.
Trial set to resume shortly after the lunch break. USCP Inspector Monique Moore still on deck.
Dan Schwager, former general counsel for the secretary of the Senate, now testifying (as he has in other trials) about the constitutionally mandated process of Jan. 6.
Testimony over for the day. Story to come.
TRIAL DAY 1: Prosecutors tell jurors Timothy Hale-Cusanelli used racial slurs to describe election workers and VP Kamala Harris and that he was eager for a civil war. His attorney said he's the guy who "just wants to say things to agitate things." wusa9.com/article/news/n…
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