OK - now in Jan 6 case, guilty plea proceeding of Rafael Valadez of Indio, CA, who "live-streamed his participation in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021." He attended College of the Desert. Judge Boasberg: You entered the crypt. #TalesFromTheCrypt
Judge Boasberg: Did you do these things? Are you guilty?
Valadez: It is just a yes or no answer?
Judge: Yes.
Valadez: So, yes.
Judge Boasberg notified Valadez that this guilty plea may impact his ability to get security clearances. He said he understands. Sentencing set for September 16 at 2:45 pm. Adjourned. Mock has a status conference before Judge Boasberg at 3:30. Watch this feed.
Update: On Mock, can was just kicked down the road, next conference is July 22 at 11:15 am to discuss, among other things, "What kind of trial you want to have." Inner City Press will remain on the case(s)
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OK - #GhislaineMaxwell sentencing has just begun. She is in prison blues; Judge Alison J. Nathan is on the bench. Inner City Press covered the case and trial and will live tweet, thread below. Book(let) #MaximumMaxwell, to be updated amazon.com/dp/B09P7RNGK6
Judge Nathan: I have ready the parties' submissions, including the letters from friends and family members of Ms. Maxwell. I got a letter from an inmate at MDC about Ms. Maxwell's assistance with tutoring. I also have victim impact statements...
Judge Nathan: Ms. Moe, what has the US done to notify victims?
Asst US Attorney Alison Moe: We used the Victim Notification page on our website.
Judge Nathan: The pre-sentence report.
Ms. Maxwell, have you read it?
Maxwell: I have an an opportunity to read it.
Ok- US v Joshua Schulte trial Day 7, Assistant US Attorney still questioning FBI's Michael Berger seeking to link the #Vault7 transfer to #Wikileaks to Schulte. Inner City Press is covering the case and will live tweet, thread below
AUSA: Do you recall the size of the Confluence back up in March of 2016?
Berger: Tens of gigabytes.
AUSA: Look at Page 93 of GX 1704. What is this use for?
Berger: It's a utility to securely erase files.
AUSA: So here you can see the defendant --
Schulte: Objection - leading.
Judge Furman: Fair point but I'll allow it.
AUSA: At what time was the virtual screen saver unlocked?
Berger: 3:15 am.
Q&A: Inner City Press just asked IMF's M-D Georgieva about the US @FederalReserve's communication and antitrust including 2 mega-mergers by Canadian banks (BoM, TD) She said IMF cheered 75 bp rate hike. Now, to get UN to answer this: documentcloud.org/documents/2188…
IMF Managing DIrector Georgieva's answer to Inner City Press, 2/x (this while not only UNSG @AntonioGuterres but even just @UN_Spokesperson@MelissaFleming have refused to provide even written answers to Inner City Press' Q e.g. on #SriLanka
Schulte at podium 5 feet from Juror 6, with 2 laptops, Post-It notes from stand by counsel. On exhibits screen: "Palo Alto Firewall" from HICKOK server.
Schulte: Do you have a contact in #Wikileaks?
AUSA: Objection!
Judge Furman: Sustained.
OK - now in Jan 6 multi-defendant case, Pezzola, Biggs & Rehl want trial pushed back to December due to negative pre-trial publicity they attribute to the January 6 Committee. Inner City Press is covering innercitypress.com/ddc108pezzolai… and will live tweet, thread below
Defense counsel: We don't want it adjourned. We'll never get an impartial jury in Washington DC, even in December. So we want trial on August 8.
Judge Timothy J. Kelly: Netting all of that out, I'm going to enter an order reluctantly granting delay to December.
Judge Kelly: Whatever week we start picking a jury in, we're going to have opening arguments that week. We are not going to push those back into January. I understand Judge Mehta was having prospective jurors fill out the form a week in advance.
OK - now Jan 6 case of Victoria Charity White, accused of entering the Capitol, she is pro se just called her appointed lawyer a grifter, says she may have been sexually assaulted in the tunnel. Judge shuts her down. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
The appointed Federal Public Defender said he could not share the discovery material with Ms. White because of DOJ's protective order. She cut in and called him "human garbage."
DDC Judge John D. Bates suggests a next conference of July 8 at 12:30 pm. "Ms. White, are you nodding?"
A: Yes, your Honor.
Judge: Mr McBride, keep that date open, we'll let you know if you should attend.
[Or if White will continue representing herself - a trend]