Geoffrey Samuel Shough aka #TexasPleather has taken a plea deal.
Shough, who admitted wearing "a jacket that was orange-brown in color" as he joined a mob that "overwhelmed" officers, pleaded guilty to a felony civil disorder charge. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Shough visited Jaleo, Whole Foods, and a Falls Church bike shop during his D.C. trip. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
You can catch him in the footage here:

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Aug 16
Amid a bunch of Jan. 6 activity at the D.C. federal courthouse, there was a massive police and fire response this afternoon to a report of white powder, a Fire and EMS spokesperson tells @lizbrownkaiser.

An alarm went off in the building.
NBC News' @OSonnier was inside a courtroom for the Kyle Fitzsimons trial when there were a series of loud beeps went off. Judge said they might have to evacuate.
Washington DC Fire and EMS Department official to @lizbrownkaiser: "The substance has been deemed not a hazard."
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Aug 16
Remember in Nov. 2020 how two QAnoners were arrested with weapons outside the election center in Philly?

One of them just got popped for entering the Capitol. He was identified inside the building about a year ago.

nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Unclear at the moment whether DOJ is going to seek detention here: nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Antonio LaMotta was spotted in this footage released in June 2021:
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Aug 16
Online sleuths IDed Antonio LaMotta inside the Capitol last year. He was IDed by CTExposers. He’s now been arrested. huffpost.com/entry/feds-mad…
Took about 10 more months here. FBI/DOJ/courts just slammed. huffpost.com/entry/feds-mad…
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Aug 16
At his bench trial, a lawyer for Kyle Fitzsimons says that the Jan. 6 defendant heard conspiracy theories about the election not just from people wearing aluminum-foil hats, but “from the president of the United States himself.”
Fitzsimons believed there was a legitimate and legal path towards contesting the election happening inside the Capitol, his lawyer says.

He also apparently visited the @JP2Shrine on his trip to D.C. (before the Capitol attack).
Bench trials move much more quickly than jury trials. Government has called its first witness is already up. MPD sergeant of 19 years who was activated as part of special operations division.
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Aug 15
Given the bias that some D.C. residents show towards micro-mobility vehicles, it might be worth adding this one to voir dire.
Backstory on the defendant, from @letsgomathias: huffpost.com/entry/matthew-…
@letsgomathias The defendant wants to move to Idaho for "work purposes." DOJ opposes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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Aug 14
DOJ wants 30 days incarceration for Marine Corps veteran Darrell Youngers, pictured here with George Tenney (who busted open the door on the East side after failing to read the sign about the 15 second fire door delay).
Youngers picked up a piece of broken glass as a souvenir, per feds. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
You can see Youngers at the end of this video:
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