Judge has sentenced Treniss Evans to 20 days jail in Capitol riot case. Feds argued Evans raised a megaphone while inside and declared “bring ‘em in”.. and drank whiskey in Congressional conference room
But his sentencing hearing.... was unlike any I've seen
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Evans spoke at his sentencing hearing... for nearly two hours. He was admonished by court for repeating himself, for interrupting the judge and for speaking too quickly
Among his statements: "Sure, I drank a shot of my whiskey, then.... someone else's whiskey" on Jan 6
Evans used the refrain used by so many Jan 6 defendants .. saying he was "caught up in the moment"
But some of his exchanges with judge were unique. He said, after the 2020 election, the "courts failed the people.. and Congress failed the people"
Still questioning 2020
Treniss Evans leaned in hard on his political views... saying America is tired of hearing about the investigation of January 6. He said "In January, with the new Congress, there'll be new types of investigations"
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Treniss Evans blamed Black Lives Matter and Antifa for violence and said he was "appalled by the violence on January 20, 2017"
He told judge: "If you give me 10 years in prison, I'm not gonna change what I saw on social media"
He hinted at a future run for Congress
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Judge Dabney Friedrich countered many of Evans' arguments.
When Evans argued "The window was destroyed before I got there"...
Friedrich questioned: "But you knew the window was broken, you didn't think that was an accident, did you?"
At times Evans cut off the judge mid-sentence. When Evans said "How would we have known the (Capitol) was restricted?" on Jan 6...
The judge responded: "Well there were alarms blaring!"
Evans complained of a "two-tiered" justice system, referenced comments by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX).. hinted at a future political run some more
Several times Evans alleged police were taking selfies & exchanging hugs with people in the mob
Evans said, several times, that he drove "1500 miles" to get to DC on Jan 6, after having canvassed in Georgia. He said there was never violence at the "Stop the Steal" rallies he'd attended. And said he sang the national anthem 5-7 times aloud in DC on Jan 6
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At one point of Evans' remarks, the judge responded: "What you say doesn't ring true"
After the lengthy, at times political, remarks.. Treniss Evans was unable to avoid a jail sentence. 20 days jail, $5000 fine, 3-years probation
The Justice Dept was seeking 60-days jail. So this strategy didn’t noticeably hurt Evans
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ALERT: A former Coast Guard Lieutenant and sharpshooter, who also served as a FEMA instructor, has been arrested and charged with making threats to kill President Trump. The charging documents in the case include voluminous allegations of social media between 2020 and last week
The social media posts, which span from 2020 to 2025, include on-line statements of using a gun, a knife and poison against Trump, per federal prosecutors
And they include alleged death threats made as recently as last Wednesday on social media
Judge has just ordered Pete Stinson held in jail, pending a hearing WEDNESDAY
Here are some of the alleged threats, per charging documents ===>
In a flurry of legal filings this afternoon, the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation conservative action group is asking a federal judge for a hearing TODAY or TONIGHT on the matter of the leaked audio of President Biden’s interview by then-Special Counsel Robert Hur
Heritage is asking a DC federal judge "for a temporary restraining order directing defendant to produce all recordings of former President Joseph R. Biden’s Interview with Special Counsel Robert K. Hur.. within 4 hours of this Court’s order"
Heritage and media outlets had filed Freedom of Information Act requests for the audio last year
Heritage argues the release of snippets of the audio by the Axios news service adds urgency to their request
Court filing: "How did a record subject to a claim of Executive Privilege and possibly classified make it into the hands of Axios? Add to that how did that record end up being spliced without notion? The Court must require an immediate answer to that question. This situation is untenable. Full disclosure is necessary now"
In a scathing 4-page court filing overnight, a group of FBI employees who investigated the Jan. 6 attack have asked a judge to order the Justice Department to destroy its controversial list of 5,000+ FBI employees who were part of the US Capitol Insurrection investigation (more)
The filing notes this week’s public statements by Ed Martin, the newly-named member of Justice Dept’s “weaponization” group. The group of FBI workers is worried about the list being publicized or leaked by Justice Dept, subjecting the agents to retaliation & violence (more)
The FBI employees argue that Martin publicly pledged Tuesday to “name and shame” employees inside the department.
Inside federal court in Milwaukee, awaiting 10am arraignment of Judge Hannah Dugan, whose arrest was announced by FBI Director Kash Patel last month. She’s accused of obstruction and re-routing an undocumented immigrant in her court away from agents
Judge Dugan is asking that her case be dismissed. She’s laced her argument with reference to Supreme Court’s 2024 “immunity” ruling which benefited Trump. She’s arguing her actions in her court were “official” acts
Judge Dugan’s defense argued in a filing yesterday:
“The problems with this prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts. Immunity is not a defense to the prosecution to be determined later by a jury or court; it is an absolute bar to the prosecution at the outset”
NEW: In a blistering new order, federal judge Paula Xinis of Maryland says the Trump Administration is making "a willful and bad faith refusal to comply with discovery obligations" in the court case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Judge Paula Xinis also finds the Trump Admin has "sought refuge behind vague and unsubstantiated assertions of privilege, using them as a shield to obstruct discovery and evade compliance with this court's orders" in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case
The judge's order also throws shade on the Trump Admin's claim Abrego Garcia is out of their control ... in Salvadoran custody
Judge: "Indeed, custody can be joint, and custodial status may be controlled by the Defendants acting in concert with El Salvador"