The stories that Tommy Smith were telling on the stand weren’t even remotely plausible, and I’d imagine that jurors were insulted that he thought they were dumb enough to fall for it.
One Twitter user dubbed the woman “Insurrection Eva Braun,” another compared her to Carmen Sandiego. Someone called her “fascist Matilda,” and several users made jokes about her being a character from a Wes Anderson movie. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
“Emily in-carceration,” read one of the joke tweets referring to the show “Emily in Paris.” There were a couple of comparisons to April Ludgate, the character played by Aubrey Plaza in NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.” nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
NEW: Judge questions DOJ's handling of case against Jan. 6 rioter who 'scuffled' with officer who died by suicide nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
“The case seems a bit different than the case that I thought I was preceding over when I took the plea… There’s a big difference between a scuffle ... and an allegation of someone using a baton to strike an officer.” nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
"I do see [Walls-Kaufman's] hands on the baton," Cobb said. "I do see Officer Smith fall forward." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
"He has even profited off of his unlawful conduct on January 6 since being incarcerated—to the tune of over $120,000—by seeking donations on crowd-funding websites claiming that he is a 'political prisoner' of a 'corrupt Biden regime.'"
If the mob got inside, Jose Padilla claimed under oath, they would've just tried to "convince legislators" to "adopt constitutional amendments" and get Trump in for a second term, and definitely not do any of that hanging stuff he talked about online. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
“I don’t credit his self-serving claims that he only intended to follow legal processes," the judge said. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
NEW: Florida Man Daniel Ball arrested for setting off an explosion inside the west terrace tunnel during the Capitol attack.
A thing that happens when you let a cleanup crew come in with leaf blowers to clean up a massive crime scene instead of processing the evidence for both criminal charges and for historic purposes.
"Your affiant met with BALL’s State of Florida Probation Officer... Upon viewing the first still shot the probation officer immediately said, 'that's Daniel Ball.'" documentcloud.org/documents/2379…