Thread by @ryanjreilly

"Four decades ago, the Supreme Court wrote that 'the open processes of justice' are especially important after 'a shocking crime occurs.'... There is no doubt that a shocking crime occurred on January 6, 2021."

Press Coalition's latest in the Sam Lazar case. #FacePaintBlowHard

Sam Lazar was pallin' around with Doug Mastriano at a Rudy Giuliani event when he was featured on the FBI's Capitol Violence website, having incited rioters to "TAKE [cops'] GUUUUUNNNNS" on Jan. 6.

He's getting out in September.

What's up with that?

nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

The press coalition points out that DOJ blew the deadline here, and appear to have violated local rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

"there is no meaningful interest in maintaining the fiction that Lazar is still awaiting trial on charges to which he has pleaded not guilty. There would be no prejudice to Lazar or to the Government in acknowledging what the public already knows."

Here’s the heavily redacted court document, jointly filed by DOJ and Sam Lazar’s team:

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1656026889356558336

Sam Lazar's release date, now in the court docket, thanks to the media coalition / the Bureau of Prisons' inmate locator tool.

Let's pretend, for a moment, that Sam Lazar hasn't already pleaded guilty and been sentenced. On its face, that's a massive violation of the law. His last status conference was February 2022, and he only waived speedy trial rights until ~June 2022.

As of March 2022, we know, Sam Lazar was continuing to negotiate "a disposition of the matter short of trial."

Then, nada. For nearly a year.