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DAY TWO: Part One - Trial of Andy Ngo vs. Rose City Antifa, et al

@MrAndyNgo testifies, Antifa disrupts court proceedings, and Judge threatens to hold individuals in contempt of court 🧵 https://t.co/MW6eVhHzhvtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

On Wednesday, the trial began with the Judge hearing safety concerns from Ngo's legal team. These concerns regard alleged threats of violence issued on Twitter involving @RisingPDX.

The plaintiff's claim that Richter, one of the defendants, has alleged ties to that account.

Furthermore, concerns were raised about how that account went on "private mode" after Ngo's legal team brought up the threats to the court.

Defendant Richter allegedly has a close relationship w/ the owner of that account, in which she allegedly admitted during her deposition.

This raises concerns about intel being shared during the trial, which is illegal.

Judge Sinlapasai issued a robust warning, indicating that strict security measures are in place due to alleged threats made before the trial. She threatened to hold parties in contempt of court.

Ngo's legal team then expressed concerns about Judge Sinlapasai's decision to strike evidence which allegedly showed deleted tweets and communications via Signal by the defendant(s).

The judge ruled Tuesday that this evidence cannot be shown to the jury.

Andy Ngo testifies, Antifa disrupts court proceedings, and Judge orders further media restrictions and multiple recesses due to safety concerns.

ANDY NGO TESTIFIES

Regarding the May 7, 2019, incident in which Hacker allegedly assaulted & forcibly took Ngo's phone at the gym, Ngo testified that Hacker allegedly confronted him about his reporting in a critical manner.

Video evidence of this alleged assault was submitted.

During opening statements, Hacker's defense argued that Ngo's reporting a few days prior to the altercation on May 1, 2019, involved one of Hacker's friends that was allegedly injured. This angered Hacker which is why the defendant allegedly confronted Ngo.

Ngo testified that his reporting that day had consisted of a Twitter thread of events that took place in chronological order. This included sharing videos, photos, recording speeches and chants, that happened during the event.

Attorney Yamamoto asked Ngo: "Did you have any reason to believe your reporting would harm anyone?"

Ngo testified: "No," and explained that this was a public event that was advertised on social media. Other media was there, and he was there to report on it.

Yamamoto asked Ngo: "Were you ever intending to hurt anyone in your reporting?"

Ngo testified: "No."

Yamamoto asked Ngo: "After the incident on May 7, 2019, did you talk to anyone about the incident after it occurred."

Ngo testified: "Yes."

Evidence of this was submitted by Ngo's team to the court. This is when Ngo allegedly found out Hacker's name for the first time.

The evidence showed that an individual had publicly named John Colin Hacker as the attacker on Twitter, and that Ngo allegedly had asked the individual to delete the tweet so Hacker wouldn't get harassed.

This communication exchange happened through Twitter DM's.

A screenshot of the exchange submitted as evidence is as follows:

Individual: “His name is John Hacker”

Ngo: “Could you remove the tweet where you named him publicly? I don’t want him to get harassed.”

Individual: “Ok”

Ngo testified that he issued this request because he takes great pride in having extremely accurate reporting and that he had not been able to independently verify that the person that had allegedly attacked him was Hacker.

Ngo was later able to verify that it was Hacker.

Defendant Richter is now brought up by Ngo as he gets questioned about having to change reporting tactics to feel safe in the field, which included concealing his identity

Ngo testified that Richter had approached him at a protest and questioned him about his "fake black bloc"

After Ngo testified about the trauma that the alleged Antifa attacks had on his physical and mental health, which forced him to flee the country, he explained that he went back into the field to report in Portland in 2021 to work on a new chapter in his best-selling book.

Ngo testified about the brutal attack that had "broke him" which occurred on May 28, 2021, by alleged members of Antifa, which allegedly involved Hacker and Richter.

Video evidence and social media posts of Ngo's allegations were submitted to the court.

Evidence and testimony of defendant Hacker's alleged involvement in the May 28, 2021, attack, otherwise known as The Nines Hotel incident.

Ngo was allegedly chased and brutally beaten by a mob of Antifa after being approached by Hacker while covering a direct action in Portland.

Ngo testified that Hacker had approached him and allegedly asked a question about his goggles. Ngo said he was reporting undercover at this time for safety reasons.

Ngo testified that he "felt frozen" when Hacker approached him, and that he didn't answer due to voice recognition

"I was very nervous at that point because of our prior encounter," Ngo said. "I also saw on his social media that in 2020 he posted video of another undercover journalist trying to out him."

During opening statements, Ms. Burrows, Hacker's attorney, argued before the jury that Hacker never announced Ngo's location, nor was he involved in the brutal incident.

This argument by Ms. Burrows allegedly turned out to be false, evidence shows.

Ngo's team submitted both video and written evidence that allegedly shows Hacker roaming with the pack of Antifa that had brutally attacked Ngo, as well as doxxing Ngo's location on social media during the attack.

Hacker is seen multiple times in this footage, Ngo testified.

Ngo's team submitted evidence that allegedly shows a screenshot of Hacker doxxing Ngo's location on Twitter during the attack.

“People are saying Andy Ngo was spotted at Portland Protest and chased off. Said he ran into AC hotel or the Nines.” Hacker tweeted on May 28, 2021.