J6 appeals now making their way thru system. DC appellate court panel today heard @CowboyCouy conviction of 1752(a)(1), a common misdemeanor. Judge McFadden convicted Griffin of the count in 2022.
Judges sounded skeptical DOJ met burden of proof, appears headed back to McFadden
Further complicating DOJ's ongoing use of this trespassing count is a ruling last week by Judge Nichols that clearly stated defendant had to know the VP was or would be visiting the Capitol, which rendered the area as "restricted" bc of Secret Service protection:
The public is realizing that a combo of ineptness and excessive force by police on J6 prompted much of the violence.
Improper use of munitions including chemical spray resulted in "friendly fire" injuries. Here is how MPD Sergeant Jason Mastony approached the scene at 2pm:
No violence on this side of the building (west) at this point. Exterior perimeter had been breached an hour earlier; DC and Capitol police started using munitions around 1:10pm and continued despite a legit mostly peaceful crowd.
Unknown number of protesters injured like here:
This officer testified he had never been at the Capitol as an officer. (Others have said the same.) Officers continue to assault people even as another protester is clearly injured on the ground...
New: To no one's surprise, Judge Chutkan, in typical hyperbolic fashion, denied Trump's motion to dismiss Jack Smith's J6 indictment on constitutional and immunity grounds.
Her "king" reference is the same language she used in her 2021 order forcing Trump to turn over records to J6 committee:
Bwahahaha - breathe -- bwahahaha ok judge
Nope she has not already made up her mind on the charges. Not at all!
Recall she recently denied Trump's motion to strike inflammatory language from Smith's indictment. Now we know why--she adopts them
Trump's lawyers filed a lightly redacted (per protective order) motion yesterday again outlining the parties they believe are part of the prosecution team.
These agencies have fingerprints on the initial DOJ investigation and Jack Smith's. The redactions are...interesting:
Not sure what these redactions are--related to Bill Barr perhaps?
As I covered last week, (JP) Cooney and (Molly) Gaston are now on Jack Smith's team. They wrote a letter to Barr blasting him for modifying SOP for election investigations describing claims of election fraud as "conspiracy theories"
More redactions related to FBI. Recall that D'Antuono (first name Steve, not Mike) headed up Detroit FBI field office during Whitmer fednapping then promoted to WFO a few months before Jan 6.
In April 2022, FBI opened two investigations into Trump: J6 and classified docs
Yetman served his country for YEARS. His FB profile bragged about being a "military police officer for the Army New Jersey National Guard." Does this sound like he was on the side of police or protesters that day?
All the doctored screenshots in the world (in FBI affidavit) can't distort the fact Yetman aimed a discarded can of gas (property of DC police) on protesters. He aimed ABOVE line of cops:
After the break, I returned to my seat in courtroom only to find someone in my seat next to her. I told him to move. He resisted but I forced him to move. Court staff did nothing—after hearing was over, he stalked her to elevator when finally a guard realized what was happening.
The guard refused to allow the psycho in the elevator with us. When we got to 1st floor, he was there taking pictures. When we told guard, he finally made the man leave. Then she spoke to media outside where she was again heckled and harassed.