Former #OathKeepers general counsel Kellye SoRelle takes a plea bargain and will appear in Washington D.C. on July 17 to enter a guilty plea, a July 8 court filing revealed. 🧵
SoRelle was indicted in August 2022, shortly before the start of the first #OathKeepers trial in which she had been expected to testify. 🧵 archive.today/mp5he
SoRelle was indicted on four charges, two of which—obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to commit obstruction—were dealt a serious blow by the Supreme Court in its Fischer v. United States ruling. 🧵
Just weeks before SoRelle's trial was scheduled to start, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled on June 16, 2023, that she was incompetent to stand trial and would need mental health treatment. 🧵
On July 2, 2024, Judge Mehta ruled that SoRelle was now competent to stand trial, which he scheduled for Nov. 12. 🧵
Of the two remaining charges, one is more serious: 18 U.S. Code §1512(b)(2) A-B, alleging tampering with documents. Prosecutors say SoRelle advised #OathKeepers in an encrypted chat to delete comments they wrote about “who did what” at the Capitol. 🧵
It's not clear which charge SoRelle will enter a guilty plea to. The other charge is entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds. 🧵
SoRelle's attorney, federal public defender Horatio Aldredge IV of Austin, Texas, filed a motion to have @USMarshalsHQ pay her transportation to DC and lodging for the plea hearing, since she was ruled indigent. 🧵/end.
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U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton denies an emergency stay of his latest order to monitor #Jan6 probationer @DanielGoodwyn's computer for 'disinformation,' an action struck down in February by the U.S. Court of Appeals. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
In February, the U.S. Court of Appeals vacated the computer monitoring, ruling that Judge Reggie Walton "plainly erred" by imposing the #Jan6 computer monitoring, saying he did not develop a record with reasoning or ensure constitutional rights are protected. 🧵
In his July 10 order, Judge Walton said in the June hearing on the subject and his written order he has met the requirements of the Court of Appeals, and refused to give @DanielGoodwyn a stay in order to file an appeal. 🧵
John Strand files a second motion for release from prison pending appeal of his #Jan6 conviction for §1512(c)(2) felony obstruction and four misdemeanors. The DOJ has until July 15 to respond. (Image: Paulio Shakespeare/The Epoch Times) 🧵 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
In the new filing, defense attorney Nicholas D. Smith cited the June 28 Supreme Court decision in Fischer v. United States that limits use of §1512(c)(2) to impairment of evidence in an official proceeding. (Image: Paulio Shakespeare/The Epoch Times) 🧵
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in February denied a similar motion./\] although he noted Strand posed no danger to the community and was not a flight risk if his appeal ultimately failed. Strand is serving a 32-month prison sentence. 🧵storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Defendant Tara Stottlemyer through attorney William Shipley @shipwreckedcrew filed a motion to compel the DOJ to provide #Jan6 grand jury testimony showing she impaired "records, documents, objects" or "other things" used in an official proceeding. 🧵 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Shipley has already filed to vacate Stottlemyer's felony conviction on 18 U.S. Code §1512(c)(2) based on the Supreme Court ruling in Fischer v. United States. 🧵
The new filing demands the government provide evidence that a grand jury was shown allegations about Stottlemyer somehow impairing documents or records related to the #Jan6 session of Congress—as now required by the SCOTUS ruling. 🧵
The filings are complete in #Jan6 probationer @DanielGoodwyn's motion to stay Judge Reggie Walton's order to reinstate monitoring of Goodwyn's computer for "disinformation." 🧵
The U.S. Court of Appeals vacated the computer monitoring provision in a February decision, saying Walton "plainly erred" by not backing up the monitoring provision with case law and safeguards for constitutional rights. 🧵 archive.today/eH45H
Weeks after the Court of Appeals mandate was issued in March, Judge Walton issued a show-cause order to Goodwyn on why he should not reimpose monitoring despite the appeals court ruling. 🧵
DC federal judge Christopher Cooper sets Sept. 4 re-sentencing date for Thomas Robertson after Court of Appeals tossed his 87-month prison sentence for #Jan6 crimes. 🧵 courtlistener.com/docket/5881668…
Re-sentencing was prompted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which vacated Robertson's #Jan6 prison term due to the March 2024 ruling in United States v. Brock. 🧵
In the Brock case, the Court of Appeals ruled federal sentencing guideline enhancers for obstructing the “administration of justice” cannot be applied to the counting of Electoral College votes by Congress on #Jan6, 2021. 🧵
Larry Brock moves to vacate #Jan6 conviction on obstruction felony under 18 U.S. Code §1512(c)(2), citing SCOTUS ruling in Fischer v. United States. A thread on Brock's motion: 🧵 s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2479…
Filed by attorney Charles Burnham, the motion says there is no evidence Brock "impaired the availability or integrity of a 'document,' 'object,' 'record' or 'other thing' used in the #Jan6 joint session of Congress. 🧵/2
The motion rejects the theory cited by DOJ as possible reason to keep obstruction charge in place despite SCOTUS ruling: that the Electoral College ballots themselves were impaired by Brock or other #Jan6 defendants. 🧵/3