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U.S. Navy veteran, University of Wyoming graduate, a working journalist since 1978. National affairs reporter for @EpochTimes.
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Oct 17, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
#DanchenkoTrial jury gets case at 1:10 p.m. After a lunch break, they will begin deliberations. About 42 people in audience, including Danchenko's wife and two daughters, spend then afternoon milling about waiting for verdict. #CrossfireHurricane Been difficult trial to cover with electronics banned not just in courtroom but entire courthouse. The Albert V. Bryan Courthouse is a void: Once you're in, nothing comes out with breaks just long enough to accomplish nothing or after daily adjournment.
Oct 11, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
A 16-member jury has been seated and opening arguments are set for Tuesday afternoon in the trial of Igor Danchencko, a Russian national charged with five counts of making false statements to the FBI in regard to the origins of the Steele Dossier. Eastern District of Virginia U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga presided over the 90-minute long jury selection, which includes four alternates. They were drawn from a pool of 91 candidates, 89 of whom were present in the courtroom.
Jul 22, 2022 86 tweets 32 min read
Day #5 of the #BannonTrial is set to begin shortly in the E. Barrett Perryman US District Courthouse in Washington, D.C. Prosecutors and defense make final arguments and the case then goes to the jury. That's the plan. #BannonTrial Thursday's proceedings concluded with Judge Carl Nichols recessing to chambers to craft final jury instructions and ponder the defense's motion to dismiss the case. He will not rule on the motion until after the verdict. #BannonTrial
Jul 21, 2022 55 tweets 22 min read
Day 4 of the #BannonTrial kicks off Thursday at the E. Perryman Bartlett US District Courthouse in Washington, D.C., with a 10:30 am hearing on a defense motion to have both contempt-of-Congress charges against the former Trump-adviser dismissed. #BannonTrial theepochtimes.com/prosecution-wi…
Jul 20, 2022 60 tweets 23 min read
Day 3 of the #BannonTrial is set to begin Wednesday at the E. Perryman Bartlett US District Courthouse in Washington, DC, with House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack Chief Counsel Kristin Amerling on the stand. Former #Trump adviser and #WarRoom podcaster Steve #Bannon is being tried on two counts of contempt-of-Congress for not providing documents to the committee as demanded in a subpoena by Oct. 7, 2021, and appearing to be deposed by Oct. 14, 2021. #BannonTrial
Jul 19, 2022 17 tweets 6 min read
Day 2 of former Trump advisor Steve Bannon’s trial begins soon in the E. Perryman Bartlett U.S. District Courthouse in Washington, D.C., on two criminal contempt of Congress charges for failing to comply with subpoenas from the House January 6 investigation panel. #BannonTrial Dozens of prospective jurors were interviewed Monday and the pool whittled to 22 candidates. Tuesday’s proceedings begin with a peremptory elimination round. Prosecutors, defense each allotted three “peremptories” to trim jury to 14 with two as alternatives. #BannonTrial
Jul 18, 2022 37 tweets 14 min read
Dave 'Santa' Riddell of Lebanon, Ohio, says the 1776 Restoration Movement seeks to “restore the constitutional republic and restore morality to America because you cannot have a constitutional republic unless you are a moral country.”#BannonTrial Image The genesis of the #1776RestorationMovement was the trucker-led #PeoplesConvoy earlier this year, Riddell said, noting there are people from all over the country participating in ad hoc demonstrations through July 23-26 in coordination with the US Liberty Alliance. #BannonTrial
May 31, 2022 25 tweets 15 min read
After a three-day weekend, a jury Tuesday is deliberating the fate of former Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann following Friday's conclusion of his 10-day trial for allegedly lying to the FBI about concocted Trump-Russia links in the weeks before the 2016 election. #SussmannTrial So, what is the jury in that Jury Room within the US District Courthouse in Washington DC looking at while it ponders a verdict? Exhibits.
And you can see them too.
@EpochTimes has obtained the Sussmann trial exhibits. documentcloud.org/projects/sussm…
May 27, 2022 52 tweets 19 min read
#SussmannTrial Day 10: Barricades have been placed before the main entry of the E. Barnett Perryman Courthouse in Washington DC where former #Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann’s trial for allegedly lying to the FBI about concocted #Trump-Russia links presumably concludes Friday. @EpochTimes has covered the trial blow-by-blow since the opening gavel and will be here until the end. To catch up, Zach Stieber — brilliant ace reporter that he is — has built this timeline.
May 26, 2022 34 tweets 12 min read
#SussmannTrial Day 9 begins in speculative uncertainty with the defense pulling former New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau from its witness list and hinting that Sussmann himself may take the stand as soon as today, Thursday. Sussmann, an attorney who represented the #Clinton campaign, DNC, and other Democratic Party organizations, is accused of lying about his affiliations in Sept. 2016 when delivering data purporting a “secret” link between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank. #SussmannTrial
May 25, 2022 51 tweets 18 min read
Day 8 of the #SussmannTrial is set to begin at the E. Barnett Perryman US District Courthouse in Washington, DC. shortly with the prosecution set to sum up its case with its 17th witness, #Durham paralegal Kori Arsenault. Former DNC/Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann is on trial for allegedly lying to the FBI when he delivered data, documents purporting a secret server channel between the Trump Organization and Kremlin-linked Alfa Bank. #SussmannTrial
May 24, 2022 38 tweets 14 min read
Reporters are in the media room at the US District Courthouse in Washington, DC, 50 minutes after it's supposed to open, so off to slow start this drizzly Tuesday for Day 7 of #Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann’s trial for lying to FBI about Trump-Russia links. #SussmannTrial DOJ deputy assistant attorney general Tricia Anderson takes the stand. Her notes taken after speaking with former general counsel James Baker after he received data, documents from Sussmann is evidence in the case. #SussmannTrial
May 23, 2022 34 tweets 13 min read
#SussmannTrial Day 6: #Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann’s trial for allegedly lying to the FBI about concocted links between the Trump Organization and a Kremlin-linked bank prior to the 2016 election continues Monday in Washington, DC. A recap: theepochtimes.com/former-fbi-off… Ten witnesses have testified: two FBI agents, a Neustar executive, DNC attorney Debbie Fine, FusionGPS’s Laura Seago, former Clinton general counsel Marc Elias, former FBI general counsel James Baker, former Clinton manager Robby Mook, two retired CIA agents. #SussmannTrial
May 20, 2022 38 tweets 14 min read
#SussmannTrial Day 5: The first week of the anticipated two-week trial of #Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann concludes Friday with former FBI general counsel James A. Baker on the stand. Here’s a recap: theepochtimes.com/fbi-lawyer-say… Baker is a key witness in the case against Sussmann, who is charged with lying to the FBI when he delivered thumb drives, documents to Baker alleging “a secret server connection” between the Trump Organization and Kremlin-liked Alfa Bank. #SussmannTrial
May 19, 2022 37 tweets 13 min read
#SussmannTrial Day 4: Proceedings in former #Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann’s trial are set to begin Thursday at 9 a.m. in the E. Barnett Prettyman US District Courthouse in Washington DC where they ended Wednesday with former FBI general counsel James Baker on the stand. Baker is expected to testify likely through the morning regarding his Sept. 19, 2016 meeting with Sussmann when the defendant gave him two thumb drives and several “white papers” purporting a link between the #Trump Organization and Russia-based Alfa Bank. #SussmannTrial
May 18, 2022 40 tweets 14 min read
#SussmanTrial Day 3: On tap to testify Wednesday: Clinton campaign attorney Debbie Fine, FusionGPS technician Laura Seago, Clinton campaign general counsel Marc Elias, former DNC employee Tom McMahon and former FBI general counsel James A. Baker. Prosecutor Jonathon Algor questioning Fine, an attorney who now works for the Open Society Institution. She was a deputy campaign counsel. Asked if she could explain the campaign's leadership structure, she said: "No." #SussmannTrial
May 17, 2022 52 tweets 14 min read
Deliberations begin Tuesday morning at the E. Barnett Prettyman U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., in Michael #Sussmann's trial for allegedly lying to the FBI about the #Trump Organization's purported ties to a Russian Bank. Opening statements will begin shortly after Judge Christopher Cooper convenes the trial about 9 a.m. Sussmann and his defense team arrived at 8 a.m. Special Prosecutor John #Durham and his cadre of federal lawyers arrived about 8:30 a.m., so all should be set for 9 a.m. start.
May 16, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
Members of #Sussmann's nine-member legal team and several of Special Prosecutor John #Durham's five attorneys are sorting through documents, presumably answered questionnaires from the remaining 38 juror candidates. Judge Cooper said he calls this part of jury selection "musical chairs" as jurors are struck and/or selected which, for some reason, requires them to change seats. Prosecutors have just asked for more time in presenting their "wish list" of jurors
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