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FEDERAL COURT, April 8 – Minutes into a break in the impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate, accused insurrectionist Domenic Pezzola was ordered detained until trial by Magistrate Judge Robin M. Meriweather. Inner City Press live tweeted it, below. There was an appeal.

  Now on April 8, after the DC Circuit's decision in US v. Munchel,
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan held a proceeding on and with defendant Jeffrey Sabol. Inner City Press live tweeted it, here:

 Assistant US Attorney: Here you see a co-defendant begin going over the railing to attack Officer BM --

Judge: Not to make light of this, is this the entrance way for Lady Gaga, at the inauguration?

Voice: The parties would stipulate to that.

 AUSA: Here he takes Officer AW's baton. Re-start at the 2 second mark. Pause at the 5 second mark - here the co-defendant going over the railing, and Defendant Sabol going over. Judge: Yes, I see that.

 AUSA: Here you see Defendant Sabol watching - I'm showing this in slow motion - how he chooses to participate in this assault. Judge: All right. AUSA: I pause at 39 second mark. The Court saw defendant Sabol wielding the baton, Officer AW had his helmet removed

 AUSA: Sabol is also a risk of flight, and obstruction. He microwaved his electronics. He went to Boston, and tried to go to Switzerland, he said he couldn't be extradited and could "ski for a few days." He had the foresight to delete information about his conduct

 Judge: I'm going to have to take the hard break for 15 minutes, then I'll let the defense respond. OK - it's 12:30 and DDC Sullivan just returned, apologizing. Defense: The Government purports to be inside my client's mind. But they can't do that. Sabol's lawyer: I have an audio of my client saying, Don't hurt the cop. [Plays it - a woman's voice also says it.]

 Court reporter: I couldn't hear you. Judge Sullivan: Yes, we couldn't hear you. Defense: I have a military witness who says it's my client saying, Don't hurt the cop. We'll have that witness at trial.

 Defense: Mr Sabol acted on fear and paranoia. He was ashamed and tried to slit his wrists. He believes he was going to be charged with sedition. So the Court has a difficult decision. We have 30 character letters.

Defense: Send Mr. Sabol back to NY, to his girlfriend's house. He used to disarm munitions for US military. He won't do it again. He'll stay home and be a good citizen. 

Judge: You have a senior Probation officer who would supervise in NY? Was it in your papers?

Defense: It's Bill Parker of NYND Probation. He said, he would be responsible to verify the address. I have a name & direct number.  AUSA: I don't think we have the video from which the still, our Exhibit 4, is taken, regardless of what the Syracuse newspaper says

AUSA: Mr Sabol is distinguishable from the Munchel decision.

Judge Sullivan: The media wrongly attributed the decision to Chief Judge Howell, it was actually Judge Lamberth... I like to be upfront, on this bond hearing. What is Mr Sabol's position on Speedy Trial?

Defense: My client has been detained for 76 days. He's not prepared to address [agree to] excluding Speedy Trial Act time today.

 Judge Sullivan: My inclination is to deny the motion [to release Sabol]. But I haven't finally decided. I'll leave the motion in place

 AUSA: I'll file on Speedy Trial exclusion next Tueday. Defense: I'll respond by Thursday. Judge: Can the government reply by Friday at 4 pm? OK, I'll mute the video and audio and talk again in 10 minutes.

Judge Sullivan is back. He says: "I'm going to keep Mr. Sabol detained. Everyone will get a lengthy opinion shortly," which may benefit also my colleagues.

We will have more on this.

Inner City Press live tweeted Riley June Williams on January 25, here. 

  From January 22, song here: Thread here.

 Inner City Press' John Earle Sullivan song on SoundCloud here. 

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