| In DC Insurrection Cases
Detained Oath Keepers Set for Feb 2020 Trial
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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FEDERAL COURT,
July 2 --
On July 2
months
after the DC
Circuit's
decision in US
v. Munchel, DDC Judge
Amit P. Mehta
held a
lengthy
proceeding in
the multi-defendant
Oath Keepers
case, setting a
first trial
for January 31
- February
22, 2022.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted it, here: (podcast here)
now
#insurrectionBlues
case of US v.
Jessica
Watkins,
Meggs,
Caldwell,
Crowl, Parker,
et al -
#OathKeepers.
Assistant
US Attorney:
We have been
providing
discovery.
There remain a
small amount
of FBI reports
for the
ongoing
investigation.
And data from
iCloud
accounts, too
large for
USAfx [That's
the platform
on which they
pretend videos
are available
to the public]
AUSA:
We provided
the video of
these
defendants,
more next
week, we'll
get it out the
door. [To
where?] We'll
still provide
Capitol tours
this summer,
when Congress
is not in
session. Say,
early August.
By the end of
the summer we
should reach a
conclusion
AUSA:
We have been
working with a
third party
vendor for
discovery, and
talking with
the defense
bar, mostly
the public
defenders. As
to video,
there are
1000s of
hours. It's
being put in
the database,
it will be
made available
to the defense
by early
August
AUSA:
There are
radio runs..
And grand jury
subpoenas. We
need to review
it for things
that are
sensitive and
should not be
provided. That
may take until
the Fall.
Judge
Mehta: Is the
video
searchable?
[Inner City
Press wrote to
Judge Mehta
for/re
videos...]
AUSA:
We assume that
FPD [Federal
Public
Defenders
office] will
be working on
tagging the
videos.
A
defense
lawyer, who
didn't state
their name: We
thought the
government
would share.
But we'll have
to come up
with our own
vendor and
data base
Public
Defender: The
national
office is
preparing a
budget, it
will be a lot
of money we'll
have to ask
the court
for.... The
government
uses
Evidence.com
to share. So
we have to
each have a
license. And
that's just
for the body
worn camera
videos.
AUSA:
We are ready
to choose a
trial date,
but not which
defendant will
be in each,
given pending
plea
offers.
A defense
lawyer: I have
a September
trial before
Judge
Boasberg...
But it's not
clear if it
can go
forward, it's
a four
defendant
case.
It
seems defense
lawyer for
Meggs has been
left off
e-mail lists,
not sure he
has all
discovery,
will be making
a motion to
get client out
of pre-trial
detention,
wants trial
ASAP (in
detention
since
January).
Defense
lawyer: There
may be
severance
issues. And
we'd like to
know if there
will be any
more
superseding
indictments.
Another:
We're ready
for trial in
January 2022.
Last defense
lawyer: This
discovery is
like drinking
water from a
fire hydrant.
Judge
Mehta: Let's
meet again on
September 8 at
2 pm to hear
motions. And
for trial,
hold free Jan
31 and Feb 22,
a three week
trial. 2d
trial April
4-29 [2022].
Addendum
in Oath
Keepers' case.
After the main
proceeding,
counsel for
Ms. Steele
asked for
permission for
vacation. Not
granted, at
least not yet.
Defendant
Dolan was
ordered to
seek
employment -
but he's under
home
confinement.
Condition
removed.
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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