| In EDNY Man
Accused of Threatening Trump Is Freed On
Bond by Brother Who Sees Him 2x/Yr
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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EDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 10 – In the U.S. District
Court for the Eastern District
of New York on January
10, a proceeding was held by
Magistrate Judge Vera M.
Scanlon in the case of a man
charged with threatening
former President Donald J.
Trump. Inner City Press
covered it, here
proceeding in US
v. Thomas Welnicki,
72-year-old of Rockaway Beach,
who is charged in EDNY in
Booklyn with threatening to
kill former President Trump
Federal Defender
is with Welnicki in the cell
block.
EDNY Magistrate
Judge Vera Scanlon: We'll talk
about whether the defendant
can be released on bond. We'll
do this virtually due to
Omicron. I find the defendant
eligible for publicly-funded
counsel.
Assistant US
Attorney: We are largely in
agreement he can be released
on bond for $50,000. His
brother is on the line. We'd
like alcohol treatment. But we
have a provision that is at
issue. We want home curfew, we
don't agree on GPS. US wants
it.
Federal Defender:
We don't believe GPS location
monitoring is necessary. He
has not left NYC in 15 years.
GPS would hinder treatment,
alcoholic and mental health
treatment, and infringe his
liberties.
Judge Scanlon:
I'm going with pre-trial and
imposing GPS monitoring. The
suretor?
Suretor: Mr.
Welnicki is my brother. Judge:
How often do you see him?
Suretor: Twice a
year. Judge: Ok, he's
released. Avoid all contact
with the identified victim or
his family.
Brother: If he
violates this conditions, what
happens with the bond?
Judge: I can't
say. You can tell the court
you no longer wish to be a
suretor. Welnicki is being
released. Proceeding is
adjourned.
The case is US v.
Welnicki, 22-mj-22 (EDNY:
Scanlon)
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