| Sean Combs Argued
1st Amendment Trump Precedent in
3d Bid for Bail US Disagrees
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Nov 25 – At 4:30 pm on
September 16 Inner City Press
was told by its SDNY source to
expect "the big one" - Sean
Combs - the next day in the
courtroom here.
At US Attorney
Damian Williams' press
conference Inner City Press
asked if his office would be
seeking detention - Yes, he
said. Detention memo on
Patreon here.
[Inner City Press
published book / audio book
Diddy Do It? on Sept 20 on
Amazon here]
More
on X for
Subscribers here
& Substack
here
On November 18,
Combs' lawyers filed for a
hearing, arguing that "prosecutors are
in possession of attorney
client privileged material" -
filing on Patreon here
After 5 pm on
November 18, the US Attorney's
Office replied that no hearing
is necessary, letter on
Patreon here
On November 22,
Inner City Press live tweeted
the bail arguments, here.
Judge Subramanian did not
decide, instead asking for
letter by Monday at noon
At noon on Monday
Combs' lawyers filed,
including that "Mr. Combs’
Communications Regarding
Potential Public Statements
And Social Media Posts
Constitute Speech Protected By
The First Amendment...
In United States v. Trump, the
D.C. Circuit “assume[d]
without deciding that the most
demanding scrutiny applies to”
pre-trial speech restrictions
on criminal defendants" - full
8 page letter on Patreon here
Just after, the
Office of outgoing US Attorney
Damian Williams wrote in
"Combs' "conduct—both past and
present—constitutes
obstruction ... The
defendant’s arguments that any
of this conduct is protected
by the First Amendment are
similarly baseless" - full
13-page letter on Patreon here
Extra/analysis
on X for
Subscribers here
& Substack
here
The case is USA
v. Combs, 1:24-cr-542
(Subramanian)
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