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How Jacob Chansley Proved Patrick LeDuc Right
I have written repeatedly about how charging January 6 rioters with obstruction provides DOJ a really elegant way of holding people accountable, while providing the flexibility to distinguish between...
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Royce Lamberth Refers DC Jail to DOJ for Civil Rights Investigation
Judge Royce Lamberth, a 78-year old Reagan appointee with a libertarian streak, just held the Warden and the Director for the DC Jail in civil contempt for not providing the medical records of...
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DOJ Claims Ryan Samsel Wants to Move Back to Where He Was Brutally Assaulted
In a filing submitted Thursday, the government disclosed something remarkable. January 6 defendant Ryan Samsel, who was brutally assaulted in the DC jail — allegedly by guards — said in September he...
View ArticleJanuary 6 Defendants Succeed in Proving They Were Treated Better than Other...
As I’ve noted, because of Christopher Worrell’s claims he has been denied medical treatment (many claims of which don’t match his own medical record), Royce Lamberth held the Warden and the Director of...
View ArticleKevin Fairlamb and Jacob Chansley Sentences Affirm Judicial Legitimacy
Today, Judge Royce Lamberth sentenced Jacob Chansley, the QAnon Shaman, to 41 months of prison for obstructing the vote certification on January 6. The sentence comes a week after Lamberth sentenced...
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The Pied Piper of Insurrection, and Other Challenges in Charging the January...
In a post laying out what I called my “taxonomy” of the DOJ investigation of the January 6 crime scene, I noted that the next step in holding those who orchestrated January 6 responsible was to start...
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The Conspiracy to Use a Very Large Trump Sign as a Weapon To Obstruct the...
Yesterday, a guy named Marshall Neefe pled guilty to conspiracy to obstruct the vote count (18 USC 1512(k)) and assault (18 USC 111(a)). Unless you’re a really avid reader of this site, you’ve likely...
View ArticleMaggie and Mike Back Together Again, This Time on, or with, January 6 Corrupt...
Yesterday, the NYT broke the news that Jared Kushner testified before Jack Smith’s grand jury last month and told them — in testimony that conflicts with other witness testimony — that his...
View ArticleThe Three Reported Charges against Trump: 371, 1512, and (maybe) 242
I want to caution about the reports on the charges named in Trump’s target letter. Even after Jim Trusty got the summons for Trump’s Espionage Act indictment, reporting based on his representation of...
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Royce Lamberth Not as Easy to Fool as Tucker Carlson’s...
Royce Lamberth just denied Q-Shaman Jacob Chansley’s bid to vacate his conviction based off footage Tucker Carlson falsely claimed was new and hadn’t been provided in discovery to Chansley. The whole...
View ArticleCenter for Democracy and Technology’s James Dempsey on “the Wall,” Then and Now
Remember “the wall” that used to separate intelligence from criminal investigations and was used as an excuse for intelligence agencies not sharing intelligence they were permitted to share before...
View ArticleThe FISA Court’s Uncelebrated Good Points
I’m working on a post responding to this post from Chelsea Manning calling to abolish the FISA Court. Spoiler alert: I largely agree with her, but I think the question is not that simple. As background...
View ArticleRosemary Collyer Responds to the DOJ IG Report in Fairly Blasé Fashion
Rosemary Collyer issued a sternly worded but functionally moderate letter in response to the DOJ IG Report. The post Rosemary Collyer Responds to the DOJ IG Report in Fairly Blasé Fashion appeared...
View ArticleJohn Bolton Versus Navy Versus Egan
By invoking evidence that Donald Trump is behind the hold-up of prepublication review of his book, John Bolton may make Navy v. Egan a central dispute in litigation going forward. The post John Bolton...
View ArticleZip Tie Guy Eric Munchel Gets a Second Chance at Release
Zip Tie Guy Eric Munchel and his mom with get another shot at pre-trial release. Along the way, the DC Circuit laid out some more guidelines for detention reviews for January 6 defendants. The post Zip...
View ArticleFormer Presiding FISA Judge John Bates’ Curious Treatment of White Person...
By chance of logistics, the same judges who presided over the two decade war on Islamic terror are presiding over the cases of more than 60 January 6 defendants. That has already The post Former...
View ArticleThe Model MAGA Tourist, Anna Morgan-Lloyd, and Evidence Collection
What the government sentencing memo for MAGA Tourist Anna Morgan-Lloyd says about possible resolutions for other January 6 defendants. The post The Model MAGA Tourist, Anna Morgan-Lloyd, and Evidence...
View Article“Stand Back and Stand By:” John Pierce’s Plan for a Public Authority or —...
John Pierce, who was recently fired by Kyle Rittenhouse, has moved onto assembling a cast of January 6 defendants for whom, Pierce recently claimed, he'll mount a public authority defense. The post...
View ArticleScott Fairlamb Pled Guilty to Obstruction and Assault; Does That Amount to...
At Scott Fairlamb's September 27 sentencing, we may learn whether DC Judges consider January 6 to be an act of terrorism. The post Scott Fairlamb Pled Guilty to Obstruction and Assault; Does That...
View ArticleDon’t Ignore What Trevor McFadden Has to Say about January 6
Judges in DC are having an outsized role in defining what January 6 was. But it'd be wise to focus more on what Trevor McFadden says about the attack than what Beryl Howell says. The post Don’t Ignore...
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